Biggest mistake at the Open, Daryl Peach foul?

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KoolKat9Lives

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I was table side for the Alex vs Peach match. Daryl had come back to tie it at the hill. What a match! Prior to him breaking he walks over to Alex and gives him a knuckle-tap and a "Good Luck". Nice sportsmanship!

He proceeds to break. The cue ball comes running back to him, heading towards the corner. @ 3 diamonds away from the corner, Daryl wrist flipped his cue and tapped the cue ball, changing its course. Alex jumps up and says something. Daryl's reaction was a bit peculiar to me, almost like he didn't know he'd done anything. He goes over to the seated spectating Phil Burford and apparently asked him what happened. I couldn't hear exactly what Phil said but it was obvious it was along the lines of "mate, you hit the cue ball".

Daryl then walks out of the room and gets Ken Schuman, who comes in. Alex starts to explain what he saw, but Daryl was off to the side with his head down. Ken says "Daryl, I need you in this discussion to verify what happened." Alex recounts the incident and Ken quickly proclaims "This is a foul, ball in hand".

Alex promptly runs out the table and wins the match.

I felt soooo bad for Daryl. I'm sure he didn't do it on purpose but instead it was an impulsive, almost instinctive reaction. I can't even imagine how long this will torment Daryl. What a horrible way to lose a match!

And FWIW, I don't think the cue ball was going to scratch. It had so much side spin and I thought it was going to hit the long rail just above the corner pocket. But having hit it a full 3 diamonds away, we will never know.
 
Fact is, he touchd the cue ball, that's BIH. It oesn't matter if it would have scratched.
I've seen this type of thing many time. A player leaves his cue stick too low and hits a ball or touches the cue ball again. It sucks, but it is a foul.
 
This type of foul (on the break) should really never happen on the professional level. 1.) They have to know that they must get their stick out of the way, right? 2.) I understand the instinctive habit of watching the balls to see where they land (or go in a pocket), but watching them is never going to change what they ultimately do.

What I am trying to say that once the cueball is struck and the cue stick has finished its follow through, the priorty of the breaker should be to get the stick out of the way so that this foul never occurs. You can watch the balls roll around (or find a pocket) with the cue stick in the air.

If the break was being studied for future reference, it still has to be a priorty to get the stick out of the way.

Shame that happened to Daryl. He was playing good in the tournament up until that crucial point.

Maniac
 
Not exactly the same but I was watching a match at the Cue Club in Las Vegas that was a Shark vs. Fish sort of event. The Shark had a long, elevated follow through that finished in the air most of the way towards the rack, and he hit the ball pretty hard. On one break he actually contacted the air-borne cue ball that was bouncing back from the rack. The Fish said nothing so the Shark went on with the run.
 
This may be a dumb question, so please forgive me. With no ref present, the call go to the shooter, or is that only like with split balls etc.?
 
PolarBear said:
This may be a dumb question, so please forgive me. With no ref present, the call go to the shooter, or is that only like with split balls etc.?
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Fouling the CB is a world of difference between a split hit. Essentially, a split hit is "too close to call", so the call goes to the shooter.

By fouling the CB, it is obviously a foul. The CB is "live" at all times.


Eric
 
Bummer. Sounds like it was a great match. I am sure Daryl will have a few sleepless nights due to this.
 
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