UNBELIEVABLE FINISH | Shane Van Boening vs Alex Pagulayan | 2018 US Open 8-Ball Championship Final

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we are hosted here in Las Vegas, Nevada, and Chris bar and billiards, the event is proudly presented by Q sports international and our sponsors for the event include the cases Rio Hotel and Casino Simonis Diamond cyclone Acme and predator 1080 pure chalk. They're streaming on Play CSI Pool Dot-com and now we're into our

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final if you weren't here last year for the US Open eight ball these two great players met in the US Open eight ball final last year so now let's introduce to our two players first. comes from the only losing side, is from the United States of America, sponsored by q10 USA, who is the League and the Ultimate Team, here it is: five-time US Open 9-ball champion, is the current US Open 10-ball champion .th ball after winning his third US Championship Last Saturday we put our hands together for the

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He hails from Canada, is sponsored by Arielle. Carmel eq is the three second pool and behind the rock he is a Canadian 9 and 10 ball Champion and he is the current US Open eight ball champion. We join hands for Alex Hagemeyer. This is a one to ten qualifying race. Alternative rest rack. His own knight. Your referee for the match is Mr. Janeiro Vasquez and right now I would like to hand it over to my two dear colleagues in the stand Freddie up here and Jorge from OCHA gentlemen take him away and gentlemen have a great match and good luck and here we go one Freddy again, is that you?

Here with that George, the axe, Hello everyone, these are the finals of the

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US Open 8-Ball Championship. Here, Griff's bar and pool, Alex takes out a lion from the winner's pool and Shane Man moans fighting against the losing side and with determination, that's how he wants it. his revenge from last year's Masters took the bag, he won the championship last year and this year I tell you this guy is on a mission, as he showed us on the 10 ball, he was sent to the side of a loss and came. He came back with a vengeance and in the last two fights he just seemed unbeatable, but here he won a couple of fights from hill to hill to get to where he is and actually struggled in both a little bit.

I would say he gave. I took opportunities to lose the match, but I still managed to pierce the heart of a champion, yes, and that's exactly what champions do, that's why he beat Torsten at home in the final the only defeat I had in the semi-finals. He would call it and it was a little shaky, I think after his loss last night to Alex Alex, so let's see how that plays out. Shane Man Moaning won the delay. It's a 10-up race in the

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US Open Finals, the US Eight Ball Championship worried about the chain going through players like Brandon, Chef Josh Roberts, lost to Eckland, Catchy and then defeated Shane McMahon Warnky on PO Oscar Dominguez Dennis or Coolio and Thorsten Holman, but if you do it at the table, you get pretty good. true, pretty good, very good, the rate of 310 or 312 in the center of the table seemed to be the challenge and the fact that all these balls are sitting in the middle of the table they don't actually touch anything on the rail, but The balls are a little bunched in the middle, a strange spread here and speaking of challenges, how do you line up six balls? and boy, we've had some unique designs on the table with the balls for some of these card breaks.

The three balls must go up to the table through the same pocket into which the six balls just entered. This is a bit short. He has the one that he now he has. he's going to maneuver a little bit now he's going to look at the three, it's always fun when you know from up here you think he should go because he already shot the six ball and then he took another look, maybe it's the first time he took a look, well , or not, he's on the table making his way through the solids and he doesn't want Alex to come near the table, he just wants you to know, keep Alex in this chair, if he can't, it's his break, his break and he runs to do it , it seems that if the three balls go, he will play the position for the four balls in the side pocket, explain the position for now, yes, right there and he will stop too, if the three go, if he doesn't go, he will break.

It looks like she has a break angle on her 735 or just a perfect picture for the playing position no, she's sitting low so those three have to go, boy, from that angle it doesn't look like she has a chance to go, but no It was like this. opportunity for balls, yes, but we have a bad angle. I suspect he'll play the three ball on the five ball, it'll give him more room to stay away from the eight ball, passing balls on the 14th, right? George, yeah, he's practically out. he stopped the shot there and played the seven ball first, so the five ball goes both ways, but he has an ankle here.

