ACS tournament craziness in Iowa

benjaminwah

benjaminwah

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My wife just got back from this tournament. She had left when this happened.
The top two teams were battling for 1st/2nd place. The match is held on two tables. Apparently they were running behind so the tournament director wanted them to also play on a third table. Both teams refused and got in her face about it, so she DQ’ed both teams. Neither got paid and all were kicked out of ACS. Police had to come and escort them out.

If anyone was there and can flesh this out with more details or perspective please do. Crazy!
 

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benjaminwah said:
My wife just got back from this tournament. She had left when this happened.
The top two teams were battling for 1st/2nd place. The match is held on two tables. Apparently they were running behind so the tournament director wanted them to also play on a third table. Both teams refused and got in her face about it, so she DQ’ed both teams. Neither got paid and all were kicked out of ACS. Police had to come and escort them out.

If anyone was there and can flesh this out with more details or perspective please do. Crazy!
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That's the funniest shit I've heard in a while
 
Except for certain situations, I would agree. Start on three tables and get through a few rounds. Coming to the end, if it’s tight, go back to original order. The last two guys up are going to want the previous racks completed. If you have to blank your guy to win, you need to know.

What is up with the money? The last time my guys took first we got 2700
 
I’m sure there is a ton more to the story. My only comment is if it is a legit disqualification of both teams, the money should probably be dispersed to the other teams. Should not go to the LO’s pockets. IMO.

I’ve never heard of anything like this happening before though. So I don’t know how it should go down.

The closest I recall that any of us would know about, was when Ralph Souquet forfeited his match (before it started) on a CSI pro tournament about 10 years ago to catch a plane. CSI advanced the player he beat the prior round I believe, to take the vacated spot. I think they also withheld Ralph’s prize money (which would then have gone to the substitute player I suppose).
 
So I got more details. The score was 6-8, depending on the outcome there would potentially have been a tiebreaker match. Rather than wait a few minutes for the conclusion of the match that was happening the ref wanted them to start the last match (which potentially wouldn’t even need to be played). Both teams refused and the argument began.
It ended up that no tie breaker would have been needed. I personally think that was a stupid call from the ref to push for them to start the potential tie breaker before they even knew if it was necessary.
One person in the thread says the 3rd and 4th place teams got the $, many say no one did
 
benjaminwah said:
So I got more details. The score was 6-8, depending on the outcome there would potentially have been a tiebreaker match. Rather than wait a few minutes for the conclusion of the match that was happening the ref wanted them to start the last match (which potentially wouldn’t even need to be played). Both teams refused and the argument began.
It ended up that no tie breaker would have been needed. I personally think that was a stupid call from the ref to push for them to start the potential tie breaker before they even knew if it was necessary.
One person in the thread says the 3rd and 4th place teams got the $, many say no one did
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Lol the tie breaker would have been 1 game of pool. what are you saving 10 mins? Lol
 
trob said:
Lol the tie breaker would have been 1 game of pool. what are you saving 10 mins? Lol
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Sometimes it's not about how much time you will save. I don't know what time it was, but if they were risking being kicked out at closing time there would be a whole lot of other issues to deal with. If there was no danger of that, then it's the finals so don't push it, who cares if it ends ten minutes later. There have been many times over the years when, to keep a tournament on schedule, I asked two teams to start the next match on a different table. I always get "But if so-and-so wins this game, it's over." So-and-so hardly ever wins this game (Murphy's Law), and often they're still playing that match half an hour later. My only point is the TD has his/her reasons for making decisions, and without knowing those reasons it's hard to comment.
 
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