🔥 POOL DEBUT | Judd Trump vs Joe Magee | 2021 US Open Pool Championship

He's well known and we love to see it at the end of frames he's won in snooker he plays these extravagant exhibition shots of course in pool you've not won the the rack until he popped the nine ball so we won't see any of that it'll be all business and he wins the lag wins the lag easily now we'll see the strength the effectiveness of his break off that we will highly intrigued to see mr trump here stateside thank you dear first rack looks good to me one shot one statement well he's missed the two ball if he's got away with that he's been fortunate because he went for it full-blooded they see just sitting behind jeff trump is his brother jack who's his right hand man best friend to the table joe mcgee chris christopherson sang about bobby mcgee this is joe just nicks the two let's see if he'll get away with it he does so fortuitous start for mr mcgee must be a little bit nervy for both men trump with all eyes on him to sort of see what he has in the nine ball realm and for mcgee he knows so many british fans are are probably tuned in as well as americans and others so highly compelling love to see the snooker guys come over and try out pool foul bad contact falling well that just shows you that he's got an awful lot to learn about the angles of this game you're right about that phil he used almost the wrong english in a sense he kind of didn't judge the spin particularly well there but let's see still early and also the excessive pace of the shot he's pretty brisk right in general very much so a little close for comfort there but we're okay let's see if he elects to put some right hand spin and bounce off of the rail and try to spin back towards center table or if he comes all the way around underneath the five this is a touch close but i think he's okay it's a bit thin though because he has to hit the ball so thinly the cue ball can get away from him so goal here is to get position on the seven naturally so it's it's a bit delicate used an extension here it's to bank it and we have a miscue of sorts maybe a foul doesn't look like they're calling a foul and trump is just right over the ball immediately now he stands up to reevaluate yeah the 30 second shot clock for him will not be a hindrance in the slightest a lovely cue ball control freezing it on the bottom rail things played in front of thousands of people all over the world but being in a major pool tournament in the states is a brand new experience for judd trump nicely done there from mcgee and it has to be a bit nervy it takes uh it takes a lot of heart and bravery to come over here stateside and try your hand out at nine ball in front of all these fans and so on i respect anybody that shows up this one's tricky both corners are an option coming with a low ball here oh that is the worst possible outcome trump to the table ball in hand just a simple nine ball across the rail a pair of trousers they call that in snooker when's the okay so trump didn't put an awful lot of balls but he put in the ball that mattered and he gets the first rack on the board nothing too impressive about him though barring the break which i thought was pretty good so this is what judd needs to familiarize himself with when it breaks which he will do in the second rack players must use a forceful break i don't think that's going to be an issue with trump after what we've seen in the opener it's a 30 second shot clock and of course if they get a tricky position or a dilemma in terms of shot selection there's a 30 second extension per rack as you were just mentioning his opening break was really terrific three balls controlled the cue ball so that's a great start and great sign for him and often snooker players are players from other points a few sports can struggle with the break leading one now let's see if he can keep it up a really nice corner ball one ball looks like a safety of some sort beckons maybe he can hide the cue ball behind the 3-5 in some capacity when it comes to snooker judd trump would play shots as a matter of second nature here he's really deeply got to think how he plays the bank beautiful yeah it must be interesting for you phil to see trump in the tank of sorts and i've been trying to think of a possible analogy between pool and snooker and the two sports and how they stack up this might not be a good one but i think it works to a certain degree what about the sport of rowing and kayaking i like that close but still some distance apart oh beautiful there didn't even touch the rail which is customary when one plays snooker of course as the pockets are so tight the table's so big as many of us know this is one of the best q sport practitioners really of all time well i'm preaching to the converted back in the uk all snooker fans know that trump in full flow is one of the best ever and that's not an exaggeration but to pool fans around the world let me tell you this guy is just something else yeah he has one of the great rhythms of all time when he gets going it's it's that freight train sort of situation looks like two nil in relatively short order a nice clearance here wins the second rack he won the first rack somewhat fortuitously he wins the second rack in grand style doubles his advantage and he lays down a marker he's telling the pool world i can play this game to a certain degree i might be tough to beat something what emily fraser who had the great idea to bring jud over to this tournament should be applauded