Pedro Piedrabuena vs Jun Tae Kim: Sang Lee 70th Anniversary Semifinal

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Sang Lee 70th Open Tournament Semifinal Match

Open Singles Tournament

November 19–24, 2024
Live Stream by CaromSports
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Two Events
Scotch Doubles Tournament ($5,000.00 added)
Tournament Dates: November 19–20, 2024
Open Tournament ($15,000.00 added)
Tournament Dates: November 20–24, 2024

Tournament Venue: Carom Café Billiards, Flushing, NY

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spe [Music] ah [Music] a [Music] [Music] [Music] sh [Music] welcome welcome three cushion sports fans my name is Ira Lee and I am very honored to be your host for this Sang Lee 70th anniversary celebration tournament um joined with my good friend Robert Rayford hello Robert hi Ira hi everybody and we are about to watch a very very exciting match semi-final match of this event between Pedro PAB Buena and Jun Kim uh very interesting this is a Revenge match that’s right Pedro got him in an early around but uh it’s going to be close they both just finished matches with very similar High averages junte made 40 points in 17 Innings but then Pedro finished his 40-point match in 15 Innings yeah so and with a high round of 11 uh both both players are are gunning to win this tournament um this could EAS easily be the final match yeah that’s easily could be the final match I mean honestly right now Pedro has been performing better than Jun um very consistent the whole very consistent in their match in in the semi-final round robin they ended up in the same group one of the one of three groups and Pedro defeated him uh 35 to 17 in 22 Innings pretty decisive very decisively uh um he was not intimidated by the fact that Jun Tay just ran a 28 within the past month Pedro has a lot of experience um and Pedro H you know has been basically responding to the to the buzz that’s been going on that Jun recently not even a month ago made the world record-breaking High run of 28 and out and I’m saying record-breaking because it was first unfinished run of 28 that that uh that level of performance has happened already four times prior to that between Kumori many decades ago kulan also decades ago R for and then more recently Fred H drone running 28 interestingly freder H drone’s Runner 28 was against Marco zenetti and he lost the match he ran 28 world record tying High run and then he loses because if I remember if I recall correctly uh zenetti ran 13 immediately after that 28 W strong response the 28 was to to to to to to catch up and then Roland pulled the head again no no it was a zenetti zenetti pulled the head in any case uh Jun Kim in the in the recent World Cup uh just a few weeks ago uh ran his 28 and out against Glen hofman against Glenn Hoffman when who had a very strong start he had a strong start was actually beating him I think 17 to 12 and then uh that’s when Jun unleashed the the best performance of his life and anybody’s life 28 and out and uh what do you think it is about the number 28 I 28 it’s it’s a it’s a special number for three cushion Billiards cuz uh there’s been some practice runs higher I’ve heard of blondell’s 34 practice run Huga patinho has a practice run of 31 there are runs higher than 28 but not in official tournament that’s right yeah T Lee of Kum Cafe uh also played in this tournament um he has a uh a local tournament High run of of of 25 not that many years ago so that is very impressive now in this tournament in the first round of the semi-final uh round robin um Alexander Salazar ran 21 in the first inning so there’s a lot of Great Performances okay well I wanted to first before we start thank the sponsors uh the sponsors of this F first of all carum Cafe carports.com j Workshop uh Sang Jin Le’s custom cues Predator CRM Yan simonis usb-c carm.org for Hoven Billiards for 50 years they’ve been making the top one of the top three chistian buillard tables and so that’s what we’re playing on here in the pit the pit that sang Lee himself um designed and and and created about more than 20 years ago for those of you that don’t know Sang Lee uh was one of the greatest players ever lived BCA Hall of Famer one of the few three cushion players that are in the BCA Hall of Fame uh together with Willie hoppy Raymond kulman Harold worst um but sang Le uh uh was inducted to the Hall of Fame in 20 7 uh we are celebrating his 70th Anniversary he would have been 70 if if he were uh if he didn’t pass away 20 years ago he was 51 at the time he he he died in 2004 but he’s left a an incredible Legacy here and that that’s what we’re celebrating uh he’s been inspiration for so many players myself you also me uh where we we used to play with him learn from him study from him um and participate in all the tournaments that he organized and it was it’s because of him that many players uh came to New York from very far away to participate in this 70th anniversary celebration uh Predator Q’s uh has create is you know has created a second edition line of the very success Sang Lee qes um take a look at them here you’ll be able to find them uh this beautiful new line of cues at carports.com and there’s going to be a special numbered edition of 70 cues to celebrate the 70th Anniversary um coming out early next year so check those out at carports.com okay the players are ready to to begin their lag customary handshake before they try to kill each other semifinal action here at carum Cafe I think p a really close lag and looks like Jun let’s take a look at this oh wow I guess wants to start barely barely almost froze the [Music] ball they’re playing to 40 points we should probably let people know that without an equalizing inning this is no equalizing inning very interesting the the the style that Jun breaks the balls he he puts the red in the middle of the table mhm he landed on the favorable side of the yellow to knock it towards the corner area I think he’ll play Four cushions here it seems to lay naturally for that especially at the beginning of the game when the tables a little more slidy likes to go along [Music] in fact he scored on the long side we just saw Jun perform on this table he has a little advantage in terms of uh having spent his last match on the same table mhm uh ped played over two average yeah he played uh close to three average for for a lot of most of the game [Music] mhm but with the level of focus that um oh he got the kiss he got a kiss which happens uh if you hit the ball full like that I’m sure he was was contending with it CU he was trying to Avid the problem was he didn’t want to hit it too thin or it would go one rail into the yellow so he tried to bring it out and there was the other kiss waiting that’s always a problem with that shot and he unfortunately almost cut out of it and unfortunately for him he’s left Pedro kind of an opening only made two on the break Pedro knows these early innings are really really important they’ll Define the entire match the last game Jun started out with a run of eight and then followed up almost immediately with a five right and then had how trun scrambling yeah how trun was buried oh a little fortunate little lucky there that was a bit of a roll he he was a good hit it was a good hit he had the speed to get lucky he didn’t baby it in rare occasions if you go deep deep in the corner the Q ball will whop around and and find a short line so he was trying to play that three barely passes it almost kissed out for the white right but they had the speed to whip out of the corner yeah really tight in there now here he needs to use a little reverse if he’s going to drop in the short angle right looking to play this a little bit flat yeah he’ll have to hit this with a a little bit of left English to form some check side on the oh and he just over overdoses it with the with the hold up mhm that was a really good try though you don’t see those short angles as often with the reverse English but it was very necessary here he had to follow it which slipped forward and then the reverse that just a little too flat off Rail and he has given Jun an opening with a short angle which I confident he will nail was a little thin but it worked out there’s almost no way to connect on that ball and not have a good Le but obviously if he hit it a little Fuller it may have helped that’s not going to stop him yeah I think he BLS well he’s really looking at that red ball he can hit it full with the yellow first and try to go around but then there might be some kisses there doesn’t look he doesn’t look like he’s he looking at anything but something off the red but he he he has the reach oh okay he’s going to play this off the yellow try to spin it oh no he’s he’s decided to go back I think he’s looking at short long short now because of the problems with the shorter shots mhm he’s got a big ball a tiny hole but if he goes short long short there’s no kiss and but wait a minute he just switched his hands and he’s playing Lefty but he play is Lefty almost as good as righty from what I’ve been seeing now this is going to be close no he totally direct he was going three rails and just hit it a little thin the danger on that shot is over spinning and missing it on the other side he knew that but he didn’t have enough spin okay a big big opening for Pedro I believe he’ll he’ll play Four rails uh or he’s actually looking at maybe to avoid kisses cuz if he has to go four rails he’ll have to hit the white pin and risk bringing carrying it over to the red so he’s going to go very very thi oh he is going to play it thin is he looking at the Ticky still no I think he was just judging it it’s a little close to the cushion now if he passes the white closely with the red he can avoid a kiss up table or he can hit it full and contend with it here the kiss we’re talking about that’s the kiss that J got but Pedro was able to pass very nice shot obviously he did that with a lot of intention he appears to measure rail first shots like that with his fingers he must know what his limits are in terms of what he likes to play you mean when he was looking at the Ticky yeah he put his he put his fingers up to as I think a measuring tool to check although um he didn’t go for the Ticky that time but yeah I’ve seen him do that mhm looks like he’s going for the three rail short long long one of the Sang Lee special shots that we used to attribute to his expertise judging the reverse English on the last rail slips he could still get another two cushions but he didn’t hit it hard enough he was definitely playing directly to the ball yeah he just caught a little too much ball either that or it slipped off the second cushion didn’t come quite deep enough so JJ is going to play super thin three rails they both know the stakes are high and either player can get off to a big run at any time almost gets a hole he hit that shot nicely in terms of keeping the yellow out of the shot he just played two rails before the yellow came up in the way almost misses it long but manages right of course but if he plays a fuller ball to go more directly could get K yeah shot almost a similar shot here similar deal pass two cushions before