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Earl changes break with daz on hill, full solid hit and dry, daz has shot on 1 w 2 on rail, soft spins it in to perfection, flat on 2 now, draws for 3-5 combo in side, hangs 5 up! earl is hooked but has rail 1st shot on 3, misses 3 and scratches, bih for daz, daz plays 3-5 combo with bih why? i have no idea, 6 out 2 rails for 7 and should be out.... thats it folks....

11-8 Daz


Earl is out of 2012 Us Open..... brutal
 
Table: 1
Huidje See 10 - He Wen Li 10

Table: 10
Shawn Putnam 5 - Niels Feijen 8

Table: 11
Raj Hundal 4 - Wang Can 11 FINAL

Table: 12
Tom DAlfonso 8 - Albin Ouschan 2

Table: 13
Nick Van Den Berg 5 - Jung Lin Chang 7

Table: 14
Yukio Akakariyama 10 - Chris Melling 7

Table: 15
Jin Hu Dang 5 - Corey Deuel 9

Table: 16 TV table
Darren Appleton 11 - Earl Strickland 8 FINAL
 
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bounoun said:
That scratch on the 8 really cost him the match...
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I can't explain in words how brutal that was... It felt like he was gonna run the set out at that point... Crowd was behind him... It was simple z shape that you play a million times.... He had to hit that 8 too full and with running english on order to scratch from there... just brutal
 
PoolBum said:
Earl definitely had a chance to win that match. I think Darren was feeling a little heat toward the end there.
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Without a doubt. Mid-match Earl got into his give-up mode and started to throw the cue at the ball. Then Daz took that short break and came back to a much calmer Earl. He started playing as good as he ever has. Wasn't enough, unfortunately.

Darren was nearly flawless and seemed to have a better read on the speed of the table. Most of Earl's mistakes were from stroking a bit too hard. Still, he made a great showing here against the reigning champ, so my hat is off to him. I'm bummed, but a well deserved win for Daz nonetheless.

Now for THE match of the whole event, Efren and Dennis! How exciting!
 
Li, Yukio, Can, Feijen, Deuel , Shorty, Daz all advance...

Raj, Melling, See, Dang, Putnum, Ouschan, Earl out...
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1 match still in action

Dang 9 VDB 5
 
B -side brackets...

Final 8 of B-side

Niels Feijen
Wang Can

D. Appleton
Corey Deuel

Y. Akakariyama
He Wen Li

Shorty
Chang/VDB winner


Daz sends former champion packing and has another one waiting for him....
 
Sloppy Pockets said:
Without a doubt. Mid-match Earl got into his give-up mode and started to throw the cue at the ball. Then Daz took that short break and came back to a much calmer Earl. He started playing as good as he ever has. Wasn't enough, unfortunately.

Darren was nearly flawless and seemed to have a better read on the speed of the table. Most of Earl's mistakes were from stroking a bit too hard. Still, he made a great showing here against the reigning champ, so my hat is off to him. I'm bummed, but a well deserved win for Daz nonetheless.

Now for THE match of the whole event, Efren and Dennis! How exciting!
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I suspect Daz felt very relieved when Earl scratched off that last kick shot. Daz did play great and definitely deserved to win.

I think Efren's gonna need to summon up some more magic here if he's gonna slay this next giant.
 
Way to go Earl!! You always were, and still am, one of my favorite players to ever wield a cue. Even though you fell shy today its good to know that you're still one of the most expolsive players in the game. :)
 
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PoolBum said:
Earl definitely had a chance to win that match. I think Darren was feeling a little heat toward the end there.
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Totally agree with you here... You could see it in his body language and thought process with that final bih... balls wide open, everything goes, he lines up 3-5 combo with bih and shoots it...
 
Playin4Dinner said:
Totally agree with you here... You could see it in his body language and thought process with that final bih... balls wide open, everything goes, he lines up 3-5 combo with bih and shoots it...
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If Daz had left Earl a shot when he missed that combo I think the match is dead even from there.
 
Seems like Ralph Eckert is doing co-commentary on the orcullo - reyes match. he`s got great knowledge, but his english isn`that good unfortunately.
 
So who is Wang Can???

this is all i found on him

"Little Wonder" Wang Can of China continues to make believers as he defeated top Filipino Warren Kiamco for the second time in a row last night! This time he defeated him in 10-ball after already beating him in the 9-Ball. The Championship Cloth 5th Annual Pro Classic events are a pro 9-Ball and 10-Ball event during October 16th-20th, 2012.

Wang crushed Kiamco 9-4 in the 10-Ball. He has added Warren's name to his notches already including wins over Johnny Archer and Thorsten Hohmann.
 
Playin4Dinner said:
Probably a pick em the way Efren has been running this week...

But coming into open it would probably have been Efren don't 10, 9 is a push vs dennis...
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I got to watch Efren the first time he won the Sands to'urnament in Reno, probably '85. The Philippine contengent was walking around with a briefcase of money and the only bet that could be made was how many games a player might get against Efren. When Efren played Ed Kelly I was seated right behind the Phillippinos and Cole Dickson came along and said "I'll bet a thousand Ed gets to 7." (the race was to 9). The Phillipinos conferred and returned with "If you bet 2,000, Ed gets to 7 for 1,000 Ed has to get to 8." Cole left and came back a little later and bet 2,000 on Ed. Ed was the only player to get to 7 against Efren in the whole tournament.

He played Earl in the finals and tortured him. Efren broke and ran 3 then on the 4th rack over cut the 1 and left it in the middle of the foot rail and froze the cue ball to the back of the ball closest to the head rail. When Earl missed he ran 3 more and then did it again.
 
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