because this has done wonders not just for nine ball pool but also for snooker as well to try and break into the biggest sporting market the world has to offer this could lead to all kinds of stuff the ace in the pack in atlantic city and all of the people who organize snooker will be watching this with great interest and i think emily's done them a massive favor too day third break shut trump is leading by two racks to nil on the break his last two breaks have been remarkable one in the side corner ball has flown in almost makes the one it looks like you know spoke a bit too soon the three does get in the way but still really handling the break quite well and let's see what he comes with here he could go with a kick safety of sorts i don't believe he can kick underneath the three and make the one although maybe he can just squeak through he's also eyeing a push out of sorts push out cold show your options well had the ball not nestled up so closely to the six i'm sure mcgee would have tried his luck at something but being elevated like this is awfully awkward like does give it back to jud yeah i think the first rule of pushing out is to not push into something too difficult for yourself awkward kind of shot here curious to see what juddlex to come with just slid a bit on him naturally he was trying to create more space and and hook mcgee behind some of the balls didn't quite get there and let's see if joe can get something going here this is the sort of shot where players like trump not that there's many players like trump but tend to handle with such grace very long straight shot snooker players are so adept at these sorts of shots and yeah stunned forward a bit much so we'll get to see him try his hand at a similar kind of shot again yeah you see there you said long straight shot for him that would be nothing more than short medium range i was just thinking that not that long for him nicely done there and again content to take these shots that for pool players are pretty long but as you said for jud or a relative mincemeat cue ball just gets away from him slightly there these are the sorts of things about pool that can sometimes elude snooker players until they gain more experience the spin the kind of slidey tables naturally it's a different game but uh nice safety here yeah i think the problem there with the previous pot was that he caught it too thin even though it went in and he potted that to the middle of the pocket the the cue ball probably would have been held yeah must be pretty intense for mcgee i mean there's literally a lineup on this match and britain and the sports books and stuff i don't know how many matches he's played where one could actually bet on it in a foul shot that contact ball in it well it's three months in a couple of weeks till christmas but that was a gift for jed trump see what he comes with here phil he could play for the six nine he could play for the six in a variety of pockets curious to see what tickles his fancy let's just draw back and play the six where he played the five nice stroke there another new experience for judd trump this evening here he's being allowed to wear night trainers wouldn't be able to do that in a snooker uniform no and he's racing around the table with those trainers on into a three nil okay so there you go judd trump has made the perfect start to his pool career right now here at the u.s open in atlantic city he leads by three racks to nil joe mcgee knows he's got his work cut out yeah good yeah millions around the world will be watching judd trump make his pool debut with great interest and i can tell you one individual in particular who'll be watching this on a spying mission draval kamal patel from india who will play trump in the next round if trump comes through and right now it looks highly likely another nice break from trump makes two balls has a very tricky shot on the one ball it does look like position is somewhat natural if he just sort of rolls it in and comes one two and across to center table or so for the two but easier said than done oh that's good there phil perhaps a little short but but such clean pocketing well we've already seen two things we didn't know one we suspected that nothing is going to be safe for him the thing i'm impressed is that he's breaking off so well now the next aspect which provides a question is he able to jump and if so how well can he jump right there's the answer right a lot of these guys would have jumped it up you know already but i mean when you can do that who needs the jump cube lovely mr trump round of applause i mean that was beautiful he's a showman he loves putting on great exhibitions of shot making and i'll tell you what he will be loving this yeah he really has it all the game the style the presence and uh semi from nowhere as they say the very difficult one hooked on the two kicks it in four zeros upon judd trump you know trump's a very famous name here in atlantic city with the casinos owned by donald in the past certainly now though judd trump has arrived on the the jersey shore that he has and one thing's for sure is that he's here to play i mean forgive the obvious but he looks pretty good out there few early match uh wrinkles but since then he's been pretty solid and his ball pocketing prowess and just execution is just abundantly clear as we've discussed the break looks pretty good too phil yeah and i have to say this and i know i'm biased but what an advert for the game of snooker that someone can come over here