Cowboy Dennis
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Last evening I mischaracterized this situation to TD. I watched it again and now believe nobody except Gentile was at fault. Since I am an equal opportunity type imbecile I'll show the dumb thing Gentile did
. In his partial defense, Jay Helfert did say that he had been up all night gambling and they actually had to send someone to his room to get him for this early morning match with SVB.
Breaking for game 3, Gentile's first dumb move. Do you see anything wrong? Yep, there's a coin on the table (from the last game) near the pocket he's breaking to:
He breaks, sells out the corner ball and SVB runs 3 balls and misses. Then Gentile runs 3 balls and misses. At this point Gentile spots up the ball he mistakenly thinks he owes:
It's not onscreen (you can hear it) but SVB presumably questions Gentile about why he's spotting the ball. Gentile seems to assure SVB that he owed one.
The resulting layout after Gentile spotted the 4 ball in error:
Nine shots into the game and CG's second turn at the table, and neither player can remember if anyone fouled and owes a ball or not. All Gentile had done to this point was break. His next inning he ran 3 balls and missed. The coin should have been seen and removed before the balls were broken. Oh well.
Dennis
. In his partial defense, Jay Helfert did say that he had been up all night gambling and they actually had to send someone to his room to get him for this early morning match with SVB.Breaking for game 3, Gentile's first dumb move. Do you see anything wrong? Yep, there's a coin on the table (from the last game) near the pocket he's breaking to:
He breaks, sells out the corner ball and SVB runs 3 balls and misses. Then Gentile runs 3 balls and misses. At this point Gentile spots up the ball he mistakenly thinks he owes:
It's not onscreen (you can hear it) but SVB presumably questions Gentile about why he's spotting the ball. Gentile seems to assure SVB that he owed one.
The resulting layout after Gentile spotted the 4 ball in error:
Nine shots into the game and CG's second turn at the table, and neither player can remember if anyone fouled and owes a ball or not. All Gentile had done to this point was break. His next inning he ran 3 balls and missed. The coin should have been seen and removed before the balls were broken. Oh well.
Dennis