Shane Van Boening vs Alexander Kazakis | Last 64 | 2022 US Open Pool Championship

[@dragonflymike]

I absolutely love the no shot clock. That finish was epic. You can actually see the nerves and everything it means to the players when there isn't the clock distracting them.

[@nguyenvietanh27]

Damn, what a match, SVB's sharp as usual but Kazakis, what a play

[@godjhaka7376]

Aww look, SVB using my break and playing cue 👑

[@GLMusic12]

In previous years Alex seemed uneasy and inconsistent. Its clear that he works his ass off, because for the last 4 years he has been on fire, dominating some of the best players ever.

[@Lucasryan]

Dude spot on. He's become one of my favorite players to watch over the years, mostly because I admire how respectful, calm, and good natured he always seems. Wish more players were half as chill as Kazakis is... Maybe more people would like pool ;) 🤘🤘🤘 Loved his epic run in the World Pool Masters the other year 🤘

[@briankdaniels]

Tough beat for SVB. Must've been torture having to sit there and watch him run the last rack!

[@djthesp]

Such an early match in the tournament but super thrilling to watch. Kazakis proved the better player.

[@nickelassr1857]

On that day

[@joulupukki1607]

Kazakis aint even close to svb😂 and svb is consistent😂

[@lumix9391]

Damn khazakis plays so slow. Race to 9 is as long as a movie

[@yes2crypto]

I’m glad we get the diversity of these early no-shot-clock matches along with the faster more upbeat finals with a shot clock.

[@PartyLikeIts1776]

I'm an amateur in a league, with a losing record (4 wins out of 10 matches played, at my skill level I have to win 2 to take a match), and that 3rd rack really made me feel better. 2 players at the professional level, one being my favorite player (SVB) both made a few mistakes. Shane missing that 9 in the corner the second time when I expected him to make it. Man, that helped me mentally. The guy who runs the league I'm in thinks I have a lot of potential but says I have a problem with letting mistakes get to my head and I just don't recover mentally. I call it the "Earl Strickland syndrome".

[@doloreschansey9556]

Yes, great game, but you wouldn't know the first thing about 1776 if it was a shark and it bit you in the ass...

[@Lucasryan]

Just make sure you find ways to always make your time at the tables fun... Don't become one of those league addicted cynical asshats who take the game WAY too serious 🤣 Cheers to ya my friend, steady on 🤘🤘🤘

[@Lucasryan]

@@doloreschansey9556 Hmm... 1776... That was the year where Marty McFly travelled back in time to help Paul Revere write the first beastie boys album, right?

[@PartyLikeIts1776]

@@Lucasryan I hate to say it but I already have. I'm usually emotionless when playing. Even when winning.

[@napostrophen]

Peek-a-boo! 1:26:00

[@JeffKernsTheArtist]

That early nine ball miss came back to haunt Shane.

[@ΔημητρηςΛαζαριδης-ι9ε]

Imagine being greek watching that match dude i was shaking 😂

[@samh.264]

Can you imagine this match played between Kazakis and Ralph Souquet? It'd take at least 8 hrs. Players like these are the hardest to beat without a clock, they'll put ya to sleep.

[@Richardtola1]

Yeahh you try to play in so much pressure see how you will do

[@swarapapua]

Its Like France VS Argentina in Final World Cup match 2022. Greatest match ever

[@DBZ-Mousa]

Finally! I was waiting for this to come out!!!!!!!

[@b_wheel]

Jeremy Jones is one of the best commentators of the era.

[@MyCalculatedRandomness]

Shot Clock. The taken between some of Kazakis shots seems a bit suspect! Great match nonetheless.

[@HUGO-ts1fi]

when kazakis get the time out, the flow of svb has change.

[@HONGHAI1402]

That's incredible match!!

[@skmalladi]

Ph0kk the shot clock! Dramatic pool in its full glory!

[@MrAntonnio96]

Kazakis is SVB kryptonite

[@alpe6228]

Shane met his match ;).

[@alpe6228]

@@g.w.3944 Ok but he still played alright,Alex was just the better man on that day shit happens.

[@morio7820]

Great match !

[@hammerlane3871]

Lol shane pulled a me in that 3rd rack. I just felt that he was going to miss both of those

[@somethingtrulyhorrifying]

that shot at 1:36:54 by Alex was quite impressive. If the cue ball were a millimeter closer to the 3 ball, the wind would've moved it lol.

[@FiveN9ne]

Why do they use that tape? as a rack holder? It disrupts the balls natural path, look at the 9 ball changing direction when going over the edge of it. Is this done on purpose?

[@tyronemosley6810]

What a match

[@raelynnclinard]

great match!

[@muratciftci8072]

KAZAKIS 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@valdezjohnson3198]

Hi what size tables are these competitions held on? 9ft?

[@akhil7110]

You realize how human they are when kazakis goes and drinks water at the hill hill 9 ball shot in what a bar pool player would make chugging his beer with the left hand.