having never played at the highest level before at any level before and put on a show like this at the very first attempt and bias or it's just objectively true a pool player could never go leading by four external go across the pond and do this on a snooker table so bravo corner ball flies in cue ball ever ever so fortunately hangs up one in the side two down the rail see if trump can handle this i think the three to the five is is sort of the big question opportunity here for mcgee to maybe stop the bleeding a bit yeah the the tightest pockets on these tables undoubtedly are the center pockets as trump discovered there might have taken it for granted a bit try to just lag this two in right around the dots for the rack it's away from him a little bit he'll have a weird one here wasn't working just a shot perhaps he'll try to cut it up the top right draw the cue ball over to the side rail and out for position on the five it's like he got away with this and if he is hooked which it's a bit hard to tell he's looking now it's another example of a shot where a lot of guys would use the jump cue as we've discussed might not be in his repertoire although it wasn't in efren reyes's repertoire either and he did okay so yeah the great female player alison fisher who made the ultimate transition from snooker to pool he's often told me that when she first started playing the game pool that is the jump shot seemed anathema to her yeah oh my oh what a delightful little kick he got off the seven there that was really a a thing of beauty stick that in the highlight reel stretching over maybe ill-advised if there is one criticism so far of trump i think it's on a couple of occasions and i can understand why he's hit the balls a little too hard yeah and respectfully to to uh mcgee one would think that trump feels quite confident that this one will come home so he might be getting a bit of a feel for the tables as well that shot looked a touch experimental and so on sometimes when you feel really in command you can kind of let your stroke out and experiment a bit there's that shot clock beeping down tried to slice it down the rail hit it a bit thickly and let's see how trump navigates this could bank it cross side okay nicely done one of the things he's underrated for in snooker is laying snookers also escaping from them yeah i suppose that's just a byproduct of his firepower where people sort of forget how savvy he is with with the ins and outs that you just mentioned interesting too that he's not using a snooker cue i know it's a different game but i wonder because sometimes snooker players still sort of use the snooker cue when they play pool i think he's doing the right thing it's a cue that was given to him by car boys nice effort there yeah boys approved i mean gotta go with it and as he said for a wonderful touch he has on these sort of around the table safety type shots yeah and this is on a surface where he's not really sure of the reaction not really sure of the geometry yet mcgee faced with an awkward one which i'll be happy to see where the five and cue ball reside touch steep i want to see the cue ball just rest on the rail so i'll have to let his stroke out a bit he was able to just follow it nicely done it's also a hair short you know earlier on today we were saying quite correctly that these 4.25 inch pockets are tight to him they appear like the grand canyon that they do phil imagine this table looks awfully small as well five nil and trump's introduction into the world of pool could not be going any more swimmingly by the way in between our sessions today quite a few big names got through their first match he overcame thomas dalfonso nine six chad fairchild actually walked over ruslan chinnikoff the russian withdrew and we saw a segment of the james arenas marumatsu contest that was over on table two well arenas one nine one again corner ball flies in one flies in the side two hangs up in front of the side doesn't get any sweeter than this earlier on today i described the notion that certain bookmakers have made trump favorite to win this tournament as ludicrous i'm going to downgrade that somewhat yeah mildly ludicrous but but i mean and you know not to harp but the the break really was a big question mark and his break looks fantastic so this does put him live to make a run settle okay see if he draws to the rail and out or if he's able to just kind of hold it he does draw to the rail and out he just has such a nice stroke really does there's a big crowd in tonight 80 i would say are watching this match and what they're seeing is nothing short of a revelation okay joe mcgee might not be the most powerful of opponents but judd trump has taken to the world of nine ball pool like a duck to water he leads six nil a whitewash is impending joe mcgee feeling the full force of judd trump plenty of snooker professionals have experienced what it's like to be blown away by the judder nought and his fine form on the break really continues corner ball flies in shot at the one see if he can string a few racks here and you know phil when we were talking about the line that the bookies threw up for uh for mr trump the six to one a bit ludicrous but at the same time they're probably so scared of this guy you can never make him too much of a dog just see what he's done snooker wise i mean he he's he's really a champion through and through 256 came out though let's see try to follow cross table again that side poses problems for him one player who started his