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My least favorite rule, although I understand and accept their reasoning, is that if you only make the 8-ball on the break (in the open, not the shootout) it spots and you lose your turn at the table.

So that falls under the "touching ball" rule. If the cue ball is frozen to a ball while the table is open, you have to nominate your suit or it's loss of turn, not BIH. If the table is open, and your shot is obvious, you do not have to nominate. I nominated my suit two or three times because...

Yes. Mostly the differences should be around the clock since there is not a ref assigned to each table. Also, hard to enforce all ball fouls without a ref.

No one has to bend over. The ref immediately hands you the extra cue ball he carries with him since you're on the clock as soon as the balls stop rolling.

I'll add that I don't think anyone on the outer tables was penalized a game for doing that, only when the ref was presiding over the game. I caught at least one cueball before it went in the hole out of habit. My opponent just took BIH and kept going. Some things are just different on the...

I believe she also lost a couple matches during the group stages before the final brackets.

That would certainly be interesting!

They play this game a lot at my parents RV resort. I asked one of the regulars why they play that way and he told me because it's more challenging. Not one player there can run three balls...

The no intentional foul rule is specifically used to prevent games from taking too long. It's all about speeding up play.

The 6-3 scoreline was correct. The match clock expired so the match ended with neither player reaching 7.

I like most of your post, but that part was just crazy. Even she'd agree.

Joven did the exact same thing in AZ and it cost him the match in the AZ shootout.

Bustamante is playing Dennis Hatch this morning! Doubt they'll have started the stream table yet, but I'll be ringside!

Almost everything. Everyone is dressed nicely, referees everywhere, digital live scoring and brackets, great production team, solid payouts, big names... need me to keep going?

That 15 seconds starts with 10:00 remaining in the match. Makes it pretty exciting from there!

From their mouths, the main reason was to speed the game up. That certainly adds to the entertainment value as well.

The main reason for the rules is to speed up the game. You can schedule the matches so easily when there is a match clock. They also find it boring to watch when players slow the game down with intentional fouls. I love the rules. I suggest you play an event and see how fun it is for yourself!

Ultimate Poll USA is doing exactly what they know works. It's not designed to be the world class field with the toughest conditions. It's designed to make pool fun and enjoyable to watch. I also love the bigger tables, but this format is so much fun and you still have to play well to win. I...

I'm pretty sure they did!

What exactly are you talking about? Other than the "6-ball shootout", there is nothing really different about it.