LAST 16 | Highlights | 2024 World Pool Championship

Now a lot of players have had issues with lag this week, let's see how these two make your hand. CH wins the delay, well it looks like Yan Chua has it down. I think he was touching the railing, Michael, right? He was close. near perfection, so Yan Chua of the Philippines, the first shelf with the legend e ra to the left of him, will start this match. Che will break a wonderful break to start the match, obviously he's trying to bust the one on the side, which makes him, yeah, CUO. he had a little move with the purple five, but he also has a chance with the blue, but these are never that easy in the first rack.

I mean, this is his first shot of the match and it's a long bounce and he has to play with a little bit of forehand and spin, but if he hits it it can make you feel good halfway oh, he hits it, he cleans it up, it was a good break, it was a good opening shot on the blue two just to kill the Q ball and then the The break was a stoppage, that's why you want to win the lag, Michael, don't you? You don't think it's important, you just think, well, it's just the beginning of the game, but if you can put together a two or three pack and hold on. your opponent in the chair is very important, yes, and in a match that seems pretty close, coming in well, three racks, say, starting, that makes a huge difference, so I won the delay comfortably in this case, very efficient there afterwards for Yan to break and run in. the first shot to lead Muhammad Sufi 1-0 in the round of 16 of the

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Mohammad, it's your choice, yes, he took a jump shot, he was in a difficult position, the first shot of the match and then Sufi, if he take. of course, he also had a recent birthday, he is now ranked 31st, 29th in the

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rankings, he has returned it well, that decision has worked very much in his favor, so the opportunity for Su to be stuck here, yes, it is Really good. shot off the chance on a bounce you could see what he was trying to do trying to cut this ball oh that's beautiful and it's a beautiful ball C also to give this six ball a chance it's not easy so when I have to cutting them so thin, yes, the number of shots, including that one at the beginning, indicates that he is already starting to get his sharpness on both players.

They have lost one match in this

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and Chua won his first in an uphill finish against Ham Ali in a very untrayer, yes, I like it, it's a pretty good shot, chance to win a pot. You could see what he was trying to do trying to cut this ball, oh that's beautiful and it's also a beautiful C ball to give this a try. Six balls are not easy, so when you have to cut them so thin, yes, the number of shots, including that one from the beginning, indicates that he is starting with this sharpness, since both players have lost a match in this championship and already won the yours. first in an uphill shot against ham Ali from erat tra throwing shots, he seemed to get all the attention, but I remember in the final I remember Aronas had a long, very long shot and it was a great moment and he had to stop the board. of him rose slightly from the railing and hit it beautifully, that was also a great moment.

It all made the Philippines the first nation to win the World Cup four times. They had previously shared the all-time record with China, who they almost played in the final. The Chinese narrowly lost to Germany, but that was very unexpected. Carl, yeah, how big is this moment going to be? Cleaning the ball looks so good that it will take your breath away a little and that will cause you to miss a determined start. doubt your action Q when you miss Q that's it, a shot like that can land you no matter how well you've been playing, plus it left a chance for Sufi and I think we know how this movie ends very quickly dispatching the N SOI.

I didn't expect the opportunity to be able to catch the hook, but I feel like you leave an easy kick, well this is poor, he left it, and for the easiest safety of all, I see the disappointment that I always felt like players who play ridiculously fast always . had a bad security game extension called I know why, yes, it seems like that's how it should be, but you can't exactly put your finger on why that is. I know what you mean, maybe only really fast players don't do it. you have the same level of patience to figure it all out you have one, he doesn't like that safety shot either, but he could have moved the qball closer to the eight that takes away the jump shot or the kick, yes, he has changed his mind, here goes. to get off the back rail try to kick safely yeah like I said Sufi lost his first match and then beat Loo Su the former world master as runner up to make things work out win against Chang Yung Lin who he has been in the final of this championship in the past then he defeated a lus Yap and his good friend bad alawadi could see the intention, he actually wasn't far away, he just wanted a full hit on the five, he was trying to place the five on that top rail, well, this.

