BCn presents the U.S. Open 9-Ball Championship, featuring Mika Immonen v. Ronnie Alcano

[@adyvery]

Wow...thank you BClub. Mika is my favorite. This is from 2008 right? Keep up the great work you are doing for us. Best of luck.

[@SteppenwolfGR]

Incredible match..Thanx BCN..Best game i've seen in ages...Both in excellent shape and some incredible shotmaking

[@hectorortiz4498]

One of my favorite players. Alcanos style is unique and his stroke is fantastic

[@hajimahsus7169]

444444rr40

[@flippertvofficial]

what does it mean when they lift their cue up to the ceiling after the last ball goes In after every rack?

[@bungal251]

Both these players, when in form, are excellent. We all have our bad days, pro or not! I played an English snooker player, sometimes, sent by the Mall manager in Baguio, Philippines. We were well matched and the verbalizations were different and the play, also. The A class manager seldom played a snooker as I did not play it that much to hide. It was great play and both of these were my equal and we had a ball! Since Manny, the boxer bought the gym, they have removed the pool hall across from a great gourmet restaurant. I even played the cook and was mindful that he was about 350 pounds and made Bolo of Bruce Lee fame look tiny! But he was a great guy and took his loses as a gentleman. Love this game, right all!

[@miltonfragozo8847]

there was some missing racks due to the commercials... ;) . Look at the score, and you´ll notice.

[@smaueluminium877]

they're moving big pool ball shaped beads over to keep track of score. there are 10 balls up there for each player to keep track until a player gets on the hill.

[@LeonFleisherFan]

"The weather affects the way a table plays" - you can say that again!

[@BlackSN8K]

@LudiMne how many times in a match can you do that (push out)?

[@jomieorbino7679]

sir you said where did they learn this creativity sir we filipino we have been playing pool since we were babies that is what we do back home

[@leonscottkennedyre4]

ahh thank you! thought they were maybe checking if the cue was straight

[@godigutierrez]

where's the finals of this tournament?

[@cks119]

What are you talking about? Thats a great shot. He already has the perfect angle from the 1 to land in that area (which isn't that small), and since the 7 is a little bit off the rail it makes the billiard much easier. Plus you break up the 2. As long as you dont tie up the 8 and 9 its a smart agressive shot.

[@LeonFleisherFan]

@WolfieTed I'd never thought that possible, but we now have problems of the sort in Europe, too, as organizers have started to outhouse the playing arena for some (in particular important) tournaments into marquees (huge pavilion-like tents), where temperature and humidity change all day long, regardless of the quality of air-conditioning (air-drying machines!). Not least of all, humidity makes the balls sticky, so they attract chalk and lint from the cloth, resulting in countless kicks (throw).

[@ryanreyes4431]

Did anyone else see at 29:50 Mika have like a tick or something. I know it's because he knows he lost the rack because of the lay out. But still. Very weird to watch Haha.

[@Kanig94]

Why did Immonen break the second frame? I thought if you had won, you could also break the second frack. Or are those other rules?

[@TheJsjr]

Who ended up winning that years title

[@marcodado7473]

Alcano have an amazing stroke, absolutely elegant touch.

[@luxuryviplifestyle9494]

Please we need all new videos in really Best 8K 240 fps quality clarity and The sound to be in Best 3D full HD surround system sound , soon please please please

[@WolfieTed]

@LeonFleisherFan Sure, If it was raining on the table that would really screw up the game! :D I play here in the philippines and when it's humdi the table plays like a git, the Air-Conditioning also makes things tough at times, it's amazing how something you would barely even notice makes such a difference!

[@BoundaryShift]

@pigdisposal I would have never noticed that until you spotted it out. Now that I think about it, a light gray or even beige glove would be so much less distracting. I'm getting me one.

[@dchen345]

Alcano played amazing 9 ball.

[@enjoypool4052]

Alcano is one of my favorite players

[@9ballalex]

never saw Alcano playing like this.... awesome!!

[@StillxxBoostin]

@tsummerlin84 depends on wut game cus SVB is really good 10ball player.

[@georgem1223]

Great video Alcano is a monster, love to see more.

[@Jmgoregrind]

Watch his videos from the Philippines. He’s even better in his native conditions.

[@leonscottkennedyre4]

why do pros hold their cue stick up to a light after a round?

[@sinnerpsyko]

There is a scoreboard above the table

[@pepamethodman]

Ang mga Pinoy ang pinakamagaling !! Ibang iba ang Pinoy !

[@neuvocastezero1838]

Before I read the comments, my money was on Mika. 40:10- Danny: "You can't defy the laws of physics." Ronnie: "Hold my beer."

