u12armresl said:

Oscar is the 8 and shoots it into the corner.

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Matt_24 said:

I'm really confused. This layout is stealing whether your solids or stripes. What am I not understanding? There are plenty of options with no chance of scratching. You can cut this into the side with almost any english and not scratch if your speed is correct. Corner pocket option looks easy as well. It's a bar table.

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gregcantrall said:

... would you prefer to be hit by 90 mph ping pong ball or 90 mph baseball.

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u12armresl said:

My game took a decent jump when I was told that there are times when a ball can go in more than one pocket.

Pocket A may be a 90%+ shot, but you struggle to get any kind of meaningful shape.
Pocket B may be a 60% shot, but you will have great shape and likely get out.

Newish players up to middle of the road players may choose to shoot this ball in the side (granted Oscar has no balls left other than the 8 he is shooting at.)
But having the confidence to know that you have odds each way and working on being able to make the shots with better percentages is something to work on and aspire to.

I know the players say all the way down all day long, this is more for the people who would shoot it in the side and either put draw on it for a scratch, or go up and down where the 2 ball is and maybe scratch there.

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gregcantrall said:

Let me take a poke at this.
Power analogy would be???? Okay would you prefer to be hit by 90 mph ping pong ball or 90 mph baseball.
And uh how fast would the ping pong ball need to go to move the object ball as far as a 2mph cueball?

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garczar said:

Sad fact is Bob liked that paua crap. 'Maybe' a little of it here-n-there but those models that are totally loaded with it are ugly as fk.

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