Yang vs. Orcullo

Neil said:
Am I misreading this? How do you get that good without ever playing for 5-6 hrs. at a time?
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I think he meant he has never played a single tournament race that lasted 5.5 hours. May be he is used to playing shorter races?

I would imagine when a player is playing in a race, such as 20, he would try to stay focused, and keep his sharpness during the whole time.

If he was playing many sets of shorter races, such as race to 9, he could have a break mentally in between matches, and every match is a new start, with new result to look forward to. So, in my opinion, it is different to the player mentally when he is playing a long continuous match, even if it takes the same amount of time as many shorter sets.

From what I understand, Yang was saying he has never played a single continuous race in a tournament which lasted for 5.5 hours.

Richard
 
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Am I misreading this? How do you get that good without ever playing for 5-6 hrs. at a time?
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My guess is the difference between playing a match of this caliber and just playing for 6 hours is LARGE.I think thats the point or at least that how I read it fwiw.
 
You're telling me that this is one of the money kings of all Asia and he has never played a ten ahead set for 10-20K? Hard to believe!
 
I have seen Tony Watson and Alex Paguliyan sp play a eight ahead set at Q masters during US Open week a few years ago that lasted for days not hours, I find it hard to belive that he can't gamble for ten to fifteen hours.--Leonard
 
X Breaker said:
Orcullo is a great money player, may be the greatest--but he is definitly not the greatest tournament player, especially in front of TV and a big crowd. To put him in a TV tournament setting could be a handicap in a way. I personally think Yang is more experienced and comfortable in front of TV camera and a big crowd--once he is dailed in, he will be able to perform to his usual top form.

Richard
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I think the current format is more akin to a money game setting rather than a tournament setting. The match is spread between 3 days and winner's break, If you dont play well the first you may still have a chance on the second and third day as opposed to a tournament setting wherein you only usually have single knockoutson the late stages. I believe this kinda alleviates the pressure a bit (knowing you'll get more chances). I was watching it on television and I thought the way Dennis played (more deliberate and methodical) was also more similar to the way he plays money games rather than tournaments. Big difference though is the tv cameras

I think they were using simonis on the match. Although most of the tables in starpaper (billiard club and also the sponsor of the brunswick table Dennis and Yang are playing on) have YTT cloth in them , this is only because of the recently held BSCP Philippine open pool championship ( qualifiers were held in starpaper) and YTT is a major sponsor. So, in tournaments without specific billiard cloth sponsor, I believe the standard Brunswick tables of Starpaper comes with simonis cloth. Just my opinion
 
poolcuemaster said:
I have seen Tony Watson and Alex Paguliyan sp play a eight ahead set at Q masters during US Open week a few years ago that lasted for days not hours, I find it hard to belive that he can't gamble for ten to fifteen hours.--Leonard
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Wow, i want to see that... is there any possible way to see it?

I really like alex's game, one of my favourite player.

I have so much respect for his skill level.
 
I hope the TV producers didn't ask/tell them not to post live scores because of the TV delay. Johnnyt
 
yang is now leading 25-24. Tension is building, crowd is quiet...so quiet as if waiting for yang to miss :)
 
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