That match was so outside normal parameters I don't really factor it in when I think about things but you are correct.
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That match was so outside normal parameters I don't really factor it in when I think about things but you are correct.
And the winner for most blanket statements in one post goes to......
Biado is at least 10 games under Shane in a race to 100...
Van-Van, whilst a great player, simply does not have the heart to stay with Shane for a race to 100. He has the skills, but my prediction is 100-85 in Shane's favor, because Lee Van doesn't strike me as the type of guy to come back from an 8 game deficit, which he will most likely face when Shane outbreaks him for the first day.
Lee Van Corteza specializes in the soft break/wired wing ball to even be able to stay in the big 9 ball tournaments.. I am majorly giving him the benefit of the doubt to say he would be able to stay even with Shane on any one day of a race to 100..
Biado might have the break, but he isn't methodical enough to beat Shane. Shane will beat him simply on percentages and decision makin in tough spots.
Short Bus Russ
Nobody blames you for having Shane on every TAR match. You've said it before that nobody will pay to see some random unknown no matter how good he is, but you can't say that Shane is not more comfortable in the TAR studio when he's spent 200hrs more than anyone else in there.
If they play I would love to bet on Svb
Just because one tournament has been arbitrarily given a ridiculously overweighted amount of points, means nothing.
Hohmann made $50,000 less than Van Boening so far. You tell me how legitimate that list is.. Seems to me the concept from The Hustler seems most apropos:
You measure who's the winner by who has more money. That's the only thing that matters.
But hey... Hohmann has a REAL NICE tin cup...
Short Bus Russ
The All-Japan Championship is coming this Nov.18. and "all of the Pinoys" will probably be there, including the top Chinese and Taipei players. Would you bet 100K that Shane will win this title?
The SBE Players Championship did not use the option-on-a-miss rules this year. The format was single elimination, 2 out of 3 races to 8, all slop counts except the 10-ball on the break when the racker was breaking. So it wasn't even real 10-ball (call shot), just Texas Express using 10 balls.
The rules used there have changed from year to year recently.
Come on
Quit dancing. You have played all of the best with the same spots or close. I know you beat Darren in a long race with the 8, I think and lost to some of the pinoys and Shane with a bigger spot (7,8 I think) gambling. Just tell us all who is the best and so on.... You are the peoples champ!
My guess is you would rather play one than another and they are all close, and maybe it is in small part about your styles. I would guess Shane might say Busti, Dennis, Darren or Alex may be his toughest opponents but it doesn't mean that you(Chris)would rather play them in the same order. Ask Billly I. he said he gives more weight to money won than games etc.... Shane is the top of the money list every year it seems like and who knows about the cash not seen.
Quit dancing. You have played all of the best with the same spots or close. I know you beat Darren in a long race with the 8, I think and lost to some of the pinoys and Shane with a bigger spot (7,8 I think) gambling. Just tell us all who is the best and so on.... You are the peoples champ!
My guess is you would rather play one than another and they are all close, and maybe it is in small part about your styles. I would guess Shane might say Busti, Dennis, Darren or Alex may be his toughest opponents but it doesn't mean that you(Chris)would rather play them in the same order. Ask Billly I. he said he gives more weight to money won than games etc.... Shane is the top of the money list every year it seems like and who knows about the cash not seen.
i see. but that would just be a match and not a tourney, right? you see, a race to 50 would still be a match - it only proves who the better player is. a tournament is different - you deal with different players, and dominating among these players hence winning the tournament makes you the best.
Yes but then you would have to pick just 1 player then he picks Svb
It's not the same saying ill take Svb and give you the field
Svb hands down is the best 10 ball player I have ever played
Dennis plays as good or better but the break is so big that it makes Svb a big fav over him or anyone
I don't know outside of the USA but over here if Svb plays anyone a long gambling match of ten ball I would bet on him
It's interesting to note Sigel's history in that event. He feels he has won it 4 times, since he won an event in that location before it was named the U.S. Open. But let's use the official number -- 3 wins.
Sigel won his first one at age 24 (same as Van Boening, if their birthdays on Wiki are correct), his second one in his late 20's (28 for Sigel, 29 for Van Boening), and his third one at age 31 (30 for Van Boening). Sigel never won another one after that. It ain't easy!
And 2013 AccuStats Make it Happen One Pocket Champion on 10ft tables. That was round robin play (old school world championship format) against Shannon Daulton, Corey Duel, Scott Frost, Efren Reyes and Francisco Bustamante.
Shane is not the best player in the world in general but his rises to that level in any given tournament.
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Do you consider him the best all around player or Alex? anyone else? Hey thanks by the way for validating some of these discussions with facts as to how you have personally played them.
Do you consider him the best all around player or Alex? anyone else? Hey thanks by the way for validating some of these discussions with facts as to how you have personally played them.
If these would be the games
10 ball
One pocket
Banks
8 ball
And could put bar table pool
I like Svb over anyone