[@足裏痛いやつくるぶししたの左ぐら]

こんな重たい台久しぶりに見たわロニーアルカノも久しぶりにみた。うまさで行ったら結構上位来るぐらいうまいよな。この玉突き大好き

[@PaNiCxCO]

wait i thought steve davis was the ice man? why did they call mika the ice man?

[@palleagle1]

control is wat makes it gereat

[@arpeemac]

41:00 is fantastic! a true mark of a champion!

[@jorgemolleda]

enserio niña linda

[@danceoutnow]

I realize it's not a big sticking point, but I was shocked to see Alcano using a glove. You just don't see that from the philippinos very often. Very wonderful match.

[@troychampion]

what a match!, I like that you are using standard colored balls, not those ugly cyclops tv tournament balls. These are quality commentators, these are quality players, and a quality table, fun to watch, thanks for posting this.

[@willneverend777]

thats how they're scoring everytime they win a rack. theres a couple wires up there with numbers that slide

[@BlackSN8K]

11:11 shouldn't he get 'ball in hand'?

[@MrKinghuman]

oh really, good, b/c hes a fantastic pool player, I had the pleasure to watch shoot live and this is nothing, when he is free stroking hes something else.

[@WolfieTed]

@LeonFleisherFan Yeah it's a nightmare at times, the humidity out here can be very high and playing in an open bar just makes it silly at times. But I do enjoy the challenge! I consider it a learning curve. If it's good enough for Reyes who am I to complain!? Haha

[@MrKinghuman]

i dont get it

[@leonardvanhirtum228]

This sure beats TV,

[@nimajnebrm]

That table is curious looking, with the black wood and all

[@Kanig94]

oh yea, off course :)

[@AirmetalDrummer]

lol that's awesome. I can't imagine playing one of these guys. All I do is shoot at bars every now and then. If I made a ball in 10 games I'd be happy.

[@hujklnm23]

man alcano deserves a us open title.

[@Jmgoregrind]

Well he did win a world championship vs souqet. He’s so underrated. He’s even better in the Philippines

[@randybelino308]

AGREE!!! if this game has a SIDE BET the story or even the FINALS are difference

[@cozza1991]

the shot that old goon calls at 4:15 is ridiculous. who in the right mind would be thinking like that?

[@147denys]

Watch this clearance 38:45

[@herr_pouya]

EVERY RONNIE IS GOOD AT POOL :D FROM SULLIVAN TO ALCANO ...

[@kevycanavan]

Back before they murdered pool with the shot clock

[@Vapor80]

@johnykoop Danny Diliberto.

[@joeygonzo]

When Diamond table had dymondwood rails

[@dragster598]

i comepletly agree. I watched mika at the latest us open and whenever he was down he would slam stuff around and be disrespectful.

[@thecreation411]

I would say Efren Reyes and alex pagulyan. mis spelled their names :)

[@chimdangshun]

29.46

[@WolfieTed]

@TeenyTiny945 There are more American player than Filipino's on tour, and the Filipino's are just starting to saturate the event, if we re-count the stats in 5 years it would be interesting to see what happens. But sure on paper America has produced more champs! :D

[@joeygonzo]

It turned out later , the in-laws made it up to extort money from Alcano. The girl recanted her story.

[@aaronclim]

those were allegations of his abuse; rape charges were dropped to lascivious acts after a medical examiner found no evidence of rape, which in itself is suspicious on the prosecutor's part. There was a lot of uncertainty and controversy around the case and it's hard to know definitively about what actually happened.

[@Xris18713]

yeah cuz pacman made it disappear with money...

[@randybelino308]

the big difference between PILIPINO pool players are WE are HUSTLING players while EUROPEANS and AMERICANS are tournament players here in the Philippines if you play like MIKA did we will force you to play SAFETY BATTLES and distract you in your GAME it's like keeping out your opponent to his "A" Game

[@IRevealTheMagic]

Aint it amazing how in practice he does all this crazy stuff but in actual games its just very basic simple shots and position play...they make it look way too easy..especially alcano

[@Szylwius]

@noumaissi thanks for the spoiler

[@jorgemolleda]

naguara cali

[@cozza1991]

i think playing that shot is a bad idea percentage wise anyways, basically he would have to play each of the shots inch perfect, leaving no margin for error... therefore, bad call.

[@linustheguitarist]

only once....(the shot immediately following the break)

[@omeshraghoo6896]

ⁿ?

[@WolfieTed]

@TeenyTiny945 How many times has it been won by US and Filipinos though. Not arguing or trying to make a point or anything, just curious? Because the 2 Filipinos could have won it 22 times (I know they haven't) Do you know what I mean? I just look forward to years more intercontinental battles on the slate!!! PS. I'm British, we haven't even won it once! :(

[@alexfernandez1313]

Filipino monopoly of Billiards.

