wpalive.tv / China Open 2025

[iusedtoberich]

Finals live now at this link (do not need to make an account): https://wpalive.tv/wpalive-tv/m/mvid5xCPfFZMbScgkzmhJ17BWA?ctx=pscmN1VhEwC9eCA9Zz6XjYvtCk

Dang 4 - Wojciech 8. Race to 11. Pepsi on comm.

 

[couldnthinkof01]

Wow

 

[skogstokig]

a bit of controversy. wojciech seems to know WPA rules better than the ref

 

[skogstokig]

dang can't make 4 balls with ball in hand

 

[straightline]

pfft...

 

[AtLarge]

Game 14 was the first one Dang has won on his own break. 9-5 Szewczyk.

 

[skor]

Dang hasn’t showed up today
He played much stronger during the tournament

 

[skogstokig]

dang may actually have been in the right in the controversy, but the ref sure wasn't. you can't push after an illegal break. yet the ref confirmed woj's push call

 

[straightline]

Is that what it was? Can't rewind the player I got.

 

[skogstokig]

Is that what it was? Can't rewind the player I got.

i believe so. he said push out, she said push out.

 

[skogstokig]

either way. congrats woj, well played

 

[AtLarge]

dang may actually have been in the right in the controversy, but the ref sure wasn't. you can't push after an illegal break. yet the ref confirmed woj's push call

But the break was also dry. So he could argue that he was at the table because of that, not the illegal break, and, therefore, that the push was legal.

 

[skogstokig]

But the break was also dry. So he could argue that he was at the table because of that, not the illegal break, and, therefore, that the push was legal.

i don't know which rule overrules which. i think the rule is stupid, but the rule for illegal break is you don't push if you dislike the layout, you just turn the table over

 

[AtLarge]

Some aggregate stats for the single-elimination matches played on Table 1 are now available here: https://forums.azbilliards.com/threads/break-stats-2025-china-open-9-ball-september-2025.579833/

 

[skogstokig]

chihiro kawahara from japan won the ladies division, beating shasha liu 9-7

 

[pt109]

dang may actually have been in the right in the controversy, but the ref sure wasn't. you can't push after an illegal break. yet the ref confirmed woj's push call

Why not?

 

[skor]

Why not?

Because that’s the rule
You can give the table back
Only the original breaker can push if he gets the table back