Turning Stone XXII- the prediction thread
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Thanks. I dogged that one!
Shaw is on a roll....took out Shane, dechaine, earl, now Morris. He is playing really special pool. Very effortless. It's fun to witness.
Agreed, most impressive.
No, race to 13 for the finals.
OK, Thank you. Johnnyt
Shaw definitely has the momentum. I always wondered if that format gives the one loss player the edge because the undefeated player has been sitting for three hours. Many times in turning stone the one loss player wins. I need to see the statistics to see if there is a pattern.
Must admit, despite Mika's super-strong pedigree, I figured Shaw would prevail. He was simply on fire and might have won 13-6 again had they played a second set.
Glad to see a Joss tour regular win this event and to see two of the top four spots go to the Joss tour's two best players. Congrats to Jayson.
As we know, Shane is always the guy to beat at the US Open, but the top four in this event (Shaw, Immonen, Morris, Dechaine) must all be reckoned threats to him in October.
Glad to see a Joss tour regular win this event and to see two of the top four spots go to the Joss tour's two best players. Congrats to Jayson.
As we know, Shane is always the guy to beat at the US Open, but the top four in this event (Shaw, Immonen, Morris, Dechaine) must all be reckoned threats to him in October.
Did Mika agree to play 1 set instead of 2?
Earlier this year winners side Earl played longer 1 set instead of v Mike Dechaine who had 1 loss.
Why would the no loss winner side guy agree to that?
Anyway great shooting by Jayson. Saw last few racks and Mika sort of give up-- poor positioning and uncharacteristic errors.
Jayson is one of best shooters in the game now...the migrants from English 8ball/blackball like Darren, Chris are just damn strong shooters and shotmakers. :grin-square:
No, Turning Stone is not a true double elimination event, nor, for that matter, are most really high profile events I can think of in rotation pool.
Extended race is the norm.
Good point about the English 8-ballers. They sure do shoot straight. Darren Appleton missed this event due to heading to the World Cup of Pool, but I'm sure he'll be happy for Jayson Shaw, a member of his wedding party about a month ago.
You are talking about the ginky memorial where earl was undefeated and decided just to do a single race with dechaine and dechaine beat him. It definitely wasn't last turning stone, because earl beat sossei who was undefeated at the time in a race to thirteen.
How do you un-ring a bell? Of course lawyers use it all the time for the jury.
IC , thanks
yes it is the Ginky tourney
I remember commentator mentioned that Earl agree to play 1 longer set instead of MD having to beat him twice since it was running late.
I was shocked cos that would be advantage to MD
Actually, at this year's Ginky memorial, the final was Dechaine over Immonen. Mike went undefeated in the entire event.
Stu is correct. The Earl/Mike thing was in the finals of the NY State 10-Ball Championship in May at Mr. Cue Billiards. The plan had been to have a true double-elim. finals with the first set to 9 and the second set, if needed, to 7. But Earl (in the hot seat) said let's just play one set to 9, and they did (Mike won 9-6).
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Yes you are right, sir. Ginky is usually on green cloth at Steinway I think. The ten ball tournament was on blue if i can recall. Definitely not ginky memorial