This is just that he couldn't do business. Ideally, he can hold it on the railing there or come back for five. Keep going. he's short, you know he's got to give it there like a hand motion, that's why I liked to hold him under the rail, yeah, I've got a good angle that I could draw on the 13 if he comes forward and jumps, he's got to protect himself so he doesn't come up short. but he has a big landing zone if he moves towards the side pocket, I think for the corner pocket, this corner pocket, oh, he goes very slow like this, he has a big advantage, he has to miss a lot to miss well, making this eight. -ball will bring you Alex to the table and you know how to show the magnificent break of him and you should how to make this ball, this ball, ah, he will play with the fifteen or he will just play it directly.

Thank you very much, it didn't, but there's no one who a place, but Alex has been from what I've seen here, what I remember seeing, at least Alex was running out of better eight ball patterns mm-hmm, well, Alex Alex is on the journey to the final match here, to the final, he defeated the coal guard. Ronnie Elcano guaranteed Cole Eklund catchy and Torsten at home, and directly undefeated, his match against many was quite spectacular. I mean, yeah, why did he want me here so much? I wanted quite comfortably, yes, and CACCI had a couple of dry breaks and that was really it. the big difference and punished him for everyone, everyone, yes, dry breaks will cost you in this match, so history says that there were 39 participants, we are in the last two, these two gentlemen here one takes home the big cup and $9,000 the other. he takes home the small cup and $6,000 the five ball is almost gone, that's right, the ball went in Alex has a seven ball and an eleven ball available it seems that the three ball next to the eight ball forces low balls, you know, I'm looking at some of Alex's accomplishments this year he's attended some big Midwest pro-am one pocket tournaments and the Scottie Townsend Memorial one pocket both one pocket tournaments he's got some seconds he's got some power whirlpool masters West Coast Challenge a pocket ten balls right on the line I know it looks like he's going to play the eleven ball, clear both, which would open a pocket for the eight ball.

I think once he does this, as long as he has a shot because he's gone, he's running away too much, he's not going to like it, what could he shoot here? He's definitely not going to like it, what could he shoot at? That was a strange first shot. I know he wanted to clear both of them, but he hits so many balls so hard in playing position up. Anything here, I don't see anything. George might be able to cut that ten ball, but it's an extreme cut of extreme cotton, but he cuts, he cuts, it might be his only shot and irritable bowel syndrome, that's very true and sometimes just forcing shots this way because where do you play safely, you know, just against the one you can't get, there's actually no ball available to back up. which we thought was just saying cut it as thin as possible, but he cut it as thin as possible, it's too cut, well you don't normally think of cutting it too much, that shot, right, it barely has anything to hit it well, Shane is play the fireball in the side pocket does go and the single ball seems to be the only challenge here and if you can't get to the ball now you'll just get to the six ball to get to the one that actually goes in both. corner pockets in fact, that doesn't really seem to be any problem for Shane here, he's not going to shoot this, okay, he'll stay down, he looks like he's going to get up, look back, no, I've got a good massage, I have a good massage in that Levin. ball, he's got a bit of angle, he can certainly hit six ball in the middle of the table, no problem for me, let's see Shane do the magic on him, you'll run out again, he'll be looking for the three ball, which was The only one. problem ball if we want to call it that and once he gets it there will be no problem, he only has four balls left on the table Argo why does Shane have an 818 compared to Alex's eight, he doesn't hit the ground I think I gave it to you from memory 818 to 804 sounds good Alex normally flirts with 805 number 802 has actually dropped to three points in the last six weeks delicate shooting there well once again Shayne seems to be looking at the eight ball in the side pocket, which you know he does" All the time there is no problem, but the rest of us play for the corner pockets, this is zero to zero and the break, you know, every time you mention the best players in the world, at least two always come to the fore. everyone's mind, I don't think they will.