It's good, isn't it? This will help you get that My Q from the previous shelf out of your mind. The fact that he was on the eight in the same pocket he's about to shoot again, approaching the OP's same shooting terms anyway. so routine nine and Chea will be one in front for the third time already in this

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contest of 16, he leads 32, yes, he's fine, he left the lower barrier and he's just wondering where those five balls that he prepared would go. He played a shot like this yesterday. combination and he ended up winning the rack from the end, yeah, that's what he's looking at, you know, and now he's looking at the three ball stand next to your bed here, he's going to go a little crazy with this shot, he's looking the five on the The side possibly asked for an extension and also looked up where the three comes out, that five ball feels like it's going towards the nine ball foul shot.

I'm amazed, I hit the three ball there, amazed, it was an easy kick, we ran out of clock, obviously there was no big reward at stake as I knew what was going to happen, but make sure you hit all three and they can happen good things. That was close, it looked messy, but he just moved the green six. It was such an unfortunate thing that what happened when I caught you was. He wasn't in the accident, but you know, looking back, it's good that his hand knows that he has a huge scar on his left hand, but the fact that he knows that the doctors saved his arm and that he can still play

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It's a miracle, really.

I mean, obviously it's not a good time for something like that to happen, but he has an unusual playing style here again. I don't think he played for this pocket. I think he was playing left center, but he's a little wild and I tell you he does something. nobody does it most of the time with the nine ball, he shoots it in the pocket, he doesn't just pocket it, he won't do it here, of course, because of the angle, but if he has a straight line, he absolutely does it . He's afraid to do that, it's a real crowd pleaser and you feel like he's enjoying it so much that Sophie hasn't been ahead at any stage of the match yet.

Opportunity to change that here. The QQ ball will go towards the five, you have to be careful. here he could try to play the double kiss no he's just taking distance ok it was a drama filled race to the finals

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year I beat 2001 champion mik Iman hill hill in the last 32 another hill hill against Sebastian Bovi in ​​the last 16 and Just when Alban Ocean was really threatening to equal the all-time record of three world titles, Sufi stunned him 118 in the quarters, followed up with the win over Wo Lin in the semis and got off to a good start in the final against Francisco Sánchez Ruiz, but he barely succeeded.

In the end he was beaten by the Spaniard who won 1310 and I'll tell you what's making this race look easy, Carl, and there have been one or two challenges along the way, yes, a couple of long bounces thrown and the positional shot of the six green. the main thing even though the qall was close to the r at an angle so chea had a break and raced on the opening grid now sui had one on the nth he won three in a row and leads for the first time in this last contest of 16 in the world championship never had to give up in this game, sufi was eliminated there.

I think so, yes, he has shot a reprieve to encourage, all in hand, please start the clock right. Much of Sufi's turnaround in this match has been based on spotting Chea's mistakes now. the Philippine player has to reverse the roles of course, he didn't play the treble, the flute, the treble, he was playing the cross bench, this will just calm down, just thinking about the way Carl, if Dang makes it through, he will which seems even more likely now. because just gone 94 the prospect of dying against Sufi in the quarterfinals what the crowd is begging for, yes you could, there would be an argument to say dangun, he is the second fastest player on the circuit and quite the legend, the Maltese legend ton Rego . he was, he was there, he would give Sufi a run for his money, to be fair, imagine watching that match between mama Tui and Tony Drago, okay, SOA had to make the ball in hand count there and it's funny how He almost seems like a slow player.

In this match just compared to Sufy who is so fast, the break has really been a big part of the narrative of this last 16 match so far, so it was shown again that Sufi came up dry, he's had some of those on recent shelves and he's going to pay the price chea was 64 down, but he's had the best now he needs three more to go through two leaders 87 he lost a ball that was a little off the pace and he missed the ball how big is this moment This is the problem when you play super fast, your Q ball is not as tight as other pros on tour.

What a moment, well we've had so many obvious turning points in the game that it seems to be perhaps the most significant turning point. all because really at this point in the match the difference between being level and having two is colossal and also, of course, the former called Cha can liquidate eight and nine and will only be two ahead to break again in the next rack and As you said, Carl , he has been very effective in that department, yes, he has not always had a great opportunity after the counterattack, but he has been making balls and that gives you the opportunity to play the next one and take control of the rack, talking about the control he has. the Q ball exactly where you want it to be there, this should be made too clear, yeah, also Michael, you know, I know he's the world championship, the biggest prize

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we've ever seen, so of course the players here They are concentrating on the world snooker championships, but we have a little thing called the Reyers Cup, there are valuable points up for grabs.

