SVB vs PEACH???????
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On a slow table, Peach has no prayer. 
JoeyInCali said:On a slow table, Peach has no prayer.
I agree with Joey.
In fact (and I may be in the minority) but I can't help but wonder if Peach will ever be as formidible again. This was the tournament of his life. And I'm not talking about his ability to ever repeat or win a US Open....I mean, I'm going to be interested to see if he can even MAINTAIN this level in the near future.
He just won a World Championship, and I give him all the credit for a wonderful tournament. But who was Daryl Peach before this week? I've seen him name, had a small amount of knowledge about his game, but wow, it seems to me like he snuck up on EVERYBODY. Who was picking him to contend, let alone WIN the World Championship? To me, this is a lot like when Tommy Kennedy won the US Open. Tommy is a gem of a man, one of the very nicest you'll ever find. But who was picking him to win?
If Daryl Peach can somehow maintain this level of play, it would be great for pool to have another legitimate owerhouse on the scene. I guess time will tell.
But I was really, really surrised that he won.
Mouth watering timing...
How about SVB vs Francisco Bustamonte?
How about SVB vs Francisco Bustamonte?
What did you say ?
Who was SVB before he won the 10 ball ? I don't know. Note that I live in Europe...
Daryl Peach before is WPC title ? He was only:
World Pool Master champion (1995)
World Pool Master semi-finalist (1999)
Eurotour winner (2007)
Eurotour runner-up (2004)
Eurotour semi-finalist (2004, 2005)
British 9 ball Champion (1996, 1997, 1999, 2002, 2004, 2005)
Member of Mosconi Cup winner team (1996)
I was surprised when he first beat Alcano, after that I was thinking that he had the head to beat any players in this WPC. And he did it! Peach is one of the most consistent player I know. He's mentally strong and he has the abilities to win major tittles !
He proved that before and over all, yesterday he proved to himself that he can reach the top !
PS If you don't know a player just search the internet, it's incredible what you can find in it... for example HERE
Terry Ardeno said:
Who was SVB before he won the 10 ball ? I don't know. Note that I live in Europe...
Daryl Peach before is WPC title ? He was only:
World Pool Master champion (1995)
World Pool Master semi-finalist (1999)
Eurotour winner (2007)
Eurotour runner-up (2004)
Eurotour semi-finalist (2004, 2005)
British 9 ball Champion (1996, 1997, 1999, 2002, 2004, 2005)
Member of Mosconi Cup winner team (1996)
I was surprised when he first beat Alcano, after that I was thinking that he had the head to beat any players in this WPC. And he did it! Peach is one of the most consistent player I know. He's mentally strong and he has the abilities to win major tittles !
He proved that before and over all, yesterday he proved to himself that he can reach the top !
PS If you don't know a player just search the internet, it's incredible what you can find in it... for example HERE
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Take out the soft break format and then there just may be a good competition, no matter who the contenders are.
I point to the 11-2 score of Francisco Bustamante defeating Alex Pagulayan. This score would have been much different, IMHO, without the soft break.
The soft break format was so demonstrative that even the WPC organizers are banding together to make necessary improvements for next year's WPC. So they recognized something with this year's WPC format needed to be improved upon.
There is a variety of opinions about the soft break, whether it is good or bad. Me personally, I thought this year's WPC was more of a breaking contest than a pool tournament. JMHO, FWIW!
JAM
I point to the 11-2 score of Francisco Bustamante defeating Alex Pagulayan. This score would have been much different, IMHO, without the soft break.
The soft break format was so demonstrative that even the WPC organizers are banding together to make necessary improvements for next year's WPC. So they recognized something with this year's WPC format needed to be improved upon.
There is a variety of opinions about the soft break, whether it is good or bad. Me personally, I thought this year's WPC was more of a breaking contest than a pool tournament. JMHO, FWIW!
JAM
lol Its so hilarious to see so many peeps thinking SVB is god.........He is jsut instroke at the moment......... he will have his bad days....... and they will come sooner than most think..........
Hey I actually agree with JAM! (quick book a ski holiday to hell!) 
As ever Matchroom put on a great(British) tournament and it was fantastic for England to claim 3rd and 1st play with 3 Europeans in the top 4 in Asias back yard but...
They need to sort out the break, it wasn't great to watch in places. The EuroTour seems to have found the answer to this dilema, 3 balls have to reach the break box or its a foul break, forces players to hit the break properly.
PS
Daryl was also an ex professional snooker player, Fred? (only teasing m8
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As ever Matchroom put on a great(British) tournament and it was fantastic for England to claim 3rd and 1st play with 3 Europeans in the top 4 in Asias back yard but...
They need to sort out the break, it wasn't great to watch in places. The EuroTour seems to have found the answer to this dilema, 3 balls have to reach the break box or its a foul break, forces players to hit the break properly.
