Yapp’s Controversial Tournament-Winning Shot in the 8-Ball World Championship … Was it a Foul?

i think the ref should call based on what he sees of the hit and not the way the cue ball rolled. if they want that and this shot was a clear foul, then you need to have a camera. no camera then ref makes his call based on what he sees of the hit.

other wise ref calls what he sees, is fair for both sides. it can work for you or against you. that has been how pool was reffed forever.
other wise the hit becomes more subjective from the ref. even though some shots like this are clear. but only from the after roll of the cueball.
If the Ref sees the CB going off the tangent line of the 8 ball last, then they ARE calling what they see. Referees should have the highest level of knowledge of anyone when it comes to knowing how to tell a good hit from a bad one. In your theory, all Yapp had to do was hit the balls 100 miles an hour, then nobody could "see" which ball was hit first (or last)

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Thank you for the kind words JPB2 my ambitious goal now is to get my C18 and all 3 shafts back to there glorious past before things went south for it .
I have also spoke with the fine folks at McDermott Cues about having the work done .
Yes I totally agree with you the C18 is my hands down favorite cue from that production run !

Do it. I don’t think you’ll regret it. I have only sent one cue in to them on the lifetime warranty deal and the service was great. The refinish in this thread looks great. Everything about the service from Mc Dermott I have heard of has been positive. I could see having occasion to go to Wisconsin again in the next 6-12 months. Maybe I’ll try to visit them. Might have to fly to Chicago again but if I do another Midwest road trip I’ll have all that eastern Montana to pass through again. 😉

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