people wanting to feel something for once. Staring death in the face, coming at 'em 1 inch an hour.

loggerhead12 said:

Not so much that he can afford not to be careful. I was surprised to hear him say he and Tyler drove together from Orlando to Yuma for the event. That seems like a recipe for arriving tired and unprepared.

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really? i thought they drove from phoenix or something

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Kris_b1104 said:

Don't forget Bonus Ball.

Does anyone remember that? Good times...

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Actually, bonus ball was a great game, their biggest mistake was trying to push their own ballset. It was easily playable with a standard set.

kingwang said:

Edwards is a ~750 rated touring pro. I think the moment just got to him a bit. IMO, the right shot would be to skim the 7 and try to get the 9 in between. The pockets at the 2023 Spanish Open were famously stingy and players were passing up long open shots like this, so even if you somehow left the long shot into the corner, it's still not a guaranteed sell out.

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Good shot, but if the 7 is frozen to the rail it's going to be very hard to skim it and get the cueball behind the 9 without the cueball hitting the 7 twice... plus if the 7 is frozen you have to worry about the cueball hitting another rail.

I think it's a bit easier and less error prone to shoot the 7ball to the end rail and try to roll the cueball up behind the 9ball. If you mess it up you still have the 7 on or close the the end rail with no direct shot with the exception of a long rail bank possibly.