Did Earl resign vs Roberts?

Bob Jewett said:
A little background. Before the tournament started, Jason Shaw gave a little demo on racking for those who happened to be around his table. "If I rack tight like this with all the balls touching, this happens..." and the wing ball hits short on the long rail or goes slowly towards the corner pocket and gets kissed out. "And if I rack like this, with this gap here -- just a tiny little space...." the wing ball goes screaming into the corner pocket.

It turns out that the tiny little space is not that hard to make.

It also turns out that it's not that hard to see from the stands when that tiny little space is there since the wing ball goes screaming into the corner pocket.

Maybe Paul Schofield and Joe Tucker are right.

I also saw Souquet point out to his opponent that the opponent had made one of the cheat racks. The opponent stopped doing it.
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Bob, Get rid of the ball-on-the-break. It is not worth saving. It causes too many problems. It is the only way out of this quagmire.

Alternate breaks and shoot what you break. I have done it in my events and watched it work well for 7 years. It is acceptable. It actually turns out to be more exciting. The "package" is still there.

It works well for Eight-Ball and Ten-Ball as well.

http://www.goldcrownbilliardseriepa.com/no-conflict-rules/
 
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Kickin' Chicken said:
back to the Earl debacle.

I really think there should be some sort of sanction for a player to unscrew mid match like it is said he did. There needs to be a real discouragement for such crappy behavior.

And, as usual, my first though goes to all the bettors who took him in this match.

I think if I ever take him or a couple others who I wont mention by name right now, I'll add the stipulation that they have to show up and play the full match or bet's off.

best,
brian kc
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Let the buyer beware! :wink:
 
Bob Jewett said:
A little background. Before the tournament started, Jason Shaw gave a little demo on racking for those who happened to be around his table. "If I rack tight like this with all the balls touching, this happens..." and the wing ball hits short on the long rail or goes slowly towards the corner pocket and gets kissed out. "And if I rack like this, with this gap here -- just a tiny little space...." the wing ball goes screaming into the corner pocket.

It turns out that the tiny little space is not that hard to make.

It also turns out that it's not that hard to see from the stands when that tiny little space is there since the wing ball goes screaming into the corner pocket.

Maybe Paul Schofield and Joe Tucker are right.

I also saw Souquet point out to his opponent that the opponent had made one of the cheat racks. The opponent stopped doing it.
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That is sorta right but don't think you fully understood Shaw's explanation.
 
us820 said:
I'm guessing he is the ref to call if you need a ruling or hit call for a certain block of designated tables.
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Correct, one Ref for six tables on each side.

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watchez said:
Let's just say that Bob has it backwards.
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Bob has it right. With the one ball racked on the spot, a tight rack sends the wing ball screaming into the corner pocket.

Jayson and Bob are talking about how to acheieve the same consistency of making the wing ball with the 9 ball racked on the spot (as it is in this tournament), which theoretically, isn't supposed to happen with a frozen rack. When you see the wing ball being rifled in routinely during this event, something is amiss.

These guys are a step ahead of Tucker's class. They know how to steadily make the wing with the 9 on the spot.
 
Danimal said:
Bob has it right. With the one ball racked on the spot, a tight rack sends the wing ball screaming into the corner pocket.
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Bob said that, according to Jayson, the wing ball goes in when there's a gap, but doesn't go in when there's a tight rack.
 
A lotta problems disappear if the players can't touch the balls.
....volunteer rackers would solve the problem.

...and the players can check the rack...but they're on the clock.

I have never seen a rack checked at a pro snooker tournament
 
PoolBum said:
Bob said that, according to Jayson, the wing ball goes in when there's a gap, but doesn't go in when there's a tight rack.
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Correct. With the 9 on the spot, the wing only goes when there are gaps. The template they are using does not automatically freeze up the balls; they need some "touching up" to get tight.

When touching up the balls, some clever players are leaving gaps to make the wing ball go. And other knowledgeable opponents are calling said clever players out on it.
 
Danimal said:
Correct. With the 9 on the spot, the wing only goes when there are gaps. The template they are using does not automatically freeze up the balls; they need some "touching up" to get tight.

When touching up the balls, some clever players are leaving gaps to make the wing ball go. And other knowledgeable opponents are calling said clever players out on it.
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Exactly. There may have been another blow-up about it today, but I didn't see it myself.

Last night there was an interesting match in which one player seemed to be "wing racking" and the other player seemed to be pattern racking. Both are technically unsportsmanlike conduct.
 
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