Earl v MD, was it a bad hit?
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Clearly a good hit, not to mention Mike played a safe on the 4 in an earlier rack and missed the whole ball!!!
Black Cat :grin:
Black Cat :grin:
Who won the match? I thought MD was on the hill when he missed that 6 ball
I saw the 4 rock ever so slightly. Not to disagree, but I'm sure we're talking about the same shot.
Man I couldn't tell that it did, I would have been arguing that before the kick Earl made. The kick was close but it looked good to me.....
Earl got a bad break in that whole match, never made a ball on the break. Tough to win like that.
Black Cat
It looked good to me but I was watching it on my phone so I could be wrong 
Man I couldn't tell that it did, I would have been arguing that before the kick Earl made. The kick was close but it looked good to me.....
Earl got a bad break in that whole match, never made a ball on the break. Tough to win like that.
Black Cat
Mike played pretty fair, but he did get more rolls than Earl. I only saw the last set and the last game or two of the second set though.
The way the 1 ball rolled indicates it was a bad hit but... I agree that Mike should've called a ref to watch it. Im glad MD decide to let it go and not take BIH. Well... He had to put Earl on tilt by arguing about it before finally shooting. I find it amazing the amount of sharking that goes on at this level. Its embarrassing. If MD really said it was ok about the hit then he should say nothing after and play the ball. Too bad it is the way it is.
InsidePool just posted the video and the shot is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4hMLjVVjOU&t=4h40m20s
If you pause it, you can use the j and l keys to go back or advance frame by frame. Pretty clear that the 9 moved first.
If you pause it, you can use the j and l keys to go back or advance frame by frame. Pretty clear that the 9 moved first.
I think it was most likely a bad hit because for the one ball to cut at that sharp of a degree of angle it would have to be so thin that the one wouldn't travel that far.
a huge however goes to the fact that in shots like this it is possible to hit one in the thinnest possible hit to where it would barely rock then hit the nine and then hit the one again to send it at that sharp angle with speed.
I didn't vote...because I think it was very close.
I always give the benefit of the doubt in these close situations.
And many other players do also.
The players that always want the best of it are hard to play with....
...in an action situation, I would never make a fair game with them.
I always give the benefit of the doubt in these close situations.
And many other players do also.
The players that always want the best of it are hard to play with....
...in an action situation, I would never make a fair game with them.
I still think it is a bad hit. Look at the direction the CB goes...it is clearly the tangent line off the 1 and not the 9. If it had hit the 1 first, then it would have gone off the 9 slightly to the right, even with a lot of follow...but it hit the 9 first and takes the tangent line off the 1.
Unfortunately, it's real hard to see the angles with an end-view camera. It looks to me like it probably hit the nine first to get that much speed on the one ball but it's impossible to say. Maybe the cue ball barely brushed the 1, hit the nine and then went into the 1 again. That could look the same as hitting the nine first.