What is at stake now is the quarterfinals. Place Johan Chu is just a couple of racks away from claiming the pieces of a moment. Hey Carl, he came here to see the pool a little. and everyone wants to chat with him, yes, he fell with a hat on the accelerator. Seer, he played in the World Championship this year, yes, and made it to the final 17, your hand will surely break, so seven probably wasn't. Expecting to earn that 16th place spot, but was pushed towards the end, he took care of business and now hopes to make that effective break once again, two more needed for victory and now make that just a moment to play for Gold the first time .

In the match there have been more than two anyway as we were talking about that Sufi Miss and what a big moment it could be on the previous rack, it seems a lot bigger now because it allowed Tua to win to keep the break and make a golden break of suddenly auto is 107 yes, I was thinking that three or four racks ago I still hadn't had a golden break in this match, well what a time to encourage you to find one, the Miss Seven ball is a double bubble because Sufi has been paid the maximum punishment for that lady.

Make the QQ ball move fast. Will he dive from the bottom rail into the top pocket? Oh, not quite, I was tracking, I was online, yeah, just hit it a little harder, it would have gone in St. You got a, yeah, extension call, yeah, two-way shot, played the bench and also played the Q ball towards nine in case he. the bank misses look at the ball Q you could also see he shoots the nine it was close the long pot has been at 75% oh that increases the percentage that keeps him in the world championship Sufi that is simply incredible it is not a 107 down you know that yes fails, it's probably the end of his adventure here in jeda and he just gets off so nonchalantly and now he'll probably be back two behind breaking into the next rack, he's still alive Carl that's right and when he failed. that four ball queued terribly low and S the nine if he goes elsewhere chewers probably in the interview room what an eventful shelf Mohamad Sufi's path was che the lead was reduced to 108 inconsistent what he got this time in rap 19 is dry, he's coming to, he's desperately looking at what he has left, oh he left the Gap, he claps his hands, can he take a look at the Gap he found here now, a quick look around the table tells me there's half chance that the purple five is It will have to be played as a combo on the eight, well let me tell you Mamed Sufi sat in his chair and will be scanning the table.

Michael, we have theability to read the shelf, read the table from our chair, a small and thin one in the. blue two, but you can spin this one into a little floater, yeah, that's the shot I was talking about, just doing a little flick with a little bit of left English. In the middle of the table, it's this combo that he's looking at even though he's not playing that shot. Now we'd just like to start thinking about that shot, it's a couple of shots, there's not much, but it's fair to say that overall he's been the better player, certainly the better shooter, this is his chance to make it all. count, he is the best in his nation.

Look, yeah, I wonder what he's made of. This Mat Jeffon, if his brain could be analyzed, what would he tell you? There's been back and forth in this match, it's been difficult to pick a winner every time we have one of these big pool tournaments, whether it's the World Championship or the US Open or one of the open events, if there are double figures of Filipinos in the tournament, there's always a handful left, isn't that the case when you get to the final? There are 163 left here in the final 16, they were in double figures at the start, 13 of them in total. joined most of the others along with the host nation oh just had a little look at the table two svb one Chev one Chev just missed a six ball too easy Shane jumped out of his chair well I'm surprised he played like that , very surprised that I played that you I have never seen the Pros.

It is very rare for it to collide with a ball. He has tried to take the QQ ball to seven. He hits the seven on the right side of the table and then can simply hit a stop shot on the six, but he didn't catch the seven correctly. He still has a little life left in this match, he has to pinch it, he's going on rails looks good if it goes well, very nice Muhammad Sufi lit up the 2023 World Championship in Kelu and Poland about 16 months ago, I wouldn't say. He's done a lot in the big events since then, but the biggest of them all seemed to inspire him again this week.

He thrilled and entertained us once again and was in a good position in this match when he led by six to four, but in the end he was overtaken by Johan, who has won s of the last nine racks, defeats Muhammad Sufi 118 cheer, a Once again he is in the quarterfinals and there he will face the champion of the Spanish Open, the only Chinese player in the field, dangin h, so he had to do it. He bounced back on the losing side, beating James Jordi Aris 94 and then Tang 113 and Mario. Last night he was good on the ball, but nothing like the one he scored in the decisive game was inspiring.