[@shortymack340]

I wonder if any of the players got into a fight when they went on break 😆 🤣 😂

[@cosmiceggs2385]

I was stressed the hell out this match

[@PokeDex10]

I finally got my stroke to get draw on short and medium shots anyone got tips on how to get draw on long shots

[@aarondawson9990]

Would be good no jump shots in pool that would make it interesting

[@carlmorgan8452]

Came down to the last ball / close match

[@shannonmcstormy5021]

Kazakis 4:35 Am I wrong in thinking that if a player was well-versed in using a bridge, wouldn't that be more successful, on average, then stretching your body (and your bridge) way out?

[@Λακρουά]

Not today Shane . So unlucky .

[@christosnicolaou6165]

Unlucky?????hahahahaha

[@paysongeorge7080]

SHOT CLOCK!!!!

[@ndutzhohohiheee1718]

🔥🔥🔥

[@Lukas-gx9wk]

Lets go!!!! Opaaa!!!

[@maxwelltrixam3242]

can i just ask, in 7:29, why is shane not called a foul here and alex not having the cue in hand?

[@DBZ-Mousa]

SvB decided to play a "push out".

[@maxwelltrixam3242]

@@DBZ-Mousa thanks!

[@kenway2371]

@@DBZ-Mousa what it means

[@KevtechITSupport]

​@kenway2371 you get to push the cue ball or push the cue at ball. The opposing person either takes the push out or gives it back to the other person.

[@dormamo6917]

Ony few filipino players are now active in the tournament.

[@scottbacci8933]

shot clock

[@Lucasryan]

I am a shameless simp for SVB, but based on what I've seen from Kazakis over the years, the dude seems like the kinda guy you'd totally invite to your barbeque 🤣 Top five most chill vibe people in pro pool 🖖pool is still a dying sport, and I wish more douchebag bar box bangers acted like Kazakis instead of perpetuating the "hooligans only" stereotype our sport has 🙄 Great stuff 🎱🎱🎱

[@harry011984]

Why do a lot of pool players where gloves while playing? Do their cues cause friction burns.

[@yes2crypto]

Most of the pros do it so they get a consistent feel regardless of the environmental conditions they face during matches. It might be hot or dry. It might get humid. It might be extra dusty. Over the many long hours they play during the day, chalk and dust and moisture builds up and makes the shaft feel different. The glove helps mitigate all that so the feel is the same every shot regardless of what’s going on with the weather that day.

[@TonyMontana-bl3qe]

No shot clock. ⏰

[@dustinbrummett3774]

They have to get rid of that stupid triangle mat. It literally stops the 9 ball from moving and that’s not a hard thing to change…

[@MBriceMD]

This match needed a shot clock

[@bwhite429]

Not gonna watch the match now with all these spoiler alerts. On to the next one.

[@Sacredsnow2]

Don’t read the comments on the next one. Or at least watch the match first. Protect yourself from spoilers. It’s no one’s job to do it for you and the comments are where you comment on what happened in the match.

[@Blessed.2.Teach.4God]

@@Sacredsnow2 lol I know, I don't understand why people even need this explained to them.

[@bwhite429]

@@Sacredsnow2 thanks genius. It was by accident because the comments are right next to the video but thank u for your lesson goon

[@bwhite429]

@@Sacredsnow2 now let me give you a lesson, don’t read my comment, it’s not your job. Lmfao. You sound smart🙀, get into politics.

[@bwhite429]

@@Blessed.2.Teach.4God is that what “god” wanted you to say? 🤪

[@harper626]

should always have a shot clock, even if 40 seconds or more.

[@nono4805]

This is why pool has not made it to TV in a big way. So painfully slow, from two great players. Even a shot clock would not been enough.

[@DarkVenom1432]

Lol you sound like you know nothing about pool. How long does a football game last? The point of the game is to be slower paced and methodical.

[@nono4805]

@@DarkVenom1432 Yeah I am completely wrong, pool is on tv 24x7x365. Football, yeah no action, no excitement. Not like pool (snore fest).

[@nono4805]

@@repentofidols How does that have anything to do with the game in this video? Either people enjoy waiting interminably to see their favorite players take a shoot or they don't. So many walks around the table on the easiest shots. This is not going to work for mass audiences. Hence no pool on tv and smaller paydays for the pros.

[@dougreynolds6930]

Needs to be a shot clock. 2 minutes between shots is a little ridiculous.

[@dougreynolds6930]

@@DarkVenom1432 football games have a time limit between plays🤷🏻‍♂️. 40 seconds to be exact.

[@35jopa]

Is Shane left handed ?

[@ernestphelps5381]

Right

[@ShiftSolve]

Is this guys shane better than efren reyes? 😮

[@Occupuyourspine]

I dig the color of the felt blue is worst color

[@fawaz-al]

17:14

[@markabrice]

Great match--but I could have done without the chest-beating at the end. Not classy.

