shoutout33
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Sorry for back-to-back posts like this fellas, but I felt that this needed to be completely seperate from my first post. Last Friday, I stopped by my local pool hall to catch some one-pocket action and learn a few things. Well, the two guys that were playing had a good game going on and all of the balls were bunched up between (looking from the foot of the table mind you...) the top left corner and side pocket.
Well, as one of the guys made his last ball to win the game (and the money...), he "swept" the cue ball (at least that's the terminology they used anyway...) on the table. The other gentleman who lost got upset saying that it wasn't right, "...that's not gentleman's pool..." and that he should've let the cueball stop. He felt that the cue ball might have scratched. OK first of all, the cue ball was nowhere near a pocket to scratch. Second, the ball was going sooo slow that it barely even reached the side rail in the first place.
Now, most of the guys in there that saw the match said that he shouldn't have touched the cue ball until it finished rolling...period. And in my opinion, especially if you are playing for money, I don't care if the balls are moving at .05 miles per hour, I was taught that you DON'T touch the cue ball when it's moving. Now, on the flip-side, the gentleman got and ear full from one his buddies saying that he was up and he shouldn't have lost. He told him that he let's his emotions get too him and that's what cost him the game.
Now I will admit, I was a little worried because I've never been a action match that had any type of scuffle at all, so this was new to me. Everyone that I've ever seen play for money, big or small, has always parted at least on "we're cool, good game" terms. Now, I should've known that nothing would've happended because these guys know and see each other almost everyday. But you never know. Well, my question to end this small summary is this:
Since dude touched the cue ball before it finished moving, isn't that a foul and the game would not have been over? The guy who lost should've had ball in hand behind the line and the other guy would've owned a ball...right?
Well, as one of the guys made his last ball to win the game (and the money...), he "swept" the cue ball (at least that's the terminology they used anyway...) on the table. The other gentleman who lost got upset saying that it wasn't right, "...that's not gentleman's pool..." and that he should've let the cueball stop. He felt that the cue ball might have scratched. OK first of all, the cue ball was nowhere near a pocket to scratch. Second, the ball was going sooo slow that it barely even reached the side rail in the first place.
Now, most of the guys in there that saw the match said that he shouldn't have touched the cue ball until it finished rolling...period. And in my opinion, especially if you are playing for money, I don't care if the balls are moving at .05 miles per hour, I was taught that you DON'T touch the cue ball when it's moving. Now, on the flip-side, the gentleman got and ear full from one his buddies saying that he was up and he shouldn't have lost. He told him that he let's his emotions get too him and that's what cost him the game.
Now I will admit, I was a little worried because I've never been a action match that had any type of scuffle at all, so this was new to me. Everyone that I've ever seen play for money, big or small, has always parted at least on "we're cool, good game" terms. Now, I should've known that nothing would've happended because these guys know and see each other almost everyday. But you never know. Well, my question to end this small summary is this:
Since dude touched the cue ball before it finished moving, isn't that a foul and the game would not have been over? The guy who lost should've had ball in hand behind the line and the other guy would've owned a ball...right?