world champ beaten

I remember this clearly about Daryl Peach. On the day of the championship match, Peach and company (6 in all) were walking past the entrance line coming from a meal just besides Araneta. ESPN crew was shooting an interview with fans lining up waiting to get in.

Everyone started shouting Gomez... Gomez... Gomez... and Peach was waved upon by Anthony Suntay to come and an ambush interview happened. He was tactful and humble in words. After that, fans shouted Luthor... Luthor... Luthor... (referring to Lex Luthor). I can't forget this experience.

Regardless of who won that day, the person deserves it. Congrats Daryl.
 
Daryl Hasnt played well since he won the WPC..he hasn't done anything on the UK pro tour getting knocked out early..i think he has made quarters but that's about it...he just isn't playing well at the moment..but he'll get back in stroke and start playing again.

He has just got married and his first child was born a few months ago so this will probably has something to do with it.
 
cajunbarboxplyr said:
Peach is WAY overrated :)
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I think players of his caliber & better are capable of beating anyone on any given day in a short race. That being said, Peach probably won't have as many of those days as Corey, Alex, Shane, Efren, or Ralph just to name a few.

That doesn't mean he isn't a great player, he is.

If the world championship tourney was played every day with the same players for a year, how many times do you think Peach would win?
 
a world champ getting beat isnt that big of a deal. World champions get beat all the time. Lets use our sense, lets use just one example, did Johnny Archer after he won his first World championship, never loose another tournament? Of course he did. And you can go on from there, which should be obvious, but as always I have to state the obvious to those who just dont take the time to think before they post.
 
I hope people didnt get me wrong. I wasn't trying to bash daryl at all! I mean i have greath respect for the english players, and if you check the results of this eurotour. 3 made it into the last 8. Says enough!
ofcourse any pro can win from any pro, but this time pascal budo, who isn't the best player in our country, a good player but not the best and there arent any pro players in our country.i'm not even sure he is ranked in the top100 players on the eurotour and i'm sure no one here ever heared of him.

I only wanted to give reps to pascal for this win, and its probably something he will remember for the rest of his life. good promo for our country, and hopefully get some more interest into pool from belgium. We could use sponsers, teachers, more events, etc..

especially since he got "BOOOOOOO..'ed." by daryl's suporters and lauphed at when he started his match, it was a greath win for him.
 
Do not worry, for myself I uderstand the meaning of your post. Especially that it is a friend of mine who beat Daryl Peach first on the winner side LOL. The story is that his brother beat Earl Strickland the only time he comes playing a tournament in Switzerland... It was a family story, now they both have beaten a World Champion ;)

Good performance from Pascal Budo, congrats to him !
 
Solartje said:
I hope people didnt get me wrong. I wasn't trying to bash daryl at all! I mean i have greath respect for the english players, and if you check the results of this eurotour. 3 made it into the last 8. Says enough!
ofcourse any pro can win from any pro, but this time pascal budo, who isn't the best player in our country, a good player but not the best and there arent any pro players in our country.i'm not even sure he is ranked in the top100 players on the eurotour and i'm sure no one here ever heared of him.

I only wanted to give reps to pascal for this win, and its probably something he will remember for the rest of his life. good promo for our country, and hopefully get some more interest into pool from belgium. We could use sponsers, teachers, more events, etc..

especially since he got "BOOOOOOO..'ed." by daryl's suporters and lauphed at when he started his match, it was a greath win for him.
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A win is a win, no matter how it was obtained. It is something that NOBODY can ever take away from Peach. :)

You got three kind of pool players: tournament soldiers, action players who gamble, and then those who swing both ways. ;)

There is one school of thought that it is economically advantageous for a player to have expertise in both worlds.

I have yet seen a player to live high off the hog off his/her earnings playing competitively, tournament-wise. :(

Most champions leave the game/sport at the height of their pool-shooting career because they, sooner or later, recognize the income potential is not desirable for their chosen lifestyle, ESPECIALLY IF THEY HAVE A SPOUSE AND/OR CHILDREN. I have seen it happen more often than not.

There will always be those who chose pool as a profession solely for the almighty money, others whose greatest ambition is obtaining shiny tin cups, and then a few kindred souls who continue to play because of their deep passion. Unsung heroes, all of them, in their own strange sort of way. Peach is one of them. :)

JAM
 
JAM said:
...There will always be those who chose pool as a profession solely for the almighty money, others whose greatest ambition is obtaining shiny tin cups, and then a few kindred souls who continue to play because of their deep passion. Unsung heroes, all of them, in their own strange sort of way. Peach is one of them. :)

JAM
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Nice post JAM ;)
 
tpdtom said:
I've never seen Mr. Peach play in person. Don't know much about him. Frankly, I'd hafta get good odds to bet on him in any fast company. I have heard that he plays many games at an extremely high level however.

