QUARTER FINALS | Highlights | 2023 World Pool Championship

Highlights from the quarter finals on table one at the 2023 World Pool Championship in Kielce, Poland.
#matchroompool #nineball #pool #worldpoolchampionship

[@nicksttrs]

Well I know who I want in the finals, Soufi!! He's fun to watch!

[@bw4593]

I really like watching Soufi for some reason. He’s so animated, almost looks like a random guy showing off at the pool ball or something.

[@invincible201xxx]

He plays so fast its almost like hes got a booty call waiting for him after he finishes his match

[@BryanO92]

You saw how many easy shots he blew, right? That's because of his poor mechanics. He hit some VERY lucky shots to stay in the match.

[@invincible201xxx]

@@BryanO92 he won a major chanpionship a week later beating FSR luck is part of 9 ball

[@godjhaka7376]

Soufi and his "endless exhibition of nervous energy". That show off at the pool hall always gets beaten out of all his cash

[@godjhaka7376]

Maybe he reminds you of local pool hall guys because of all the flukes and mistakes and getting lucky

[@rubenleary8812]

That was nail bitting watching Soufi, the best entertainment I've ever experienced from watching pool XD

[@terrymayo8554]

Wow..I guess you've never watched the true greatest players..or maybe you have just started following the sport

[@mikelessard7492]

Soufi is my new fav player 😍 he's something else!!....like a Syrian efren of pool 😎

[@lucianbadoi6792]

Soufi stroke is so weird, his forearm is almost horizontal rather then vertical. It's a miracle how he is still precise.

[@yankyyyy]

Lets go Soufi! Love his style of play.

[@youssef-bangtan]

Do you know when soufi will play?

[@yankyyyy]

@@youssef-bangtan matchroom website says 12:00h

[@youssef-bangtan]

@@yankyyyy Thank you

[@zsmann123]

Me too it was entertaining

[@Krushard]

Haha, Ouschan's crumpled face is priceless, Soufi is fearless. But what an absolute unit this FSR is.

[@ItsnotSaulGoodman710]

Let's goo Soufi! Now thats fun to watch, such fast pace 👌🏻

[@blueak3339]

Earl says pool is all luck! Soufi says hold my beer!!!

[@hakamyahya7394]

Nah soufi says: holy my ayran

[@adisoleman2572]

Minewhile soufi no drink alkohol lol

[@PoolProblems]

@@hakamyahya7394 this comment needs to be upvoted

[@NguyenSon-ot7il]

@@hakamyahya7394 1:37 1:39

[@NguyenSon-ot7il]

@@hakamyahya7394 2:40

[@kikimomikuto6689]

I don't know why, I'm betting on a Lin vs FSR finals but a huge part of me really wants to see Soufi in the finals and even win it regardless of who the Syrian is up against.

[@beercanbrian1880]

Love Soufi's bang bang style. Earl would be proud.

[@invincible201xxx]

Earl would he sick after seeing how lucky he gets though lol

[@beercanbrian1880]

@Jorge Vargas Part of the game. Earl says you need to get lucky and boy did Soufi get lucky. I love his fast style. The way I play.

[@jaynosowsky9708]

Soufi makes watching pool fun!!! I love fast players!!! Thank you for being smart!!! Albin need to go home and study when he has a straight in shot!! Lol 😆 🤣 😂

[@muhweziblessings]

Soufi playing 6 red shoot out🥰

[@imranramjewan6470]

Soufi has an unorthodox sidearm stroke like Keith Mc Cready. But damn he's entertaining to watch. Similar fast play like Tony Drago. Really hopes he reaches the finals.

[@hotwork115k4]

I LOVE WATCHING A PLAYER WHO SEES THE LAY OUT OF THE TABLE INSTANTLY AND SHOOTS WITHOUT ANY DELAY

[@vapour_focus]

Soufi had a few rolls but he ain't shaking for sure.

[@mikelessard7492]

Albin is without his toupee extension today

[@kaziahdry9124]

Don’t ever underestimate your opponents

[@MengingatALLAH]

Soufi is crazy... big names have fallen down.. Soufi for 2023 9 ball champion ✊

[@NguyenQuang-tm3ou]

luck god

[@nmartin0600]

Who da fook is dat guy! Fun match! Feel bad for Albin though with all of the flukes that went.

