World Ten Ball updates

mjantti said:
All referees are supposed to work in the same manner. And my guess is that there aren't any racks available at the tables.
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There are wooden racks under the tables (at least there's one under the TV table)- that's why I thought it was optional.
 
Jeong Young-Hwa just breezed by Konstantin Stepanov, 9 games to 2 while the game between Liu
Haitao and Johnny Archer are headed the same direction, with Archer trailing Haitao, 7 games to zip...
 
Jeff "The Bull" De Luna is through to the round of 64 with a 9-3 win against Marco Tschudi...
 
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mjantti said:
It's not about the ability, the secret is in the dents. And even though it's hard for you to believe, the racks are perfect. Obviously, you don't know what you are talking about.
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Wouldn't be the first time, or the last. :smile: .

I'll still match you rack for rack and see who gives up the most balls on the break. I know a few tricks myself, and I don't have to dent the cloth.

Now that I read the ablove posts, I want to learn about this template. I'm not too old to learn. I guess the idea of tapping dents into the cloth doesn't sit well with me. I haven't forgot the Sardo thing.
 
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jay helfert said:
Wouldn't be the first time, or the last. :smile: .

I'll still match you rack for rack and see who gives up the most balls on the break. I know a few tricks myself, and I don't have to dent the cloth.
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For 5 large Jay??? Let's TAR it baby!
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Jasmin played great! She beat a good player, plain and simple. She showed composure and heart. She IS the most talented women player. Her game looks just like a top man playing. She has all the weapons in her arsenal and she thinks good too. I even like her push outs.

I think it was great for pool for her to win like this on major television. If she could actually win a tourney like this, what a boost for the sport that would be. And from what I've seen, she is capable of doing just that.

Five Americans in the final 64, that's a pleasant surprise. Without the top five or six filipinos, this tourney is up for grabs. Bunny is calling me to dinner. She is a good cook too, a nice bonus. :)
 
So Corey is playing and has the 2 in the side with a sweet billiard on the 10. He wants to play both, but must play only one or the other. The 2 is certain so he calls it and makes it easily. The 10 goes too, and must be respotted. Sorry bad rule!
 
jay helfert said:
So Corey is playing and has the 2 in the side with a sweet billiard on the 10. He wants to play both, but must play only one or the other. The 2 is certain so he calls it and makes it easily. The 10 goes too, and must be respotted. Sorry bad rule!
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Can't he call both???
 
Jay, from my experience, the dents in the cloth interfere with the gameplay much less than a headspot sticker. We've all seen different trickshot setups where the balls have to be tapped lightly, to make sure they are really frozen. Well, there you go, that's the general idea behind the racking template...
 
miha said:
from my experience, the dents in the cloth interfere with the gameplay much less than a headspot sticker.
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Which brings up my question. Since they are tapping the tables, do they not use a head spot sticker at all? I can't see where it would be necessary, as you could simply mark the cloth with a perm. marker to indicate the location for the head ball. Or does the head spot sticker server other purposes as well, like perhaps protecting the felt from the downward force of the head ball? I wouldn't think that would be an issue either, though, at least not throughout the short duration of one tournament. So is the sticker necessary on a tapped table?

Aaron
 
Bill S said:
Does anyone know the story on Ronnie Wiseman? I noticed that he forfeited his matches. Seems that it would take something serious to keep a player away from this tournament.
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you kiddin ? NA players turn down invites every year- It's real expensive and 18 hours in a plane is no fun.

Not to mention this tournamment has no tradition whatsoever. It's a whole new ball game.
 
Snapshot9 said:
does the action start today, our time????
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The action starts at 1 pm Wednesday, Manila time, but ESPN goes on the air at 3 pm up to 6:30 pm, same zone, that will be 12 midnight to 3:30 Pacific, 3-6:30 am Eastern, or 1-4:30 am Mountain time.

