OK, here's the scoop. I stayed until eight remained.
Finishing 17/24: Charlie Williams, Tony Crosby, Chris Szuter, Johnny Archer, Lee Chenman, Danny Barouty, Dennis Hatch, Danny Medina
Finishing 13/16: Tony Robles, Joey Kong, Jeremy Jones, Luc Salvas
Finishing 9/12: Jose Garcia, Branden Ashcraft, Danny Basavich, Max Eberle
For the last eight, the draw looked like this:
Corey Deuel vs Santos Sambajon, winner advances to the hot-seat match, the loser to play winner of John Schmidt vs Earl Strickland
Danny Harriman vs Mike Davis, winner advances to the hot-seat match, the loser to play winner of Dave Hemmah vs Rodney Morris
I'm sad to say I won't attend tomorrow, so this completes my coverage of the World Summit.
Now for the matches:
Eberle vs Hatch
This was a good one, andf at double hill, Eberle had a choice between a safe and a cross-side bank on the four ball. Max came with the bank and played beautfiul three rail shape to the five and ran out for the 11- 10 victory.
Hemmah vs Ashcraft
What looked like a good one at 4 – 4 got ugly, and Hemmah won the next six racks for a 10 – 4 lead. Ashcraft closed to 10 – 6, but that was it. Hemmah won it 11 - 6.
Davis vs Basavich
This was a good one on the winner side. It was 5 – 5, 6 – 6, and 7 – 7, but it turned when Basavich, with a chance to tie it at eight, hooked himself on the six ball. The result was a 9 – 7 lead for Davis, which he defended for the win.
Jones vs Schmidt
This was an uneven, but fairly well-played match. Jones got most of the rolls, but Schmidt hung tough all the way to double hill. Then came one of the more interesting racks I’ve seen in quite some time.
A sequence of tables shown below will make it clearer, but when Schmidt fouled on the five, Jones face a very tricky decision with ball in hand. The first table below shows the position he faced.
It didn’t appear the five could be caromed into the side off the seven. It didn’t appear likely that he could bump out the seven as he played the five and still make shape on the six. He considered the matter of playing onto the six at an angle that would allow him to draw the cue ball across the table to bump out the seven, but it seemed he didn’t like it. Finally, he considered playing a pattern on to bank the seven, and I must admit, I reckoned that would be his ultimate choice, as he banks balls so well.
The second table shown shows where Jeremy took ball in hand. He played a safety, running the five into the seven, and playing the cue behind the nine, and executed it well, to leave the position shown in the third table shown. Seemed like a pretty good shot.
Schmidt had no choice to play the kick in, and he didn’t hit it quite right, and the cue ball double kissed the five after it hit the right hand point f the side pocket. The five double kissed in, but the cue went to the position shown in the fourth table below. Frozen to the bottom rail, Schmidt hit it well to leave the position in the fifth table below. Now, he played the two-way bank on the seven in the corner, and he split the pocket in half, leaving the position shown in the sixth table below. Of course, he got out from there. What a finish!
Finishing 17/24: Charlie Williams, Tony Crosby, Chris Szuter, Johnny Archer, Lee Chenman, Danny Barouty, Dennis Hatch, Danny Medina
Finishing 13/16: Tony Robles, Joey Kong, Jeremy Jones, Luc Salvas
Finishing 9/12: Jose Garcia, Branden Ashcraft, Danny Basavich, Max Eberle
For the last eight, the draw looked like this:
Corey Deuel vs Santos Sambajon, winner advances to the hot-seat match, the loser to play winner of John Schmidt vs Earl Strickland
Danny Harriman vs Mike Davis, winner advances to the hot-seat match, the loser to play winner of Dave Hemmah vs Rodney Morris
I'm sad to say I won't attend tomorrow, so this completes my coverage of the World Summit.
Now for the matches:
Eberle vs Hatch
This was a good one, andf at double hill, Eberle had a choice between a safe and a cross-side bank on the four ball. Max came with the bank and played beautfiul three rail shape to the five and ran out for the 11- 10 victory.
Hemmah vs Ashcraft
What looked like a good one at 4 – 4 got ugly, and Hemmah won the next six racks for a 10 – 4 lead. Ashcraft closed to 10 – 6, but that was it. Hemmah won it 11 - 6.
Davis vs Basavich
This was a good one on the winner side. It was 5 – 5, 6 – 6, and 7 – 7, but it turned when Basavich, with a chance to tie it at eight, hooked himself on the six ball. The result was a 9 – 7 lead for Davis, which he defended for the win.
Jones vs Schmidt
This was an uneven, but fairly well-played match. Jones got most of the rolls, but Schmidt hung tough all the way to double hill. Then came one of the more interesting racks I’ve seen in quite some time.
A sequence of tables shown below will make it clearer, but when Schmidt fouled on the five, Jones face a very tricky decision with ball in hand. The first table below shows the position he faced.
It didn’t appear the five could be caromed into the side off the seven. It didn’t appear likely that he could bump out the seven as he played the five and still make shape on the six. He considered the matter of playing onto the six at an angle that would allow him to draw the cue ball across the table to bump out the seven, but it seemed he didn’t like it. Finally, he considered playing a pattern on to bank the seven, and I must admit, I reckoned that would be his ultimate choice, as he banks balls so well.
The second table shown shows where Jeremy took ball in hand. He played a safety, running the five into the seven, and playing the cue behind the nine, and executed it well, to leave the position shown in the third table shown. Seemed like a pretty good shot.
Schmidt had no choice to play the kick in, and he didn’t hit it quite right, and the cue ball double kissed the five after it hit the right hand point f the side pocket. The five double kissed in, but the cue went to the position shown in the fourth table below. Frozen to the bottom rail, Schmidt hit it well to leave the position in the fifth table below. Now, he played the two-way bank on the seven in the corner, and he split the pocket in half, leaving the position shown in the sixth table below. Of course, he got out from there. What a finish!
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