GideonF said:

Based on what I could hear of his discussion with the ref and some information from a Viet friend who understands the commentary, I think the sequence went that Shaw believed Hoang was breaking soft on Day 1. On Day 2 Shaw won a bunch of games in a row and got a warning for breaking too slow. I think Shaw said to the ref (during the blow up) that Hoang had received no warning.

I presume that Shaw was unhappy with what he perceived as more soft breaking on day 3 with no action by the referee, so he unscrewed his breaker and started breaking soft with his playing cue (presumably on the theory “if soft breaks are okay I’m going to do it too”) and then got warned and blew up because he feels Hoang’s soft breaks are allowed and his aren’t.

After the lengthy break, they agreed to use the 3 point break rule. Apparently the promoter had suggested that before the event and Jayson had rejected it, but eventually accepted it as a solution at this stage.

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GideonF said:

Based on what I could hear of his discussion with the ref and some information from a Viet friend who understands the commentary, I think the sequence went that Shaw believed Hoang was breaking soft on Day 1. On Day 2 Shaw won a bunch of games in a row and got a warning for breaking too slow. I think Shaw said to the ref (during the blow up) that Hoang had received no warning.

I presume that Shaw was unhappy with what he perceived as more soft breaking on day 3 with no action by the referee, so he unscrewed his breaker and started breaking soft with his playing cue (presumably on the theory “if soft breaks are okay I’m going to do it too”) and then got warned and blew up because he feels Hoang’s soft breaks are allowed and his aren’t.

After the lengthy break, they agreed to use the 3 point break rule. Apparently the promoter had suggested that before the event and Jayson had rejected it, but eventually accepted it as a solution at this stage.

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AtLarge said:

Just one. See posts 23 and 35 above.

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skor said:

I would order a bunjee joint protectors first to see if the it is the right screw.
A better option if this cue has any value is to send it to a cue maker that will custom make a shaft for you and maybe replace the joint to something more standard.
if it's a cheap cue, then don't bother, just buy a different cue in standard length, either 58, 59 or 60 inches

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iusedtoberich said:

Someone made a video on FB of all of the first day's breaks, showing only the breaks. Doung was clearly WAY slower than Shaw in all of the breaks. It wasn't even close. I can't tell if the ref called any of them illegal. The video creater had his own commentary of what was ok, and what was bad, and it was covering up if the ref took any action.

With that background info, I could def see Shaw going nuts if HE was called for a slow break on Day 2, especially if Doung wasn't called for any on Day 1.

ps, what was the final count?

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