the yellow enters the kiss Zone very nice shot now here’s an interesting option J looking to seize command of the early game there’s no real easy shot here do you like going uh short short long here um I think he’ had to get too close to the bottom left corner to come out that far for the yellow looks like he’s going straight to the ball four cushions I don’t know that he’ll pull back for five you got to do the kiss management here though no kiss and did he get short enough it’s sliding long yeah if you hit it thinner the Red’s a little slower and it can be in the way more unfortunately for him he left Pedro kind of a hanger and he’s likely to get the one here plus probably with the open position position that follows could be on a run so three or four rails here there’s a small hole there but I don’t think he’ll get it very nice shot by Pedro and another good opportunity here we’ll have to try to sneak the third cushion right behind the yellow though uh I think he is the yellow ball oh you’re right I’m sorry I was looking at the wrong ball yeah he’s the yellow now play a short angle he’s very close to the cushion he’d have to elevate in order to play the short angle he might be going to the short rail off the red because you can shoot it with a level Q oh he decided to go three yeah four would have been too thin if it was even possible I like that choice um a shot that Pedro really would have Lov to make he protected himself with a little extra speed um but Jun can get in that in there for the short angle yeah full in the face beautiful shot got to let his stroke out a little bit but with that extra speed now the other balls are going down table there’s no real safety from this guy he powers that in now he can go to the rail with reverse English on the yellow oh we’re doing the replay [Music] bang o he actually squeezed in that hole that was an interesting choice because he had two ra first options there at least I don’t I don’t see any space there I don’t know how he got well in that space well that maximum English kind of reduced the angle there it’s pretty incredible that he actually squeezed in that hole if you play to the left long rail with reverse English you can get three and come kind of straight up but in any case Pedro’s back at the table and if he tries to go off the outside of the ball he’d be hitting it pretty full to a kiss so he’s going to try to cross over the top of it there’s another kiss to manage there but yeah he’ll slice the white away from the red still another kiss here he went the fourth cushion it kept it out of the longer path very [Music] nice it was a little unfortunate that that white got stuck on the cushion down there he’s not that far away and he’s been hitting the ball so well he may try to play off of it because it’s such a small Target and that red sitting pretty big down there he can even he’s he’s hitting it low he can even play it with a high speed and make it a two-way shot that’s right miss it on the long side and come around for three more two more rails yeah I like that beautiful shot and choice always better to hit it directly though but that was that two-way speed that you mentioned yeah I mean if he had hit it too long he could had a chance to whip around and and catch a few few more rails although he didn’t need it he can try to force an Asal with a draw shot off the red but there is a drop in that’s just more of a rolling ball short long short you think he can it’s not clear to me if he see enough of the red but probably he can but it’s uh you know is there any way that he can hit that really thin and and make a short angle out of this off the white you’d really have to keep the white away from the red but maybe you can get on that line I think he’s going for the drop in oh he can play the natural he’s hitting the red full a you got to watch the kiss here he’s playing short long short oh he’s playing four he tried to go really long four cushions deep in the corner yeah that work out it’s interesting that he chose to avoid that short long short a lot of players do because it’s can be kind of sensitive but I thought he could use no English for it he missed he missed the the uh long Rail and hit after two cushions J with a bank bank shot yeah this looks like it’s sitting pretty well it’s hard to hit a ball and double kiss yourself out of a point I think I think the main thing is if he hits it favorably he can cut the yellow towards the corner come up behind the red and then this could get really good for him the only thing he can’t do is go underneath it oh he went too long yeah it’s strange that um his misreading the he was just on this table and we made several Bank shots successfully but of course they clean the ball clean the table it’s it’s a different table it’s a different table now positions change so you can come in short off the red off the right side of the red but we may seem go to the left side [Music] and then on the second cushion you use less Spin To Go long oh it’s incredible that he went through that hole he hit it great with no English yep that makes it go longer when it hits the second cushion because it doesn’t spin open as much this is very unfortunate he hit he really hit it well he needed the speed to get over to the cushion but unfortunately the speed kept the spin on the ball and he went through the hole instead of coming up a little straighter not a big hole either nope there’s a Ticky here and he is Korean so the thing is is I wonder if he’ll play it faster cuz it’s kind of a two-way Ticky you can come back around the table if you miss it the first time let’s see how confident he is on just the three cook version you called it you absolutely called it and he misses it on the long side that’s incredible he surely used that speed in try to have a chance to capture that um nice call so he missed the Ticky on the way in and now on the way chance to make it on this two-way just a little long that’s how clean and low friction the table is right now well in order to miss the white with the red he’s got to cut it kind of thin and that means he’s got to hit a thinner hit so I think he to go directly to the ball here three cushions not try to stretch it long and if the red doesn’t get stuck on the rail you may have a five cushion later after this it’s a little thin for the direct three cushion unless he plays off the white I think he’ll play that off the white but he’s not left-handed can he reach that okay he is pretty tall yeah he’s stretching even with the stretch I think he he extension oh he’s going to shoot it left going to shoot Lefty um there is a whole five cushions off the red but he’s going back to it just he couldn’t reach it even though if he was a natural Lefty maybe he might have still played it I’m really surprised he’s not playing this off the white he’s going back there because even if he plays if he plays it five there’s a big chance there’s the Po’s a little big five rows if that was maybe a ball wi closer to the cushion okay so he’s decided to go with this this offers a really good position if he chooses to hit it thin he’ll have a short angle hey what was he worried about right there you go yeah well but can you see it can you see the short angle I don’t know if he can see the right side of the white he’s looking like he does he’s aiming for it mhm I think you can see it mhm now let’s see where the white goes since this is a pretty secure shot for a good player it couldn’t on a sliding table it’s missable you mean like that wow I thought he would have hit a little forward a little thin [Music] you didn’t leave much it wasn’t a gimme that’s for [Music] sure I think CH will play this with a little speed and hold up he tried one earlier still little tough he he didn’t have really it was rolling with speed on that third rail and opened up and went too long he may have been worried about overdoing reverse on this shot because with that big hook the tendency was to go long see how it curves into the second cushion makes it want to go longer very different start than the previous match okay both know leaving open positions for the other gu is costly Pedro’s just going to drop it in long long short try to keep the red out of the middle of the short cushions otherwise you may have trouble both players struggling a little bit with the slide on the table here car Cafe they do vacuum the table every match give them new clean balls it’s one of the many great things about coming here the pristine conditions they do that all year round they don’t not just for the nutes for the tournament everybody who comes in gets that treatment oh wow this is kind of an unusual start it’s not going to stay like this oh for sure not semi-final Jitters maybe maybe there’s a lot of pressure but they have also been playing an awful lot I wonder if there’s some fatigue also I doubt there’s fatigue yet there’s only two this is their second game for today for today yeah yeah probably probably a little bit nervous just to see what the other guys are going to do here we go Spin and got it shot Pedro loves to put maximum English on a lot of shots he right so you had options how to and he definitely chose the maximum English version magnifies the ball on the last rail [Music] beautiful so let’s see what he’s got here uh nothing great it’s is he playing oh he’s playing a short short angle he’s Corner yeah I think that’s the right shot because the Red’s a little bit in the way for cross tables and it’s too thin to try to go off the other side natural that was really really nice shot he also managed to avoid driving that first ball into the traffic right cuz the white comes around three cushions just about into trouble that that could have been a chance but he hit it so nicely full no kiss and perfect line to score so can he see the where are we he could do a similar shot off the oh he’s the yellow he’s going to thin this yeah this is just a short angle and if he makes it he’ll leave a really nice shot for himself [Music] oh wow slips long well nobody’s missing short I wonder if he’s going to let a stroke out here or try to finesse it I know in practice even when he plays more finesse at the table he often will just keep the balls he just just rolling this in not too slow though make sure to get that yellow out of the middle of the short cushion and come back up to the center of the table this keeps the position open makes it easier to have options you can pretty much go off either side of the red but I think we’re going to see him go off the right side [Music] he’s going to score on the long side if he even hits it everybody’s slipping a little long yeah like you said we haven’t seen anybody miss short it’s not always easy as you might think to just play it shorter how much shorter well it’s one what’s making it longer short which cushion is the spin most effective on to cause that pattern to change one thing’s for sure is the person who adjusts to the table quicker is going to going to pull ahead that’s for sure now we’ve already this early in the game got a red ball kind of in the corner tightly I think that’s why he’s playing off of it looks like rail first umbrella that gets it out of there so if he does