SVB cheating? Shaw/SVB Derby 9 Ball

The wing ball goes in on all kinds of racks, but it goes in most consistently on a perfect rack. This has been shown over and over again.

Therefore the most optimal rack for the breaker is a perfect rack.

Shane therefore put up a sub-optimal rack, yet made the wing ball despite it.

Shaw's complaint, essentially 'hey you're breaking a rack that gives you a disadvantage' is therefore laughable and he should feel bad about himself. qed

Again, this isn't just about making the wing ball, its about making the wing ball AND controlling the one ball to the top corner pocket (like his 10 ball break). Watch Orcollo's matches from '17 Derby on YouTube. He did it to perfection (and took 1st).
 
Because it's amateur hour. I have no idea why anyone would want to organise an event like this but have matches played without a referee. It should be a given.

I don't know the exact count but there are at least 30 tables (IT might be close to 50) in 5 rooms on two floors. Getting qualified refs would be a challenge.
 
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It's already been proven that Shane could f-ck an underage girl and people would still defend him. He's the epitome of a golden boy.

Yep, basically. It was never proven, but it seriously bothered me that people (who probably have daughters themselves) would jump to his defense, and would probably offer up their own daughters to him. I mean, the guy plays pool real well, but that shouldn't excuse him from any type of accountability, especially when it's something like a guy in his mid-30's having a physical relationship with an underage teenager.

My point is, some people act like the guy can't do any wrong, no matter what he does.

Make up your mind....”been proven...never proven”
If I made a serious accusation like this about anybody, I would bet all my money on it...
...gotta feeling you wouldn’t bet...seeing as how you contradict yourself.
Do you even know what the age of consent is?

I’m calling bullshit
 
There were no soft breaks by Shane in either of the videos.
What the two videos together does prove is that Shane sinks wing balls from the box with racks given by Shaw, and racks done by himself.

You are still left to your opinion on what Shane's intention was, if the gaps were on purpose. My opinion is they weren't on purpose because he racks them, if there are gaps he breaks and makes the wing ball, if their aren't, he breaks and makes the wing ball.

Shane is that good.

We had two videos proving that Shane makes wing balls with Shaw approved racks, and now, with Shaw disapproved racks.

The only common trait between each video is Shane breaks from the box and makes the wing ball.

Shaw was mistaken in this situation. But he was an extreme professional when he lost to Shane 13 to 4 last year. Of course that is my opinion.

I've tried to read through as much of this thread as I could. There is no way you can tell me that a pro mistakenly racked the balls for himself with those gaps. I'd have a better time believing someone opened a door and a stiff breeze blew the rack apart while no one was looking.

C'mon, Man!
 
The wing ball goes in on all kinds of racks, but it goes in most consistently on a perfect rack. This has been shown over and over again.

Therefore the most optimal rack for the breaker is a perfect rack.

Shane therefore put up a sub-optimal rack, yet made the wing ball despite it.

Shaw's complaint, essentially 'hey you're breaking a rack that gives you a disadvantage' is therefore laughable and he should feel bad about himself. qed

A "perfect" rack is hard to achieve with a triangle on played in equipment. So your argument is that despite his own s****y racking he is still good enough to win? There is no other reason for the pictured rack to be the way it is without Shane's knowledge. Drunks in the bar room give tighter racks than that.
 
For sure a pure rack that had all the balls touching is preferable, but the rack in question has a ball in the corner if you break from the proper side. It does take some knowledge of the gaps in that rack to know how to make the wing ball, but it does go. To deny that is simply denying knowledge that all pros know.

It is simply not wanting to concede that there is something that they do not know.
 
At least one thing has changed each of the last 5 years. Based on the "Conditions" I posted each year in my stats threads, here are the break requirements in recent years for the streamed matches at the US Open 9-Ball Championship.

2011:
- Delta-13 rack
- breaker racks for himself with the 1-ball on the foot spot and the 2-ball at the back of the rack
- break from the box (2 diamonds wide)
- the break is illegal (and non-breaker has an option to shoot) unless at least 3 balls pass the side pockets or are pocketed
- a 9-ball made on the break spots up if it went in either of the two foot-rail pockets

2012 -- same as 2011

2013 changes (otherwise same as 2012):
- Diamond wooden rack instead of Delta-13
- break box a bit narrower than 2-diamonds wide

2014 change (otherwise same as 2013)
- 9-ball racked on the foot spot instead of the 1-ball

2015 changes (otherwise same as 2014):
- Accu-Rack racking template instead of Diamond wooden rack
- break box approx. 9" to each side of the long string (not sure if this was slightly narrower than in 2013 and 2014)
[I'm not sure whether a 9-ball pocketed on the break in a foot-rail pocket counted (that did not occur in the streamed matches)]

2016 changes (otherwise same as 2015):
- a 9-ball on the break counted regardless of pocket
- in the illegal break rule, the 3 balls had to pass the head string rather than mid-table

2017 changes (otherwise same as 2016):
- referee racked rather than breaker
- in the illegal break rule, the 3 balls had to just touch the plane of the head string rather than cross the head string.

