One in the front, two and three at the corners is pretty good protection from pattern racking and alternate break is even better protection. Texas Express 10-ball is the very best form of rotation pool and gave us a most deserving champion.
This event is near perfect, but given that there is a ref in every Bigfoot match, I don’t understand why rack your own is permitted.
I agree with you 100% on the racking. If a ref can be there for everything else, he could rack as well especially when I saw them question a few racks in terms of where balls were being placed.