[@cks119]

It's close, but i think it passes.

[@drewfla]

20:20 GREAT shot!

[@richmonddaque8077]

my fellow orange color lover

[@red88alert]

@400timesmore ronato alcano all the way!!!

[@palleagle1]

mikka belived he would miss at 25.50

[@cozza1991]

well looking at it again, i think that if he plays that shot he is going into the pink anyways!!

[@WolfieTed]

@TeenyTiny945 Oh shit, Reyes only won it once! Damn...I thought he had it a few times? Well there you have it! I still think the Filipino's will close the gap a bit over the coming years though!! :D Busta deserves a win I feel! So it may be 3 next year some time!?

[@joeygonzo]

Efren got to the finals 4 in a row but lost the last 3.

[@mizooh5748]

MIKA IS NOT BETTER THAN RONNIE ALCANO PERIOD! Mika clearly had lucky rolls early on, especially the 2-9 kick.. His weakness was displayed as the match wore on, even checking Ronnie's rack after a 5 game run (poor sportsmanship) - ALCANO IS THE BEST!

[@WolfieTed]

I mean Humid! DOH!

[@kntautsos]

I don't think it's such a bad idea.

[@mitchellwalther]

"the phillapean train waits on the outside table"

[@joeygonzo]

Philippine train

[@wimpylassiter2336]

@MsBabyface97 im american and i concede that. filipinos are better at pool, new zealand and australia are better at graffiti art, all the stuff that we started, we cant seem to maintain, but at least we innovated it...

[@avalino79]

that Two ball....wow. I would have tried to curve but .... but im a flashy player who misses much.hahhaha... great rack though

[@samphilipp4997]

Danny is an old geezer and he doesn't have a clue. He always asks how is the shooter going to get on the next ball. I can't stand Mika. He can take a seat against most Philippine players.

[@angellover91436]

@jufreese did you mean the Sardo rack? it is all political, they stopped using it, it gave a perfect rack every time i still use it at home even though i have the delta rack, the magic rack and all these stupid commercial products..but it is who pays most to advertise and support...business..

[@cozza1991]

hmmm, i guess we will never know! lol

[@jarhat]

@ericsatriani He is a hall of famer, he did pick it up. What have you picked up besides a lousy attitude?

[@tsummerlin84]

@MsBabyface97 Name me a filipino who will spot SVB like he'll spot them.

[@bob07071985]

it seems alcano just pass by....

[@rubic64]

immonen has a temper, that his downfall

[@9BallRd]

Interesting.. I love Reyes as well but realistically he isn't what he once was.. Alex is sick but he doesn't play as much as he should be.

[@Jahwarrior91]

Mika is one of my faves but his attitude can suck sometimes

[@nolangutierrez9572]

Let me have this KZbin account lol

[@jet688]

That position play on the 7 to the 8 by Ronnie was a sign of over confidence. no need to blast that cue ball wherein you can just roll the 7 softly, the natural angle will bring the cue ball right up to the 8… thats what separates Alcano's play with Reyes or Bustamante, he's a risk taker.

[@Bleedinggum]

Shut ur ass up u don't know anything

[@jet688]

well shut the fuck up! you dont know me neither

[@jet688]

Alex Tavesora if you have nothing better to say, Fuck OFF

[@jet688]

Are you a filipino? lets meet up

[@bluemoonrising26]

Snooker > Pool

[@9BallRd]

Alcano is definitely the best pinoy around and in my opinion the best player in the world right now... I mean I know mika is the best player after back to back us open and the manilla 10 ball but he is kind of a dick.. lol. great player though.

[@user-ke3wp7cn1i]

@55vadamee the commentators in my country are far worse..

[@bob07071985]

@400timesmore absolutely! alcano is better than imonen!! he is a long lost son of efren reyes... hahahaha... :

[@johnlloydcabradilla7940]

L lol lol l lol ok I'll plan on playing pool l

[@phixxwutwut]

@400timesmore immonen probably

[@johnlloydcabradilla7940]

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[@johnlloydcabradilla7940]

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[@johnlloydcabradilla7940]

L a plp

[@Blooblazer]

Chalk off ad. I have another word that incudes off. That's the end for BCn for me: dumbies.

[@bungal251]

I find BC better than the others with the ads. So I select them for pro watching. It depends, I think on how long you have been watching these online.

[@zarkinfrood]

@MsBabyface97 Lets just agree that, judging by this video, the US is more than capable of producing some of the worst commentators in the world. :D (I'm american btw)