I think it was all five. Yes, he would. I was here for that shot last night, but I heard a lot about it this morning and I mentioned that 90% of the field actually plays it safe in that type of situation and we always talk about the players here winning instead of playing for L so they don't lose. and two of the best we're going to have here in our afternoon game here at the TV table and again it looks like the delay is going to be really influential here at the beginning of the game, there's not much to talk about with these last four.

The balls are right in front of him. You will see Raaga quite often cleaning the cube. Feel like there's some residue from the chalk or whatever. He won't take any chances. It really was a recurring theme last night. on table one, both short ALC matches and then Sanderson Meling, all four players cleaned the cube regularly, yes, well, it is quite humid here, you know, and very humid sometimes in the evenings, it seems to be even more so, for what these players, of course. the adrenaline gets a little high in the hands and I just don't want anything unfortunate to happen with a kick or skid.

Nothing unfortunate on that shelf, other than if you're Portugal's Joshua Filler Jao, retired at 95 and then against. He suited him well in the last 64, well, it looked like he could very well be eliminated. The man from Kosovo was 94 short, but then he repeated the last seven racks and when he passed he let out a big scream, I think it was. more relief than anything else, yes yesterday at one point he won 17 games in a row and in this field, it doesn't matter who you play and what the situation or the scenario is, now the problem is that he has to fall a little bit below these seven to finish with the eight and you'll have to keep going doing it from the BR seven, so speed control here is very important and it's all about how you hit the pocket with the object ball here on the five.

I'll tell you there are some chef's checkup Nerves were at Van's boning match. He simply missed an identical eight ball in the same corner that Shane missed on the last rack. I don't know if this can be done, I might have to give this watch a little twist for the overcutting, okay? and he brought it down by the old slumped shoulders when he was initially down on seven and then all the hopes he kindled in Anon Rago were DED, yes, but it makes it add a little more shot in the and what we I've seen it like filler in

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, if you're going to make a mistake it's early in the match, it's not really going to happen mid-match or later.

I have seen him miss quite a few of this type of store by overcutting, not on this occasion he could. It hasn't been cleaner, yes, that was the center cut. You have a little tester here on shelf three. Get your first lead with all the balls on the first rack, but you haven't made any since Joshua Filler comes to the front doors at 2-1. all the time with the players didn't really work out the tip before that flipper move that Josh usually does and maybe rushed a little there, the big miss left the horde lining up on the black eight ball which worked very well, although it's getting the QQ ball cleaned up again and I'm not really sure why it seemed like he was upset.

I thought he played it with the ideal speed. You wouldn't want to float too much. You can't put the eight into play. The Q ball didn't seem to do it. kick, I mean, or at least the object ball didn't seem to have a kick either, so it looks like the first four shots of this game are going to be shared and Josua is usually so reliable when it comes to potting the ball that he missed. would normally hit and Anton Raaga took full advantage of it being a bit off angle so it looks like going forward with the Q ball is really good on this shot, well Jeremy you're right in saying that but the filler, surprisingly , failed, very surprising I think. that's a product of the situation, a product of the pressure, yes, it looks like he's going to come back to the table, you don't really know that he had a cut in the seven, but he couldn't get fit in the eight, a lot of the game. improved here from the filler foul shot when you miss a seven ball that the poor gods don't think well of you, they inflict more punishment on you, yes, and that usually doesn't matter who you are.

A good little hit on seven, but he shaved it, went straight to the corner pill had a golden opportunity for early separation that opportunity has apparently evaporated extension called and josua FW the seven ball that was left on the table led by four to three I'm not sure roa got the one, but he's missed it a couple of times. Also, yeah, that one was a little bit better, a little bit better, but great struggles so far at the break for Anton Rager, yeah, at the first shelf, put the one in, but it came out of the point into a lower pocket and then dried in the second, yes.

