If you were wondering about the 20 minute delay in the 9 ball pool broadcast

Here is the down and dirty of what happpened.

Yang Ching Shun managed to down a ball in his break. Unfortunately, he took a lot of time on the follow-up, running down his 40 second shot clock, the 10 second bell was rung but was muffled (and the referee took note but didn't try to remind Yang of his time). So, by the time he settled down on his shot, the referee pointed out that he had run out of time. Now, Yang being a sporting fellow complained about the muffled bell, but took it all in strides and went back to his seat only for the Taiwan team manager to raise hell on his behalf. Referee consulted the jury panel, overrode the objection, Marlon Manolo went ahead and ran out the rack to go 2-0 up on Yang.

That wasn't the end of the whole matter, the manager then took his complaint up to the jury. Match was delayed for another 10 minutes.

A quick discussion with Jeff and I suggested the fairest way was probably to keep the alternate break but make Yang Chin Shun break the next game instead of Marlon. (what do I know, I have a loudmouth opinion).

The verdict returned from the jury meant still kept Marlon breaking the next rack, but totally did away with the 10 second bell, instead the referee now has to keep track of the player cueing (and any fouls committed) while looking at the shot clock running down.

That didn't stop Yang from stringing the together the next 4 racks and maintaing his 2 game advantage all to the end to win 9-5 (when Marlon dropped rack 13 after missing a 6)

Lesson of the day: do not piss off the Taiwan players.

Anyway, you can probably check out the website. There will be 4 Taiwanese players in each of the quarterfinals with 1 China & 1 Korea in one 1/2 of the draw and 2 Filipinos in the other 1/2. Wonder what would happen if you have an all Taiwanese affair on Day 3.