Hunter v Frost, your stance?
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And you made it 23 pages......
Well, the the fact is that he didn't call a foul. So you can see it however you want but the player in the chair in a professional match has every right to call out anything that is happening that is not correct. He told Scott that he was touching the ball. Scott had two choices there, argue or say thanks and make sure he is not touching the ball. Scott could have also called the ref to watch the shot as he claimed that he did on himself several times throughout the event.
Scott chose to argue and the ref came over and as a result lost the shot. Believe whatever you want though. I know what the transcript shows and what my friend Hunter told me. I also have personal experience with Scott where he didn't hold up his end of a bet that he proposed and lost. So knowing both players I would bet my life on Hunter's integrity and honesty.
I think it was matchrooms's roving camera crew that caught it.
I think matchroom likes the drama with zero regard as to any public consequences. Had they chosen not to immediately use this video as a marketing tool then it is unlikely that Hunter would have endured the "pool lynch mob" pile on. Matchroom could have waited and gotten statements from both players and then released it with their conclusion. Instead they rushed the release and watched the flames explode and didn't even bother to say anything until asked by a podcaster.
So we can agree to disagree about matchroom's part in this. Maybe they will figure out how to have a referee at every table in a professional tournament as it should be. I can't think of any other professional sport where they don't have referees present for every match. Surely an 870 million dollar company can budget for more referees.
Flakeandrun
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Shots fired.
Partly agree, partly disagree.
Correct on the drama. The fans love the drama too. All the trolls come out to play.
You'd bet your life on Hunter's integrity? There are going to be some pool detectives who will try to take the other side of that.
870 million dollar company!
Raping pool
50k first prize us open!
256 x 1k = 256k
Total prize fund 300k
In my opinion, with vendors and spectator MONEY! Added money was ZERO........
MATCHROOM = Barry Behrman corporate edition!
His reputation was less than stellar. Oddly enough, integrity and cost cutting taints the product. Hunter chasing dollars and the win at the cost of his integrity is learned behavior! Matchroom taught him well.....
KD
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Of course it’s his right to call the foul but don’t say that wasn’t his intention when that is exactly what he did. Scott reacted because Hunter called him on it. So your saying Hunter was just letting him know he fouled but had no intention of calling a foul? That is laughable!
That's what happened... unless when you were standing there watching it unfold you saw something different than everyone else.
It's these obviously biased, ill informed comments that Hunter has been the victim of.
It's not MR's fault for people like Nick'saint' spouting off about what they know nothing of.
The only public consequences MR should be concerned about is what draws in more viewers. If that's a problem for anyone, then they should simply boycott the organization.
I will agree that if the situation didn't have a lime light on it, then Hunter most likely wouldn't have been subjected to the barrage he endured. I don't think the timing would have changed anything though. You'd still have the horribly biased and uninformed spouting bile simply because they have an axe to grind. IMO, Hunter is the only person in this situation that should be holding his head high. Based on what I personally witnessed. He displayed nothing but professionalism throughout.
While it would be nice to have ~24 refs at the event monitoring all the tables. Reality is, there isn't 24 professional quality refs to do so. Even the top 2 in the game get torn apart by the minority on this forum, so they could have 2 refs at every table and it won't change anything when AZB review time rolls around. It would have taken moments to have the ref responsible for the 4 tables come monitor the situation. Neither player bothered. That's not the fault of MR.
No release from the <ahem> horses mouths?
Same reason we would get to way more 20+ pages of dialogue if it had happened between two regulars at the deep end of big tournaments.
Easy... because these two players have something in common. Polarized fans...
Some love Scott, some love Hunter. Some hate Scott, some hate Hunter.... endless babble ensues...
Some think something they were told by someone who knows someone who watched another guy watch the footage that doesn't include everything is fact.
dquarasr
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I am privy to this incident only via this thread.
What “barrage” did he endure, and from whom? If it is only here on AZB, what consequence to him, Scott, or even MR is there?
I gathered it was on Facebo and wherever fine people talk shit.
Fans were gonna shun Hunter....whatever that would do.
Nice guy....glad he can get out there...but he's a professional bracket filler at this point.
Social media warriors that have an axe to grind against Hunter is all. Pick your medium. Nothing will come of it. Doesn't mean he should have to deal with it though.
