Turning Stone Classic XXXVII Aug31- Sept. 4th
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Are Gorst and Immonen playing? Schedule says started a while ago but no score yet.
Mika Gorst just lagged. Finals race to 13, single set.
Tied 4-4. Mika missed one hanger 8 early on, and one combo early on that he was a favorite. He would be way ahead had he made those.
Free stream, but you have to be quick:
Fedor 12 - Mika 10 and running out. Race to 13.
Fedor wins 13-11. (No second final match)
Mika has been playing really well for the past year and a half of so. I wonder if he's made some changes or just refocused himself.
One player that really puzzles me is Thorsten Hohman. I can't believe how much he moves on the shot. I had to go back and watch some footage of him from 20 years ago or so and he moved a bit back then but he shoots like he has a plane to catch after just about every shot now.
Fedor -- what's left to say about him? We'll hopefully be watching him for a long long time.
Some stats on the event are now available here: https://forums.azbilliards.com/thre...ssic-xxxvii-9-ball-open-aug-sept-2023.556839/
Mika has been playing great and with a few more better rolls, he would have won the tournament.
He deserves some kudos for competing so well against the world's best players at his age.
Thorsten has been like that for years. Need to go back and check out YouTube to see when this started.
klikr
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thank you, @azhousepro for publishing the tournament on digitalpool! Like that I could "participate" without attending 
thx @kingwang for pointing it out.
thx @kingwang for pointing it out.
16 of the 37 Turning Stone event winners were undefeated; 21 were from the one-loss side.
I know it's been going on for years and this is as old school of rule sets as a nine ball tournament gets, but anyone else feel it is nuts that Mika, after going all the way to the finals via the winners side, had to have a one race to 13 set against Gorst? The rule should be if the winners side player gets to 9, they win. If the losers side player gets to 9 first then the race is extended to 13.
but again, this is as old school rules as it gets.
but again, this is as old school rules as it gets.
On a side note, if anyone wants to make their mark at being an announcer and getting noticed, do yourselves the favor and reach out to Zuglan and see about getting some air time. That commentary was awful.
The other way to look at it is that the player who came through the losers' bracket has at least as many wins as the winners' side player and maybe more. Like when Mika lost his first match at the US Open and won the thing.
Besides, a single final match is easier on the audience and the scheduling. True double elimination helped kill pool on TV in the late 60s. The best solution is to use single elimination for the final 16 or 32.
I get why they do it And I agree make the final 16 or 32 single elimination but You won’t find a single player in the losers bracket that would rather beat someone 2 sets instead of 1. Lol To me it’s a huge advantage for the losers bracket player. Hes warmed up and ready to go and the guy who hasn’t lost is cold for sitting for 2 hours. I was rooting for gorst but honestly I don’t feel he really one. It was a tie and got the trophy and more money
