dr_dave said:

You can watch all the shots in the video to judge for yourself. The 3-railer gave a bad result much more than I thought it would (especially at the slow-ish speed Filler used).

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Ditto. I do not agree that, at the speed Filler, chose, he survives anything less than a make of the seven ball more than occasionally. He'll almost never get separation at that speed, and the nearly-always-fatal double kiss is an undeniable danger. I feel strongly that he bet the rack on kicking it in, and his choice was certainly reasonable.

Poolmanis wisely notes that the slick conditions were a problem associated with both the one railer and the three railer,

KINGSCOURT905 said:

No, I'm a real person — David, from Hamilton. I play league and I write these myself. Fair question though, there are bots everywhere these days. Was there something I wrote that read funny to you? I'd rather know than leave you wondering.

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Everything you write sounds like an AI.
Do you end every post with a question?

Mensabum said:

Is it true that more than 25% of the people on earth have Ghengis Khan's DNA??
That guy got around!!
I'm envious.

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Reminds me of an old joke:

Q. Why were there so many Mormon grandmothers in the 19th century?
A. Because so many of them married young.

Note: For those that don't know, Brigham Young, among the founding members of the Mormon religion, was a polygamist and had numerous wives.

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KINGSCOURT905 said:

... I was adding a touch above centre on those kicks because I thought it would help the cue ball run cleaner ...

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Hitting above center does help the cue ball "run cleaner". It also makes the speed control easier.

I tried that many years ago on my table, when I saw the huge clusters after the break all of the fun went away.

If you are consistently making balls and doing what you intended to do, you are doing it correctly for "yourself".

Everyone seems to think there is only one way of doing things.

Zhero said:

what game?
for 9b i switch sides with my cut break.
for 8b i'd probably try the 2nd ball break once in a while.

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Ah the power break in 8 ball on a bar box figured to spread them wide, a ball made leaves a conect the dots out. I gotta lean to precision....now. Don't mean I can't come with the Power. Once a night.
When In the zone, there's no counting. Period. When done they tell me it was a break and run. just 1 game and I need a bunch more as my opponent can do the same. uh oh Gramps is wandering. But it was a close battle....and son of a gun, I won. Never counted nothing but the current shot.

The largest factor in how well and consistently the balls break is how tight the rack is. How does racking work in your matches?

Safe break in 8 ball league? Are we nuts? That will turn a 3 hr league match into a 3 week league match.

How many of you have actually played pool with CJ?

Janhaus said:

At the very end of the shot, see in the video the 2 shots - the cue tip veers to the left (from my angle)

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So, well after the tip hits the cue ball?