I just got off the phone with Earl and he told me to post what actually happened.
He was playing Alex and Alex was tilting the rack. Earl noticed this and made a comment to Alex. Alex was not happy that Earl had called him on this but corrected it. Next rack Alex tiled it again and so Earl said something and the conversation got a little heated "The Archer comes by the table and starts sharking me too, most of the players are cheaters and will do things just to get me pissed off and try to manipulate the rack".
The TD came over and told me that I was just going to sit down and be quiet and play pool and I asked "Why can't I defend myself? the guy is tiling the rack, surely I am aloud to say something to defend myself from guys doing that to me?" The TD gave me a warning and some people in the crowd cheered at that. They allowed him to do this to me and made it so I could not question Alex's rack. So the crowd supported hi decision to handicap me. Although I don't know if they knew what the reason was for me getting into it.
I lost that match and had another at 8.00, I arrived a little late but waited until 8.25 for my opponent. At that time I asked the TD "Where is my opponent?" the TD said "I have to call him" . "YOU HAVE TO CALL HIM??" Its 8.25? thats when the TD gave him the boot.
So thats Earl's side of it. Just passing on the message,.
He was playing Alex and Alex was tilting the rack. Earl noticed this and made a comment to Alex. Alex was not happy that Earl had called him on this but corrected it. Next rack Alex tiled it again and so Earl said something and the conversation got a little heated "The Archer comes by the table and starts sharking me too, most of the players are cheaters and will do things just to get me pissed off and try to manipulate the rack".
The TD came over and told me that I was just going to sit down and be quiet and play pool and I asked "Why can't I defend myself? the guy is tiling the rack, surely I am aloud to say something to defend myself from guys doing that to me?" The TD gave me a warning and some people in the crowd cheered at that. They allowed him to do this to me and made it so I could not question Alex's rack. So the crowd supported hi decision to handicap me. Although I don't know if they knew what the reason was for me getting into it.
I lost that match and had another at 8.00, I arrived a little late but waited until 8.25 for my opponent. At that time I asked the TD "Where is my opponent?" the TD said "I have to call him" . "YOU HAVE TO CALL HIM??" Its 8.25? thats when the TD gave him the boot.
So thats Earl's side of it. Just passing on the message,.