[@jankipes2000]

Me too 😏 I'm from Poland 🇵🇱

[@nmartin0600]

I favored Albin after shane lost but Soufi played well and the rolls went his way.

[@nmartin0600]

Poland has a bright future in pool. Promising young talent.

[@jankipes2000]

@@nmartin0600 That's right 👍

[@nmartin0600]

I live in the United States Illinois. We drink and play too much.

[@johnf6267]

Great match!

[@Geeooh]

Soufi wins the match in the same time it takes for me to take a single shot :)

[@weekuah]

Incredible match.

[@Abbah103]

This ruiz guy is so good...I thought filler was thy player, but this guy is something else...no wonder he is the world number one

[@allNDNland]

Svb... fsr is a turd

[@Darpalove]

Vamos Francisco!!

[@inspirationalsoulandmusic560]

Goodluck to all players

[@abdalrahmanhajeri4131]

مشاءالله عم يلعب بي ثقة الله يحميك ❤️❤️

[@PedroLopez-fe5bf]

¡Vamos, Francisco!

[@Hasan999.]

كفووووو دخيل ربك 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

[@dominadorchan8171]

The pool gods must be leaning on Soufi.

[@TSGOrgan]

Awesome

[@lefty9419]

Albin and everyone before got beat by an APA 7. Just a banger Soufi is. Lucked out on everything. Entertaining though so I still enjoyed. Hope he wins actually

[@struja1058]

Anyone have picture of Albin's special Turquoise Predator glove, I know he played one/two matches with it on World Pool Championship. It's the same color as his special Urbain Case.

[@c2l4l]

بطل والله بطل 🇮🇶❤️🇸🇾

[@hardimawan1987]

محظوظ

[@youssef-bangtan]

Lets go soufi 🇸🇾🇸🇾❤️

[@stevenpalty2027]

Machine gun Mo.

[@ryanh2691]

Incredible double kiss.

[@kilnmaster]

Reminds me of a young Strickland "style"... love it

[@uski1977]

not even close lol

[@kilnmaster]

@@uski1977 speed of his Play

[@jaynosowsky9708]

I love when slow ass Albin gets beat!!! When he plays , it's like watching paint dry!!! You should see him without shot clocks!!! 5 mins per stroke!!! I

[@jaysmith2858]

Better to be lucky than good. You can't beat luck.

[@abdulazizhamami2009]

Soufi is just killing out out here 😍 لك يسعد الله 😍😍😍

[@remu4038]

برافو صوفي

[@virgiliogiron1053]

Soufi is one lucky player!!! Still congratulation!!!!

[@Csl74csl]

Albin is truly commited to hide his soon to be bold head with his over pointy hair:)

[@oponamikwe5011]

i noticed too. no shame in baldness. only white males worry about it. for the rest of us its a sign of maturity.

[@invincible201xxx]

Bald*

[@tuomaskarmisto9194]

Loved the fact that an underdog defeated Albin, but it has to be said, especially from the perspective of someone who plays pool quite regularly... Soufi was really reckless, made A LOT of errors that other players wouldn't have done, just because of the pace that he plays. I will be shocked it he wins it all playing like that.

[@fabienbedot9645]

My thoughts exactly. Fun to watch but questionnable with a larger perspective : too much luck, too much stupid moves for a pro player. When you miss that kind of shoots, you should lose because you’re not worthy to win. But you win because you’re … lucky ? WTF ? And after that, try to explain to non-players that pool needs huge work to have a solid game and luck is not a thing.

[@TonyBrooksFutureAbility]

Please don’t show the other tables in the highlight reels, in case people want to watch the other games later!

[@uski1977]

wowww

[@SneakyThew]

i wonder how heavy soufi cue is. it looks like it delivers a lot of power with not a lot of effort. seems heavy

[@dhan6965]

Soufi use all his luck right there

[@ichkennemeinennamen1591]

Love his fast play, but FOUR flukes are a little bit too much

[@cisosantiago]

Soufi is my new favorite

[@jpcab9460]

Where are the other 2 quarter finals?