make this which is laying Pretty Natural then he has a chance to open the balls up again of course he opens it for his opponent if he misses but he wanted to take the risk it’s still early he wants to be aggressive but nobody wants to sit there and leave that Red in the corner at the end of the game they’re kind of forced to for strategic reasons but early really good effort here he did not miss by much oh is he also playing rail first nope that’s interesting choice of all of the options there to play off the left side of the white very aggressive I thought he was originally going to play off the right side go around the table but he went for the stroke shot that has a little bend after the second cushion Pedro looking to play a short long longone who was Sayang Le’s favorite patterns he missed one before and now he’s a little bit he grimaced like he doesn’t want to risk it risk it he’s well what what’s his option I mean the five has a kiss on it and uh don’t want to try to drop it in from there well he’s going for it it’s the red yeah I think it’s the the most natural shot let’s see if you can judge just slide on the on the third row well watch out is there a kiss no he slid long that that last angle can be deceptive when conditions are like this I wonder if there’s a two behind that red no no I think he’s just playing the four cushions I don’t know if he wants to risk trying to play it short because the table’s so slidy I think he’s got to go directly for cushions if he can play a double the rail now he can keep it on the cushion yeah like that with a little high ball beautiful shot so that’s taking advantage of the conditions try to see what the table you know plays most naturally he almost overdoses the inside English it’s a sort of Blum doll Style with that high ball that keeps it coming back after the third ril a little bit [Music] four rails is too tough here you got to go to the Cross table and he’s so good at the cross tables as we’ve seen oh Dove down into that when there’s so little friction speed really can delay the curving and you really have to watch your speed carefully when does the ball break when it slows to a c [Music] speed do you think he’s trying to drop it in or he’s going to go four rails around the table I think he’s playing at four rails now do you come in Long behind the ball or you just trying to make it I think you can it’s all depends on the kiss that he’s going to try to pass here that kiss right there and this kiss right here yeah he took care of all the kisses right oh he’s kind of blocked behind the red now a little bit unfortunate with that wonder what he’s oh tying his shoe meanwhile let’s watch that shot again there’s another second kiss that he [Music] missed unlike pool where the balls disappear from the table they stay in your way you got to watch [Music] out can he get to the long rail off the red or is he going to have to go to the short Rail and create something here I think he can get a long Rail and play five rails um just don’t tickle the red over to the short cushion where your C ball is going to be yeah that red ball could could come into play he’s going I’m sure he’s going to I’m sure he’s going to um I’m sure he’s he’s going to the tendency is to go too long here so he’s got to make sure to shorten it up well it’s all about where the red bul is just caught the long side of it great shot very nice very nice shot good control of the Red Feather thin on this red right in the [Music] corner now here just you have to watch the the white you’re going two cushions towards where you’re hitting it you don’t want to hit too full into the red so it could even get you coming off that um fifth cushion if you’re not careful you manage that beautifully very nice so it looks like Pedro is going to be pulling ahead a little bit red got a little small on that bottom cushion now I wonder if he’ll play a Ticky here I don’t think he has enough space he might go on the outside of the ball he’s going to use his fingers to measure it no not even looking at it maybe that means he’s going off the outside of the ball this from this view I think his best bet is to go on the outside of the white and try to catch the third rail right near the red I don’t think the tick is too bad and it keeps you from having to make such a precise hit on the outside of the [Music] ball that’s a nice hit so easy to go too long the shot right is a hole oh wow [Music] he hit about a half ball so that’s the widest caram angle he could expect on that shot and he still went long tell you what maybe the tell table’s telling you you miss it by much let’s take a look at this rail first spin out off the red and remember he’s Korean so uh he’s used to getting two points for this shot in certain conditions beautiful shot very nice actually I think in the format he’s usually playing there’s no two points does not he’s not a PBA player oh I was thinking of uh extracurricular matches where where it’s popular in Korea in casual games to play a group format very nice well I think he’s got to go to the short rail here both players looking to build up some momentum they both had a slow start here mhm both players have proven their Firepower you’re certainly aware of each player’s record in this event beautiful control here he might have G through the hole amazing interesting to see Jun is defending a little bit too Pedro definitely still early in the match but when both players are very comfortable making high runs [Music] you think Pedro play it across table long long short yeah I think you’ve got to do that here it’s a little full of a hit the tendency is to make a big curve towards the short cushion and so he’s got to hold it up with some reverse and speed well he is putting follow and high right so it’ll be all about judging the curve to the second rail see how he manages it yeah you got to delay that curve with that speed like that perfect beautiful shot let’s take a look at that big swooping curve oh we got a nice view here he has to hit it hard enough to delay the big swoop that we know is coming with that full of a [Music] hit there’s the break and now coming back to the rail very good beautiful shot so he may have to drop it in off the red that looks really tricky but might be his best option I think the one of the tricky parts of the shot is just don’t get the red into the white let’s see if he avoids that problem oh he avoided all the problems and tried to play long long long however he didn’t have the speed to overcome the far roll that started happening after he hit a couple ofs he had to hit it a little Fuller than you’d like to keep the speed up tried to overpower it and still do it [Music] but it still isn’t leaving any easy position here on the diagonal table there is the second semi-final between Alexander Salazar the gentleman who ran 21 in the beginning of this and Jose Juan Garcia who just averaged 1.7 on the in his previous quarterfinal match interesting another short long short a little short though I don’t think he’ll get there a very good effort also a little defensive aspect they’re not quite close enough for a good bank shot but you you can clip the the white if you want to on a bank shot and probably get to the red if you’re not too slow there’s no Ticky of the kiss so now does he have enough space to play with reverse on the red and go long long short like a reverse uh cross table I don’t know this sliding table that’s possible he might go on the outside of the red he goes on the outside though he might be selling out and I’m not sure he wants to risk that here I think he’s trying your shot this is a two-way pattern you can go directly three cushions to the ball or even catch a fourth cushion if you hold it up just make sure you get to the second long rail oh he played it on the thin side to try to hold it up on the third rail that’s really interesting I don’t I don’t know if he was going for let’s take a look at that the short rail second there I think maybe it just went forward a little too much maybe it is possible that he was trying to go that way and just went a little short okay so this red ball needs to get out of there Perfect all right so he’s got a big stroke he can probably draw four rails off the left side of the red yeah he’s jumping on it without even oh that lets him Bank it up to the middle of the table it might be kissy yeah it depends on the angle the draw right so I think he he could also maybe play inside and low no he going back to the draw so if you can’t play around the table with the draw shot he could play short chart long with the draw shot notice there’s no option really off the yellow that he’s looking at and the cross table’s tough It’s so super thin now he’s looking at a bank shot because nothing is looking good with a direct ball hit yeah and now he’s been missing his bank shots long in this match so let’s see if he adjusts he had to hit the top of the red here extra sensitive being so close to the long rail notice he put the speed up a little bit maybe to try to stay on a shorter line but he still caught the long side of the r [Music] so that that shot looked simple but it with so many complications with kisses and so forth and I think at the end of at the end of the day he decided to go with the bank shot yeah Bank shots are not usually your first choice so when you see somebody taking one it’s ruled out the other options y so Pedro here with the draw shot to make got to go long long with the white here to keep it out of the kiss don’t hit it too full There You Go pass that kiss beautifully and barely let’s take a look at this yeah if you try to give go long short with the white you’re going right into where the Q Ball’s going so he’s got to cut it thin and make up the angle with draw watch the nice curve after the white ball contact yeah there we go here’s that kiss you were talking about passes it he does not have a big Target here but there’s just enough don’t shoot it too slowly you to whip out of that corner how’d he hit it really well beautiful shot wow look how far the red ball got knocked out I mean he’s just happy to catch that third rail right before the ball that was a beautiful shot [Music] now there is a hole there but I think he’s got to play the short angle maybe four cushions yeah he’ll Cho try to get the red out of there four or three to avoid a kiss but he’s got to hit the red pretty full no he went for three and it may be oh that he sent the red to too far with a fuller hit that’s why I was thinking the four four keeps the red out of the shot he’s going directly he really gets the red moving hard to control these things he had a good line yeah I mean well some people like to drop it in where he’s uh what is he doing is he looking is he looking at a cross table I think he might be trying to play uh to the short rail first perhaps I’m trying to decode what he’s looking at more than look at the position directly because going to the short rail is too full in the red and you’ve got to uh if he’s going to try to play the short angle he’s got to hold the the line short and not hit the red into the yellow which short angle are you talking about off the his left side of the red coming down here if he