Was this shot intentional by SVB?

[DogsPlayingPool]

I cut the video off right before Jay started questioning the validity of it. He says he believes Shane was playing safe and got lucky. Only Shane knows. Hopefully we will get his insight here. Where you at Shane?!

That indicates to me they were not playing call shot. If Jay did say that, it suggests it was a good shot whether he called it or not. So it does sound like they weren't playing call shot 10 Ball in that match.

So if they weren't playing call shot, then he probably didn't call it since he wouldn't have had to. Of course, it still leaves the question about whether he was trying to make the 10 on a two way shot or was playing safe and got lucky.

 

[mista335]

But as has been discussed, there seems to be a question about whether they were playing call shot 10Ball.

I thought the same way you did but something else has occurred to me. Neither of the commentators questioned if it was a legal pot. Certainly Jay Helfert knows the rules of 10 Ball, so if they were playing call shot at the time, it would have come up in the booth. Instead the comment was, "Wow, looks like he was playing that shot." Obviously, if it they WERE playing call shot, then he must have called it.

Since when is 10-ball NOT call shot?

 

[DogsPlayingPool]

Since when is 10-ball NOT call shot?

Well, that's what we've been discussing. It seems that some 10 Ball was played TE 9 Ball style essentially just to avoid the racking issues with 9 Ball. I'm not sure of the history and I wasn't aware of slop 10 Ball either at this level. But one thing is for sure, something is weird in that match. Shane won that game and the announcers didn't speculate that he MUST have called the 10 Ball, just whether or not they thought he was trying for it. If, as Chris mentioned, Jay said that he thought Shane was trying to play safe and got lucky, that doesn't suggest the game was being played call shot.

I put out the bat signal for Jay. Hopefully he will stop in and shed some light on it.

 

[Deadon]

This was at DCC a couple years back. No one that I can remember was calling 10 ball. Of course, I might of missed it, I was 10' from the table during the match. Shane made great shots and with a little luck and kept up with FB, until the rolls changed. Shane is playing better now, this would be a great TAR match.

 

[maidenfreak]

He was playing safe behind the 10. That's what I would have done.