[@nasulbarosanul9497]

Soufi..? Juego bonito!!

[@wp3925]

والله بطل وربي بطل تحيه لسوريا من العراااق زيروووو برشر

[@youssef-bangtan]

حبيبي تسلم

[@FamousAnonymous888]

FSR is the current form player and it will be tough to deny him of the title

[@danender5555]

Soufi the 2023 World Pool Fluke Champion

[@invincible201xxx]

Lolol

[@Xombologna]

Not sure if I’m the only one that feels this way but it’s disappointing that the final four of this tournament now only contain players I couldn’t care about in the slightest with MAYBE an exception being given to FSR. Lots of exciting runs died in the last 32/last 16.

[@owentawanda4880]

Ouschan got to be frustrated with those weird strokes

[@danbennett2351]

What channel can you watch on, live in the UK for tomorrow 5th Feb?

[@fakersdozen]

Sky Sports

[@youssef-bangtan]

@@fakersdozen Do you know when mystic will play

[@fakersdozen]

@@youssef-bangtan matches start at 12 GMT. Not sure who is on first.

[@fakersdozen]

This was off by an hour - Matchroom website coming in clutch. Just missed 12 racks of the first match! Must be 12 local time. Annoying.

[@ryanmontanez_88]

Soufi needs to go buy a lottery ticket.

[@riadshirinov1874]

Sainz the best!

[@michellew5385]

Tried to watch the last three matches on DAZN in Canada. Not there despite Matchroom saying that is where it would be. Very disappointing.

[@jorgeresendiz7614]

Seeing those first racks from soufi i just cant believe how albin lost...

[@behnambehnam.2045]

👍❤️👍❤️

[@WayysWorld]

I love seeing Albin get beat but this one you could tell he was really crushed

[@shortymack340]

Oschan tried to show a player up and got that ass kicked epic fail 🤣 🤣 🤣

[@EddieGraham-zx3df]

I want in the tournament

[@muhweziblessings]

FSR this is there for the taking

[@nmartin0600]

He's amazeballs.

[@robertdominicceasarsalvill2221]

not until he beats he

[@muhweziblessings]

I do respect He and he is actually one of my favorite pool players but FSR is res hot these days

[@remu4038]

ياخيو حظ ولعب هههه

[@keykey1401]

Sanchez gonna be the champ 🥇 🇪🇸

[@andrerobinson6665]

Well u have to play good to get lucky

[@macandmore6768]

I know that LUCK is a natural part of the game, but... what Soufi does in his game against Ouschan was out of this world...

[@kiboss7852]

hoki soufi udh kepake semua wkwkw

[@majorking3408]

Well in syria we have a very good players they just need a support like any other player around the world!

[@PiratOfTheCaribbean]

please help me! what are the names of the commentators. i cannot find anything!. thanks

[@muhweziblessings]

Albin was a victim of "underlooking your opponent:"

[@nmartin0600]

That guy shot really well and played well. And had alot of crazy flukes that went. Soufi was fun to watch but I don't think he's gonna beat FSR

[@muhweziblessings]

Personally believe FSR got a world championship to his name unless the pool gods are on Soufis side again

[@nmartin0600]

Maybe. Is Niels Feijin still in I seen him in the last 16.

[@robertdominicceasarsalvill2221]

@@muhweziblessings dont even think about Soufi getting past Wu

[@muhweziblessings]

@@robertdominicceasarsalvill2221 hold my beer

[@johnf6267]

Combover ? No comb forward.

[@wmm0106]

Why didn't we not see Albin's duff on the 1?

[@a1taria970]

Soufi ftw!

[@ashleybarker937]

Albin must have been pulling his hair out after some of those flukes

[@adakahseratusss]

The next magician after Efren Reyes 😂😂😂

[@ealanis10]

Soufi shoots with a pace I could only dream of.. it’s like he took a xanax or something lol

[@pjtyra2106]

Albin gettin closer, year by year, to having to shave his head for good.

