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I think discussing the shot with your opponent may be helpful if there is confusion about the rules, but I think that usually the player...

The official APA rules don't actually require shooting at an angle, but they do suggest that or jacking up to 30 degrees elevation to...

I thought Karl was suggesting (in response to my post in the MR discussion forum) that we would hear from Marcel, but I wasn’t watching...

Do you boys think we will ever hear from the player, the ref at the table, or Marcel, from their own mouths?

Here is what the WNT Rules say: “10. Protest Ruling If the tournament is being played with an Area Referee, players do have the right...

I think the call still could (and arguably should) have been overruled by a good knowledgeable head referee, and part of the issue here...

The official APA rules don't actually require shooting at an angle, but they do suggest that or jacking up to 30 degrees elevation to...

The shame is that the only guy who clearly knew the rule was the shooter and he got screwed. He did his homework, no one else did.

That's not how most players learn the game. They pick up the rules by watching. Sometimes the best shooter at the pool room will pour...

Well he was a top player, and retired. He got second in the US Open one year. Probably was a hair better than Sky Woodward is today.

That's a good point... supporting that the ref must thinking he must shoot away.

Just so weird...he played TOP level pro pool for 10 years. You'd think when he started he would have asked about the differences.

The local ref was called over by Pongers and made a determination that the balls were frozen and then made the foul call. In fact, the...

Karl's problem is that he grew up with snooker and UK pool, which use different definitions. Karl never bothered to learn the rules of...

I don't think there is anything wrong with the pool or snooker version for dealing with frozen balls. Its just what each evolved to to...