9-Ball
Topic: Paris Eurotour

Mark Gray v Niels Feijen on Bwin at 9am!

OMG, you've got to love these odds!!!

Mark Gray 11/5 v 3/10 Niels Feijen

Mark Gray - EuroTour Number 1 - the underdog apparently!!!

NIELS IS WORLD CLASS THO!!!

oh no why dint u say that before i read what bigdave put and backed mark, now he's getting his rear kicked lol

too easy for feijen - class act. dish after dish.

Shame about Mark losing to Neils but Neils is playing really well at the moment. And what a performance from Gareth this Euro Tour, he's really playing good right now. Lets hope Imran or Darren can bring it home again for the brits. Darren v Tony is a mouthwatering game and a repeat of the Barnsley Open encounter in December where I think Daz won 10.9.

This was not the most enjoyable event for me at all as circumstances just didn't go well for me. Due to work on Wednesday I arrived very late and got to bed about 1am then had to get to the club early - 7.30 to warm up for a 9am match. I was pleased to get through that after struggling with the break and coming back from 9.5 down to win 10.9.

Then against Mark at 4.30pm again I struggled on the break with 5 consecutive dry breaks whereas he was managing 1 or 2 balls almost everytime. Obviously you are going to struggle against Mark with stats like that. I did get some chance in the middle of the match but the first ones were maybe half chances and it's difficult if you've been sat out for the first 5 or 6 racks. Then when a good chance came later I screwed it up but I guess I knew the match was out of reach then against such a good player. No shame in losing to Mark though so I just tried to stay positive ready for my next match.

But that's where the problem was... it was scheduled for 11.30 pm and they were running late and I was the last match so eventually started around 1.15 am... more than 17.5 hours after arriving in the club! The first 5 racks did my head in as he got balls off all his 3 breaks and either had roll ins or screwed up and got lucky. Then I had 2 dry breaks to leave roll ins - 5.0. At this point it was knocking on for 2am and I just wanted to get out of there!

The venue was ok and obviously it's always very well run but the area around the club and the hotels, restaurants etc were really awful. Me and Ozzie could barely believe it when we saw our room and Boyzi and Daz were in fits of laughter. I can still hear Boyzi's voice saying 'You've ad a mare, you riggers'.

After losing my match at gone 2am in the morning I had a beer, got back to the room at 3am, packed my case and 3 hours later took the first train and the first flight outta there! Back in England before lunchtime Friday was not part of the plan for the Euro Tour but on this occasion I couldn't think of any where I'd rather be than back at home in my own bed

So that's my story, now come on Daz and Jim... bring it home boys!

No brit in the last 8

When was the last time THAT happened?

My $$$ are on Tony to do the job....

Nice shot Deano.... Tony Drago is in the final!!!

Good luck Tony!

On 2008-02-23 09:41 , MissCue Wrote:

Sorry about that!!! I lost my money too, but I managed to turn it around and even make a profit when I also noticed how mean the table was - dry breaks for Mark meant £££'s for Big D.

Oooooh.... The final has started on Bwin, they're playing the first rack still... They make Tony the favorite at 5/2.

I've backed Christian at 17/10 so I should get £2.70 back for every pound I bet.

Update:

Now the score is 3:1 to Christian and so I've backed Tony as his odds are 12/5 so I should get £3.40 back for every pound I bet on him.

So I win either way!!!

You've gotta love that!!!

Woooooooohoooooooooooooooo! Tony Drago wins the French Euro Tour!!!

? first to 10 not 9 Dave

Yep, 10 for the final!

for roundup, follow submitted link. and congratz to Tony,
http://www.poolkrant.nl/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=498&Itemid=1

Get your news, results & photos from the event FIRST at WWW.PRO9.CO.UK:

www.pro9.co.uk/html/article.php?sid=732

(With actual photos from the event already - not rehashed file photos!!!)


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I have crunched some numbers and it looks like the rankings after Paris is: (Only guestimate so could be worny....I'm sure someone out there is cleverer than me and has done this properly who will be kind enough to correct me if i'm wrong???)

Gray - 2295
Reimering - 2160
Muratore - 2105
Majid - 2060
Drago - 2050
Souquet - 2050
Peach - 2040
Feijen - 2020
Alcaide - 2015
Stepanov - 2005
Vassalos - 1990
Ortmann - 1945
Tschudi - 1925
Engert - 1895

Say again - could be wrong.....

Oops - Forgot about the winner....Now included


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Big congrats to Tony on his victory!

Not that bad an event for me results wise, shame I lost out 10-9 against Mohammad Yassin in my last game as I would of got Mr Gray

I know the feeling about the late games Lee, my last match on Thursday finished at 2-52am!

Good luck to those playing in the World 8-Ball Qualifier.

1     1     GRAY Mark     GBR     -     -     17     275     49     275     3     420     1     630     3     420     17     275     0     2295
2     13     REIMERING Christian     GER     1     630     33     250     17     300     49     235     49     235     49     235     2     510     235     2160
3     4     MURATORE Bruno     ITA     5     350     9     300     33     235     33     250     17     275     1     630     9     300     235     2105
4     5     MAJID Imran     GBR     33     250     65     220     9     330     1     630     17     275     17     275     9     300     220     2060
5     52     DRAGO Tony     MLT     -     -     5     350     2     520     17     275     17     275     -     -     1     630     0     2050
6     3     SOUQUET Ralf     GER     5     350     3     420     9     330     9     300     65     220     5     350     9     300     220     2050
7     8     FEIJEN Niels     NED     17     275     9     300     5     370     9     300     9     300     3     420     5     350     275     2040
8     6     PEACH Daryl     GBR     65     220     1     630     33     235     5     350     17     275     9     300     33     250     220     2040
9     7     ALCAIDE David     ESP     17     275     3     420     33     235     5     350     3     420     33     250     9     300     235     2015
10     2     STEPANOV Konstantin     RUS     2     510     33     250     5     370     33     250     49     235     5     350     17     275     235     2005
11     9     VASSALOS John     GRE     -     -     49     235     1     630     97     200     5     350     9     300     17     275     0     1990
12     14     ORTMANN Oliver     GER     5     350     129     180     25     275     17     275     3     420     17     275     5     350     180     1945
13     12     VAN DEN BERG Nick     NED     9     300     9     300     3     440     17     275     5     350     33     250     17     275     250     1940
14     16     TSCHUDI Marco     SUI     3     420     9     300     33     235     33     250     65     220     9     300     3     420     220     1925
15     10     ENGERT Thomas     GER     17     275     65     220     5     370     9     300     33     250     5     350     5     350     220     1895
16     11     BABICA Radoslaw     POL     17     275     17     275     25     275     17     275     17     275     2     510     97     200     200     18

Full EPBF Euro Tour Rankings available here:

http://www.pro9.co.uk/html/RankingsEuroTourLatest.php



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