[@cardguys]

Poor Albin. Way to go FSR

[@onnyt60]

I really wanted Albin to win but his negative attitude is just to much to watch. FSR just played lights out and the best performance I ever saw from him.

[@RafaelGonzalez-gd5sr]

Losing hair by the game!! Alvin

[@messithiago4444]

🇸🇾🇸🇾🇸🇾🇸🇾🇸🇾🇸🇾

[@breakingballswithtony6897]

Soufi is the fluke artist of 2023!! Holy imagine putting in hours and hours of training and then to loose to a guy that flukes his way to wins. Yikes!! On another note I do like soufi pace. Fun to watch

[@paytonatorful]

What's going on with ouschans hair???

[@semogasukses4445]

Albin ouschan always like a robot, but Soufi is Strickland from middle east faster play like Strickland

[@byroncole8797]

Lol it's funny but demoralizing to your opponent when you make every luck shot

[@anadsuji4783]

Filler & albin out yes ‼️ 😂

[@zymmer4]

exactly..how fuc***g long does it take to scope a shot and whack it?? I say...about 6 seconds..

[@upsidedownlogic175]

I say you probably play as a 3 + 1

[@Payton_b2008]

I say you wouldn’t make a ball on this table under this amount of pressure.

[@doraemon402]

30 second shot clock is absolutely ridiculous. 15 second shot clock with two 15 second extensions per rack is more than enough

[@nmartin0600]

Rude comme from someone who doesn't understand all the elements.

[@Jupiter314]

This Soufi’s curry power is stronk 😅😅😅

[@3960xRocks]

Soufi fluked his way through this. Albin was the much better player.

[@simonanigan5141]

I Never win by luck in pool specially money game. As Filipino pool player we laugh to those who win in other country and very proud because in Philippines everybody can clean table by just normal not practicing everyday like this players. And all knows pool mostly hustler about pool billiard so for us winning in other country not make us strong player only if you won open league in the Philippines! Many Filipinos could beat easily this guy's just the others they are gambler not going to other countries to play tournaments. We have many class A player but not going to play US open or europe only in the Philippines lock of money mean reason but if all guys come up there probably all tournaments in the world Filipino gonna be the champion everytime the game of pool become boring!

[@spencerhoward5033]

Okay I've got to call it like I see it. I'm a pool player of 16 years now and I lost all respect for Soufi in the first game. I had to rewind it after he powered in the 9-ball to catch what he did. I get it's to show power or dominance. Except not in this case. When I looked back the second time, I caught what he did. He made a look over to Albin, and that my friend is what we call using intimidation tactics to try and win your match.

[@ggtgonz0660]

That’s fair, and I agree. Though in the interest of fairness, I think it’s important to point out that Albin poked at him first with that cheeky little push out. All gamesmanship aside, Soufi’s talent is middling and his game overall is erratic and unpolished, not becoming of playing the game at the international level imo.

[@kevinsapokguy]

SOUFI THE GOAT

[@manusiaugalugalan8981]

Circus biliard club

[@jhackelynparingit6433]

Come on where are the filipinos its unfair for the world competition

[@alexwilliams2884]

For this being a professional pool tournament there sure are a lot of flukes going in. Pockets are way too easy for a tournament of this caliper. If you watched svbs or this match it shows!

[@phillipschuman4307]

It's the new cloth. The pockets are tight, but the slick rail cloth near the pockets let balls slide in on shallow angle lines.

[@justachristian4072]

The solution is not to change the tables. Change the game. If you don’t like flukes, play 10 ball. Or 8 ball. Or straight pool. Or banks.

[@korben_11]

@@phillipschuman4307 nope, pockets are not tight! kzbin.info/www/bejne/rGHIfpeVjKama6s

[@phillipschuman4307]

@@korben_11 Thanks for the link to Karl complaining the pockets aren't tight enough. I'm surprised to hear that 4-1/4 inches aren't considered tight (enough). It's smaller than the standard pro-cut Diamond corner pocket (4-1/2 inches), which is considered a tight table already. Two balls will jam up at their equators and not go further into the standard corner size. This is less than that. So what would be tight? 4-1/8 inch, or 4 inches?