Van Boening vs Banares in the PI
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Final 63-51. I don't think anybody in the world could have beaten Shane given the way he played. I watched parts of all three days and I never saw Shane miss. Up next is Orcollo and that will be fascinating to watch. Orcollo on his home turf will be tough.
Congratulations to Sharks for putting this together.
Congratulations to Sharks for putting this together.
Day 2 Shane actually lost by a bit. 21-14 after day one. Then 42-40 (21-26) after day two. 63-51 (21-11) day 3.
But Shane was getting some really bad rolls day 2. Parking the cue ball on the break and it getting kicked in about 3 or 4 times, plus a few self hooks.
I think Johann Chua is next, Sept, 15-17 and Orcollo is Sept. 22-24.
I’ll bet on SVB over ocollo this time. Even with home court.
Thx for the final and your thoughts. I agree SVB has a tougher game coming up and he’s warmed up, home court isn’t as much of a factor since SVB played there this week.
Thx again
Fatboy
Speaking of Orcollo I asked in the chat why he lost his visa. Someone said he was earning a living in American and didn't have the proper visa for that. I was wondering whether he can simply get another type of visa.
He could have, but that ship may have sailed since his deportation.
They are working on it last I heard. He might get a exemption, however nobody’s in a rush on visa violations.
On another note I’ve taken 3 trips to Europe in the last 5-6 months and I’ve noticed on my departure from the EU they are looking hard at my passport(there’s a million stamps in it) for my entry date stamp. They have the information in front of them on the computer screen but the agents are looking for the physical stamp to cross check it.
I’ve never noticed that in 20+ years with 100’s of hoarder crossings until post covid. I’m certain it’s not covid-I just think there’s more enforcement of visa and rules enforcement. A US citizen gets 180 days in the EU iirc every year. They used to never look or seem to care. It’s different now. I’m headed back again soon and am curious to see if they check as hard as the last 3 trips.
On my 2nd trip this year the entry stamp was in the middle of a page and surrounded by other stamps, the girl (boarder agent in Germany) was looking for the stamp. I told her it was in a “weird place” I noticed it the day before. They are usually on a page next to blank pages as the stamps fill the pages. I asked if I could help her. She was cool about it and I took that moment to ask her why it was important to see the stamp-usually they don’t look. She said “we have too now” that was me leaving Germany 2 trips ago.
So somethings up with the boarders. Stricter enforcement it appears
Best
Fatboy<——-has passport ready to go
From my stats thread on this match:
This match was a race to 63 game wins played over 3 days. Van Boening won the match, outscoring Bañares on 2 of the 3 days (Van Boening's score first):
Day 1 -- 21 - 14
Day 2 -- 21 - 25 (2-day total 42 - 39)
Day 3 -- 21 - 12
Total -- 63 - 51
You can ask for additional pages to be added.
Also, something to speed up the process is you do just like in a journal, have a small string hanging over the last marked page for them to turn right to it.
Oops, off by one on day two. Still "lost" the day, but as I said it was mostly due to bad rolls on near perfect breaks. From your stats, SVB scratched off the break 5 times to Banares' 0
I did that on my last passport and it was enough until it expired.
Now they don’t add pages any longer. When you get a passport issued now (last time I did was 2015) they had either the small size with less pages or more pages. I got the “more” pages version.
Since I have Global Entry here and the UK a similar program I don’t get re-entry stamps when I come home or pass through the UK. If I did my current passport would already be full up. So that’s cool it saves pages.
I was on track to fill my current passport until covid. That cost me lots of trips so I won’t be running out of room.
Also my China Visa is in my old passport and when I enter China I have to have my current passport and expired one as that visa isn’t expired.
Passport stories lol
Best
Eric
PS I owe you a PM
Yes, and after 4 of those scratches, Bañares immediately ran out. All of Shane's break fouls were on the first two days.