10-Ball Set For Friday Conclusion

THE SEMI-FINALS OF the 10-ball tournaments are set, here at the PREDATOR European Seniors Pool Championships in Gandia, Spain and play out to a conclusion on Friday evening. One of the big guns of the 46-plus category is Portugal’s Jorge Tinoco. With a seniors track record of three gold, two silver and two bronze medals, he will be adding to that tally as he defeated Markus Kamuf (Germany) by 7-3 in their quarter-final match-up. The Portuguese is the defending champion here and it will be down to Finland’s Sami Karttunen to stop him tomorrow. Part of a very strong Portuguese squad, […]

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App for Simulating and Designing Shots Beta Test

Hi everyone, I wanted to follow up with an update on Billiard Shot Studio. Thanks again to everyone who helped test the early versions.

The app is now at version 3.1 and available on both iOS and Android. Version 3.0 introduced a new physics engine, and several changes address feedback from this thread:
  • You can choose 7-, 8-, or 9-foot pool tables, plus Heyball, snooker, and carom tables.
  • The aim and cue-control popups can be dragged out of the way, so they don't cover the shot you're working on.
  • Playback supports frame-by-frame stepping and slow motion down to 1/32 speed, with an optional cue ball spin indicator.
  • Pocket Aim Lock adjusts the aim as you change speed, spin, or ball positions to keep a direct pot lined up when possible.
  • You can export a shot as a video or share a shot link so someone else can load the same setup in the app.
All the tables, simulation, playback, video export, and shot links are free. The free version allows two object balls; Premium adds more balls, cloud saving, practice generators, and other features.

Full details on what's new in 3.0 and 3.1

If you try it and find a shot that doesn't look right, post a shot link here so I can take a look.

8 ball strategy ?

All of the above. Plus, look at the 8 first. If it is tied up with a bunch of stripes, then stripes are most of the time the suit to take unless you have a solid close that makes for an easy somewhat predictable breakout. Then look for problem balls in each suit, then pick a good key ball and a backup key ball. Go after your problems right away, and if you don't get them out, play a safe. Don't take away all of your blockers for good players.

Now I'm off to try to actually practice what I preach.

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