With bih shoot the 3 into the 9 and 2 making the 9, get the cue ball behind the 3 and 2 for a safety.
the solids have a strong advantage from here with bih.
if I am stripes, I am rolling the 8 near the corner opposite the cluster to avoid the above
A teammate in Vegas cuts an almost frozen ball into the side pocket.
He called it, slow rolled it from almost 2” out and I swear 1/8” off the rail.
It gets to the shelf and slowly goes over the edge.
Just out of high school. Private dice game at a friends house. I only had twenty dollar bills, could not get a bet in until I got the dice, I bet one of my 20’s (it took three people to fade the bet LOL). About 90 mins later, I have all the money in the house. Last bet was for $14 in quarters...
In the DFW area many years ago, a knowledgeable B.C.A. instructor told me the are really only TWO things you must do to play great pool.
“Would you like to hear them?”
”Hell yea!”
”Ok, number 1 never under any circumstances undercut a ball.“
This made sense, I had heard of missing on the pro...
I won my first cue gambling. I was so proud of that cue spent quite a bit of money putting a good tip on and giving it a very nice Ron Thomas case.
No one seemed to know what brand it was.
Almost 2 years later, I found it listed in a Sears catalog…you could get two of my cues a full rack of...
I have long thought that if the
cue ball kicked into the object ball, object ball then banks into a pocket, that should be a bank shot!
way harder than just banking the object ball.