Kid, I have known you to be a reasonable poster for a long time, and I respect your opinion. It's possible that the op at one time, saw 10 balls racked for the break and run. Possible, but that would only happen for a B+ player or lower ranked player. The ticket winner chose an open player to shoot, who had to deal with having to make a money ball to continue, plus deal with 5 extra blocking balls. Had he asked the rules, he would have known this. He admits he's new, so how would he know? Makes sense to me that different rules should apply to different speed players. The grand prize pot isn't supposed to be there as easy pickens. I can't say the guy was celebrating his anniversary a little too hard, but I will tell you this: Manny makes some pretty strong drinks.
I didn't ask Finn this, but I would be willing to bet that if he called Ralph to the side it was in order to verify the rules with him. If anything, Finn made the mistake of figuring that Ralph would explain the rules to the guy if he had to. Instead of that happening, the guy stormed off and whined about it a year after the fact.