US Open 9B October, 2022 -- Atlantic City

DAY 3
D-Day.
Final 64 players will be decided end of today-32 from winners side and 32 losers side
It is all going according to script as all remaining 25x800 players very likely to qualify for last 64.

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Enjoy very much, seeing your opponent get up and help roll balls to racking area after your opponent just won that rack, About time.
Plus, like I've said before, it speeds up play.
 
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I think the winners side should be race to 11 and losers side race to 10. Why did they shorten the races- I remember them being longer in the past
 
Biado just absolutely butchered the ol "both the cue ball and object ball are frozen on the long rail with the side pocket between them" shot on the 9. His opponent was on the hill and he left him a tap-in 9-ball so he conceded the rack and match.
 
The SVB - Styer stream froze, and when I tried to refresh the page it said "video unavailable". Table 2 works perfectly, but that FB page is a real piece of work. Anyone have a workable link?
 
BlueRaider said:
Biado just absolutely butchered the ol "both the cue ball and object ball are frozen on the long rail with the side pocket between them" shot on the 9. His opponent was on the hill and he left him a tap-in 9-ball so he conceded the rack and match.
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What’s the percentage on that shot????? Make able 30 %????? Brutal tough shot
 
judochoke said:
What’s the percentage on that shot????? Make able 30 %????? Brutal tough shot
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It's one of those shots that I've practiced a handful of times and had come up in competition only a few times. I've had close calls but the cue ball or object ball were usually just barely off the rail.
 
BlueRaider said:
Biado just absolutely butchered the ol "both the cue ball and object ball are frozen on the long rail with the side pocket between them" shot on the 9. His opponent was on the hill and he left him a tap-in 9-ball so he conceded the rack and match.
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Agreed. The whole time Biado was eyeing the shot over, and over, and over, all my mind kept thinking was: Ray Martin, 99 Critical Shots in Pool, Shot #34, Frozen Cushion Shot #4, page 77.

However, I seriously doubt it was a situation where Biado didn't know how to hit the shot; but rather the pressure got him.

For if he misses - which he did - Jovan wins the match; and, if he pockets the OB, but the CB follows the OB down the hole by shooting too hard, again, Jovan wins the match; if he shots too softly and fails to make the OB, it's game over; and, even if he tries to play safe, with so much open space and only the game ball and cue ball left on the table, the percentage of playing a successful safety is likely lower percentage than making the shot - and again, Jovan likely wins the whole thing.

Almost every outcome other than pocketing the OB and finishing perfectly with the CB results in Jovan winning the entire match on this one shot.

IMHO, that's a lot of pressure. - GJ
 
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OH NO! Niels Feijen just lost to Hong Kong's Lo Ho Sum (9-8); and now, he moves over to the loser-side to play Hong Kong's Yip Kin Ling Leo. - GJ
 
I’m surprised I’m saying this. I was really let down by the commentary from JJ and Phil today. When Filler was playing Masato, there were all kinds of interesting things happening. Missed balls that should have been made. Excellent kicks to make balls. And the guys were just sleepy on the stream and barely reacting to anything. They left all the drama and tension on the floor. I like Jeremy’s insights but even Phil was monotone. It felt like I was watching whisper golf commentary. They never inflected the volume of their voices. It was kind of drab given the action on the table wasn’t.
 
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