We were once left out of the conversation, that's right, and the fights that these guys have had have been. I guess you call them epic, epic, lots of epic matches, so it's no surprise we've seen them here once again, especially after last year's one, if Shane can pull it off. enough and not enough he said that Shane can achieve this and get revenge on Alex and win this tournament; will be two of three years in which he will have won both the US Open ten-ball and eight-ball championships here at Griff's and it is a A real year would have been the seven-foot tables and these last two, of course, have been on nine-foot tables, you know, the fans, the pool fans, the fans, the players have requested it, we want to play on the big table, we don't want to play on the seven-foot table. -foot tables and here they are playing in the 9 foot drives on the big track if Shane wins this and wins both 8 and 10 balls this year and like you said two out of three years he was one. within a hair's breadth of doing that last year too because I'm sure the closest you can get to getting three exactly lose in the final uh hello, that's exactly exactly and it was him, he's going to do it just like he won. in a couple of his matches his opponents were left high and dry when they were Hill Hill and he took care of it, he opened the door and walked in, yeah that's how it happened to him, he broke, actually, he broke, he scratched himself, this is wide open again.

It's a shame, he gets that break. Alex will have his hands full. Beautiful. Shane doesn't look like he's going to give up again. They have released the Kraken. I see him play here. This guy can be a monster when he's in it. the last two balls to the six ball, the six ball to the seventh ball and really all you have to do is get an angle so you can lower those mystery balls to the table and you will get that angle coming off the seven that goes down to the final. for the 5 and the 3 and then they put the ball back in the same socket anyway, boring, lane, lane, it has a Hayes ends up having to go high on that 14, so it's going to have a little three ball cut, let's make sure that dies out there I always hit this perfect kid stop shot on the three on the sideline two right for the eight and the sideline two is still good, not only did he stop it, I guess he had a little angle, but he still got the same shot two risers with high spin, this would be his third set and I think all three will go straight to the same side pocket.

Is it getting a little predictable? Maybe it's something like Larry Bird decided to throw every ball with his left hand for almost an entire game, it seems like maybe Shane is going to try to find a way to hit the eight ball in the side pocket, in the right pocket , like we've done, yeah, every game so far, it's three out of three, three strings out of nothing while bowling. For a great start, he's probably the best front runner and when he gallops, you know well, when he's focused like this and like he did on the ten ball right there, he looked good, he was perfect, yeah, he was perfect and we've seen in 2016 we did it.

Watch a perfect match by Shane in the eight ball against Josh Roberts, yes in the small tire small block, aLEC only made it to halftime, no he had that shot after halftime, oh man he got bad with a ball and I had than to play the back cut over the cut, let's see if Alex can get it going here. He needs help from Shane, but he certainly needs to help himself. He's got that ball in the side pocket and it's a great way to start here. The hypothesis is beautiful and unless he really loses control, I think he should run.

Watch this 15 to make sure he goes, which he does. You can see it right there, he goes right between the two of the eleven balls mm-hmm, the first shot is a dead hanger. nine ball boys this looks good for Alex, but stillhere, touch my feet, touch like 12, it's completely over, no, no, touch 12. I'm going to break it and play, say it's okay where it goes. Shane has a kick on the only ball. There is no room for this to end up being an embarrassment against the barrier. Either way, it will give Alex a chance at 14. I tried to open.

Those two balls came out, he tried to move them and I still don't, he goes to the bottom pocket, the 12 doesn't see in the bottom pocket, yes, but he has to shoot to get there and, with the ball in his hand, Alex will do it . be able to handle this when he has the ball in his hand. I don't believe it. I think he hits this, if he hits it and makes it, he wins the game, yeah that's right, and he would be the one to hit us and make this ball, this crowd would go completely crazy with the bat, so Alex makes this ball, but You have to hold on to the other side, hmm, well. you make this follower play the comedian it seems like the combo is wrong he has a back cut no cut Commodores if he shoots this 14 and he does it or he hangs it he is hanging he is so strong there is no use here he would rather risk running he has to make a shot quick to run away, but you're right, he knows what he would prefer to do, he would definitely prefer to agree, see if he can hold up the plays, the safety, there is no safety.

Because he can't hide on both the 1 and the 7, he could simply cover the ball he rolls right over with the 12, very very soft. I don't like this now, if he can make this seven ball go up. take it, take it, take it, go over the side pocket, always going there, okay, he can't get to the right side, so he forgets what he was thinking, let's see how he hits this ball. He has a couple of points if you had the ball in. hand for the one ball that couldn't get to the eight, yeah, and with it all in hand, so it's available, there's something there, this is a very good shot, he did it, that's it, it took a long time to develop and Alex looks like he has a chance at thirteen, yeah, it's not simple one way or another.

