Agreed on looks, but Lechner plays an intricate and very mature tactical game that Tyler has yet to learn.
World Pool Masters (22-25 May2021) Winner $25K
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Good point. Pretty chalky so far. Even Grabe over Ouschan barely qualifies as an upset in my books. By Fargo , with Albin at 807 and Grabe at 790 and coming off some very fine play at the World Cup of Pool earlier this month.
shaw is really failing in the safety play. came out guns blazing with a 3-pack, but is down 5-4 after neils having outmoved him
niels on hill after winning another safety duel
Yeah, the fact that this match has become so defense oriented does not favor Jayson. That said, Niels got super lucky in rack 10 to win a safety battle in which Shaw executed admirably. Shaw down 6-4, but can still prevail with good play from here.
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hill-hill, jayson breaking with regained momentum
niels takes it down after each player missed semi-tough shots
Wow, what a crazy finish. Feijen looked like he had it but went wrong on a five ball and the door was wide open for Shaw, but Jayson returned the favor, hanging the five. Feijen wins 7-6.
A good match sprinkled with some great play and some unexpected errors. For my money, Lechner vs Fortunski was played at a higher level.
A good match sprinkled with some great play and some unexpected errors. For my money, Lechner vs Fortunski was played at a higher level.
I wonder what their criteria for a long pot is. CB 4+ diamonds from the OB. Does it still count if the OB is a hanger?
Long pot success is generally a very good measure of how well a player is playing in both pool and snooker. It means their eyes are in. "Regular" pots are prone to errors that arise because of other factors such as forcing the shot, cheating the pocket, being over ambitious with position and so on. Players are more likely to keep it simple with long pots.
In terms of stats, 100% is unlikely. So of all the players with near 100% for long pots, it's likely that their overall pot percentage will be a little lower.
Five of the six players in the first session had 100% long pot success. And the only one who didn’t, Grabe, won his match!
Pot success/long pot success
Lechner: 97%/100% (Winner)
Fortunski: 100/100
Ouschan: 96/100
Grabe: 97/80 (Winner)
Shaw: 93/100
Feijen: 97/100 (Winner)
Five of six players had a higher long pot success than overall pot success.
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It's a tiny data so it's a little early to call it a poor measure. It's also incomplete because it doesn't include the non-100%ers and their overall pot success. I'd be surprised if "pot success" didn't include long pots. A higher long pot success doesn't mean that long pots are not included for the overall stats for reasons already mentioned.
Probably fairly inconsequential anyway in a race to 7.
Not to mention it could be 1 ball or maybe even zero balls.
I'm glad it's getting people worked up though
Oops, yeah you're right.
Wonderful to see SVB firing on all cylinders. As so many of us have noted, SVB needs to climb the Matchroom World Rankings and the time is now. Great performance. Only difference between Shane and Tom Sawyer is that Sawyer whitewashed a fence and Shane .....
Cream rising to top at the World Pool Masters. Kazakis, who nearly fell 4-1 behind, played brilliantly in the second half of his match with the underrated Sajich.
Cream rising to top at the World Pool Masters. Kazakis, who nearly fell 4-1 behind, played brilliantly in the second half of his match with the underrated Sajich.
the lag is becoming increasingly important. kaci has had a few B&R:s and is up 5-0. niels hasn't been at the table more than maybe once