That having been said. Word is that one very humble Filipino World Champ vastly prefers to play on OPM (other people's money). If he plays on his own, he usually pulls up after losing two barrels. He DOES rarely lose two barrels :D ...Tom
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is this one of those amazing tales again?
 
let's put it clear and simple. Daryl is the world champ and he deserves it. remember that he needs to knock off really good competitors inspite of utilizing the soft break. but being a world champ in one WPA event doesn't guarantee you the position of being the number one player. it must be done in a consistent basis on all events that he enters. either finishing the top 3. there is a clear distinction between a world champ of one event to that of a great player of every event. call it lack of action, but how many of those few events that he finished among the top 3?
 
It was a good win for him and a well deserve one especially considering the situation that he was in. Alot of people were against him in both Bustamante's match and Gomez's. He was under alot of pressure but he managed to pull through, that alone makes him a champion in his own right. Also having said that, it looks like he's been under the radar gun. Back when Throsten won alot of people were saying that it was a fluke, but he shut those critics up with some stellar performances in tournaments he played in. I guesse time will tell if he's just gonna be a one hit wonder.
 
Hail Mary Shot said:
...remember that he needs to knock off really good competitors inspite of utilizing the soft break. ...
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Almost every players were using the soft break on the TV table... even Bustamante :eek: and Gomez... excepted in the final match due to a rule modification and a table change.

In 2006 Alcano won his title using the soft break, in almost the whole tournament, and against Souquet in the final who was persisting to break hard without success... no comment and no discredit... at least some said how intelligent was his break :D

So why discrediting Daryl Peach for using (sometimes) the softbreak as the others ;)



Hail Mary Shot said:
...there is a clear distinction between a world champ of one event to that of a great player of every event...
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Nobody here told that Daryl Peach was a great player of every event. He's just a great player as many others. But he belongs to the world champion section...

Show me a great player of every event and I show you a great player of ALMOST every event. Currently no player dominates the (international) circuit as some have done in the past.

JMO - Peace:)
 
I would have liked Bustamante to win. For him to finish 2nd after the death of his child was incredible. I will cheer for him every year until he wins one.

Peach, has put many years into pool and deserved the reward for doing so... Every player putting that much time and dedication into a sport does. Going by his past record and events though, I think it was an upset. I couldn't find the odds of him winning the worlds, but it must have been really high like 100:1 or something. Fluke is a strong word for his win... like someone said, you can't fluke an entire event. I do think it surprised everyone except Peach.

He has ok finishes in other events and even won some, but I think this win after that many years was a shocker for me. My list of potential winners didn't have Peach on it and I don't think it will next year. Too many young guns coming up from so many countries. I just hope a few more of the older guys that paid their dues can win before the next generation take over and that we keep seeing upsets to keep everyone interested.
 
Jason Robichaud said:
I would have liked Bustamante to win. For him to finish 2nd after the death of his child was incredible. I will cheer for him every year until he wins one.
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Just what I feel and will...
 
Well, it's no secret that I was pulling for Bustie as well for this year's WPC. However, he's still got a whole lot of game left. We haven't heard the last of Francisco Bustamante. ;)

Even his name is kind of cool to say: Fran-cis-co Bus-ta-man-te! It sure does have a nice ring to it! :D

JAM
 
billbOK said:
Almost every players were using the soft break on the TV table... even Bustamante :eek: and Gomez... excepted in the final match due to a rule modification and a table change.

In 2006 Alcano won his title using the soft break, in almost the whole tournament, and against Souquet in the final who was persisting to break hard without success... no comment and no discredit... at least some said how intelligent was his break :D

So why discrediting Daryl Peach for using (sometimes) the softbreak as the others ;)





Nobody here told that Daryl Peach was a great player of every event. He's just a great player as many others. But he belongs to the world champion section...

Show me a great player of every event and I show you a great player of ALMOST every event. Currently no player dominates the (international) circuit as some have done in the past.

JMO - Peace:)
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was I discrediting Daryl for mentioning his soft break? read my pretext. and why so sensitive about it? are you a brit by any chance? :D

as far as domination is concerned, it is true that there is no clear runaway winner, but there are points and ranking system that would tell the tale of who are the consistent top finishers. and I don't even see Daryl among the top 5, even by aggregate. no need to show you, I'm sure every info that you need is just within a click of a mouse. ;)
 
JAM said:
Well, it's no secret that I was pulling for Bustie as well for this year's WPC. However, he's still got a whole lot of game left. We haven't heard the last of Francisco Bustamante. ;)

Even his name is kind of cool to say: Fran-cis-co Bus-ta-man-te! It sure does have a nice ring to it! :D

JAM
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you jinx'ed em. lol. j/k jam. how are you?
 
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