Chef's drive break, so now another chance for Shane to get going and he's had a lot, yes, the best English TOP English, he likes the stun and the draw a little more than the top, like the seven ball he missed on shelf six, five remains stubbornly. the playing surface and the little tricky shot here exion called some reasons like coming into this to play four cushion that way Q, even where the position is now would be pretty good and trying to bounce off this bottom cushion it's going to fall a little bit underneath I didn't want to fall straight now there are certain types of chalk that leave a little more on the ball QQ is perhaps the case because this qball is being cleaned quite frequently it is a constant debate in billiards the vast majority of Today, the Professionals use city chalk and when someone strays from that, the other players don't particularly like it.

Oh, nice shot to get to seven, makes things pretty easy. Remember it was a seven ball. Failure to get a set of two. advantage for filler and now three balls that you have to believe can't be missed for Raga to get his own two game lead, it's not an inch perfect by any means but it shouldn't be a problem a little more cut than it looks and ra on the occasion of his wife's wedding. birthday, just wondering if it's a case of me being early, led by TRS to fry on shelf 14, the boning of the pickup has forced me to have another chance, this time to level, yes, and notice the right hand when it appears here, it's like it's interesting to see the tail a little bit to the left right there at impact and Shane just hit a one ball shot and I know Shane pretty well and I watched him play a lot of pool and he's done the kind of ball that might inspire him.

I know it's crazy. but after some mistakes I think he's getting deeper, now Raga also takes a look at the blue, he can go for the cross side bench here trying to play a little two way, looks like he's going to avoid that, oh he is, yeah , speed. out of character maybe not, it's pretty good to see Josh get on the air. I think it's such an unforgiving game, isn't it filler? 3-2 ahead should have made it 4-2, he missed that seven ball out of nowhere, he missed a five ball a little later and those mistakes have a magnified extension call, yes, and they are magnified even more with a guy like Anton Rag on the other end, needs to change things up a bit.

I don't know if that was the play you can make. see a little head movement so maybe a little fortune you're getting close to the danger zone for Josh Filler yeah how many times have you missed the one and again watch the nine move when it comes out quickly, that's a little problem, yes? The referee is Julian Rer and I have to say that the movement of the nine is so regular that it is not a coincidence, no, not at all, and I know the templates to do it as best as possible time and again. Obviously the OB will always be perfect, but it would be.

I'm not saying you know that you should always be fair to the player, because hey, there's still some work here, I don't see it missing the four, or the five, but you should do it anytime you have to track up and down at the table, knowing even the smallest detail. a mistake, you know, missing a bowl in the pocket speeds things up a little bit things get a little sticky like here, having to go up and down, so now you have to hit a big equalizing shot from distance, so, what? how do you hit the pocket?

I could land near the railing. I don't see it going straight to seven, which would probably be the worst, but be careful with the side too in case it overcuts a little. I got a lot out of that. Really good. off the rail for the most part, he also has a decision to make: Will he play for a slim cut on the eight to get up and down, like where he's looking? That's the safest play, which means you have to work a little harder, but you're almost certainly going to be in that position on the eight and you're going to give yourself a chance and put it in your own hands.

We've talked about Joshua Filler being a wonderful Potter and that applies in pre-s or high pressure situations. the mark of a great champion, he desperately needed that rack and wins it with a succession of failed pots 75 I am R 13 second in a row, winning by seven in the last 16 of the championship, yes, a dry break, there he was the one who threatened the equipment. a little bit more, not as much movement on nine, so that's a good sign for our referee Josh, putting a little more speed on that, it seemed like table one too, by the way, it's very early stages, but federal gch won the second rack so 1-1 it's called push out yes push comes and if you're new to Nineball the push out is only after the break shot it's your choice the switch on a ball man maid or like here, the incoming player on a dry break, you have one time. they must declare push where they can push the QQ ball anywhere they want and the incoming player has the option to take the shot or pass it back.

A very crucial part of the game is that speed is sufficient, so it is common for these players to end up falling short. that shot always wants to worry about the one that runs away Chef is going to give the two blues a big kick to maybe produce a run to get to the hill wow, he hit both of them he was hanging in the corner I really don't know how it didn't come out , he had a break, although he had a bit of speed, he looks very good here, you know, as far as this week's performances go, Anton Wer's opening display against Bernie Regario was an absolute clinic in terms of tactics, he's one of those players you should never underestimate Josh's shot and a rare wrong kick, especially in recent years, he's really improved in that department, that's a little surprising to me.