Alex does this and he has to run because any kind of mistake and I think Shane can hit a good shot on this one, a 12 that you know, he finds. his way of getting the angle on one and going down there he's got a shot he's got a shot I thought so I was about to say you know things he hasn't been shooting a ball and at some point we could do it probably if he Put this, yeah, right above the thirteen, here we go, there's not many points, you can shoot this with the ball in your hand to get to this one, hey, kid, if you can put this cue ball right above the 13 there and shoot the that is next to it and goes down and with the cue ball between the eight and the 12 or just running towards the 12 is free at home yes, yes, it has to get over a railing and all this is speed to get there, if you can't do it , he can not. delay the cue ball, does it ever get there, you can't just delay it on the 12 to the right, thanks Freddie, you can draw this ball with two rails, draw this ball to hit the rail, come here to the middle diamond and go to that one online. he can get this ball, okay, here we go, certainly, what I think is missing there, stay up, he's there, he's there, he's there, perfect, if it's a hit in the face, if he just likes it, there it could get caught on top so I think. he's hitting this no he came and asked about the speed he was hit enough with the separation it's like it's not like that he's not going to do it he got there he got there for the shot although I will tell you there is one of his sponsors who is part of CSI the USA APL are holding their national championships here in Las Vegas at the same time BC APL is holding their world championships in Rio, half the crowd probably jumped on the ferries and came here for the free kick, what's shooting here? his own ball he called it in the corner double kiss slide on it he doesn't like those three lanes a side pocket he's going to try it I like the three lanes of the side pocket it feels like he just put it in there to secure it his own ball he threw it around table one for field three or short, what did Alex do?

I don't know, it was a very close shot before Alex is actually doing something out there, we can't see him, did you hear what he says. Why would you want to do it anyway? That's not nice while Alex isn't out. He'll probably play safety if you can play one like now, you don't need to make more balls than he's going to make unless you know if you can get them. he to the position I'm going to break these walls now there's a safety there's a safety and Shane connection hit this ball actually hit this ball he can bank it this isn't this table it doesn't matter who's dribbling but see, there's no way for this go on most other tables you give this guy a chance to do a hero shot he's what you were about to do one right there with that let's look at one, two, three rails on the bottom left .

I am looking. maybe a rail to the right past that 12 ball well we just looked down that line and there was no pocket available so let's see if he proves me wrong after 12 after 12 he would have died yeah , 12 and did it. I don't miss him by much. I didn't miss him by mouth at all and he's not an easy shot telling you, you give this guy, you give Shane a chance and he comes right at you, no, I give him. Alex is going to shoot this ball. he has to shoot and if he misses he will throw in the towel and play that he played the 14 ball in the side pocket and will hold the cue ball against the rail on the left so that the 12 ball covers the eight ball or the 14 ball in the corner pocket either way I think he's holding the white ball on the railing at the top of the screen someone playing with the camera okay don't understand love this cube let it escape from me Alex missed it covering this shadow on a real ticket I think he will .

The ticket-to-lane kick is right. No, it's comprehensive, but I'm not sure what he's doing here. How are you measuring this. Measuring it in a lane. A diamond. one shot, what an outing, what a champion Shane Van boned beats Alex by the lion ten games to three to win his 2018 US Open 8ball Championship both winning the 10 ball Nathan Wow, congratulations Shane, Alex, ladies and gentlemen, the 2018 u.s. Open Ten Ball Champion, ladies and gentlemen, thank you all for watching. I hope you enjoy the event. We will be back the next two or two events. We have programs and other things at the Rio for the next two nights, so come there. maybe if you stay there and get a ticket or get a ticket to donate for life there, you can possibly play as Shane's partner, it's not a stumble, ask about that at the Rio one more time with mom today, tells Sports International for organizing this event. in a Griff's rich or in egg sheets to organize the event