I watched a few min of Chang’s match. He shot way faster (but still slow) compared to his US Open match vs Shane.
Playing on 4.2" buckets...I watched a few min of Chang’s match. He shot way faster (but still slow) compared to his US Open match vs Shane.
I will often play sets as 'win by 2' or at least offer the option at hill-hill, but the letting the other guy get to 10 and then flip a coin is madness. 8-8 changing to a race to 10, fine. But once a guy is at 10, it's done. A tie it up rack to flip a coin is just goonery.whoa... hold on. I just skipped back into today's live feed, and happened across the explanation of the race length. Now I can't post a link with a timestamp included, but the commentator said when the Chang/Urban match was at 0-0:
"Now I have news for you... When it gets, because I wasn't too sure, because we were at hill-hill, it was 8 a piece, and then it went 9-8. It's race to 10 when it's hill-hill. ...and when it's 10 each, it's the toss of the coin."
Then he stops the explanation by pointing out some unknown player in the background.
Does that make sense to anyone...? It's a race to 9, unless you reach 8-8, and then the race 10, but if you somehow manage to both get to 10, then it's decided by a flip of a coin...? WTF...???
Maybe he meant the winner of the next rack if it gets to 10-10 was the winner. So it's a 50/50 "coin flip" scenario at that point.I will often play sets as 'win by 2' or at least offer the option at hill-hill, but the letting the other guy get to 10 and then flip a coin is madness. 8-8 changing to a race to 10, fine. But once a guy is at 10, it's done. A tie it up rack to flip a coin is just goonery.
Maybe he meant the winner of the next rack if it gets to 10-10 was the winner. So it's a 50/50 "coin flip" scenario at that point.
I'm hoping...
I dug back into the stream further to see the match the guy was talking about.or coin flip for the right to break in the 21:st rack
That still doesn't add up because many of the scores are 9-8. Hunter actually lost by 9-8. Was his match streamed by chance?I dug back into the stream further to see the match the guy was talking about.
It's a race to 9, unless you're 8-8. Then it's a race to 10. However the guy who won the flip/lag gets to break the 19th rack. ....but? this seems to be an alt break format event, so the lag winner would be breaking the 19th rack anyway...lol.
Hard to figure out the format when the guy explaining it doesn't understand it either
I dug again.... The score lines on the bracket is probably just a product of laziness... Here's the result of the match I mentioned earlierThat still doesn't add up because many of the scores are 9-8. Hunter actually lost by 9-8. Was his match streamed by chance?
In 2016 someone asked when the Mosconi Cup switched to racking the 9-ball on the spot. Here's what I posted back then.... the biggest error here is the stupid break rule, that may be part of the even stupider pissing contest vs matchroom. the WPA rules states the 1-ball should be on the spot. but the thing is that MR didn't invent the 9 on the spot. the US open, the eurotour (which is WPA-affiliated) and many other tournaments had it long before MR changed to 9 on the spot. so in reality it has been used for a long time, just because of what we are seeing on this stream: ...
Maybe they can't update. It's possible that the software hasn't been told about the random match lengths.... Duong actually won 10-8, but they didn't bother updating.
Check your PMsps, win by 2 or any modified race lengths are dumb imo for a tournament. It makes it hard for the fan to know what is going on. And it takes away the pressure from the players.
I myself have played that way many times while gambling. But in a tournament it doesn't make sense, it ruins the excitement.
Talk about a coincidence here, as he's been residing in Qatar recently, as a coach for local national team. That said, most certainly there is no other chance to see Konstantin competing internationally. Like we don't happen to see Roschkowsky any longer (currently coaching team Austria).Just looked over the main event brackets. Nice to see Konstantin Stepanov back out competing in events.
Ahh, now I understand why he is playing. I miss seeing him, as well as Chinakhov and Stalev in these international events.Talk about a coincidence here, as he's been residing in Qatar recently, as a coach for local national team. That said, most certainly there is no other chance to see Konstantin competing internationally. Like we don't happen to see Roschkowsky any longer (currently coaching team Austria).
That said, wishing him well, Naoyuki Oi is no push-over![]()