Here are the match-ups for the last 64:

Shane Van Boening vs. Tony Drago
Naoyuki Oi vs. Shaun Wilkie
Bruno Muratore vs. Dharminder Sing Lilly
Wu Chia-Ching vs. Stevie Moore
Daryl Peach vs. Arnel Bautista
Mark Gray vs. Corey Deuel
Ko Pin-Yi vs. Ruslan Chinahov
Jonni Fulcher vs. Mika Immonen
Liu Haitao vs. Dimitri Jungo
Carlos Cabello vs. Vilmos Foldes
Imran Mahid vs. Ralf Souquet
Kazuo Furuta vs. Oliver Ortmann
Demosthenes Pupul vs. Jasmin Ouschan
Leonardo Didal vs. Zhang Shuchun
Yang Ching-Shun vs. Chu Hung-Ming
Sascha Tege vs. Satoshi Kawabata
Roman Hybler vs. Hayato Hijikata
Darren Appleton vs. Lai Chia-Hsiung
Ryu, Seung-Woo vs. Jeong, Young-Hwa
Sander Tot vs. Jeffrey De Luna
Fu Che-Wei vs. King Woong-Dae
Lu Hui-Chan vs. Chang Jung-Lin
Charlie Williams vs. Ernesto Dominguez
Marlon Manalo vs. Fabio Petroni
Victor Arpilleda vs. Wang Ming
Niels Feijen vs. Ricky Yang
Martin Kempter vs. David Alcaide
Marcus Chamat vs. Christian Weigoni
Nick Van Den Berg vs. Martin Larsen
Louis Condo vs. Dodong Alwi
Wang Hung-Hsiang vs. Jericho Banares
 
Snapshot9 said:
does the action start today, our time????
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Day 3 is finished now. Day 4 (last 64 - single elimination) will start at 1 AM US eastern time tomorrow. However, I think the live stream will only start at 3 am US EST up to 7 am tomorrow.

Here is the link to the last 64:

http://www.wpa-tour.com/drawresults.asp

Stage : 2 - Single Elimination - Last 64 - Race To : 9 - Break : Winner

Match Date Time T Match
M10-SE01 02.10.2008 13:00 1 Van Boening, Shane 0 vs 0 Drago, Tony
M10-SE02 02.10.2008 13:00 2 Oi, Naoyuki 0 vs 0 Wilkie, Shaun
M10-SE03 02.10.2008 13:00 3 Muratore, Bruno 0 vs 0 Sing Lilly, Dharminder
M10-SE04 02.10.2008 13:00 4 Chia-Ching, Wu 0 vs 0 Moore, Stevie
M10-SE05 02.10.2008 13:00 5 Peach, Daryl 0 vs 0 Bautista, Arnel
M10-SE06 02.10.2008 13:00 6 Gray, Mark 0 vs 0 Deuel, Corey
M10-SE07 02.10.2008 13:00 7 Pin-Yi, Ko 0 vs 0 Chinahov, Ruslan
M10-SE08 02.10.2008 13:00 8 Immonen, Mika 0 vs 0 Fulcher, Jonni
M10-SE09 02.10.2008 15:00 - Jungo, Dimitri 0 vs 0 Haitao, Liu
M10-SE10 02.10.2008 15:00 - Edey, Tyler 0 vs 0 Liu, Shin-Mei
M10-SE11 02.10.2008 15:00 - Foldes, Vilmos 0 vs 0 Cabello, Carlos
M10-SE12 02.10.2008 15:00 - Souquet, Ralf 0 vs 0 Majid, Imran
M10-SE13 02.10.2008 15:00 - Ortmann, Oliver 0 vs 0 Furuta, Kazuo
M10-SE14 02.10.2008 15:00 - Pupul, Demosthenes 0 vs 0 Ouschan, Jasmin
M10-SE15 02.10.2008 15:00 - Didal, Leonardo 0 vs 0 Shuchun, Zhang
M10-SE16 02.10.2008 15:00 - Chu, Hung-Ming 0 vs 0 Ching-Sun, Yang
M10-SE17 02.10.2008 17:00 - Tege, Sascha 0 vs 0 Kawabata, Satoshi
M10-SE18 02.10.2008 17:00 - Hybler, Roman 0 vs 0 Hijikata, Hayato
M10-SE19 02.10.2008 17:00 - Appleton, Darren 0 vs 0 Chia-Hsiung, Lai
M10-SE20 02.10.2008 17:00 - Ryu, Seung-Woo 0 vs 0 Jeong, Young-Hwa
M10-SE21 02.10.2008 17:00 - Tot, Sandor 0 vs 0 De Luna, Jeff
M10-SE22 02.10.2008 17:00 - Che-Wei, Fu 0 vs 0 Woong-Dae, King
M10-SE23 02.10.2008 17:00 - Lu, Hui-Chan 0 vs 0 Jung-Lin, Chang
M10-SE24 02.10.2008 17:00 - Williams, Charles 0 vs 0 Dominguez, Ernesto
M10-SE25 02.10.2008 19:00 - Manolo, Marlon 0 vs 0 Petroni, Fabio
M10-SE26 02.10.2008 19:00 - Arpilleda, Victor 0 vs 0 Ming, Wang
M10-SE27 02.10.2008 19:00 - Feijen, Niels 0 vs 0 Yang, Ricky
M10-SE28 02.10.2008 19:00 - Kempter, Martin 0 vs 0 Alcaide, David
M10-SE29 02.10.2008 19:00 - Chamat, Marcus 0 vs 0 Weigoni, Christian
M10-SE30 02.10.2008 19:00 - van den Berg, Nick 0 vs 0 Larsen, Martin
M10-SE31 02.10.2008 19:00 - Condo, Louis 0 vs 0 Alwi, Dodong
M10-SE32 02.10.2008 19:00 - Hung-Hsiang, Wang 0 vs 0 Banares, Jerico
 
