I still would like to hear what really happened by a neutral party. It makes no sense that the shooter continued to run 1 through 10 on an illegal break, especially with this much money at stake.
I don't see a statement that the shooter ran any balls. As I read it, he made a ball that was "not a money ball" and that was it. See the part in red.
I think you're misreading the part in blue. All the OP is saying is that each ball was worth $180, not how many were made. Trusting Mikey's account, which makes sense to me, just one ball was made and it was not a 1-10 ball, and so Raph didn't shoot further. The OP is just lamenting that Raph didn't get to keep shooting because, if he had (but he didn't), he might have made some balls, which were worth $180 each. At least, that's how I read it.
I took my wife to New York for our anniversary. We visited Steinway while we were there. I bought 20 tickets for the 10 ball break and run - it was up to over $1,800.00 that night. I couldn't be the shooter because I didn't play in that night's tournament. So I picked Raphael Debreao to shoot for me and told him that he was getting a healthy chunk of whatever we made. I was asked by several bystanders where I was from. I let them know I was from Maine. At that point Finnegan asked Raphael to go into the back room to talk. When they returned, Raphael broke and made a ball. Everyone was cheering. Finnegan walks up to me and said, "Sorry pal - he didn't make a money ball". I told him that this is the first time I ever heard anything about a money ball on a ten ball break and run. Especially when I was told that each ball made was worth over $180.00. He told me that it was the rules of the house - better luck next time. So that's how he treats visitors. That's the star of the new reality show for you - a lying, thieving P.R.I.C.K.
As for the cheering, I ran a break pot, too. In my experience, people cheer for the pot carrying over to the next week, not for the pot getting smaller.
