Title sponsor: World cup of pool

JoeyA

JoeyA

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How many of you knew that BETWAY.COM was the TITLE SPONSOR OF Matchroom Sport's World Cup of Pool?

I have to appreciate BETWAY from stepping up to the plate as well as Matchroom Sport. Having this event on ESPN3.com so that we can see it live (here in the USA) is well, SWEET!

THANKS TO BETWAY & MATCHROOM SPORT!

LET THEM KNOW HOW YOU FEEL POOL PEOPLE!

JoeyA
 
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Another note about this event that appreciation has to be shown is to the QATAR team taking it to the Chinese Taipei team. QATAR promotes pool in a big way and hasn't really shown up in competition until now. Beating the very strong Chinese Taipei team is no small accomplishment.

JoeyA
 
JoeyA said:
How many of you knew that BETWAY.COM was the TITLE SPONSOR OF Matchroom Sport's World Cup of Pool?

I have to appreciate BETWAY from stepping up to the plate as well as Matchroom Sport. Having this event on ESPN3.com so that we can see it live (here in the USA) is well, SWEET!

THANKS TO BETWAY & MATCHROOM SPORT!

LET THEM KNOW HOW YOU FEEL POOL PEOPLE!

JoeyA
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Thanks to Betway for sure, but more thanks to Matchroom, the only pool producer that seems to understand that pool is most watchable when a) it's nine ball, not ten ball, b) the balls are racked by a neutral party, c) the races are short, ensuring big drama, and d) the shot clock is in use. Pro pool done the Matchroom way is simply a better product, and it's no wonder they are able to secure such a good sponsor.

The final result is that the winning team members, who get $30,000 each, will have the same payday that Niels Feijen had when he won the World 9-ball Championship earlier this year.
 
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JoeyA said:
Another note about this event that appreciation has to be shown is to the QATAR team taking it to the Chinese Taipei team. QATAR promotes pool in a big way and hasn't really shown up in competition until now. Beating the very strong Chinese Taipei team is no small accomplishment.

JoeyA
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Yes, the host nation of the WPA 9-ball championships took a big step forward here. Well played, Qatar.
 
sjm said:
Thanks to Betway for sure, but more thanks to Matchroom, the only pool producer that seems to understand that pool is most watchable when a) it's nine ball, not ten ball, b) the races are short, ensuring big drama, and c) the shot clock is in use. Pro pool done the Matchroom way is simply a better product, and it's no wonder they are able to secure such a good sponsor.

The final result is that the winning team members, who get $30,000 each, will have the same payday that Niels Feijen had when he won the World 9-ball Championship earlier this year.
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I agree with this. The referee racking, illegal break rule, and 9 on the spot takes care of most of the racking issues with 9 ball even though I'm not always the biggest fan of the illegal break rule. I still prefer that to watching 9 ball played with the soft break.
 
THANKS TO BETWAY & MATCHROOM SPORT!

LET THEM KNOW HOW YOU FEEL POOL PEOPLE! :thumb up:

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JoeyA said:
Another note about this event that appreciation has to be shown is to the QATAR team taking it to the Chinese Taipei team. QATAR promotes pool in a big way and hasn't really shown up in competition until now. Beating the very strong Chinese Taipei team is no small accomplishment.

JoeyA
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Taipei is the capital of Taiwan why do they have a team from a city
not the Country does that mean the players have to be from that city
seems like they would be team Taiwan
 
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sjm said:
the races are short, ensuring big drama, and d) the shot clock is in use.
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Spot on!! Nothing wrong with taking your time over a difficulty safety (timeout), but some of the slow play that is going on in professional pool is really killing it for TV broadcast. Nothing more painful than watching a simple 5 ball runout taking forever.
 
terryhanna said:
Taipei is the capital of Taiwan why do they have a team from a city
not the Country does that mean the players have to be from that city
seems like they would be team Taiwan
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Basically it's BS politics. Red China gets offended at the use of Taiwan because it still considers it part of China proper, and doesn't recognize that it's its own country. To circumvent the issue it was decided (probably by the IOC) that in international competitions Taiwan would be called Chinese Taipei even though that is not the geographic name.
 