mjantti said:
Hey Marek. Sure I remember you and Harlequin :) How you're doing, when are you going to qualify for the EPC so I can rack for you as well ? :)

I know Jay is a good and knowledgeble guy but in this case he just doesn't know what he's talking about. I don't usually start arguing about things, but in this case there are many ppl who will just go with Jay here without knowing how the facts are. Nothing against Jay, and I liked his report on Bunny :)
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Hi Mikko!
I am doing just fine, after two tournaments (8ball+9ball) of czech extraleague I am in the lead with two 1st place finishes, running racks like crazy...:grin: If I play like this the whole season (another 8tournaments+nationals) we will see each other in St.Johann im Pongau, Austria for sure...:grin: Also I was able to win straight pool nationals this year which was my first individual gold medal from nationals, also won silver in 8ball and bronze in 9ball and in team competiton. Recently (3 weeks ago) I bought a pool table home so I can practice anytime I want. Weird thing is that I dont have a room where I can put 9footer so the table stands in the corner of the room so I have full access to it from two sides. Funny thing is that it helps me to practice more responsibly as I cant just throw the balls on it and shoot, basically I can only practice drills on it. Another thing that has happened to me recently is that I FINALLY found big error in my fundamentals which hold me back, now I am just playing my best game ever. Oh, I almost forgot - I got on the national snooker team for EC in Lublin, Poland! Funny thing is I got on the national team in my first season playing snooker competition here. Lost all 7 matches in Lublin though, but some of them were really close, I lost to Lee Page 3:4, he is 21 years old and he is already FORMER profesional player as he had qualified for the main profesional tour in the age of 17! So I was basically happy I made it pretty hard for him...:grin:
 
Aaron_S said:
Which brings up my question. Since they are tapping the tables, do they not use a head spot sticker at all? I can't see where it would be necessary, as you could simply mark the cloth with a perm. marker to indicate the location for the head ball. Or does the head spot sticker server other purposes as well, like perhaps protecting the felt from the downward force of the head ball? I wouldn't think that would be an issue either, though, at least not throughout the short duration of one tournament. So is the sticker necessary on a tapped table?

Aaron
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I think that in a club environment, the sticker should be used to protect the cloth from tearing up. We tried the no sticker thing and surprisingly, it didn`t work. I see no reason to use the sticker for the short duration of the tournament though.
 
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