Strong showings, weak showings, and upsets as the days unfold

1 Pocket Ghost

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I'm going to start things off by speaking up for two of the ladies....

...Excellent performances so far by two ladies....Allison is 3-0, and Sarah Ellerby is 2-1 having beaten David Matlock and Eric Hjorleifson and only losing to Keith Bennett hill-hill - that's pretty strong.
 
Kelly Fisher played jam up against John Kutcher - 8-0! I am glad some of the women are doing so well. I hope Karen does better. :(
 
It looks like Sigel came to play

In addition to making asinine comments and not calling fouls on himself, it looks like Sigel actually brought some game. Beating Harrison 8-4 with 5 break and runs is strong.
 
Alex

He hasn't been mentioned, but Alex Pagulayan had a great showing with 4 wins, 16 B&R, and 80% winning percentage.
 
1 Pocket Ghost said:
How good is this guy anyway ? >>> Ivica Putnik...

Sounds like his game is way up there... close to orbiting the earth a couple of times. :)
 
MisterBanker said:
Quinten Hann defeated Marlon Manalo. That ended Marlon's winning streak.

And Santos gave Appleton his first loss.

Varner bombed Alex with 5 B&R's.

Fred
 
Busta is obviously playing crazy good, but if you want to look at some of the old guys one of my faves, Nick Varner, was undefeated in his second round group.
 
1 Pocket Ghost said:
How good is this guy anyway ? >>> Ivica Putnik...

...I don't think he's lost a match yet in two days

Very good. His speed control and concentration is up there with the very best.

But he is still better at 9ball IMO.
 
Caught TV coverage in the UK last night between

Johnny Archer vs Ronnie Ronnie O'Sullivan which was pretty good match.

Scorpion raised his game and played some perfrect pool and looked like at one point going to run out the match when he looked to cruise 5 - 0 with only Ronnie only played one stroke and that was the lag.

From the few chances that the Rocket did get he showed good finishes when given the chances but Johnny was just too strong as his break was what won him the match.

Thought the interview given by the blonde American lady *sorry didn't catch the name* had some pretty silly questions.


She asked

"How difficult was it playing against Johnny in that match"?

Personally i thought it was plain to see that Johnny played some pretty world class pool and it was obvious that if he plays like that it doesn't matter who was in Ronnie's chair. So pretty daft question considering Ronnie never played a shot for 5 racks so it hardly going to be a answer as he didn't really play Johnny at all tbh :rolleyes: It was all Johnny and the table, if she was watching the match at all.

It was good Ronnnie knew the difference was just in the breaks and it is encouraging that he is going to work on it as he seem to be a lot more motivated than we have seen him in a long time. Probably considers pool a new challenge as he without a doubt one of the best snooker players that ever to pick up a cue...ever!.

C'Mon Rocket!!
 
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Paul Potier is playing very well winning 6 of 9 matches to advance to the third round.His three loses have been 7-8,7-8 and a very repectable 6-8. He's virtually been in every match so far.

Tommorow he's in this group:

Group 71
M. Hill,T. Hohmann,E. Stalev,P. Potier,S. Monday

Anyone know anything about Michael Hill and Sam Monday?
Other than that, Stalev and Hohmann are extremley tough.
RJ
 
Strong showings ? I'd say one of them was Finland's Markus Juva running 7 racks from the lag against Bernd Jahnke only to hook himself on the penultimate ball in rack 8. Would've been a nice clean perfect match for him... :cool:
 
I am pulling for Jason Kirkwood, who at this point has been playin well. He has lost 2 matches 7-8, and ranks up there in B&R's.

Good luck!
 
I gotta pick Matlock and Dee Adkins as the 2 biggest upsets to get this far in the tournament....What kind of odds could you have gotten in the beginning to pick those two to be two of the last three Americans left ?....I hope they keep going - I love to see underdogs win - And I'm also rooting for Matlock cuz he's playing for the 'older guys' like myself and the other 50-and-older guys on here ^_^
 
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