He looks good to me so far. Hitting the ball well, and staying in line.
I will say it does look like he's being extra deliberate with his actions. His pace is fine, but it's almost like he's moving in slow motion.
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He looks good to me so far. Hitting the ball well, and staying in line.
I will say it does look like he's being extra deliberate with his actions. His pace is fine, but it's almost like he's moving in slow motion.
Shane and Gorst now on losers side. Losers side now have more heavyweights than winners side. Losers side have to win 3 matches from here on to qualify for last 16 so we are going to see many big names eliminated tomorrow 
This event may see a surprise winner and like with other events earlier this year, somr underdogs will go deep. 2021 may be the year of upsets and underdogs 
This event may see a surprise winner and like with other events earlier this year, somr underdogs will go deep. 2021 may be the year of upsets and underdogs 
That's wild. And that's with over 2000 robustness.
Bader, the player that beat Shane, is a 742 with about 800 robustness.
Shane lost his match on the 3 foul rule. Here is a choppy, but watchable, video of only the foul sequence on Youtube:
Giant killer underdog Sullivan Clark v Oscar.
Clark has lowest Fargo(694) of remaining players on winners side
Clark has lowest Fargo(694) of remaining players on winners side
I watched Dennis' match earlier today with Kazakis. He cruised out to an easy 3-0 lead and was running out to get to 4-0, when up jumped the devil and Dennis hung up an easy seven ball. He hung another ball in the next game and was soon down 4-3. They went back and forth with Alex 'three fouling' Dennis in one game. Dennis managed to get to the hill first at 7-5, but a missed two ball proved costly. Alex ran out and then broke and ran to make it hill-hill. The last game featured a series of safeties until Alex got a lucky role on a kick shot and was able to leave Dennis in a bad spot shooting at the two ball. He managed to hit it but left Alex with a wide open table, and eight balls to navigate.
Alex labored over every shot, looking at them from every angle two or three times, at what appeared to be fairly routine shots. Obviously the pressure of knocking Dennis out of the tournament was affecting him, but he held on and made the remaining balls, even though it was agonizingly slow.
The Diamond tables played fair and they played tough with 4.25" corners. It was easy to hang a ball and I saw everyone missing on these tables. I was glad to see balls being used with the correct colors and the overhead table lights were awesome!
The tournament arena was set up nicely, but not nearly enough seating for all the people who wanted to watch the matches. Many people were standing around everywhere I looked. Some added seating (bleachers) on both sides (there was room) would have have been nice. There will always be an audience for great pool! I've been witnessing that my entire life.
One more thing. I'm seeing lots of upsets of top ranked players and I'm not sure why, other than we are developing a larger talent pool as more tournaments are added and the prize money goes up.
As for this Sullivan Clark character. I'm pretty sure he was the guy playing high dollar sets in the PI the last time I was there nearly two years ago. He was avoiding all the top guys but finding lots of good action with third echelon players and other hustlers from Europe and Australia. He ain't no .694! More like a solid .750.
Alex labored over every shot, looking at them from every angle two or three times, at what appeared to be fairly routine shots. Obviously the pressure of knocking Dennis out of the tournament was affecting him, but he held on and made the remaining balls, even though it was agonizingly slow.
The Diamond tables played fair and they played tough with 4.25" corners. It was easy to hang a ball and I saw everyone missing on these tables. I was glad to see balls being used with the correct colors and the overhead table lights were awesome!
The tournament arena was set up nicely, but not nearly enough seating for all the people who wanted to watch the matches. Many people were standing around everywhere I looked. Some added seating (bleachers) on both sides (there was room) would have have been nice. There will always be an audience for great pool! I've been witnessing that my entire life.
One more thing. I'm seeing lots of upsets of top ranked players and I'm not sure why, other than we are developing a larger talent pool as more tournaments are added and the prize money goes up.
As for this Sullivan Clark character. I'm pretty sure he was the guy playing high dollar sets in the PI the last time I was there nearly two years ago. He was avoiding all the top guys but finding lots of good action with third echelon players and other hustlers from Europe and Australia. He ain't no .694! More like a solid .750.
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I'm beginning to realize that these three tournaments (World Ten Ball, U.S.Open and International) will ultimately determine who plays in the Mosconi Cup. Thus we see strong U.S. and Euro contingents here. Oscar and Thorpe are making a big push right now for inclusion, with the winners side full of Euros.
A very convincing push at that, Jay. If either Oscar or Billy should medal in this event, that should all but seal a Mosconi spot. I haven't seen any of Oscar's play yet, but Billy is playing beautifully. Wishing both of them good luck in today's play.
When it comes to judging who will fade the pressure of the Mosconi best, I always want to know who holds up best when the biggest titles are on the line, and September 2021 will give us a lot of information on that front.
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That’s pretty strong from Mr. Deuel. Especially with how often he was breaking dry vs Shaw.
In most professional events athletes are not asked to compete in match after match all day.
nah, he's always like that. slow as molasses in january.
Try playing the world series of poker then get back to us. Pool becomes a cakewalk
That's a bit different. Poker is kind of open ended with the increases in minimum bets. a table can go forever with the back and forth. But I do understand your point, poker players have leather asses.
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11am PST (2pm EST)
SVB v Chris Reinhold (Loser Elimination)
1pm PST (4pm EST)
Ralf v De Luna (Loser Elimination)
5pm PST (8pm EST)
Shaw v Kaci (Winner Qualification-Winner qualify for last 16)
7pm PST (10pm EST)
Filler/Oi v Omar/Zielinski (Loser Elimination)
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11am PST (2pm EST)
SVB v Chris Reinhold (Loser Elimination)
1pm PST (4pm EST)
Ralf v De Luna (Loser Elimination)
5pm PST (8pm EST)
Shaw v Kaci (Winner Qualification-Winner qualify for last 16)
7pm PST (10pm EST)
Filler/Oi v Omar/Zielinski (Loser Elimination)
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Omar v Zielinski (Winner Qualification-Winner qualify for last 16)
done that. Won the first tourney I entered, was listed in card player magazine. Won entry to a 2500 entry no limit holdem WSOP event tourney where I went out 209 out of over 2100.
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