BCn Presents: The U.S. Open 9-Ball Championship = Rodney Morris vs. Warren Kiamco

BCn and the Hall of Fame Pool Tour presents:
Rodney Morris vs. Warren Kiamco at the 33rd U.S. Open 9-Ball Championship.
Another great match in the Chalk-Off Arena. Get a beverage, sit back and enjoy some great pool.
Jim Wych and Danny Diliberto call all the action.
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[@anmcguire]

why was this modded down? the rules were explained in the video, and actionloule is right.

[@pepamethodman]

when you drop down the 9ball,the rack is over?

[@mdnghtshadow]

is this 33rd us open in 2009

[@L19u1d0s]

Yes I heard the commentators even I think it is not a good rule. What if that slight move pockets the nine ball? He won the match? Or they respot the nine and Warren continues the shot?

[@Jahwarrior91]

Rodney Morris FTW!!!

[@DistantQuasar]

Highlight of the match? Jenny Divito!!!

[@cozza1991]

@Ferragusplaton because no referee there to call it, and im guessing Morris didnt notice.

[@drewfla]

haha me too! good luck in the tournament man :)

[@Bart_Depestele]

Good luck amigo

[@nukm4]

If moving the nine isn't a foul, then why can't players simply pick up the balls and put them in better positions? It doesn't matter if it's an accident; touching a ball is a foul, and if the US Open disagrees, then the US Open is wrong.

[@davids11131113]

Yep it was always a foul in APA and BCA play I had to deal with it so wouldn't the pros?

[@MShibo]

he did show it with his hand look again

[@prosatan]

OMG!! Where are the rules ????!?!?

[@pepamethodman]

I really can't believe this.

[@cozza1991]

@pepamethodman yeh as long as it is potted legally.

[@whipy9203]

if that's not a foul, what's stopping players from picking up the 9, putting it over a pocket, and then playing an easy combination in every rack?

[@MacManLtd]

Awesome, I always play better after watching these, and I have a tournament tomorrow :)

[@derwahreTJ]

I would consider it a foul myself but thats not the point. If its a rule its a rule and Kiamco did advise Morris of touching the 9 ball u can see it on its gestures. but u cant expect him step back from the table if he does not have to. hard but fair in this case i think.

[@SelectAdidas23]

36:59

[@glowking32]

if it is judged not to be a foul, then i, in rodneys position, would have elected to put the nine 'back' where it was, but really placed it back to a position on the table where it is really horrible. then if kiamco argued the point, i'd have said, okay get a ref then, and then he sees that it must have been a foul, and can call it.

[@tommyparr6405]

Jony Brealey yes that’s the way I believe you can be if it comes right down to it. Because if you bump a ball it is the OTHER players option to move it back. Or most of the time people just let it go unless they just carelessly reposition it so there shoot can be made easier like if they are jacked up on a ball.

[@andyhounslow]

fantastic match. even though i knew who would win, from following the US open last year, I was still cheering for Rodney Kiamco's touch on the 9 ruined it for me. "if this was an official match" - as another comment here says, it is an official match, it's centre table in the US open!! shame he got away with it, but at least he didn't go on to win the tournament. thanks for the upload

[@Ghust2]

@whipy : because the other player can put it back, I guess.

[@maobe]

wow, that really should have been a foul, especially in that final rack

[@LouFoppe]

44:02 shouldn't that be a foul ?? "if this was an official match this was a foul" ... it's the US Open !!! ... I play pool in Belgium, and that's always a foul here in tournaments, also if there's no referee..

[@drewfla]

In a tournament as big as the US Open, I think it's ridiculous that there isn't an "all ball foul" rule. If there is no referee I suppose it makes sense, but in that case, why does the US Open not have referees? =S

[@chimdangshun]

44.03

[@dannyberkabile265]

No, what kept Warren's shot out of the pocket was the Diamond pool table. These tables should NOT be used in professional play marches. There's nothing good about them I can see for the players or for the fans.

[@lnd3005]

Apparently they were playing cue ball fouls only.