tries to do this that red comes too far down I see let’s see what he’s what he’s going to do here he tried to hold it with less spin but uh I don’t think he was quite able to get tell you what that was a lot closer than I thought it was going to be that’s a PR I’ve seen him do this pattern before mhm try to take advantage of the it’s only available to you if you have a huge stroke because I mean I I it’s not an obvious choice for most normal notice he did not load up the spin there too much spin kills that shat yes that was a really interesting choice there are a lot of shots that players find and and do uniquely that are uniquely theirs that might be one of them I I seen her already do a two or three times this tournament and successfully and he didn’t miss that by much yeah when that yellow’s that far up the rail you really don’t see that pattern much okay let’s see what happens here well I think Pedro is INF familiar to territory here and so scored it no problem and got a shot off the red just don’t hit the red into the white yeah he’s rejected it I wonder if he’s going to try to hit it full and keep the red on the current side oh here’s the short angle from Pedro or is he going to try to cut it away I think he’s got to hit it full keep it on the right side of the table and just try not to overspin it he chose to back cut it but it was maybe a little tougher to keep it on the line you wanted but one way or another he had to miss the natural path of the red right into the white ball so Jun looking to play his off the left side of the yellow yeah nice short angle shot the the you might play it on the right side of the yellow well I was thinking that it’s so thin on the left side I was just processing you said left cuz I was thinking right the left side was so thin very good yes now I’m pretty sure he can go oh he’s he’s not looking at playing off the red he’s playing this super thin yeah it may not be as thin as it looks like to us [Music] not even considering anything else it’s just going to it’s interesting he chooses this even though he’s been missing shots long but with that speed and the spin kind of dies a little before the rail I think he’s he’s reading the table much better now he hit 100% of that ball and he just jumped on that without any reserv hesitation I think he’s stuck playing the short long short here though shouldn’t say stuck he’s made several of them throughout the event but it’s not your first choice but as the balls start getting in the middle of the short cushion area kind of a bad area unless the position is perfect he’s decided to draw this from the left side of the red is he drawing it I think so yeah I think you’re right four cushions looks pretty good looks really good still long wow wow so he played that it’s still opening up on the fourth cushion that speed drew it y if you try to finesse it you’ll have a little spin on that last rail but then maybe you don’t get the draw stroke you want so he gave it a good full draw stroke and a good try yeah very good also a little defense built in I’m pretty sure Sangle would hit this cushion first but to the white and then but but not everybody has that in there it’s I mean he was so good at those he’s not he’s going for a bank shot I mean you got to just clip the white bottle here and then hit the rail and spin over you clip it or double kiss it that’s true you could also do it with the double kiss yeah obviously naturally it’s interesting that he’s choosing that it’s I mean you can hit the correct side of the ball and still miss if you’re not careful perfect wow great shot great shot by Pedro P are really feeling this table now yeah to be making this shot with confidence you’re got to be dialed in perfect White’s a bit of a small Target especially if you have to draw the ball a little bit and got to make sure to manage the kiss here on the red I think you’re on the short side Pedro nope got it very nice shot by Pedro very good he did not baby that ball no he that with a lot of confidence can’t hit that slow otherwise you end up going too long exactly almost short I know that’s it was he probably would have missed it long few Innings before but he’s making the adjustments and pulling away right now so far he’s been choosing to back cut balls away from kisses but he went forward that way with a little Fuller hit very nice very nicely played and you get the feeling that Pedro’s really building his momentum now I think he was looking at his first rail point off the white I don’t even know that he can see the red much so he has to play off the white here yeah no he he can’t even yeah I don’t think he can see enough the red in any way it might be more natural playing from the white I was going to say that normally he got a kiss on a similar shot off the third cushion he may be hesitating because of that just to make sure to plan it out um is he looking to double the rail it may just be on the edge of uh possible here P was looking to stun this into the long rail with a tremendous Spin and doubling that long rail you have too many problems with what seems like the obvious shot so looks like a maximum see if he catches dead corner there it wasn’t a maximum nope maybe with a little slower speed he could have maybe done that but it’s so hard to hit every shot perfectly let’s see he puts definitely puts a lot of English he played it as a maximum y right near the corner it’s a good effort just I was going to say before that um both players have very different Rhythm was very methodical and Jun really likes to build up a a rhythm right and move I wonder is he letting Pedro set the pace a little bit he seems to be a little more methodical than we’ve seen him before it really depends on the positions right it looks like Alexander salzar I wonder what the innings were over there I mean did he make another Big R the game against Jose Juan Garcia it must be loow inning game because just based on the time so Peter’s got a real first shot here off the white he also may be able to get behind the white for a Ticky it’s sort of hard to get longer than the red ball I think the question is can he get to the red ball off the Ticky yeah for sure he’s going to play the Ticky and it lays pretty naturally he just needs to catch the right amount of white so let’s see if he can do [Music] it he is going to score on the short side if he gets to it the ball just got it he just snicks the ball almost went too too [Music] short I should say too long right I don’t know I call that short I call that short yeah it’s hard to miss it long the question was could he get up there I think look how close he just catches the edge of this ball just Nicks it now ases he go straight to the ball or four cushions here the table likes to play long and he’s got a kiss to worry about if he tries to hit the red thinner he did go the long route definitely misses the kiss that way it’s just what the table wants to do naturally beautiful shot he would have liked to see the red think he’s got a decent uh off the right side natural to the red he can drive the the white out of there he’s going to make sure he does it carefully though he’s got a nice lead here eight points ahead and still shooting with a open shot you think he can drive that white through the hole and then stun to the upper right corner and and then still avoid the kiss with it yeah you don’t want to get too deep I think he can go through the hole if he’s not careful might be kiss with the white see how far from the corner he hit and he’s still you know dead in the face beautiful shot by Pedro well he’s got a nice draw stroke I think he’ll have to use it again oh ped’s looking to extend his lead going into the break as as far as possible cuz right after after this inning they’re going to take a break oh right mid mid game break he’d really like to play off the white ball here but if he’s worried about too much kiss traffic he may have to end up shooting off the red but I think he’s got it he’s going to draw it that kiss makes me nervous yep oh he’s he’s playing Finn on this side too much kiss traffic no no he’s playing uh with long long with running English try to super thin this ball look at this yeah too much kiss traffic so he had to find a different less uh comfortable pattern wait a minute did he find a hole I think at that speed unbelievable what a great effort that he just tried to take too many problems the usual way so he sliced through the WIP thin now that’s a only for new cloth shot right there it’s unusual that um he actually misses it in the hole it’s unusually that they’re not taking a break right now um it is up to them it’s not something the format forces on them MH like some events so he’s playing Jun doesn’t like to take breaks huh you I think he’s wow unbelievable you meant to hit cushion the ball a little Fuller maybe he needs to take a break Jun really likes to stay involved with the table he’s so deep into this table he doesn’t want to break his own focus and concentration that’s true he does seem he feel like he’s on the verge of catching this table and if he goes and takes a break he might lose that feeling he certainly stayed in the chair the entire time his opponent took a break last match right so I think he’s got four cushions here go long just got to manage the red ball timing down here at the third rail area third and fourth rail I have to say usually the preses who the player who’s way behind wants to slow their opponent down but right now oh he tried to come in short maybe Pedro no I think he was trying to play long he just maybe hit too too thin oh okay yeah yeah on a sliding table like this if you hit it short it’s never going to be short after four hushes I was wondering why why he felt the need to get so close to the white off the first is not even thinking about it he’s jumping on the seven reer is it seven or five oh it’s three oh five shorty though is it short oo that is a little bit surprising [Music] I thought he was going to go like twice round on that one but well this was very controlled and if he hit it he’d probably have a good he may have played five and with the safety three rails you only you can kind of play yourself safe if you catch that red full but on the five-year-old pattern it’s hard to leave yourself a bad shot what’s Pedro doing I think he was looking to see what the umbrella was like he’s going two rails to the white and can he spin off the cushion to the red afterwards to me it looks uncomfortable to hit an umbrella it’s almost like he might be able to he might hit the white and still miss it let’s see if he shoots it pretty slowly this would be a really nice shot if makes it he’s not doing it very slow so he must yeah that’s caught it a little too full he tried to hit the thin side of the white and then catch one more rail for the umbrella but it went long as this table likes to do he did have the speed up he didn’t want to hit it so full that he didn’t get to the red after the rail so he had to account for that possibility good effort by yeah Pedro umbrella of course one of the most difficult shot forms in the game another shot Sly exceled that well he he excelled at all Cushing first shots I don’t think there’s a