SVB vs. Alex P Final Day
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Good point but!
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This is a much much different shane than when they played the first time. He would never beat him now 22 games down. Thats no dig towards Alex. The man has the heart of a lion no question, but shane is in full poke now and its gonna be hard for anyone to outrun him in a long race like this. Im sure it can be done, but they are gonna have to play. Shane seems to play anyone at anytime. There is just no other americans doing that right now. We just wont play each other for some reason these days. Maybe because of sponsorships and if so that a fair enough reason, but I would like to see some of the other world class american players getting in the tar pit for a battle.
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David Howard wasn't bad either....
For the ney sayers,
Lets not forget this game was taylored toward alex. No jump cues, pocket size, etc. Yet shane showed up, paced himself and set it on fire the second and third day, just as he said he would.
This kid plays everyone else's game, and crushes the compition. He is the best player aive right now IMO. Plus he is smart, and will stay this way for a long time. Welcome to the SVB era of pool.
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Lets not forget this game was taylored toward alex. No jump cues, pocket size, etc. Yet shane showed up, paced himself and set it on fire the second and third day, just as he said he would.
This kid plays everyone else's game, and crushes the compition. He is the best player aive right now IMO. Plus he is smart, and will stay this way for a long time. Welcome to the SVB era of pool.
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Except for the gaffy 10 footer and Earl's sharking. Its time to go Johnny's room and kill the scorpion on that 4" pocket gold crown!
I forgot about him...knew him since he was 15.
..didn't see him for about 20 years...he told me he took up martial arts 'cause
he had a bad temper....the courses not only improved his attitude, he
got a killer break from what he learned there
yeah...Little David could crunch 'em
Wonder if Johnny would play that game right now? Love to see it.
Just a fun fact: Earl Strickland told me during a lesson that Bustamante had a better break.
HAHA,
Earl has also told me about fans in the front row making his table play too humid and he talked about alien abductions.. Now I do not know what to believe.
I don't agree with Earl on this.
Francisco had a HARDER break
Earl was more ACCURATE...like Shane
early 90's or late 80's....Earl was clocked at 29 mph
Francisco was clocked at 33 mph.....but he was subject to hit some rails
when you're accurate, all the energy gets transferred to the pack
Hey gang. First of all it's okay if you don't like my commentary. Sometimes I don't like it myself. :smile:
I've watched DVD's of matches that I worked on and I was my own the worst critic. The thing about matches like this is they are sooooo long that you can run out of things to say and talk about. What I've noticed about myself is that I get into it more when the match is on the line.
Second thing - there were NO savers! These guys are friendly COMPETITORS! It's a different world when you fighting for supremacy in a sport. It's rare for the very best players to really be buddies.
Shane won on the last day 30-17, not 40-17. Still pretty good imo. In a nutshell, Shane saved his best play for the final day and Alex played his worst, missing far too many balls. Shane was in that groove all day long, unlike the first two days where he was just hanging on for much of the time.
As far as their respective attitudes, I felt both players conducted themselves well throughout the match. They actually called hits for each other, no ref needed. I was asked to call one hit in three days. They had exactly one disagreement on a shot and that was handled promptly and without arguing.
Like houmatroy said, when you're playing for this kind of dough (a LOT more than 20K!), you're going to feel some emotions from time to time. They're human after all. Alex kept his game face on for three days, he gave it his all right up to the end. Shane played hard, but fair. Neither player ever had a problem with the other man. Both are great sportsmen and superb players! I enjoyed almost every minute of it.
Final word, hat's off to Justin for making it happen. Most of you have no idea what it takes to pull off a match like this. Now I'm gonna try to get some rest. Over and out. :thumbup:
P.S. When Shane has that big break working, NO ONE has to like it!
I've watched DVD's of matches that I worked on and I was my own the worst critic. The thing about matches like this is they are sooooo long that you can run out of things to say and talk about. What I've noticed about myself is that I get into it more when the match is on the line.
Second thing - there were NO savers! These guys are friendly COMPETITORS! It's a different world when you fighting for supremacy in a sport. It's rare for the very best players to really be buddies.
Shane won on the last day 30-17, not 40-17. Still pretty good imo. In a nutshell, Shane saved his best play for the final day and Alex played his worst, missing far too many balls. Shane was in that groove all day long, unlike the first two days where he was just hanging on for much of the time.
As far as their respective attitudes, I felt both players conducted themselves well throughout the match. They actually called hits for each other, no ref needed. I was asked to call one hit in three days. They had exactly one disagreement on a shot and that was handled promptly and without arguing.
Like houmatroy said, when you're playing for this kind of dough (a LOT more than 20K!), you're going to feel some emotions from time to time. They're human after all. Alex kept his game face on for three days, he gave it his all right up to the end. Shane played hard, but fair. Neither player ever had a problem with the other man. Both are great sportsmen and superb players! I enjoyed almost every minute of it.
Final word, hat's off to Justin for making it happen. Most of you have no idea what it takes to pull off a match like this. Now I'm gonna try to get some rest. Over and out. :thumbup:
P.S. When Shane has that big break working, NO ONE has to like it!
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SVB was losing 66-60 towards the end of day 2. So yes the last 57 games SVB won 40-17.
Actually the correct score I believe was 66-61 Alex, before Shane won nine of the last ten games to lead 70-67 at the end of day two. So he did win 39-18 from that point until the end of the match.
Over a 20 game spread is my point. Jay just say SVB f*cked Alex up. Reminded me of an Ali fight. Two days of rope a doping...then comes the pain!
Any ideas on who's going to post up for Alex?
So what? The window is wide open for any player on earth to step in the box with Shane. Does Bucky want some? The odds could be great.
that, actually is the rematch. SVB tied the score at 1-1. Its now time for the deciding match 
Someone asked are there any players in Europe standing up against. Well, Shane did play a money match, a race to 50, against Dimitri Jungo (from Switzerland) and Shane won it eventually by just one game margin. That being said, the table was not a Diamond and it did had buckets for pockets, and it was played in Europe.
See for yourselves: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFjvjQnx1XI
See for yourselves: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFjvjQnx1XI
I think the boy would play is Kazakhstan on a table made of bamboo and horse hide.