WORLD POOL CHAMPIONSHIP (6-10 June2021) Champion $50K
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Right you are, Beiber.
They have done away with the template today at the World Championship and Jayson Shaw, who reminds me of myself in his tendency to try to watch all the matches at once, has noted that there have been a lot more dry breaks.
This is an excellent decision here by Matchroom, as it will reduce the number of matches in which one player gets to hog all the table time. All the five and six packs this week have been a joke, evidencing conditions that don't befit a world championship.
They have done away with the template today at the World Championship and Jayson Shaw, who reminds me of myself in his tendency to try to watch all the matches at once, has noted that there have been a lot more dry breaks.
This is an excellent decision here by Matchroom, as it will reduce the number of matches in which one player gets to hog all the table time. All the five and six packs this week have been a joke, evidencing conditions that don't befit a world championship.
Think how strong the performance Stu just mentioned is. And then Consider that in the same race-to-11 tournament he also beat Orcollo, Woodward, and Little Ko with those three getting to a combined 15 games.
And when it comes to the other Austrians, Max has prevailed (in what we have recorded) in his last 3 meetups with Albin and his last two meetups with Mario
Against Albin Ouschan
9-6 Mezz Stella Artois Open Feb 2020
7-6 Diamond Las Vegas Open July 2019
9-8 Eurotour Netherlands Feb 2019
Against Mario He
6-5 Swiss Open Aug 2020
9-7 Eurotour Austria Open 2019
Inconsistency is not good, but this is a needed correction. Too many whitewashes in this event due to the easy conditions, and it has made the matches less exciting.
Thanks for that, Mike. I didn't arrive at the 2019 International until the fourth day so I didn't see some of these matches.
I've only watched some of the highlight reels, finally watching a bit live. Was the switch to a triangle rack planned for the last 2 days? Or a spur of the moment decision? I wouldn't fault MR either way, as they should do whats best for the viewership, IMO.
Hey, you're right. I had forgotten that. Templates do speed up the play a bit, and at the 256 player US Open in 2019, Stage 1 was a race against the clock. Sure enough, they didn't use templates once they got down to 16 players.
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i think planned, as sjm says the template speeds up play when there's a big field. the triangle, to me atleast, looks better on tv. when used by a referee, that is
It was pre-announced at the 2019 US Open and repeated during the players meeting, so it's likely it was the same here.
I just bought the Dazn for the year. I normally don't like subscriptions and buy per event on the events I want to watch. But with MR taking over all the big events, (that I want to watch), the year deal seems right for me.
lol no joke I had to google him yesterday because I was certain he was Scottish but sure didn't sound like it.
LOL, a few years from now he'll sound like he was born in Connecticut!