player that was that’s as proficient beautiful shot there very nice audience like that one [Music] here we go we get to see it again just hits the correct side of the yellow if he hit that too hard he could have cared past the red ball yeah that’s why he chose that speed notice he’s playing the stun shot here if he hits it high it can bend too long off that first [Music] [Music] round got a nice little crowd developing here at Kum Cafe front row Koreans mhm then we have the Americans and the Latin American supporters of Pedro although everybody’s just rooting for some good everybody a good we’re talking about here and they’re giving us a good one now very close uhoh don’t die on that third rail just got it he was walking to the chair but he missed it just kept opening up that was a dramatic shot yeah I think he caught a little more ball than he wanted to and it slowed it down a lot yeah and it wasn’t a maximum English shot nope so he thought that this last rail didn’t have enough spin yeah but it just kept opening it’s going real close and just ni it and now that we have spots on the red ball we can see those things a lot more EAS I could hear it boom oo a small ball he makes this he’ll have a nice position but this is tough he’s got room there though precise very precise the tendency is to miss on a short side well there is a way to do a short angle off the white but I think he’s looking in it is the double the rail yeah I think the double the rail might be the most natural I think it’s a little tough to go hit the red and come back to the white so I think he’s back to just kiss management really you don’t think that um I’m pretty sure he’s going to go double the rail oh you’re right oh he’s playing it off of the white ball yeah double the rail [Music] don’t hit it too hard you go too straight to the cushion and never get [Music] back yeah I think that was the most natural and no kisses to worry [Music] about yeah nice view of that double rail again he going to play this off the red yeah I I mean you’re hitting the red into where the Q ball will be but it’ll be gone by the time you get there [Music] full ball beautiful shot by Pedro so he was looking to see what the hit is to play the natural off the [Music] red try not to hit this ball too full when you’re going to hit a cushion right after it it can make it really dive forward a miss long but if you cut it away from the rail you’re sending it over towards where the white is so we may see see him reject all the red ball shots let’s see if he can manage it he’s going for [Music] it there it is right into the white oh but he still got it he still got it wow that was an interesting shot I thought it was I thought it was very kissy to do it this way and he just barely passed it and then got the timing so that he got there first well no I think the red got to the white first but it didn’t matter cuz he was right there right after it no it didn’t get the score first you win Ira good eye I do a lot of things well from the booth double the rail here again very precisely [Music] W plus two again or is he going to try to pull it back to the long rail he’s looking at the four rail pattern but I don’t know it looks like let’s take a look at this double the rail again oh yeah it’s really nice some double the rails have kind of a two-way possibility but that was a oneway shot only yeah perfectly judged very nice see it looks to me like if he comes back for the four cushion option he’s got to hit the red pretty full and the Red’s going to be might just play it three like withdraw mhm oh that’s why he was looking down here he went straight to the sh rail then you can hit it thin keep it out of the kiss very nice beautiful shot [Music] Pedro well played [Music] bang nice now here is he trying to go keep it short four cushions on the natural I mean on the short angle or does he go for the extra rails since it might be hard to keep it short almost looks like he’s playing three four oh he is going just four but no well he’s got an 11o lead they are going to 40 though and I think there’s a long way to go is not going to be playing 800 for long I don’t think Jun has given up yet [Music] beautiful [Music] shot now he’s been making some nice hits at a distance so we may see him play the right side of the red here but he’s looking like he might shoot the similar shot left-handed off the surprised he’s not going off the right side of the red right that was the one I was thinking of but then he walked around and looked at the yellow it’s always good to make sure you consider all options yep nice touch uhoh watch out even at that slow speed it didn’t pick up any English on the on the long cushion I think it’s no surprise the Red’s where it is in case he scored but now it gets to be Pedro’s position yeah and now Pedro has the shot there is a hole there but it’s not it’s not a hole that Pedro doesn’t know how to manage he’ll he can either he can try to go a full five cushions but I think it’s more natural to go to the ball or [Music] short he tried to go five rails maybe he went long you think he was going direct or trying I think he was going direct he was going direct cuz if he was going to go long he was going he would probably hit it low well you also have the option of bending it after the second cushion there here he’s jumping on this Ticky the Ticky just did it thing jce is hitting the rail yeah let’s see that again you got to stay with the shot because sometimes even if you get the kiss you can just clip the rail before the ball he tried to hit it a little thinner he almost gets the Ki anyway all right Pedro drawing into a natural long long with the white to avoid the kiss this is very un he jumped up on the shot the second he hit it and he just wow that was a big opening that he passed up there yes a very big as he’s been making these kind of Bank shots and the previous matches but he missed uh at least one long earlier right he may be hesitant to bank to the yellow here he’s looking at it maybe he’s still trying to find something else or is he just picking his line precisely double checking I think he’s he’s he’s going to bank it like he said pick the speed so if he hits it on the long side again that’s how hard it is to just sometimes he definitely knows he’s needs to aim shorter now does Pedro have a chance to hit red short long long red short long long oh high left High reverse yeah that shots there either High reverse or high running either way it’s the follow right she have done both ways I think it depends on exactly the angle you have but in Ro may go for it we don’t see I haven’t seen him do this shot a lot this was actually the the winning shot in the world championships when blond won oh I bet against K Kang dong yeah of course he sees the shot wait is he going on the other side of the ball short angle like a thin short angle yes he is can’t believe he did that wow he hit a little too full interesting choice you really need to hit that thin yeah you’re just trying to beat the red to the white ball there I thought maybe he was trying to two rail the red out of there now that yellow is not really a big Target but there’s not really anything off of it so he’s going to go short long short now do you play a rail first on the white here Ira or do you try to do some kind of reverse cross table shot off the top of the red W there’s also the short long short off the left side of the red to the top of the table and back but I think I think the because you have to jack up and do reverse to hit the red first that the rolling ball to the white rail first is natural and a sliding table it’s even possible to hit it more firm and go long long short long it’s possible but I’m not sure if that’s what he’s going to do I think he’s just going to control and play the short angle like that excellent very nice yeah he used speed to help keep it from diving too soon mhm maybe hair of hold up [Music] yeah he didn’t hit the short cushion until just past that third Diamond extend that line with the speed see what he does here he’s glued to the red I’m going to assume he’s not frozen because if he was frozen he might spot him he would spot it it’d be a much easier shot mhm but you don’t have that option it’s five cushions cuz it’s so thin to go three right yeah it has to be has to be five unless he’s forced to play a thin H now he’s going five rows white watch out white is it enough yes it is beautiful shot by Pedro well there is a natural off the red he hel the uh he held the white so it wouldn’t get in room for the that’s right that’s speed control there he just barely scores perfect so can he can he put enough can he see the right side of the Q ball to go short long short off the white well always seems to be stuck next to the red where he has no options to hit it four rails I think yeah I just wasn’t sure if he could cue right English on the ball if the red was in the way but he found it don’t don’t spin long excellent beautiful shot white ball tight in the corner yeah let’s see that again look how much that ball is still spinning the body English yeah he wanted to help it over shorten up had a very good body English there now he can play at five rails but he’s got to really stun it hard into that corner he’s above the red so I don’t think he’s going to try that I think he’s going to go for rail first here thank you’re you’re right pushan first here with very little English three rail shot only I wouldn’t try to go two more got to just catch like a quarter ball amount very very he does have the beautiful shot very well judged he did have the five rail speed if he needed it and by choosing the thinner hit on the white you don’t exaggerate the curve short the second round and that really opened up the position he got that white out of the being deep in the corner beautiful shot even if he played off the rail to the white he would have been stuck cuz the white would just be still sitting there so now he’ll slice that white to his to the left side of the red and then play it short probably with the backup very nice still going although this is uh a little tricky I think he’s got to play off the white here and go to the top Corner oh here’s a nice view of that uh backup [Music] go into the top right corner got to beware of a hole and if you shoot it too hard you can still spin through the hole in the red but if you just get down there then he played three though so that’s a really nice shot there’s no reason to try to play that long the kiss was already out of there plus he likes to use maximum English and that’s where it naturally want to go short angle with babies meaning subsequent points yes yeah we call them babies yeah the red just comes over to the center a little bit don’t need it too [Music] hard very nice you can’t not get a position from there right but but this is not that easy I think you can go up the red here put the red kind of quite thin well I think he’s looking at the white the problem with taking this option it’s more comfortable but if you you’re going to bank the white to this bottom right corner if you come contact the red full then you’re going to knock it down to the bottom corner and then you kind of give yourself a