Is a shot clock on the Us Open tv table fair?

I consider my self quite a slow player. That being said, 40 second shot clock is pointless. Any shot that requires extra thinking takes me no longer than 30 seconds.

IMO it was right that they implemented it midway through the open. They made the best out of a bad situation. I think its wrong that it was just used on the TV table though. Does each table have a referee at the open? If they do they should all have the ref keep time.

Again, IMO every major tournament should have a ref on each table, a shot clock of no longer than 30 seconds for every match and an extra time out for a fraction of the number of racks per match, not every game. For example, race to 5, each player gets gets 1min45 seconds on top of their 30 second shot clock to use throughout the entirety of the match.
 
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JAM said:
Some of the matches sure do go slow. Charlie Williams v. Eric Durbin seem to be at a standstill. :o

And M. Wong must be the slowest player in the event.
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Michael Wong is widely known as the slowest player, by far, and maybe ever, from the tri state area.
 
AtLarge said:
No -- not a ref at each table.
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That makes it impossible to use a shot clock on each table then, which kinda sucks. Oh well, if having to pay for less refs means more money goes to the players, then rock on with no shot clock.
 
i agree

sjm said:
Big mistake not to have used it from the start, but the matches that will decide the US Open are yet to be played, and I applaud them for correcting the mistake.

Absence of the shot clock is extremely unfair to paying viewers, who ought to be able to rely on the stated match schedule.

Personally, I'd prefer a thirty second clock. Forty seconds is an eternity that will still permit a slow pace. Any player that can't fade a forty second shot clock with one extension per rack needs to take a NoDoz.
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I agree But I would give the Players the option to play on the Table or not. Because People watching don't want to see another 3:40 Match even if they are friends of mine. :-)
 
NYC cue dude said:
Yesterday, the US open instituted a 40 second shot clock on the TV table. This was done 2 days into an already started event. And, it's only being used on the TV table. No shot clock on the other 13 remaining tables. Is this fair? Personally, I don't think so. It should be an all or nothing proposition. I just can't agree with the way this has been handled. During the Wang Can/Yukio match, the Japanese former world 9 ball champion rushed through 2 games towards the end of the match where the clock had a part in those unforced errors. Pretty sad to see 2 competitors subject to rules the rest of the field is exempt from.
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sure it is
 
NYC cue dude said:
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Michael Wong is widely known as the slowest player, by far, and maybe ever, from the tri state area.
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:D


Yeah...there is a trick when you play him. Don't ever watch him because you'll never figure out what he's thinking. He'll look at each shot for five minutes even on an easy run out.

Seems he always gets around 49th place and gets his $500 back. He'll put his opponent to sleep.
 
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From what I've seen they are using it as more of a guideline. I watched a match yesterday where a player who had already used their extension didnt get penalized for going over the fourth again.

They aren't trying to foul anyone, they just want to stay on schedule on the tv table. Which is great since the first two days had every match runnin a half an hour or more late.




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Right now we are 20 minutes past the start time for Cory duel vs Karl Boyes, bet if all the tables had a shot clock this wouldn't happen!


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