Luat Beat Wu, Busta Beat Yang

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parvus1202

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I am a follower of Aisan and European tour. So I tried to find out what is happening in San Miguel tour, and this is what I come across.


"RODOLFO “Boy Samson” Luat eliminated reigning World 9-Ball champion and hometown bet Wu Chia-ching, 9-3, and joined eminent Filipino compatriot Francisco “Django” Bustamante in the semifinals of the San Miguel Asian 9-Ball Tour 2006 third leg at the Kaohsiung Business Exhibition Center in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Saturday.

Bustamante advanced to the final four against another Taiwanese, finishing strong to score a 9-5 win over 2005 overall champion “The Son of Pool” Yang Shing-chun.

Luat, from Angeles City, seeks a title slot against Indian Muhammad Zulfikri, who upset Korean Jeong Young-Hwa, 9-6.

Bustamante, who will try to make it an all-Filipino finals, goes for the championship berth against hometown bet Hsia Hui-kai, who ousted Masaaki Tanaka of Japan, 9-2.

Luat, the newest member of the Philippine San Miguel Asian 9-ball squad, conquered jet lag and fatigue to beat Taiwanese Wang Hung-hsiang, 9-3, and qualify from Group 6."

Although Luat beat Wu, I don't think he is better than Wu.
 
Rodolfo Luat(Philippines) took top honors a couple of hours ago by beating Hsia Hui Kai(Taiwan) 11 to 7.

The semis was a controversial one as Francisco Bustamante(Philippines) was having dry breaks and scratching whitey. He lost 11 - 4 to Hsia. Busta was complaining about the rack and at one point, a timeout was called, so as they can sortout the racking position. It was still not sorted out properly and Busta was really pissed. When the game was over, Busta left in a hurry and when the ref offered a handshake, Busta was clearly annoyed, but still shook the ref's hand. At that point, Busta pointed at the ref and gave him a mouthfull. All the ref could do was scratch his head as Busta left without hearing him explain. Asian 9-Ball is a Jinx League for Busta. He has never won a single title on this league.

The Luat won against Muhammad Zulfikri(Indonesia) by a norrow margin of 11 - 8. Zulfikri was a clear underdog by a wide margin and people were expecting a white-wash. It was also controversial as the 9 off the break keeps going to the bottom right packet willingly and there where about 3 Golden Breaks in a row (1 for Luat and 2 for Zulfikri). The first 6 racks was finished in less than 15mins and that includes the commercial breaks. A timeout was called again to reassess the situation and everything was eventually fixed. All along, Busta was right, the center marking for the apex was wrong by about half an inch. :(
 
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Wow, so the 9 just kept dropping for some players, and the cue ball for others.

I was told that it was considered very rude to question the ref's rack in Asia. They sometimes take that as an insult, is that true?

Someone once told me Taiwanese and Japanese players do not usually check the ref's rack because it is considered disrespectful to the racker.

I remember watching a tournament when some fans got upset when a player (non breaking player) checked the rack and complained to the ref repeatedly, she stopped, then her opponent broke, and the 9 flew into the corner directly.

Richard<<< check the rack all the time...
 
I tought Taiwan has a very high standard quality pool, why do thay have off spot? It's just unbelievable that they could make that worse mistake. I am not insinuating anything, but it is just stupid for whoever that person misplaced the spot position. So Luat won? I really thought WU could win it this time that Reyes was out early.
 
parvus1202 said:
I tought Taiwan has a very high standard quality pool, why do thay have off spot? It's just unbelievable that they could make that worse mistake. I am not insinuating anything, but it is just stupid for whoever that person misplaced the spot position. So Luat won? I really thought WU could win it this time that Reyes was out early.
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Not to insinuate anything, but what will you get when you have a Taiwanese Ref and the other Player is Taiwanese? Replace that with any nationality in the Planet Earth and you'll get the same answer.

If you watch the game between Luat and Zulfikri, you'll see what I am saying. The cameras zoomed on the headspot and you'll see 2 lines after the officials finally fixed the situation.

Luat was US$ 10K richer. That's over Half a Million pesos. Luat disposed of Wu 9 to 3 in the Quarter Finals.
 
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nipponbilliards said:
Wow, so the 9 just kept dropping for some players, and the cue ball for others.

I was told that it was considered very rude to question the ref's rack in Asia. They sometimes take that as an insult, is that true?

Someone once told me Taiwanese and Japanese players do not usually check the ref's rack because it is considered disrespectful to the racker.

I remember watching a tournament when some fans got upset when a player (non breaking player) checked the rack and complained to the ref repeatedly, she stopped, then her opponent broke, and the 9 flew into the corner directly.

Richard<<< check the rack all the time...
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It remains to be seen. If you'll get hold/watch the first 6 racks between Luat and Zulfikri, then you'll confirm what I mentioned.

I don't think it's just a Taiwanese thing. As I mentioned from my reply to Pervus, you can replace the Taiwanese word with any other nationality in this planet and it will be the same thing.

The ref should be from a neutral country.
 
nipponbilliards said:
Someone once told me Taiwanese and Japanese players do not usually check the ref's rack because it is considered disrespectful to the racker.
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Hey Richard,

I'm not sure about what they do in Japan, but in Taiwan the player has every right to check the rack and the vast majority of them do, before every break. In fact, Taiwanese players repeatedly broke the rules of the WPC by checking the rack, which they were not allowed to do (i'm guessing the rule was put in place to ensure a smoother tv coverage).

-Roger
 
buddha162 said:
Hey Richard,

I'm not sure about what they do in Japan, but in Taiwan the player has every right to check the rack and the vast majority of them do, before every break. In fact, Taiwanese players repeatedly broke the rules of the WPC by checking the rack, which they were not allowed to do (i'm guessing the rule was put in place to ensure a smoother tv coverage).

-Roger
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Checking a rack shouldn't be a mortal sin. :D It aids you in deciding which side to break and how strong. :)

You can't trust no one when some big chunk of $$$ is involve. :rolleyes:
 
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