[@eugeneluna3487]

Yabang pro tagal naman tumira kung may extension ubos ang oras,,

[@taiwoanuoluwapo7246]

❤❤❤

[@Habeas.Corpus.Freeyoself]

Here's one sport that would be crippled if they ever started drug testing.

[@lol_manu]

he is afraid of jayson shaw 😂

[@orangejoy7745]

choking svb missing the 9 too many times🤪🤪

[@cccp20062]

20:42 should've been second foul for SVB, you can't use the cue ball to measure distances.

[@omahabigbill2789]

WRONG Snitch!! "As demonstrated in online video NV E.7, you can use your cue to easily measure off and mirror the distance. The required line of aim is from the CB to."

[@wxsty]

pool players are so much worse than snooker players in terms of precision and placement....

[@Sacredsnow2]

Then why don’t snooker players win every pool tournament they play in??? Judd trump has played plenty of pool tournaments and I can’t think of any big wins off the top of my head.

[@diasspeed]

@@Sacredsnow2 Still Trump has a very good presence in the world of pool but on the other hand think about the reverse: Any pool player trying to play in professional snooker tournaments. That would be a joke.

[@almorris171]

@@diasspeed The joke is playing 9 ball to determine the best players. Straight pool is closer to Snooker for requiring the most skill. I think it's a lot easier going from snooker to pool than vice versa. Snooker is an entirely different game that is far more popular in the UK than the US.

[@patrickribeiro384]

2 + mins to take easy shots is extremely annoying

[@RobertSmith-bn3zw]

lol they take far too long between shots

[@ohair87]

Wow, you clearly know nothing about professional pool.

[@boldizsargerloci1708]

👍

[@karlshaner2453]

Poor breaking technique...Loosing so much energy that way.

[@35jopa]

He should not stop, drink water and come back to play, buddy.

[@billhenricksen7419]

alex..drama queen....the kick on the 2 ball,,,,,EASY.........STOP WATING TIME THEATRE

[@justsomeguy6474]

Whomever made the 5 ball purple should be drawn and quartered.

[@evaristotampus4069]

🇺🇲💖👏👍

[@bernardhorner9196]

Overated makes two many simple mistakes should not be in the American mosconi cup team

[@josephallie1192]

FIRST

[@orangejoy7745]

super slow boring game ideal for my bedtime🤪🤪

[@prateeksharma496]

Third

[@Mohammed_M0]

Shane 😅👎

[@mightyporky]

Kazakis is mimicking Van Boening, even down to the shiny scalp......I ain't watchin this Congolese engineering crap any longer. Around here once is questionable, any more you get shot.

[@GLMusic12]

What???????

[@kostasdoukos1182]

46:43 foul.....

[@kientux]

No, only if something touches the cue ball.

[@kostasdoukos1182]

@@kientux I dont think so.... the cue ball was rolling..... kzbin.info/www/bejne/oqDPiX-hl8eqbcU

[@kientux]

@@kostasdoukos1182 you can see that the ref only call foul AFTER other ball touched the cue ball. That didn’t happen in this case.

[@kostasdoukos1182]

@@kientux maybe you are wright I thought it was foul because of the rooling of the cue ball

[@cliffstine3412]

got all the time in the world fkn joke

[@rogerscottcathey]

That's one ugly ass pool ball that nine. They always have to mess with tradition. Who cares about the television limitation of discrimination. The player alone needs to know.

[@rogerscottcathey]

33:35 really expected SVB to use reverse spin, i.e., left side not running English. Or at least more. It looked running to me.

[@PostUp_Time]

*_DO NOT KNOW WHY PEOPLE THINK SVB IS SOME POOL GOD HE DEFINITELY IS NOT. FOR COMPARISON, COMPARE STRICKLANDS ACCOMPLISHMENTS WHEN HE FIRST STARTED, HE WAS TAKING EVERYONE DOWN. NOT SO WHEN SVB STARTED. HE BEEN AT IT 20 YEARS, SO YES HE GOT BETTER, BUT DEFINITELY NO LEGEND AT THE GAME_*

[@Isuc_at_poolgolf]

Because there’s far less good pool players in Earl’s era lol

[@Isuc_at_poolgolf]

Also, he’s a 5-time US open champ and won over a hundred championship titles, if these accomplishments don’t make him a legend and an all time great, who else on earth can be considered as a legend?

[@eubyg4890]

@@Isuc_at_poolgolf like

[@bernardhorner9196]

You are absolutely spot on with your comment

[@harper626]

But Shane has done it without whining, crying and complaining like Earl.

[@mostardailmagnifico7147]

sometimes it seems that shane is sad as if he realizes that he is the last of a lineage of players who will never return also for this reason he is the champion he is. but the biggest question is what the fuck did justin bergman do ???????????????🧐🧐🧐🧐🧐🧐🧐🧐🧐🧐

[@GLMusic12]

this "last in the lineage" bullshit, the game is filled with talent, young and old, just open your eyes and give it a rest with the nostalgia.

[@Synrgiii]

jeremy is literally boring me to death with his "exciteded" commentary