diagonal sort of play safe on yourself but best outcome is clipping the red thin to score well looks like he sees a path to go super thin and if he comes underneath the red he’ll have an easy shot yeah if you take the very thin head on the white you don’t Bank it down table like that and now you’re between the balls so it’s okay no matter how you score on the Red too short but that thin hit is at the expense of precision cuz the you go on the ball the harder it is to take a specific line he’s meant to catch it a little thinner than that and that’s why he went short this is he’s been at the table a while so jente averaging 700 a little cold this can’t last long though dead in the face all [Music] right the clock is ticking for him to get back in this game and he knows that very nice five by Jun for those new to the game three cushion you may think the name suggests you should be taking three cushion shots all the time so many times positions like this more rails is a more natural way to score that five comes up an awful lot [Music] I think he’s trying to hook in the four cushions to the bottom right corner that’s right there’s a little curve after the first rail oh he went for the Precision short angle very nice very nice shot that was that interesting definit surprised me on that one very direct angle into the first cushion kind of sensitive but he made it look like a big hanger got to H pretty close to the corner here is it too close to the corner maybe on the short side wow notice the spin starts dying a little bit towards that third rail mhm you have to account for it unless you’re going to pick the speed up why is he looking at that uh rail there see I would think he’d have to play off the left side of the red but maybe he’s trying to go deep in this bottom right corner yeah I think that’s what he’s looking at it may be just at a [Music] maximum not sure what he’s doing right now yeah I think he’s playing the like Drop you know short angle or natural you know long short long but in the bottom right corner you got to get pretty close to that corner because otherwise it’s easy to go too long assuming you can get to the short row I don’t I I failed to see the shot it almost seems like he would run into the red but maybe he sees a line well you can get a little curve more than you think from the yeah if you hit the ball a little Fuller it slows your Q ball down and lets the high ball take effect still playing pretty good from the chair here I uh I uh I agree it was a danger I like the it was going to be close if he made it he’d have to pass it by a millimeter that’s why I like the left side of the red there’s no kiss issues you can cue the ball easily that ball is pretty big on the fourth cushion but he didn’t like it gint has a lot has been getting a lot of awkward positions so this short angle even yeah it’s the Red’s kind of small where it is not an easy shot because these are sensitive when you’re going pretty directly on two cushions one and two direct cushions oh he got a little a little lucky got a little lucky look like he might have been missing on the short side he was he hits it a little bit thin speed is very sensitive on these direct contacts I mean Spin and there’s not just that one right there but now he’s about to hit another direct contact and then the spin is super sensitive well the yellow kind of helps him here and we know he loves cross tables H he sure does but not when they get kissed out so still struggling jint not wanted to let his stroke out and I’m always interested good player chooses between the short angle and the five cushion in this kind of position the white is sort of floating face off the right side of the red I think the five cushion seems more natural but then maybe the red double Banks into your way off the fifth rail fourth and fifth rail what’s he looking at I think he’s taking the five off the left side of the red he could play the short angle too that’s what I’m saying that’s the decision that I’m always interested to see which one they pick and then try to think about why one of the considerations is if the Red’s going to be in the way on a kiss then you take the short angle because there’s no kiss but I think he’s fine going five rails and he obviously thinks he’s fine too he hit it full to try to get it past the kiss point but oh he got the kiss I think he could have played the maybe the thinner version doesn’t get the kiss but we’ll never know [Music] Jun plays a beautiful three with control he’s got the similar choice but I think it’s pretty much the three three cushion um short angle here in this way but when the white Ball’s just a little bit farther over then he’s got to make the choice Pedro did it’s very similar to the choice but his short angle is a little easier yeah but you can imagine if that Q ball was a little farther down the table from the camera’s perspective uh he beautiful shot be a harder choice these short angle variations are just bread and butter shots for good players you just got to be making them J taking a little more time yeah cuz the though yellow has the danger of going into the red for the hit you’d like to make on this shot he’s trying to see if he can distort it to miss that kiss and it looks like he might be he’s playing reverse Engle shot look at this yeah it’s so bad in terms of the H he once being a kiss that he played this beautiful shot instead not his first choice but it worked out well and very nice shot by the way torbjorn likes to solve that sometimes is he’s such a good pool player he’ll play that ball through the hole between the rim and the red and take the short angle here you hit it thin long long with the red make up the angle with draw very [Music] nice the yellow’s a little close to the rail for the Ticky but he’s going for it or he’s rejecting it he wanted to feel it up I think with judicious use of speed maybe he could still make it kind of slow and thin he’s really wanted to take it but he may have be forced to play off the red here well if he plays that Ticky you have to hit that so thin yeah but he’s looked at it three times now or is he looking at the drop in long long short on the red I think he’s still going for the Ticky yeah that was the danger I mean it looked like it was just going to go way too over tough tough shot so last few Innings jente built up some momentum Pedro couple empty innings was it my imagination or did he shoot that kind of quickly he took his time thinking about it but he seemed to kind of just shoot really quickly when he was at the final stroke maybe a little nerves especially at such a critical juncture yeah he must he must have felt that he could make that otherwise I don’t think he would have even gotten that’s the thing just a little Mish hit and it looks like it misses by a mile and you really didn’t miss by that much here’s one that’s easy to over spin so let’s see if he what he does to compensate for that because I know he likes to use maximum yeah he took a negative angle so he could play maximum and use speed to make sure you can still get there but the negative angle and the table’s a little slow o very very close was a good try yeah very good that angle that didn’t seem like it existed me he had a tremendous amount of spin he went all the way in the corner like he needed to yeah unfortunately all that spin hurt him on that third rail it spun it over too short well if he had any more left on the last rail he would have made it anyway but the full hit you need to take that negative angle meant that it slowed the CQ ball down a lot okay now yeah you really got to whip it out there very good very nice shot use the speed to seal up the hole mhm and now Jun you feel like he has the good building momentum Pedro just missed the last few [Music] Innings well he certainly looks very confident we got to manage the kiss with the red here I mean Pedro in the last seven Innings he had six empty Innings mhm wow and that’s not a I mean he had that seven a beautiful seven but y in seven Innings to miss six Innings six Innings that that jun’s been scoring every time so it’s definitely a momentum shift about to happen I feel uh you may be right he can certainly drop this in the corner yes he can peder has got to collect himself be ready to jump on his next opportunity just catches the edge they say billiard is a game of millimeters yeah you’re not kidding they not kidding yeah I mean he put a lot of English to cinch that and he almost spun it long that’s the thing is he wanted on the second cushion to go deep in the corner but it just kept opening up off that third rail take a look at this shot he almost misses it the fin helps there but hurts there whoa just tickled it tough shot though this is just execution I mean got to make an accurate hit 10 ft away perfect execution is more like it that was a perfect execution beautiful stroke so tough to get that feather thin hit the yellow is off the cushion but it’s not super big for a drop in long long short he may decide to go a couple times across the table instead of playing the Finesse version and even with a little Fuller hit he’s got to make he’s got the stroke to keep going twice across he seems to have a plan long long long maybe long after that even long long long has kisses yes but it lets him hit the ball with the big stroke you likes to play he’s very comfortable with cross table shots well he’s he’s gearing up he’s winding up he’s got to go one one before the red there we go perfect how’d he hit it oh miss the top oh my god wow that was an exciting shot and here’s the situation I thought he was good once he passed the kiss he had the Speed the ball was diving after the third round and then got dive there and you would expect it to keep going the ball’s not stopped sliding so much I believe the way it came off like that but W it’s a good try by Jun and he’s you know two fours yeah and uh and Pedro this is kind of a tricky hit here in the distance this is not that easy he’s got to hit he’s got to cut the red away then he wants to hit it low to avoid the kiss and go short but then he’s near the rail so he has to jack up a little bit it’s a little complicated he’s not just jumping on it that’s for sure and plus like I said he’s been he’s missed the last few Innings he that’s true and with this momentum shifting he needs to score now let’s see how he takes care of the kiss he took care of the kiss too short is it too short wow he he he really took care of that kiss beautifully yeah take a look at this see he passes it just by a millimeter and he had to go short he had to play it short yeah this a calculated risk he’s playing his best chance here and he did the he missed the kiss great but right here but uh still you need the slide it’s too short here short long short from jint again this one’s not maximum unless you take a big negative angle he’s looking at he pointed on the he’s going to play A F four rail backup double the rail five rail backup’s he’s spinning it yeah he’s spinning it it’s a big negative angle or is he going to just finesse it with less spin yeah big negative angle and and and and and very nicely done but too much WoW wow what a solution though really nice people do