QATAR WORLD CUP 10 BALL, OCT. 28 to NOV. 2, 2025

Bob Jewett said:
He has a huge advantage over the other players as far as pressure goes -- he has a day job. ;)
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This is an interesting comment, and I'm wondering if the operative issue is not so much the day job as the experience being in the later all-eyes-on-this matches of the tournament.

Compare, for instance Kelly Fisher (around 760) with Chris Reinhold (around 760) and imagine both getting to some unlikely deep place in a major (like quarter finals or semi finals). My guess is the attention would be more jarring for Chris than for Kelly, who is accustomed to being a focus player on a TV table in late rounds of a tournament.

Similarly, Ameer might fade that late-tournament attention better than, for examples, Jonas or Capito, because the late-tournament limelight is more normal for him.
 
mikepage said:
Similarly, Ameer might fade that late-tournament attention better than, for examples, Jonas or Capito, because the late-tournament limelight is more normal for him.
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Can you explain why you think a guy with very limited big-tournament experience has more experience in the "late-tournament limelight" than two, albeit younger, touring pros?
 
Flakeandrun said:
I assume he means that he is used to being big fish in the little pond.
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Yes. And importantly, the pond seems little from our outsider perspective. But it may not seem little to the top women or the top Middle Eastern players who have reporters and fans waking up early to make sure they catch the big match and interview the competitors. And it is, I'm speculating, that perception that might insulate a player like Ameer from the limelight of what WE consider a big-deal event. The attention may feel a little more normal to them.
 
mikepage said:
Yes. And importantly, the pond seems little from our outsider perspective. But it may not seem little to the top women or the top Middle Eastern players who have reporters and fans waking up early to make sure they catch the big match and interview the competitors. And it is, I'm speculating, that perception that might insulate a player like Ameer from the limelight of what WE consider a big-deal event. The attention may feel a little more normal to them.
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agree
 
Anybody allowed the space can play good if they take the steps - but that's not all. There's the inflated value of prestige besides political roulette to clear before you're clear to fly.
 
The commentator kept saying Shane was down 6-1, and Shane then won all the games. No. From 0-5, Shane won 3, then Jayson won Game 9 with a B&R (his second) to take it to 3-6. Then Shane won the last 6 games even though he had a couple of misses and a foul in that stretch. But he played really well in the middle of the match, including an alternate-break 3-pack.
 
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AtLarge said:
The commentator kept saying Shane was down 6-1, and Shane then won all the games. No. From 0-5, Shane won 3, then Jayson won Game 9 with a B&R (his second) to take it to 3-6. Then Shane won the last 6 games even though he had a couple of misses and a foul in that stretch. But he played really well in the middle of the match, including an alternate-break 3-pack.
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well, he also said it was a world championship.
 
AtLarge said:
The commentator kept saying Shane was down 6-1, and Shane then won all the games. No. From 0-5, Shane won 3, then Jayson won Game 9 with a B&R (his second) to take it to 3-6. Then Shane won the last 6 games even though he had a couple of misses and a foul in that stretch. But he played really well in the middle of the match, including an alternate-break 3-pack.
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I don’t like to bash on commentators, because it’s not as easy as people think. But the commentary … is several levels below where it needs to be.
 
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