Ultimate Pool USA Boston Shootout

easy-e said:
... The ref told me that he did not see Justin touch the ball with his ferrule so he did not call a foul. ...
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Hmm. Under the International 8-Ball Rules, which are used in Ultimate Pool, it's the tip that matters, not the ferrule. "Positioning the cue ball with the cue is allowed as long as the tip of the cue is not used."

Under WPA world-standardized rules even the tip can be used in positioning the cue ball, "but not with a forward stroke motion."
 
AtLarge said:
Hmm. Under the International 8-Ball Rules, which are used in Ultimate Pool, it's the tip that matters, not the ferrule. "Positioning the cue ball with the cue is allowed as long as the tip of the cue is not used."

Under WPA world-standardized rules even the tip can be used in positioning the cue ball, "but not with a forward stroke motion."
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True. Maybe he meant that if it never touched the ferrule, then there's no way it could have touched the tip. Either way, several players used their cues to adjust the position of the cue ball during the event. I believe the foul was called against Del Sim, unless I'm mistaken. Is anyone (including Del) denying that he did? Or is the controversy that others did the same and it wasn't called? I can tell you that these refs are absolutely the most attentive and consistent ref team I've ever been around.
 
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