Thanks. I just doubled my knowledge of straight pool. :) BTW, at the end Mika was so soft-spoken that I couldn't hear all of his sponsors. Maybe you could list them here, to thank him for doing the player review?
What nobody mentioned is that when Mike beat Mika in the other match that was race to 100, Mika left the table area without shaking the hand of Mike, he just walked away like a sore loser. But when Mika beat Mike with the 150 and out he did shake the hand of Mike, and Mike did not run off without shaking the hand of Mika. If I was Mike, I would have refused to shake the hand of Mika, and I would have told him you did not shake my hand when I beat you, so I am not shaking your hand when you beta me. But Mike is a gentleman, so he did shake his hand. He is a better man than me, because I would have told Mika to take a walk, and told him I am not shaking his hand. I have done it, I played a guy in a tournament one time and beat him, and he refused to shake my hand. Then later in the tournament we had to play again, and he got lucky with some good rolls and beat me, then he held his hand out to shake my hand, and I looked him in the eyes and I told him I am not shaking your hand, because you did not shake mine when I beat you. I will not say his name, but his first name is Rick, and his last name starts with a C. I went on to play him about 5 more times in tournaments, and I beat him every time, I remembered him not shaking my hand, so I used that to motivate me when I played him every time after that. And to this day, he never beat me again, in pool leagues, or tournaments. I even beat him 10-0 in a city tournament one time in the finals, and we won the city championship because of that 10-0, in the ACS city championship match. If he just got 2 balls they would have won, so my 10-0 on him won us $4,600 and city champion jackets.
@@NoName-ge6wc FYI, if the hit is in question it is up to the opposing player to call for a ref to watch the hit. Mika did not do that, so when Mike double hit the cue ball Mika just sat there and never said a word, until after the shot was made. That is a mistake by Mika. The rule says if you do not call for a ref and there is a question if the hit was good or not, it goes to the shooter, so Mika screwed up, and he knows it. Mika knows the rule, just as I know the rule. I have seen it happen many times, and if you do not call for the ref to watch the hit, then it is your fault. I had a guy do it to me in a match, it was a close hit on the 8 ball, and he saw it, but he did not call a ref over, so I called it in the side and used side spin to throw it in, to me it was a good hit, but the guy I was playing said he thought it was a bad hit. I said it was a good hit. So we got a ref, and the ref said he did not see it so it goes to the shooter. It is up to the opposing player to call the ref if it might be a bad hit, if he does not, and there is doubt on the shot, it always goes to the shooter. And btw, Mika is a big cry baby who is always crying about something, so he deserved it.
thanks as always for the video Pat
Thanks. I just doubled my knowledge of straight pool. :) BTW, at the end Mika was so soft-spoken that I couldn't hear all of his sponsors. Maybe you could list them here, to thank him for doing the player review?
Thanks for the great videos! Any chance of seeing the match between my hometown hero Dave Daya v the Hitman?
Mika gets an extra props for sparing us Mike the mouth's mouth.
Thank you Pat. Boy you could shoot basketballs into those pockets. Jesus!
What nobody mentioned is that when Mike beat Mika in the other match that was race to 100, Mika left the table area without shaking the hand of Mike, he just walked away like a sore loser. But when Mika beat Mike with the 150 and out he did shake the hand of Mike, and Mike did not run off without shaking the hand of Mika.
If I was Mike, I would have refused to shake the hand of Mika, and I would have told him you did not shake my hand when I beat you, so I am not shaking your hand when you beta me. But Mike is a gentleman, so he did shake his hand. He is a better man than me, because I would have told Mika to take a walk, and told him I am not shaking his hand.
I have done it, I played a guy in a tournament one time and beat him, and he refused to shake my hand. Then later in the tournament we had to play again, and he got lucky with some good rolls and beat me, then he held his hand out to shake my hand, and I looked him in the eyes and I told him I am not shaking your hand, because you did not shake mine when I beat you.
I will not say his name, but his first name is Rick, and his last name starts with a C. I went on to play him about 5 more times in tournaments, and I beat him every time, I remembered him not shaking my hand, so I used that to motivate me when I played him every time after that. And to this day, he never beat me again, in pool leagues, or tournaments.
I even beat him 10-0 in a city tournament one time in the finals, and we won the city championship because of that 10-0, in the ACS city championship match. If he just got 2 balls they would have won, so my 10-0 on him won us $4,600 and city champion jackets.
That's because Mike cheated. He double hit the cue. He said no foul because he had been getting away with it for years. This was sweet revenge.
@@NoName-ge6wc FYI, if the hit is in question it is up to the opposing player to call for a ref to watch the hit.
Mika did not do that, so when Mike double hit the cue ball Mika just sat there and never said a word, until after the shot was made.
That is a mistake by Mika. The rule says if you do not call for a ref and there is a question if the hit was good or not, it goes to the shooter, so Mika screwed up, and he knows it.
Mika knows the rule, just as I know the rule. I have seen it happen many times, and if you do not call for the ref to watch the hit, then it is your fault.
I had a guy do it to me in a match, it was a close hit on the 8 ball, and he saw it, but he did not call a ref over, so I called it in the side and used side spin to throw it in, to me it was a good hit, but the guy I was playing said he thought it was a bad hit.
I said it was a good hit. So we got a ref, and the ref said he did not see it so it goes to the shooter. It is up to the opposing player to call the ref if it might be a bad hit, if he does not, and there is doubt on the shot, it always goes to the shooter.
And btw, Mika is a big cry baby who is always crying about something, so he deserved it.
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