[@JvdPoolchampion]

?? 44:02 had to be a foul.. it was touche.. I can't imagine that it isn't a foul.. fucking crazy..

[@take65]

wow rodney coulda take the foul... i wonder why he didnt. this is the us open... that was a foul for sure, but he didnt take it. good sportman ship:)

[@Ferragusplaton]

Is a matter of courtesy and fair play to announce himself a foul. I usually only watch snooker, and something like that would be ridiculous. with or without referee

[@dannyberkabile265]

I finally figured out why Rodney loses too many matches, at least too many for him. He gets to a point where he seems to lose focus, maybe even on purpose through lack of patience or something else, and very surprisingly just slams his shot giving no time to stroke or aim and completely misses giving the table over to his opponent, in this case to Warren Kiamco. That’s not how champions win.

[@johnnylawrence123456]

i'm with the rest of the comments. 100% foul. 9ball champ match and it's not a foul? rodney didn't seem to even mind.

[@daddydon48]

Somebody please take the mike away from Scott Smith and give it to a a live body, he sounds like "death warmed over"

[@cozza1991]

ive watched him play a couple games and i havent seen him do anything like that before the match is over. I just see it as really arrogant

[@L19u1d0s]

"... touching the 9 is only a foul on the tv table..." Where did you hear that? I never read this in the rules. Touching any ball is one of the most ridiculous fouls. If i do that I always announce foul against myself. That's the fair play. I would not happy with the win even in a race to 10 match when I lead 9:1 and the chance is almost 0 to the opponent to win. In the other hand on their level one foul is enough to lose a match.

[@Stealpawn]

I know its allowed...but in my book a foul is a foul. Terrible finish for the match

[@thefonz147]

in most tournaments, if the match has a referee, it's all fouls. if there isn't a referee, it's cueball fouls only.

[@Jahwarrior91]

what kind of crap is that? Kiamco fouled the nine ball in the last rack

[@fastballonly]

Jenny is hotter than the players.

[@justarandomguy950]

kiamco american killer..

[@davids11131113]

Warren moved that 9 ball 5 inches in that last game should have been a foul I would have conceded it, Rodney's match, bitch move by Warren.

[@cozza1991]

NOT a fan of Kiamco at all!! what a cheating goon. and shouting before he even won the match.. id have paid to see him leave that nine in the jaws. lol

[@hudas75]

foul!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@pboy6969]

Yo people. That was NOT a foul, RM knows the score even if you don't. The rules are known up front by both players. It may be a surprise to you that only the cue ball is live in the US Open, but both players are well aware of the US Open rules from the start. It doesn't matter if "you" consider it a foul, that's your issue and your poor sportsmanship. If you play in the US Open, the APA, BCA, or whatever... You play by their rules, not yours. That's the grown-up thing to do.

[@L19u1d0s]

I just saw the match. I think Rodney was lot better in the positioning play but had a few unforced errs. Warren struggled with the cue ball almost the whole match sometimes only the luck was beside him (cue ball was "overdive" several times). And that "moving nine" was the the crown on his unstable play.

[@Volokentrikazn]

It's pretty sad when the majority of people that watch this don't even know the rules to nine ball... With no ref there it's cueball fouls only. It's like that in any nine ball(8 ball too) tournament you go to if there isn't a ref present the enitre match.

[@mwp103]

This is ridiculous, he knocks a ball with his hand (albeit accidentally) and then is allowed to just carry on playing?! Of course it's a foul! Their rules suck

[@RyanAR50]

Thats a dam FOUL, Rodney should've WON that match

[@Distracto76]

@whipy the other player has the option to leave it or move it back where it was originally.

[@ookamisanpl]

That's how they play US 9ball open. Check the rules at their site. "Hillbilly"? HUAHAHAHAHAH

[@MShibo]

is this us open or what? "if this was official match"????????

[@pepamethodman]

just kiddin' but thank you anyway :D

[@samphilipp4997]

Jim is always my favorite

[@Ferragusplaton]

why is not a foul at 44:02?

[@ruskyhrahsel7723]

Cue ball fouls only

[@drewfla]

37:05 WHAT A SHOT!!