Ever win or lose by a "Lucky Shot"

Tin Man said:
I played in a league tournament in vegas once that used an 8 ball patch. I ran the table, put the 8 ball patch down within the first diamond of the corner, shot it in...and lost. Apparently part of the 8 ball patch was touching part of the diamond, and it is supposed to be 'within' the first diamond. They called it on me. I was pretty disgusted.

So then in the last round I needed 6 balls to secure a win, but we had to play out the game even though I didn't need to win the game to win us the match. I broke, thundered my way through the rack, ran down to the 8 ball, then since I'd already won I stared at them and put the patch directly on the first diamond again and shot the 8 ball in. Go ahead and all it on me again you a$$holes...
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I had an azzhole do the same thing to me in a state tournament once. The ball was straight in and I called the pocket and asked him if I really needed to put a patch on the pocket and he says, "no, go ahead". So I shot it straight in and the azzhole then called the referee over and told him I didn't put the patch on the pocket and I lost that match and went into the loser's bracket.
 
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To answer the original question.....

Yes. Both win and lose.

Unless you only play call shot games exclusively, you cannot escape it. Probably even then, a fluke would still arise and still fall within the scope of the rules, tho far less often, of course.
 
Not that it happens often in 14.1

One time I was in the season final playing a match to 150 I had 140 and my opponent was at 115, he missed the breakshot object ball went around the table 4 rails and into the called pocket while CB breaking the rack. My opportunity continues to run the 35 and out. Talk about a good roll. It was like the sea parted for that ball to go in, avoiding all of the traffic on the table.

I lost the match 150-140, perfect time to do it in the season finals !

Steve
 
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BRussell said:
What league is this so I can make sure I never join it? Any league that requires calling the 8-ball on an obvious shot needs to... well change its rules is the nice way to put it.
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What is so hard about pointing to the pocket you intend to shoot the 8? I play in a BCA league and many tournaments, obvious or not I always, always point to the pocket I intend to deliver the 8. We don't need to call obvious shots, I always call banks and combos, many players don't but they should, especially combos where either 1 of the 2 balls could be pocketed, if both can go its not obvious. I have asked opponents to call future banks when banking, I had one say "well couldn't you tell I was lining up for a bank?" From where I was I could not tell what their plan was, especially because on the shot in question I would have cut the ball, not banked it. I also preach on all my team mates to call the 8 no matter how obvious. Why leave room for disagreements when it is so simple to point at a pocket?????
 
fastone371 said:
What is so hard about pointing to the pocket you intend to shoot the 8? I play in a BCA league and many tournaments, obvious or not I always, always point to the pocket I intend to deliver the 8. We don't need to call obvious shots, I always call banks and combos, many players don't but they should, especially combos where either 1 of the 2 balls could be pocketed, if both can go its not obvious. I have asked opponents to call future banks when banking, I had one say "well couldn't you tell I was lining up for a bank?" From where I was I could not tell what their plan was, especially because on the shot in question I would have cut the ball, not banked it. I also preach on all my team mates to call the 8 no matter how obvious. Why leave room for disagreements when it is so simple to point at a pocket?????
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This has amazed me for years..... It's like folks want to argue and fight and cause stress and conflict.....wait, is this AZB or called pockets I'm talking about? :p

Still, why can't folks understand that its a simple task to make it clear where it's supposed to go, for the sake of eliminating any possibility of a misunderstanding....exactly how difficult and demanding is it, anyway?

I know, I know....it's beneath "good" players, "cuz it should be obvious". Sheesh.
 
GideonF said:
Although I wouldn't do it, I can understand the previous example (someone forgets to call the obvious pocket and is called on a foul), but your example would incite violence among many players. It is dishonest, and, in my view, unsportsmanlike behaviour. Not only would I not shake the player's hand, I would never speak to him.
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Agreed. I could never accept that win. Wouldn't want it. I might say "Nice match but you should call the 8 next time. Those are the rules." That's why I have never played APA and probably never will.
 
When I have to call a non-obvious shot I always make sure I call the pocket while looking at my opponent to make sure he or she acknowledges my intentions. I do not assume anything. When I was playing APA I began marking my 8-ball pocket after seeing incidents of players losing over a bulls*** rule. In addition to the example I gave in a previous post, I have heard of arguments resulting from a player clearly marking the 8-ball pocket with their own marker and making the 8-ball in the designated pocket with the opponent's marker at another pocket. I have witnessed arguments over using coins as a pocket marker. Petty things like this are the reason pool is not taken seriously as a sport. Many players are out to get over on someone by any means necessary instead of promoting sportsmanship and using common sense. Just my 2 cents. :D
 
Well, today I lost to an inferior player because of multiple lucky shots.
I was playing in a 9-ball tournament and my opponent was lucky af. It's not a high category tournament, it's a tournament where players are expected to make some (to a lot of) mistakes. I sure made my fair amount of them (failing to get good possision on the 9, missing a sitter 9 one other time due to preasure). The thing is that whenever my opponent made a mistake he was lucky enough to leave everything safe, snookering me about 13 times after missing a shot, one of those times missing the 8 ball and snookering me behind the 9...
I know that you should keep your cool when playing in a tournament but I couldn't help it and my focus was non existed, so I lost....
 
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