PS
Daryl was also an ex professional snooker player, Fred? (only teasing m8
)That's not quite true about the EuroTour ruling. It's usually 2 balls not 3 that have to go past the head string. The actual rule is you must score 3 points or it's considered a dry break. You get a point for potting a ball and a point for a ball breaking the head string. Any one ball can only score 1 point. So usually you will get the wing ball and need to get 2 balls past the head string.TheOne said:Hey I actually agree with JAM! (quick book a ski holiday to hell!)
As ever Matchroom put on a great(British) tournament and it was fantastic for England to claim 3rd and 1st play with 3 Europeans in the top 4 in Asias back yard but...
They need to sort out the break, it wasn't great to watch in places. The EuroTour seems to have found the answer to this dilema, 3 balls have to reach the break box or its a foul break, forces players to hit the break properly.
PS
Daryl was also an ex professional snooker player, Fred? (only teasing m8
The rule we will be using on the new tour in the UK (GB 9 Ball Tour) will simply state that 2 balls must pass the head string or it is a dry break. I agree it needs to be sorted and this woudl surely do it. I just cannot understand why they didn't do it after Alcano's display last year because they must surely have known they do it on the EuroTour.
Riggers said:
In the States at the U.S. Open several years ago, the soft break was offensive to some of the competitors. They complained vehemently about it.
The organizers instituted a rule that 3 balls must pass the side pocket in order for it to be a "legal" break. Otherwise, the opponent would have ball in hand, if 3 balls did not pass the side pocket after the break.
JAM
billbOK said:
As I read through I hopes a Euro member would share Peach's palmares...good on ya, mate (oops, wrong continent and hemisphere).
The Eurotour's your mention? I thought it was a tour/ series of events. Based on that assumption, were the results quoted above earned in a single event each, or are they for the year-end overall?
PS If you don't know a player just search the internet, it's incredible what you can find in it... for example HERE
I still can't help to think that the equipment of today (cloth, pockets, cues, and so on) has done nothing other than to serve as an equalizer that has leveled the playing field where any one of a given 64 players can come out on top depending on who's feeling better on a particular weekend. Sure, there were fewer players back in the time, but remember there was a period of time when almost every major tournament was dominated by the same 3-5 players. It was a pretty safe bet that any of these 5 players would win any given event. These days, it seems that if you have a field of 64 players in an invitational event, any one of the 64 players could come out on top. And if they did it all over again a week later, you'd have totally different results.
Not to take anything away from DP, Gomez, and all the other surprise players from this past weeks world championships. They all played great and deserve the success and rewards for their achievements. But throw the same group of players a bone and let them scrap for it all over again next month, and you'll get a totally different result. Just seems to me that todays game lacks a truly dominant top 5 players, and I don't necessarily think it's a lack of skill on the players parts. I just think that the conditions have leveled out the playing field so that truly anybody can win it all on any given day.
dave
Not to take anything away from DP, Gomez, and all the other surprise players from this past weeks world championships. They all played great and deserve the success and rewards for their achievements. But throw the same group of players a bone and let them scrap for it all over again next month, and you'll get a totally different result. Just seems to me that todays game lacks a truly dominant top 5 players, and I don't necessarily think it's a lack of skill on the players parts. I just think that the conditions have leveled out the playing field so that truly anybody can win it all on any given day.
dave
is it Peach or Appleton that has been playing alot of money matches in the UK recently?
T-Dave
Well, that is right, Dave, and for a reason, there are simply more and better competitors today, than a decade or two ago. It used to be just 4-5 players that could win any one tournament, and now, that number is much greater.
There is more foreign players in events today also, and they are usually a top notch competitor and have a good chance at taking off an event too.
We are seeing the start of that in women's Pool today. The number of players in women's events today that could win is increasing, and not always Allison or Karen. (Ga Young, Pan, Jasmin, etc.).
What is amazing to me are the European players, because the availability of Pool rooms is much more limited there than in the USA, the cost seem to be more, they usually have to travel more to events, and they still produce a whole host of quality players in the sport, not to mention that they do not have anywhere close to the number of cuemakers there as we do here.
Well, that is right, Dave, and for a reason, there are simply more and better competitors today, than a decade or two ago. It used to be just 4-5 players that could win any one tournament, and now, that number is much greater.
There is more foreign players in events today also, and they are usually a top notch competitor and have a good chance at taking off an event too.
We are seeing the start of that in women's Pool today. The number of players in women's events today that could win is increasing, and not always Allison or Karen. (Ga Young, Pan, Jasmin, etc.).
What is amazing to me are the European players, because the availability of Pool rooms is much more limited there than in the USA, the cost seem to be more, they usually have to travel more to events, and they still produce a whole host of quality players in the sport, not to mention that they do not have anywhere close to the number of cuemakers there as we do here.
smashmouth said:
That'll be Darren Appleton, he plays alot of money matches played for ?5k a few weeks ago and won 30-16, he'll pretty much play anyone over here plays alot of money matches in Manilla too..Daryl does gamble every now and then but not much at all