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Agreed. And that is why it's played that way (actually "all ball fouls" is a misnomer because it's just the rules as they are) pretty much everywhere. Mistakes do happen, on the part of the referee or a mistaken player, but they happen rarely. Players "looking for fouls" and calling everything...

No I didn't divert away from your point at all. I addressed it, yet you call me an idiot.

"Everytime" won't last very long because you won't be playing for very long in an environment where all ball fouls is played and players are encouraged to be honest. Occasionally players will get way with this but you will have to be the world's best cheat if you continue to call non-fouls...

Nonsense. Not applying the rules because there is no referee is daft. Human nature is human nature either way.

No it's not so wrong. It's so right. The non-shooting player should always act as referee if nobody else has been appointed to act as referee. The shooting player should also call their own fouls. The non-shooting "referee" should call a foul only if they are sure it's a foul. If they are not...

IMO: Always play "all ball fouls" at every level of the game as it creates an environment where very few players don't call their own fouls and almost all players become aware that they should do their utmost to avoid fouling. This is not rocket science.

Just take it to its logical conclusion and play 1 ball. First to sink the 1 ball wins. Actually no thanks - I'd rather watch a game of pool.

I don't play one pocket so I might be wrong here - but if I only need one ball and my opponent needs two, wouldn't I want to leave myself two options (given that we are probably 50/50 to make each ball if we don't make mistakes).

Why?

They certainly are, first and foremost, a TV production company or sponsor or promoter (depending on your exact definition of those two words). Barry Hearn said himself the he is an accountant first and foremost. He loves sport though and all that surrounds it, which kinda helps a bit...

Yes and if, although unlikely, this happens in a major tournament then I guess the referee will discuss it with the tournament director/head referee, a precedent will be set and the rule will be re-written.

Yes I agree this appears to be the correct interpretation according to the rules as they are written. What about another hypothetical situation where 6 solids go down on the break, the breaker calls the remaining solid, sinks it and scratches. Does the opponent have to take stripes? I think...

According to the letter of the WPA rules you would have to shoot stripes. The problem for your opponent would be that if you pot at least one stripe and then miss is that any shot your opponent then makes would be a foul shot. According to the spirit of the rules you could just shoot the 8. If...

Anyone who claims truthfully to never have watched bad pool has never actually watched the game, and certainly never played it.

It' equivalent to 2 points for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss. Everyone just gets 1 additional point for playing. Presumably, if your opponent defaults on a match by not showing up then you will get 3 points (2+1) and they will get 0 (0+0).

I've always understood that if you can't tell then you can't tell, and that a good tournament director tells refs that if a ball is hit "at speed" that they should err on the side of the shooter. In televised tournaments a good ref should not be shy of stopping the clock and using the evidence...

I think he is just being as honest as the day is long. He can pot like hell and knows the patterns but lacks top end knowledge of the game on an American 9ft. And I think he is very aware of this. I'm surprised he hasn't played the game more, although to be fair he did support Darren Appleton's...

Looks like Hill is enjoying the experience. Also, I think he is using this as a useful warm up for big table pool ahead of his upcoming Chinese 8 Ball tournament.

Matchroom rankings have become the defacto 9 ball rankings anyway. I'm surprised (but not really, actually not at all) that the WPA didn't embrace this. The WPA's "all around" rankings would actually have more weight if they recognized MR's rankings for 9 ball. Not rocket science and never has been.

If the WPA, as the sole recognized authority on the game, had done its job then the World Championship would have stayed on television with decent payouts and some kind of global recognition. Matchroom picked up the pieces and even then tried to involve the WPA but..... The WPA did have some...