match at the same time as judd trump is almost over the line masato yoshioka who was part of the japanese team at the world cup of pool earlier this year he leads edward epperson 8-1 and the more you see of this the more you think well it's not a matter of if trump wins but when it is starting to feel that way trying to see if he can squeak the one by the two or he'll just select to roll it in the side just try to cheat the pocket and just smooth it down the rail give it a few seconds perhaps no this hangs up well from the overhead view that appear to be defying gravity more of the ball seems to be over the lip than on the surface right okay yeah now come on joe your chances here something of a tester here well game were easy i suppose we'd all play yeah in finnish though that was very poor queuing wasn't it very poor missed it by a mile it's not his best nicely done here perfect position on the five to just slide over to the six effortlessly easy does leave himself just enough angle to navigate bravo look at that just silky seven of the best from judd trump joe mcgee still to get off the mark yeah shaking his head he knows he had a chance there to finally get a rack on the board the chance it went a begging that's the decisive nine ball the shot on the eight to get position on that nine was simply pinpoint that is jack trump there judd's brother he's one of those annoying people nick he is very good at everything he's won junior titles at snooker himself and he's also a scratch golfer you can feel it that this whole operation the the trump posse you can you can feel it with these boys right number eight shut trump is leading by seven racks to nil again watch that three ball watch that one ball yeah i mean if he can keep this up you know he'll be a threat believe a push out is upon us maybe he can thin the two and play some sort of a safe but it doesn't look like he can see it from this angle yeah my assessment of his breakup is this it's being effective most certainly in terms of multiple balls plotted that said though to try and retain the key ball in the middle of the table he's failing in that regard yes i agree with that sentiment does need to keep an eye on the rock and mcgee is going to have to accept this and try to play a safety of sorts maybe with a bit of high left he can bank the two one two three around by the five and follow up behind the nine seven eight nicely done unless he leaves an unfortunate window with a view as they say i don't think he has enough to make it in the side although he's getting right over it so maybe he does i'll return safe and oh and that's lovely there wow my freezes him on the ball proclivity all sorts of kicks beautiful touch there from trump this is the kind of hook extension that most certainly was designed for an extension very hard to find a path he's looking at one two three perhaps underneath the side on the same side as the eight nine seven and maybe just slide down towards the two and get lucky or one two three above the side perhaps at the fourth top rail and underneath the two and if he's able to reach this and and stretch one rail or one two three even the other way is an option here we go yeah that was just a bad shot no contact ball in hand and start the clock please see how judd navigates this seven nine being tied up two four five aren't hard to manage but we need an angle on the five to careen into the seven nine hopefully break them up and create a shot on the seven maybe he'll come underneath and play it in the side see what he likes just leave himself a nice angle to drag the cue ball across the table into the seven nine really wants to hit them rather softly it looks like he's created a shot for himself on the seven in the top corner believe it passes by the nine with no issue has to kind of punch the cue ball off the rail a little bit dicey looks like he may have just gotten away with this referee keeping a keen eye behind him on the legality of the hit yeah marcel eckhart does not miss a trick certainly awkward oh oh i said before that he wasn't going to play the exhibition shots towards the end of racks because it's important stuff but that one was yeah this guy's eight nil ahead judd trump he's not going to be the first player to win though in this session because a double world masters champion by the name of david alcadey from spain has defeated fred uppen from the united states of america by nine racks to nil and i believe we're going to speak to david right now while we wait for alcadey i must say even i have been surprised by judd trump to come into uncharted waters like this and breaking on the hill level by the way also eight nil ahead finland's maker imminent against nathan childress kept more of an eye on the cue ball as you were kind of asking him to do phil but alas he finally came up dry to do both is uh is the pursuit and let's see if mcgee can get on the board one time mcgee slightly perilous but okay the way he's eyeing it it looks like the five is not an issue it's in a touch thick though phil and perhaps this is all she wrote although not easy yeah he's missed a couple of three balls hasn't he jim mcgee that he should have potted so judd will have to come in one two by the seven and back down and nicely done there center of the pocket thrown accustomed to seeing let's see if he comes one two underneath the nine or just comes one rail let's just go with one rail perfect position on the five to come one two across for the six we could have a nine zero situation