StraightPoolIU said:
Basically it's BS politics. Red China gets offended at the use of Taiwan because it still considers it part of China proper, and doesn't recognize that it's its own country. To circumvent the issue it was decided (probably by the IOC) that in international competitions Taiwan would be called Chinese Taipei even though that is not the geographic name.
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Yes. Here's an article with some more information on the issue: http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2008/08/05/2003419446
 
sjm said:
Thanks to Betway for sure, but more thanks to Matchroom, the only pool producer that seems to understand that pool is most watchable when a) it's nine ball, not ten ball, b) the balls are racked by a neutral party, c) the races are short, ensuring big drama, and d) the shot clock is in use. Pro pool done the Matchroom way is simply a better product, and it's no wonder they are able to secure such a good sponsor.

The final result is that the winning team members, who get $30,000 each, will have the same payday that Niels Feijen had when he won the World 9-ball Championship earlier this year.
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I think the shot clock and the neutral racking is what makes these matches most enjoyable. I can appreciate the different strategies of different pool games (especially 8 ball) just as much as I appreciate 9 ball. I could live without the illegal break rule however. I understand the intention of the rule (to ensure that the balls are broken in such a manner that the game can doesn't drag on), but you end up having to penalize players for well spread breaks simply because a combination of 3 object balls didn't fall or pass the head string.

Even with my critique of the illegal break rule, I'm really enjoying the coverage. I happen to be able to view all the matches directly from Sky Sports 3, but I'm glad that everyone else is able to stream the match via ESPN3.
 
I've seen multiple breaks that would have been legal but the ball racing back to the head string hit the titty on the side pocket. This is total BS and the rule needs to go.
 
boblzer0 said:
I've seen multiple breaks that would have been legal but the ball racing back to the head string hit the titty on the side pocket. This is total BS and the rule needs to go.
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The illegal break rule just cost India the match against England B. Very tough break. I was really rooting for India to win that match.
 
JoeyA said:
BTW, do you have any of YOUR statistics for any of the matches at the World Cup of Pool?

Thanks,
JoeyA
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No, Joey, I haven't been keeping track to any extent. I'll try to watch all of the US matches and probably a few others, but not the majority of the matches.

As for the US/Croatia match yesterday, Earl and Shane each broke 3 times. Earl was dry once, the other five breaks were wet. The US broke and ran out on 3 of their 6 breaks. Their 7 winning games came on 5 of their own breaks and 2 of Croatia's breaks.
 
Not only do I appreciate betway and matchroom sport for the event, but if it weren't for the folks on AZB, I probably wouldn't even know about it, let alone know where I could watch it. Huge thanks to everyone keeping us all in the loop.
 
AtLarge said:
No, Joey, I haven't been keeping track to any extent. I'll try to watch all of the US matches and probably a few others, but not the majority of the matches.

As for the US/Croatia match yesterday, Earl and Shane each broke 3 times. Earl was dry once, the other five breaks were wet. The US broke and ran out on 3 of their 6 breaks. Their 7 winning games came on 5 of their own breaks and 2 of Croatia's breaks.
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I'm a bit curious as to how the rule about three balls having to pass the head string on the break changes the win/loss ratio. It seems that this rule is the death knell for large numbers of strung racks. Luck is enormous with this rule, imo.
JoeyA
 
JoeyA said:
I'm a bit curious as to how the rule about three balls having to pass the head string on the break changes the win/loss ratio. It seems that this rule is the death knell for large numbers of strung racks. Luck is enormous with this rule, imo.
JoeyA
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Could be. But the US had a 3-pack in their first match. Let's see if any team exceeds that and what it is that ends the string.
 
AtLarge said:
No, Joey, I haven't been keeping track to any extent. I'll try to watch all of the US matches and probably a few others, but not the majority of the matches.

As for the US/Croatia match yesterday, Earl and Shane each broke 3 times. Earl was dry once, the other five breaks were wet. The US broke and ran out on 3 of their 6 breaks. Their 7 winning games came on 5 of their own breaks and 2 of Croatia's breaks.
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Do you write this stuff down or are you like Rainman and it is there for total recall?

:-)
 
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