So that took us to this for 2017:
- Accu-Rack racking template;
- winner breaks from the box -- 9" to each side of the long string;
- referee racks with the 9-ball on the foot spot and the 2-ball at the back of the rack;
- the break is illegal (and non-breaker has an option to shoot) unless at least 3 balls touch the plane of the head string or are pocketed;
- all slop counts.

Great post thanks for sharing
mrs.g
 
The wing ball goes in on all kinds of racks, but it goes in most consistently on a perfect rack. This has been shown over and over again.



Therefore the most optimal rack for the breaker is a perfect rack.



Shane therefore put up a sub-optimal rack, yet made the wing ball despite it.



Shaw's complaint, essentially 'hey you're breaking a rack that gives you a disadvantage' is therefore laughable and he should feel bad about himself. qed



You don't understand the situation. The term "sub-optimal" when applied to a rack is only accurate if you stipulate where the breaker breaks from, how hard he hits it, and how square. While this rack may have a disadvantage when breaking from the side rail softly, it has a huge advantage in that it allows breaking from closer to center, which improves cueball control and makes the one track towards the corner pocket where you break from. Those advantages disappear if you try to break the same way with a frozen rack. So regardless of the validity of your conclusion, our premises are incorrect.

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What?

Shane does not have to cheat any one at pool to win.

As far as him and his gal go, if one of you have proof he did some thing illegal then man up and go to the cops.

My mother married when she was 17 and two years later she had her first child and her and my Dad had 52 years together before she passed.

Physical relationship, how would any one know that unless they were in the room?
 
Shane does not have to cheat any one at pool to win.

That may be true. Also, the Patriots don't have to cheat to win a football game. Chad Knaus and JJ don't have to cheat to win NASCAR races. Sosa and Bonds likely didn't need the 'roids to hit a home run. etc. etc.
 
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I’ve spent a lot of time around Shane. I’d be thrilled if my daughter marries a guy like him, he’s great compared to most douchebags out there. We all have our ideas of what’s acceptable physically. I happen to be in an open relationship with my wife, so I’m not so sure I’m one to judge others sexual relationships.

Let's Party!!!
 
They all do it. When you pull the rack off and then finesse the 1 ball you are rigging the rack. You can not refreeze the one by gently rolling it back into place.

These at just two examples:

Filler was not subtle but was all business. Watch him take a sideways peek as he grabs the cue ball to ensure his gap is there.

https://youtu.be/lHTqw9xK5xY?t=1m19s

Shaw was much more subtle, just a little thumb flick, then a final read.

https://youtu.be/lHTqw9xK5xY?t=3m38s

I could find hundreds more examples. If you don't believe this, next time your at the pool hall rack the one with a slight gap then try to successfully refreeze it using only your finger. You cannot. The only way to refreeze the balls is against the triangle. The only reason to touch a frozen one ball with your fingers is to manipulate the gaps.

Shaw is only upset because Shane was so audacious and blatant about it. That gap Shane left was comically overt.
 
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I was at Derby last year and saw SVB breaking hard(straight to 1 ball. no cut.) from box. Nobody makes corner ball that way if rack is tight. I said there is something weird on that racking. Everybody told me "Shane does not cheat. others do, but not SVB"
Whatever. I have been practicing breaking quite a lot and I am pretty good at it. I know what can happen and what cannot.
 
They all do it. That’s the only you can win a 9 ball tournament is to make the corner ball and get straight in in one ball. Shane isn’t doing anything that 20 other players are doing. 9 ball is way too much luck and it’s all just racking, you don’t need a good break you just need to know where to leave gaps & where to make them tight. 9 ball shouldn’t be played at high level it should be 10 ball, call shot, on really tight pockets. You can take the 2,000th best player in the world & he will rob the #1 player in the world if breaks better playing 9 ball it’s stupid game really.

I just got your post, Justin. I still don't understand how everyone doesn't already know this. They all act surprised and start to throw out "evidence" that is just as tainted as this example, in some misguided effort to cling to their "heroes". Guess what, they don't have to be perfect to be inspirational.
 
I just got your post, Justin. I still don't understand how everyone doesn't already know this. They all act surprised and start to throw out "evidence" that is just as tainted as this example, in some misguided effort to cling to their "heroes". Guess what, they don't have to be perfect to be inspirational.

Lance won the Tour 6 times, he did.
 

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