I wouldn't say what a great moment in the match, what a difference this rack makes. andon raaga is relieved to see one in raaga wins the rack he leads by eight racks to five and Joshua filler and Shane Van boning from opposite sides of the Atlantic are linked by the fact that they are both inserious problems, yes, you could tell he was. I'm not sure when he left, but to understand it, we saw him last night or yesterday, more like, he just doesn't miss a ball, he seems to get better and better, there's not a lot of filler exchange that hurts.

We have just seen the turning point. we'll be thinking about that tomorrow night yeah what Miss well I thought I might draw it to be honest I mean most of these players want to draw the ball a lot of times on the Slick table and not say the Slick table made miss very similar to miss in the stuffing five before thought she had a little more options than the stuffing, even if she doesn't invite the stuffing in, she'll drink all your wine, eat all the RO metaphorically of course , don't give him a chance 86 I mean it might as well have been 95 he missed a previous filler seven this time it's Roger's turn oh the pain Jeremy the pain doesn't have too worrying an angle on the six looks like he can keep going go ahead oh watch out, Oh it might be caught in the corner, well if it is it's preferable to scratching yes absolutely but I mean it might have fallen forward a little bit, you looked at it it was definitely there I think can see this, possibly not.

He doesn't show up, so he's pointing away, you'll see it when we zoom out of the replay. Oh, he's going to get the snooker here, maybe not, what a success, but. Even the best guys feel a bit of pressure here late, as was widely anticipated, with this amount of prize money and World n Ball for points. ranking available, it's inevitable, yes, absolutely, I mean, and we see it in all the events, but really, definitely, a little bit. It's more called Exion. I think these two you also realize how great both players are and that adds a little bit too.

This little light wanted to send that past, so it won't be easy and maybe not even playable, maybe a natural scratch, but. I think you can avoid it, you can cut this on the side, that's the big mistake, if you can, the one that Josh is not going to be happy with, he didn't just deliver that Q, he danced while playing it, it moves and it's. a Shaker, yes absolutely, has me moving a little and you can see birthday girl Pia Filler's concern, she is sweating every ball right now and it seems like the balls are breaking better in the last three or four games, so which is very dangerous.

Dangerous waters here for Josh Filler may not return to the table and On Rager wins the rack. Wow, what a score line, two racks now for Anton Rager. Joshua Filler missed the two, then left the six and the dragon is breathing fire. He's close, maybe. I'll skip this and just hold the QQ ball trying to use the brown seven, you're going to make a deflection, you have to play safety here. I think the pillar is going to come out of the railing on the left side. This one here you generally want to hit with a high.

The opportunity to make it what you're looking for most often is to throw the three to the side rail above the side pocket, let it go to the top rail, try to use the six and the eight. He's going to hit a center ball more, so really taking a chance on it hi what pot under the gun that this is the highest stakes match the high stakes tournament the high stakes environment he's ever been in but he It's fixing man you wouldn't say it was a bad game just a couple of unexpected mistakes from both players obviously a few more from Josh but you know the break was a bit of fun for both players for a while which always It will make the game seem a little slow, but I think it was of good quality overall.

Anon 10s Anton Raa's lead over Joshua's filler, Shane Van Beringer, was 107 down against vuk schev. He couldn't change that. He can fill it, yes of course he can, but it will be a very difficult task even for him now that he has options here. I think he's going to do it. pushes behind the purple one and it has to go and that's the tendency is to be a little light, maybe worried about hitting the point with the Q ball a lot of times on that shot, you can hit the ball a little bit and still be fine, so Filler has a chance, it is not the first time that the two balls do not obey Joshua Filler, it is that his last shot in this year's championship was a good play there and a little more difficult than it seems coming out of the pocket when are. cross the middle of the table it is easy to lose speed in the QQ Ball line, but he is perfect, but he despises defeat and will not be happy with his performance either, it is one thing to be defeated, of course, he performed so well so often . only a few escaped here and then the breakup never began as Game of Thrones The Lord of the Rings the dragon is a destroyer and this dragon has been a destroyer of hopes the aspirations of Joshua Filler Anton Rager defeats the German by 11 racks to seven