not like kind of intermediate spins on those shortl shorts they like to go maximum or nothing so a missed a first missed inning in a while for Jun yeah good good Five Points of paper now yeah no he made up a lot of ground in the last few Innings um and he’s within Striking Distance too now the last time was it Pedro that tried the reversing with short angle I think he’s got to go off the left side of the red here short long short there’s a little hole but I think it’s a pretty big shot I think he was aiming that reverse short angle again I think Pedro’s he he’s missed eight of the last nine innings scoreless oh no he’s he’s shooting the left side of the ball I thought he was going to try to short angle but he should be playing I think short long short here he has to connect yeah that’s the natural shot but he missed it you sure missed it dead in the face missed it 100% all right well finally scores like I said he had missed eight of the last nine innings and in the last four innings jun’s made 12 points so and he’s still behind that’s how far ahead Pedro was yeah I thought it was going to open up more on that third cushion like like uh jun’s Miss did but he wasn’t over spinning the ball so it got up there and scored perfectly so Pedro has to capitalize here there’s a little bit of a hole behind that red so he’s got to make sure he doesn’t fall tra fall trapped to that yeah I don’t think it’s quite where you play a double the rail but I think you still go the natural oh for sure he’ll try to play a [Music] four the kiss he just jumped in the air he jumped in the air Pedro almost hit his head in the ceiling he jumped so high you got to watch it when you’re a tall person like that yeah I I think by trying to go four rails he hit it Fuller and put in the traic he jumped into I think it’s called Body English but he tried to jump oh he misses he misses the short rail that’s very uncharacteristic Miss he had to come in flat there yep and that was uh not have to get back to the table but this is not an ideal position for Pedro no but I do believe that Pedro he’s determined to make it mhm now do you go off the right side of the red Precision there’s a hole in the corner there I would go off the left side of the red or off the right side of the white yeah you can double that cushion you go to this long rail then double the short rail and he can even hit that with um with a like a high left with enough speed and and yeah this is like a one two three four rail shot maybe you could do more we probably want to watch this in slowmo in any case Assuming he’s playing a shot I think one two three 4 beautiful shot very nice let see that one again he Force follows it and gets two cushions on the short Rail and I believe it was just natural to come that fourth cushion out of the off the long row there one two three four and score very good that’s a great thing to keep in your bag of tricks for breaking that should maybe bring him give him enough energy to to close this out because like I said he’s been he’s had a lot of scoreless innings well a opportunity I mean the the positions were awkward kissy sensitive Jun was also nailing back with fours MH and now he’s got a five that he just has too a kiss no big ball you got to hit it precisely dead in the face don’t get the kiss don’t get and he got the kiss that is something that’s not the not the time you want that making this game exciting and look at this opening Jun has a huge opening here yeah there’s a and he’s not even looking at the yellow no he’s so far away he’s just checking just checking I I believe he’ll shoot off the right side of the yellow I mean it’s it’s a pretty big shot Big Shot big position is everything there’s a there is a hole there but I mean you go four R oh if he got a hole it’ be very unlucky wait a minute did you hit it hard enough yes now it’s see can you see the yellow yeah I think he’s he’s clear on the yellow he’s got the short angle available I I got the feeling that he hit more of the ball than he wanted to mhm but that’s how big the shot was because he could do that and still make it yeah the margin he’s jumping right onto this he’s he’s trying to build his rhythm up yeah not wasting any time short angle watch out perfect beautiful shot does he have a shot off the three rail or off the yellow yeah and he’s not been shying away from them um he’s not afraid to go short long short yeah this one he has to hit thin otherwise he could kiss but see if you try to draw off the left side of the red you’re sending the red up into where the white is I mean the yellow you might play this four rails off the red and go straight to the short cushion yeah you could draw into the four but then if you miss you’re selling out yeah and Pedro may not let you get back to the table that is true there’s a cross table here and he may go for it but oh he’s going for the he’s going to the short rail now maybe he’ll pound it and go six rail so he can come back down table afterwards nope he went straight four is see who gets the next shot is it too short nope he made it perfectly he gets the next shot beautiful shot at a critical juncture yeah he made sure that he didn’t miss it long that’s true all right it’s hard to tell let see uh he just missed just passes the kiss oh no is there a back up nope no he’s too short well but this is not easy there’s nothing easy here no nothing easy here and Jun is breathing down Pedro’s neck there are some options going to the short rail I would not like to try to clip the red thin and uh that’s what he’s looking at but I I hate that I don’t know I mean if you play the full hit on the red and then you hit that rail right after your QQ ball is going to want to be diving forward you think that’s what he’ll do more than you would like for control but he’s looks like he’s going for it I hate to be shooting this with super spin I don’t I unless he’s trying to feather it that’s the smallest possible ball I if I’m misreading it maybe he can cut the red to the right and still get long enough but this is sort of like right on the edge of what you can get up the rail to where the white ball is he’s pointing at this microscopic over there that’s a microscopic third rail I I hate to be shooting this ball I think this is where he’s got to get his speed just right to be able to get that he’s trying to hit it very full and super super spin off the short rail to really control the speed because the new clo I want to learn something here because this looks whole hard to me oh it there it was close though a little bit faster and it could have gone shorter I didn’t even know that was possible yeah because of the full hit and the rail contact both slow the Q ball down but he keeps the follow on the ball so it can really go forward look at this trying to stretch the limits of possibility here but whenever you’re curving like that the speed is super important missed it by a millimeter just a millimeter and gives Jun another gives him a little air you don’t see this shot much these days but looks like he has a long I mean a short long long and then with reverse but he’s going the Precision route off the left side of the red he’s so good at the shot seen him make this all all tournament long yeah but see it’s one of those intermediate spin versions it’s not a maximum it’s not a no English we tried to hit it a little Fuller very sensitive shot yeah and that Red’s pretty big for this pattern here for Pedro he’s shooting it uh oh he’s down as he needs his extension this is not without danger yeah if he Clips this and goes four rails that White’s going to track over there and maybe bother his red ball or his Q ball coming around cuz if you hit it to if you hit it full enough to two rail it on our side of the red uh then it’s in the path of the CU coming back ground or a hole so many problems let’s see how he solves it see with that oh a kiss a kiss but if you hit it thin and miss that kiss then it can Bank over to the red let’s take a look at what went wrong here was way too much he tried to hit it full so he can get the the white to go to to not kiss the red and then fix the angle with the draw and go for short then he gets the kiss yeah I think the problem is he didn’t come sharpen enough off the short rail that was going to I’m not even sure that would get down to the bottom cushion because he went over to the left so far all right now is a critical point rail here oh he didn’t hit the Miss button yeah he’s thinking about other things right now yeah he was thinking about his Miss oh he’s draw going to draw to pass there’s a hole to pass that’s why I was thinking the double the rail there’s no K or hole oh he’s spinning it wow this is pretty smart this is not only safe speed but look how he’s magnifying this red bulb this is possible beautiful shot what a choice wow that was a beautiful shot how you no accident here it I mean he made that red ball so big and look he’s jumping in this look how much spin he’s got on that third rail he’s he’s off by two diamonds but the spin carries it back into score and that is a beautiful way to get a safety a position and a score and avoid all the kisses all to avoid a kiss beautiful solution and strategy I learned something there there’s a bit of self-correction when you do it that way you hit it full to drive that first ball out of the kiss or he hits it full to bank it out play it short beautiful shot very very nice very nicely played think he’s got to go rail first on the red here yeah do you think he’ll go ball first I don’t think he’s going to give me time I don’t think he’s going to give me time to do a replay here think he’s got a he still even ball twice and stood up I like how he didn’t hit that really go first he cut the ball away from the kiss and um avoided running into the red mhm he’s still electing to go ball first yep he’s got to hit it full so he doesn’t Bank the red into the [Applause] yellow what a nice shot very good he’s within one [Music] Point J’s taking the situation really looking at this cross table drop in he’s taking the sit a terrible situation where he was struggling to figure out the table 10 points behind he’s going to go look at again he was down 34 to 17 and now it’s 35 to 36 great game only going to 40 well this is a critical position he’s looking at it again I think he may have changed his mind from the delicate drop in to a cross table with more uh velocity in both cases there’s a hole I agree may have been looking at the drop in originally for a little bit of uh defense but it’s such a thin hit even with the slide of the table it’s hard to get down what’s he doing he may you may be going for the the uh long long long now instead of the dro in oh whatever it is yeah you play a short angle with a very very short you have to really watch the kiss there you know what he just played a really nice shot yep he went long long long didn’t quite have the force which very good a very good effort though he played the um he played the cross table right but I think there’s a little self- protection in there yes definitely a self protection he definitely didn’t just whack at that very much controlled Pedro can make a bank shot off the red I think he’s looking