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by **mike oxbigg** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 9:52 pm

Darren is currently in Kentucky competing in various events in the Kentucky Derby Classic.

He has progressed to round 8 in the "one pocket" tournament and has a first round match in the 9 ball challenge tournament against,wait for it, Liz Lovely.

In the one pocket he looks to be down to the final 16 players with some of the usual suspects there.Not sure how the comp works though as some people have lost and then "bought" back in.

In any case a great effort and hopefully more to come.

by **rocket** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 10:17 pm

More than a great effort. Easily the most difficult pool discipline...... awesome result so far.....keep going son. :lol:

by **RedAdair** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 10:21 pm

Keep an eye on theactionreport.com which has live streaming from the event.

Mostly very boring but they seem to have a nightly slot now for Daz and Karl Boyes which seems to be gathering a cult following!

It's basically Daz calling everyone "pal" for half an hour....

by **mike oxbigg** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 6:29 am

Not sure whats going on but he won round 8 lost in 9 to Feijen and now playing Pagulayan in round 10,doesnt look to be many left in though!

He beat Lisa Lovely and has drawn Ben Heywood in round 2.

by **TOASTER** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 9:29 am

According to Darrens facebook he is now into round 10 and there are 9 players left.

by **mike oxbigg** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 4:52 pm

Daz lost to Pagulayan in round 10 and quite right Toaster was down to last 9 players,a fantastic effort.

He has won his round 2 game against Ben Heywood and now plays Ben Zimmer in round 3.

by **RedAdair** » Sat Jan 12, 2008 12:04 am

Well, Zimmer clearly needed to "frame" himself as Dyno has taken care of him.

Have you seen Daz's interview for InsidePool??!! He manages to incredibly go five minutes without calling anyone pal!!

http://www.insidepoolmag.com/pool-and-b ... 15817.html

by **mike oxbigg** » Sat Jan 12, 2008 8:01 am

Daz lost in rounds 4 and 5 so is out but he has qualified for the "straight pools final day" today. He is playing Feijen first to 150!!!!!

Rocket can you shed any light on this,would he have had to qualify?sounds like a bit of an achievement!

by **rocket** » Sat Jan 12, 2008 12:06 pm

Where do i begin. Yes Darren had to qualify and then beat a world class field to reach the final. This in its self is an awesome feat. Then you look at his finish in the one pocket with the same world class field.I cannot b
egin to tell you how incredible a result that is.
The trouble when we look at Darrens results is that we are so used to see him winning everything we almost expect these kind of finishes.
To my knowledge there has never been a one pocket event held in this country , and as for the straight pool its a minority sport outside the states at best. One pocket is the most skillfull game i have ever seen played on any billiard table and it is common knowledge that the only way to succeed is through years of playing and learning the moves and strategies.
I dont think Darren has played more than two one pocket events in his life and he never practises. His finish in this event is amazing........
He truelly is already world class on the american tables , but if he continues to progress at this rate he will end up one of the alltime greats.
As a pool league we should all be very proud that he is in our midst...

by **RedAdair** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 3:23 pm

Daz apparently won the straight pool beating Fiejen in the final.

Absolutely awesome Dazzler. Well done...PAL!!

by **TOASTER** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 7:50 pm

And he won a nice few grand in a money match against Chris Bartram.

He's back tomorrow to get some practice in for the big one!! Smurf's singles tournament next week.

Well Done Pal.

by **smurf** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 12:48 pm

Well done Dyno, you only need to win the mosconi to get on a par with The Rocket now! I'm sure like me everyone in our league is truly proud of you, couldn't happen to a nicer fella, PAL!

You can only go on standby for the big 1 next week as it's now full, unless somebody pulls out. :lol:

by **dynamite** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 5:00 am

sorry for late reply just read it

still suffering we jet lag as u can see with time

thanks for messages great stuff

enjoyed the week and learnt alot once again and happy i did well at diff games what i havent played much,but when u watch the like of efren reyes play for hours on end you pick lot of things up and thats what i did and tried to put it in play,but overall played well and delighted to win straight pool!

see you all for new season folks

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Daz in the U.S.

Daz in the U.S.

thanks

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