Billy Thorpe gone wild!
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I heard at the time of the incident, Billy was down >1k. In the end, Billy either got even or up a little.
Unless Robb was playing some other angle. I would have called it once Billy rushed me. I mean what's worse... slug racking a guy or actual attacking him...?
Is there a link to this previous incident? I vaguely remember what happened.
You must break a safety? Couldn't you just ram into the cherries and if you make one keep shooting?
Yep you could but there's no dead ball on the break, so it would suicidal
it's still the best solution at the moment. not perfect, but a lot better than the triangle.
i saw worse outcomes than this at my local pool hall, where 9-ball is the weekly tournament, when we used the triangle. about 90% of brawls and disputes went away when the racking template came. (not excusing this kind of behavior, just stating facts)
I differ with you. Break them wide open and see where the cherries land, you will have them all over the table. Snooker players like things below the side pockets.
You would also have balls frozen to rails, locked up on colored balls, and all kinds of other fun stuff.
Indeed, Lou, but for decades now, countless American pros (and I've know at least 100 of them as friends over the years) take the view "I will behave tastefully and present myself gracefully when someone pays me enough to do so." It is a delusional view of how the world works. In the real world, it is tasteful behavior and graceful self-presentation that bring those hoping for advancement a step closer to success.
Hence, American pool players who think they can behave this way with impunity are correct on the most basic level. Looking more closely, however, they compromise their prospects of ever getting paid real money, make their sport less attractive to youth and more objectionable to their parents, and ensure the continuation of pool's poor image, which scares away potential out-of-industry sponsors.
It's a deep rooted problem in American pro pool's culture, and until American pros hold each other accountable when they compromise their sport's good name, it's hard to be bullish on Matchroom's odyssey to bring greater professionalism to American pool. Still, if anyone can pull it off, it's Matchroom.
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Didn't Rob get into some trouble at big tyme yrs back? I may simply be wrong but I thought I remembered something involving him
i think both steve davis and quinten hann experimented with that but soon gave it up
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Hah thanks
Watched 2 homeless guys fight over a shopping cart once. Hard to tell the difference, but about as marketable. Bitch, Fag, Pansy... hopefully equals no more Mosconi Cup for that idiot.
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One can only take cheating so far before they lose it. Yes Rob was cheating by manipulating the rack. But let’s blame Billy for having to deal with a low life like Rob who’s cheating. Morons.
He claimed he was giving him shit racks drunk and down $1,400 so take that for what its worth.
If I'm playing $200 a game I'm not taking a shit rack from anybody.
If Billy was accepting shit racks its on him period.
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Here are the two posts Billy made about this incident. The second one contains an apology, but my money is on the first one containing his real thoughts on the matter.
In his mind this is no big deal and we're all just keyboard warriors making a big deal about things that happen when "two guys gamble." So this doesn't strike me as real remorse for what happened, just someone going through the motions to try and limit the damage.
In his mind this is no big deal and we're all just keyboard warriors making a big deal about things that happen when "two guys gamble." So this doesn't strike me as real remorse for what happened, just someone going through the motions to try and limit the damage.