on our hands ladies and gentlemen perhaps a touch thinner than he would have liked easy to just assume they're in when this guy slices these down the rail but this is tricky yeah another tester of sorts just high ball probably the cue ball come right back to about where he's cueing back out for the eight it's just as though when he's potting balls and he's got a clear sight of them nothing is difficult inclined to agree such a terrific shot maker great to see mr trump get his start stateside phil real pleasure absolutely nick what a start and indeed joe mcgee concedes before the nine ball goes down judd trump was to me a revelation and i think i can speak on behalf of all snooker folk we are very proud of you judd what a performance that was it wasn't easily coming out here to play an alien game that you've hardly played before in the biggest tournament on the planet and to win nine nil regardless of the standard of the opposition i thought was a wonderful achievement just to repeat judd trump beats nay he whitewashes joe mcgee by nine racks to nil well what a pleasure that was to see judd trump and he joins me now judd that was an absolute pleasure watching you how did it feel out there it was nice to get my sort of campaign off off and running and um first couple of frames i was quite racks i should say actually first couple of racks i was quite nervous um but as soon as i knew that he wasn't sort of a top top player it sort of helped me get my confidence i mean with the greatest respect you will have potential tougher challenges but thinking about you you couldn't have got much better surely i couldn't have gone any better no uh nine there obviously i'm happy with that my break off was pretty good as well i was putting a lot of balls in sort of getting some chances which i was worried about before the start and um it just helped me settle down really and i potted a few good shots as well which i'm happy about did it go better than you thought it would yeah i think so i think so any anytime you win nine nil or the opponent doesn't get again yeah in any any sport you're going to be happy with so just take it one step at a time not get too carried away after that because it was only the first round yeah in fairness you have said that for the last couple of weeks having you just to enjoy it but you know you've got some of the best pool players watching that here they were sort of you know looking at you they're always he's pretty good and you're doing some fantastic trick shots as well so just enjoying it weren't you yeah i mean now i'd go away and um carl my newfound pool coach i'll just have a quick chat with him just to see try and get some feedback because i've got no idea where i was going wrong what i was doing wrong um if i was too attacking and stuff like that it is some of the action here judd i mean i mean the crowd there was there was a good crowd in here as well to watch you i mean that was the end the end of the match but i mean i felt sorry for john but there's some of your action here we were you more confident as the game went on yeah because um i was worried about missing sort of easy balls at the start of the game but i didn't really miss it i've always felt in control i potted some really good shots um and yeah by the end at sort like five or six now i felt confident and like in the next game i'll have a little bit more confidence now maybe a few more jump shots yeah i didn't really get a chance there to get my jump shot out but um hopefully next game i'll get a chance for people to see that and now you're on a table in a proper competitive match what were the most biggest differences for you compared to a snooker table to be honest um this table plays so good compared to what i've been practicing on so it was so nice it kind of in snooker when you play on an outside table into the main table for me this is like my bread and butter i love being out there with like a crowd around and there's a lot of people here a lot of attention um but it's not often you get the sort of top players out in snooker to watch you so it's a different feeling and you've openly said as well you know the world championship in snooker you want bigger crowds you want you know you like this kind of razzmatazz don't you yeah it's a complete different atmosphere having sort of everyone around at tables um just everyone's a bit weary and don't know what to expect from me so it's just nice to get that one out the way is it good for you on a personal level though you know it's nice to have a bit of a change all right you've changed sports yeah it's it's good because it gets me out of my comfort zone and it's a different type of pressure when i come here because in snooker i'm so confident in myself and i get to the pool world and i know everyone else is expecting me to sort of clear up every single time so it's a different type of pressure but it's one where i can hopefully take back to snooker and learn from look jud you will have bigger challenges but even so it really was a pleasure to watch you out there tonight many congratulations thank you very much so jud trump there what's a start for him in this u.s open let's have a look at the order of play for you then so confirmation of earlier results joshua filler winning nine racks to two in his first match albin ocean winning nine nil against scott hass and as you see there jud trump winning nine nil against joe mcgee and what a final match to come shane van boning against francesco candela and we've got