Billiards US Open 9-Ball Championship - Schmidt vs. Nevel

The "Honeymooner" (at least that's what they called him in 2004) John Schmidt of Florida faces off with the powerful Larry Nevel. Both players break the balls with great power. But pool is a finesse game and pocketing balls with surgical efficiency is the key to winning. This is the second of 13 feature matches from the 29th Annual U S Open 9-Ball Championship, the pool and billiard world's most prestigious title. Every September pool payers from around the world converge on Chesapeake, Virginia to compete for their share of the $200,000 prize fund.

This is a production of Billiard Club Network, in association with Accu-Stats Video Productions.

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• schmidt
• nevel

[infinitepandas]

11:15 "Word has it they got very fammilliar with each other last night" hahah :)

[smirlis713]

John Schmidt is by far my favorite player as far as patterns and simplicity goes... nothing super fancy, basics are basics for a reason.. and thats because they work... and thats what John Schmidt is all about functional technique... on the other hand you have nevel, hes flashy, has a long careless stroke likes to flash his power with draws and elevating his cue... usually flashy fancy players have really high moments and really low moments in pool. The basic players are more consistant usually

[cph82612]

I don't know why but lots of safety shots are terrible in this match.. :(

[BloodyFingersify]

its amazing to read shit from people that dont know how to play this game. nevel's stroke is amazing its not flashy, he can pull off shit that most of the players in the world can't. honestly the "basic players" are those guys that take 2h to play and, in this case, thats when the "flashy players" are important because they attract audience and prestige to the game

[TheBigkizz]

@smirlis713 totally agree mate..althought my fav is rodney morris hes game under pressure is one of a kind

[TheBigkizz]

@smirlis713 totally agree mate..althought my fav is rodney morris hes game under pressure is one of a kind

[phixxwutwut]

@doilyfilm but the commentator who comments on every single shot no matter how easy or difficult and gets half of them wrong is straight.

[pooltom22]

I've been reading some of the posts that belittle the use of a glove. Ever shoot pool when the humidity is high? The use of a glove makes a big difference. Has nothing to do with sexuality.

[1mPuI5e]

That..commentator..Billy? Sooo annoying I had to mute it half way through

[jdbankshot]

@mkjhagfv i can't stand snooker snobs. can't we cuesportsmen & women just realize that there are differences in all variations of cue sports? i don't like snooker that much,& it has nothing to do with smaller pockets on bigger tables, it's the point system(balls with value), the re-spotting, the hoidy-toidy dress code, it's boring on tv, but it's mostly due to the amount of players & fans that shit on other cuesports. o'sullivan & davis' 9ball record is deplorable. do you compare rugby to NFL??

[doilyfilm]

@infinitepandas jim wych is such fag

[rendog92]

Cue power would mean that the player is able to spin the ball enormously because their technique is so advanced, that they can attack the ball with so much strength that they can move the cue ball around using spin