at the Double of the rail right now really from the way he was standing if he could hit the red left side and double the rail Oh you mean okay you could do that or off the white makes sense to try the red I think so too but that takes a stroke and a half I’m not saying he can’t stroke it but the the bank shut off the uh around the long short long into the red might be bigger oh he no he wants to go off a ball he doesn’t care about bang shot right now yeah I think think he’s got some good ball first options he’s got new clock on his side he can hit the red Fuller it can follow on it he apologizes for taking extra time here but I don’t think anybody’s minding they want to see a good shot no shot clock so he can take his time this is like chest without a shot clock and Pedro is an expert at that he’s like we said a methodical player he’s not quite sure if he’s going to pull the trigger on this or not it maybe his last inning he wants to make it a good [Music] one it’s getting exciting yeah he’s going off the white same shot wow this is going to take a big big big stroke he’s not ready he’s smiling don’t second guess yourself and you better just stroke the heck out of this thing cuz I don’t if I was gint I’d run away cuz that ball might fly off the table H the forehead well not not with okay we’re going to want to see that I want to see I want to see the shot super stroke here look at that shot what a shot that was an amazing that was worth the wait that was definitely worth the wait take a look at this action guys this is a stroke and a half he Force follows it he judges the hook perfectly to bend the Q ball back to the cushion power and control definitely leveraging the wow look at that he arked the ball perfectly and made this ball full in the face full in the face beautiful beautiful beautiful stroke sure you playing for three Pedro p is this for granted this is a little touchy this to make it into the finals I think you got to go short here right don’t go to the corner yeah he’s got to also take care of any kisses with the red this is too short yeah he threw his hand up he was afraid of it slipping and going in the hole he played it short but he went too short and now he gives back he gives the table back to Jun which is not what he wanted to do yeah does Jun have a short angle he can sneak in there is he got to go to the short rail off the yellow well he can can do a short angle from that red he does like to spin into the corner off the right side of the yellow too yeah but doesn’t that look small to you I’m not saying that’s it looks small to me I’m saying what I see him do I like watching him actually pretend he’s going to shoot every shot he visualizes himself trying near every single pose and then he’ll make his decision but it looks like he’s he’s going to look to feel him I’ll tell you what if he makes this short Angle now he’s going to have such a nice short angle another nice short angle cuz the Red Bull’s going to stay there yeah this is pretty sensitive touchy shot already something not not a sh you want to rush you want to make sure you make this thing looking pretty good now how’s the spin how’s this spin very nice steady as a rock all right6 37 there’s a shot that’s easy to miss short because you’re hitting it slow to judge it perfectly so then you’re close to the corner yeah that was a great shot [Music] beautiful oh going to the short rail I’m surprised he’s not playing off the yellow but play Four rails is he playing four rails yeah four rails looks like it’s uh just just touches it he almost went long I thought he was I thought he missed that long playing for three it’s all tied up than more finesse than power which is uh it’s a lot of finesse there A lot of times he really ramps things up he did not exaggerate well you know it was a very offensive shot because if he wanted to play defense he it a little harder but he was y that was uh keeps the oh thin hit here he needs the ball to be gotal you can’t hit this ball too thin this is slow and thin very very fine hit needed shoot it that slow probably why he went short it’s all tied up the slower you hit it the thinner you have to hit it otherwise you go short like this yeah he went to the long run a little quick there also you can that was a nice replay well Pedro’s got the short angle does he need reverse on that short angle off the light he’s looking at angle into the corner it’s not that easy I think he can pass the kiss with no English I think he can but it’s going to be close I mean it’s going to be like within centimeters you don’t want to hook forward that’ll help you hard after the third round but then at the same time you don’t want to hit it thin because then you’ll just relocate the kiss yeah the reverse helps Splat the angle the first rail so it’s and you don’t want to be spinning too fast out of that corner either probably just oh hit it perfect he hit it perfect very nice need some steady nerves to be able to hit that shot at this point there’s no margin he only needs two points he’s got playing for two here we go let’s see him go into that corner just passes the kiss very nice very nice especially given the situation so it looks like left side of the white here right that’s pretty much it this is sort of like a break shot maybe a little faster cuz you might play the you might play it to to the right side of the white with with left English no no kiss that’s what he’s doing because the other way this way he could just just worry about scoring no kid oh he’s playing a short angle oh man is this is this not as thin as it looks to me I’m so curious why he’s not yeah because it’s not a two-way shot oh he’s going off the right side he’s playing the short angle right but there’s two short angles I think you’re right beautiful shot what’s a hit a nice full ball hits Strokes it [Music] confidently no kisses really to worry about I tell you what though this is not easy he’s going to have to play a sang Le shot off the white that’s no defense there either I mean that was 100% score and try to run out oh is he really going to go off the white ball for his outshot that far away if he does red floating in space with extreme spin he can’t really hit this full he’ll start making kisses if he hits it slow now you’re going to deal with the curving Q ball and then you got the reverse it looked like he was oh now he’s looking at the three row line a full he thinner hit with the backup this is for a spot in the finals P’s playing for one is hoping the right in the hole and Jun lives another inning wow this is exciting his heart is racing I see at least my heart would be racing some people have ice blood in their veins well given the way tedro is uh expressive sometimes I don’t think yeah Body English coming in you know yeah but he missed it by a lot he was trying to play at four rails he was trying to back it up his que down at the end so he touched but you know when you’re when you’re that far away from the ball it’s tough to the right is he between his cross table or is he do a short angle short is it flat do he make it beautiful shot and now Jun is playing for two and he’s got a very very open shot the only thing that can go wrong here is that he’s got a hole but he’s put his que where where he he looks like he’s going to play the four rail yeah but you know when you play it long like this and you’re sensitive it’s easy to go too long he’s looking now oh he’s looking at the red because it’s a small yeah but he’s got a stretch for this maybe he’ll get his extension or will he extensional bend over he’s young he can contort his body you know he’s not going to throw his back out like some of us cuz this would be more natural if you could and it’s a bigger ball apparently you can you can play it on the shorter side and seal up the hole beautiful shot and now Hill hill9 Jun Kim’s taking a game where he was down by 34 to 17 and now the score is hill hill is this an amazing I’ve got chills right now semi-final action here and he’s going to play a bang shot no he’s just sizing it up I don’t believe he plays off the yellow he’s going to play off the yellow he’s going to use ton of right English but it’s not it’s not easy checking Bank Shot [Music] again how good do you feel to bank this don’t you want to go off a ball after fighting back there is that he’s looking at there’s also off the left side of the yellow which he has not looked at he’s really sizing up that shot for the bank now I think he’s rejecting the ball hit to go to the B to the bank shot cuz if you miss that the ball’s going to come around to this bottom right corner and you’re going to sell out the N but Rob he’s Korean he’s doing the reverse okay yeah he’s not going to fool around with the rails there’s no kiss I mean it’s just about judging the reverse check side on the first trail running on the next to the slide I mean’s he spent the whole table trying to judge the slide all right he’s committed here we go here we go guys for the match for a spot in the finals how’d he hit it wow amazing shot beautiful shot by Jim T Kim 40- 39 40-39 in that’s the match we looking in 35 Innings you know it was not a a low inning game but it was very very exciting and the uh and and I I mean I really feel for for Pedro that was heartbreaking he had a chance he had he he just couldn’t protect himself from that he had to go for that last shot that was that exposed that that exposed uh and G gave Jun another chance at the table yeah but that was truly exciting um and a perfect uh setup for our final match which is going to happen at 400 p.m. don’t miss it you don’t want to miss this this is be the final game with with uh against Alexander Salazar he’s the gentleman that ran 21 on that table where all those trophies are we’re looking at right now um this was extremely exciting and very very fun to watch I really thank you rob for joining me in this booth here and help us to analyze this game got the best seat in the house here we have the best seat in the house and um I want to I want to thank our sponsors Yan simonis usb-c carm.org Boven Billards 50 years of bilard of of handmade billiard tables by ver hovman arth Falls uh Kum Cafe we’re playing in the room that sang Lee and co-founded with Michael Kang and once again we’re celebrating the Sang Lee 70th anniversary of inspired Billiards um Predator CR M and we thank predator for for celebrating this uh the tribute to Sang Lee 70 he would would have been 70 years old and they’re making a special 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recently ran 28 and out in his uh in the World Cup he’s got a lot of billiard years left he’s a superstar and and and a and and and an amazing uh amazing talent um if you’re in the area you rush over you have an hour to get here if you live in the tri-state area you don’t want to miss this uh this super display of of of of Q skill uh we’re playing three Christian Billards at the sang Le anniversary celebration here at carum Cafe final match at 400 p.m. don’t miss it [Music] [Applause] ah [Music] ah [Music] [Music] oh [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] m [Music] o [Music] for spe spe

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