ABR 2Nite: Its The Great U.S. Open Charlie Brown

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Rules? We don't need no stinking rules ...do we?

Tournament director Jay Helfert talks with Mike Howerton about the format and proposed rule changes at this year's U.S. Open.

Mark Cantrill chats with Johnny Archer about his opinions regarding the rules and how they should be.

After listening to both , come back and tell us if either of them changed your mind.

Listen tonight at 9pm CST
www.americanbilliardradio.com
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ABR said:
Rules? We don't need no stinking rules ...do we?

Tournament director Jay Helfert talks with Mike Howerton about the format and proposed rule changes at this year's U.S. Open.

Mark Cantrill chats with Johnny Archer about his opinions regarding the rules and how they should be.

After listening to both , come back and tell us if either of them changed your mind.

Listen tonight at 9pm CST
www.americanbilliardradio.com
The official online radio show of the 2014 partypoker.com Mosconi Cup tournament.
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As one who favors nine on the spot, I found myself to be on exactly the same page as Johnny.

The key point Johnny made was that, in this era of rack mechanics, and he reckoned there are about 20 of them in the US Open field (a number that I think may be too low), the corner ball must not be wired. The break, Johnny stated, needs to be tougher to keep the playing field level and the game fair. He made the observation that the last couple of opens were tainted because players didn't have to play as well to win matches.

Johnny, and Mark as well, made the observation that regulation of soft breaking could be an issue, and I agree. Still, Jay Helfert noted that three balls must be pocketed or pass the side pocket for a break to be legal, but predicted that there won't be many illegal breaks. I'm inclined to agree with Jay here, but we'll have to see.

A good point made by Mike Howerton when he interviewed Jay Helfert was that the games may take a little longer due to fewer break and run racks. Jay disagreed, but I'm inclined to agree with Mike. Jay did note, however, that the shot clock will be used if matches fall behind schedule. I sure hope so.

Great job tonight on ABR. It should be a great open.
 
sjm said:
As one who favors nine on the spot, I found myself to be on exactly the same page as Johnny.

The key point Johnny made was that, in this era of rack mechanics, and he reckoned there are about 20 of them in the US Open field (a number that I think may be too low), the corner ball must not be wired. The break, Johnny stated, needs to be tougher to keep the playing field level and the game fair. He made the observation that the last couple of opens were tainted because players didn't have to play as well to win matches.

Johnny, and Mark as well, made the observation that regulation of soft breaking could be an issue, and I agree. Still, Jay Helfert noted that three balls must be pocketed or pass the side pocket for a break to be legal, but predicted that there won't be many illegal breaks. I'm inclined to agree with Jay here, but we'll have to see.

A good point made by Mike Howerton when he interviewed Jay Helfert was that the games may take a little longer due to fewer break and run racks. Jay disagreed, but I'm inclined to agree with Mike. Jay did note, however, that the shot clock will be used if matches fall behind schedule. I sure hope so.

Great job tonight on ABR. It should be a great open.
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Thanks SJM, I think Johnny and I were a little off with the info on balls past the head string. See, Mike Howerton's interview I obviously had not heard prior to recording my interview with Johnny, so the only info I had was from Jay's original post saying "No rule for balls pocketed or past the head string" It appears that Jay made a decision on that so as to eliminate the soft break. So sorry about that. Thanks again for listening.
 
The Break Shot in 9-Ball can be tamed or allowed to stay as it is (semi-wired). There are players that practice the Break Shot a great deal & there are players that take what they get. Right there, we have a disparity, but I don't care. Everyone has the same amount of time to get ready to play, what they want to practice or not practice is their concern, it's not the responsibility of the rules committee.

Having an Official rack the balls, provides for the random racking... from that point, the player is on his own & allowed to employ all of his skill & knowledge.

If the rules committee choose to tame the rack, so break shot aficionados are taken out of the equation, that is too bad for the game we all know. Next thing you know, the rules committee will tell everyone that you can't draw the ball. Then they'll say that accidental hooks are illegal & the impeding ball has to be moved out of the way. That is baloney.

If the rules committee doesn't want to play 9-Ball, just go to 10-Ball or place the cue ball in the middle of the table & pour the balls out of bucket like one poster said. 9-Ball is 9-Ball. Just like there are few rules in love & war... it's the same for 9-Ball. If you can't take the heat, get out of the kitchen
 
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