SVB vs. Cory Duel barbox race to 25 for $5K from 2008

Get_A_Grip said:
And Corey won last year's DCC banks, a game that maybe isn't even "his game". The guy oozes talent.




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I agree. I watched him shoot a near perfect set of 8 ball against Jeffrey DeLuna in the us open 8 ball last week and when I complimented him he said “the balls were all out in the open”. Trust me, it wasn’t that simple. Quite impressive.

It is kind of a shame in some ways that svb came along and made Corey’s accomplishments seem to pale in comparison, but Shane is just out of this world
 
Shane's stroke...

Viader said:
I searched around but didn't see that anyone has posted this. The video on youtube was added just a week ago, so I don't know if it has ever been posted. As many matches as I watch, I think I would have come across it by now.
https://youtu.be/XoqT4c7J1dQ

Anyway, if you don't like barbox pool, you might not want to spend two-and-a-half hours watching this. :grin: The video is not fancy--no graphics or announcers, and it's about impossible to keep track of the score since some editing was done to cut out parts where there was no shooting (they were using coins as markers). The camera angle, video quality, and audio were very good for what it is.

Rules were more old school:
  • -Take the group you make on the break
  • -Ball in hand is behind headstring
  • -8-ball on the break is a win (second ball hit on the break was required according to the notes)
  • -Winner breaks

With the second ball break, there were plenty of clusters. It was fun watching them navigate break and runs when they occurred, and I liked the rules compared to alternating break, ball in hand anywhere, etc. Hope some of you enjoy it!
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I was just watching part of this (thanks for the link by the way), and I think I noticed something about Shane's stroke. Am I crazy or does Shane follow through on the cueball more here than he does now?

I seem to recall Jeremy Jones saying in a recent video stream somewhere that Shane doesn't really follow through that much and uses more of a punch stroke so it requires him to play a lot to stay in stroke. But in this video he seems to follow through quite a bit.

I haven't gone and looked at other videos from around the time period of this match to see if that was his norm back then or not, but if his stroke has changed over the years I'd be curious if it was a conscious decision or just something that's happened.
 
I just finished watching this match. Thank you very much for posting it. It is very rare to see pros playing in a valley bar table match with tables very similar to the tables league players play on.

This match shows you how great pros are playing on tables similar to that of amateurs. Corey in particular shows his Pool genius in this match. His break and run percentage was great. He got out from everywhere
 
westcoast said:
Quite impressive.

It is kind of a shame in some ways that svb came along and made Corey’s accomplishments seem to pale in comparison, but Shane is just out of this world
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As I recall, Corey lost his drive before Shane went full pooltard.
 
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