Six left, Who will face Mike?
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So the difference between a 30K pay day and a 50K pay day could be the GLI? That is unimaginable pressure!uwate said:
Tracy
To be honest, I think any of the 6 are capable of getting to the finals. You have to figure the 3 favored are Django, Efren, and Manalo, but it could be any of the 6. If someone gets a few more roles than the others and is also hitting them good, it could be anyone.
Real hard to bet against the guy who has not been beaten yet though. Look at his break and run stats.
Kelly
Real hard to bet against the guy who has not been beaten yet though. Look at his break and run stats.
Kelly
Prior to the event, I predicted that Archer, Hohmann, or Immonen would win this. Well, it sure won't be Hohmann, but I'm still predicting that either Archer or Immonen beats Sigel to win the event.
Efren, Bustamante, and Manalo still in there with seven left. Looks like the Fillipino domination of the US open was no fluke, even though on that occasion it was Pagulayan, Parica and Bustmante who were dishing out the punishment. The Fillipinos are, very simply, on fire!
Efren, Bustamante, and Manalo still in there with seven left. Looks like the Fillipino domination of the US open was no fluke, even though on that occasion it was Pagulayan, Parica and Bustmante who were dishing out the punishment. The Fillipinos are, very simply, on fire!
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Tom In Cincy said:
Manalo
EVery player left is playing hot. Reyes was in easy danger of not making into the next round and started off 1-2. But he must turned it around.
Varner is playing the best 8-ball, as we know it. His age isn't showing. His patterns are perfect, exactly what one would expect from the Great Nick Varner, one of the all-time greatest 8-ball players. Of the small number of matches I saw, and bearing in mind that you can't watch every shot of every match, I saw Varner play a safety. One. And he didn't need to play it.
Manalo, my pick from the beginning, is making less mistakes on the equipment than anyone I've seen, although his patterns aren't "correct." He's moving the cueball where he needs to, and opting to play for difficult shots on the 8-ball. I think he can do whatever he wants, meaning it seems he has more options that are reasonable, but he doesn't go what seems to be the correct route. I also only saw him play one safety... and it wasn't a great one. This was one of his two shooting mistakes against Butera. I think he scratched on the break twice.
I have more thoughts, but I'll post separately.
Fred
pressure mounts?
I have thought all along that pressure would come into play auite a bit through the week. It seems as though maybe it has.
For some players pressure is a Demon, while others seem to need it. Just one of those unexplainable factors that comes with competition.
Now, I like either Archer or Busta. These two have been there and seem to deal with that and the DISTRACTIONS that are coming. Manolo is seemingly rolling right along, I could see him getting pretty distracted here. As someone pointed out while ago, Efrens break seems a bit soft and that has been a problem for him historicly.
I think the most pressure is on Mike now. It is his to lose and he is very aware ot it. They keep saying he is practicing well, but that is negated when the BELL rings.
These guys already have a good payday coming, so, maybe the pressure is off everyone except Mike.
Who knows? This is the fun part of the whole thing now.
I have thought all along that pressure would come into play auite a bit through the week. It seems as though maybe it has.
For some players pressure is a Demon, while others seem to need it. Just one of those unexplainable factors that comes with competition.
Now, I like either Archer or Busta. These two have been there and seem to deal with that and the DISTRACTIONS that are coming. Manolo is seemingly rolling right along, I could see him getting pretty distracted here. As someone pointed out while ago, Efrens break seems a bit soft and that has been a problem for him historicly.
I think the most pressure is on Mike now. It is his to lose and he is very aware ot it. They keep saying he is practicing well, but that is negated when the BELL rings.
These guys already have a good payday coming, so, maybe the pressure is off everyone except Mike.
Who knows? This is the fun part of the whole thing now.
Mike practicing well
ironman said:
If Alex Pagulayan participated in this event, would anyone guess that he wouldn't have made it in the final 6? This almost looks like the semi-finals of last year's WPA 8ball competition, where Alex, Efren, Django, and Marlon made the final four (Efren beat Django in the semis and Manalo in the finals). I still think Efren will find a way to come out on top.
wait a sec.
If he goes 4-1 with a loss to Efren, and Efren beats everyone else or even loses one to say bustamante, then it will be Efren not Marlon in the finals.
Plus if Manalo is nervous about playing anyone, it's Efren or Bustamante, who he's not played yet in this competition.
SlimShafty said:
If he goes 4-1 with a loss to Efren, and Efren beats everyone else or even loses one to say bustamante, then it will be Efren not Marlon in the finals.
Plus if Manalo is nervous about playing anyone, it's Efren or Bustamante, who he's not played yet in this competition.
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Jaden said:
No, losers of that round get $30,000 if they are HOFers, $20K otherwise. The next round gets $40,000.
