Here is a situation that came up in my 9ball match yesterday. How would you approach this? First person to figure what I did gets a big virtual attaboy. The 5 doesn't pass the 9 in either corner.
I'm guessing you ran to the 5-ball, and kicked off the side rail into the 5-ball, caroming the 9-ball into the lower left corner.
Here's a few more options-
1. Draw drag off the two into the 6. Pocketing the 2. Then you make the 3 and break out the 5-9.
2. Cut the 2 in. make the 3. Come down table to make the 4, get position off the 4 to be able to hit with hard right follow into the rail, just missing the 5. CB comes off the rail, hits the 5, caroms off it and makes the 9 in the corner. Tough, but doable.
3. Run down to the 5 and soft roll it to the rail, leaving the 9 between the cb and the 5.
Here's a few more options-
1. Draw drag off the two into the 6. Pocketing the 2.
Here is a situation that came up in my 9ball match yesterday. How would you approach this? First person to figure what I did gets a big virtual attaboy. The 5 doesn't pass the 9 in either corner.
Cut the two in with low-left and carom the 6 into the 5-9. You'll have shape on the three, then run-the-fu**-out! :thumbup:
Ding Ding Ding!!! That's what I did. I figured it was very safe, b/c even if I miss the breakout, I am still on the 3 ball with a chance to break it up from the 3. Cue ball ended up around point A after the carom on the 6.
dan_boersma...Well, frankly, you got a lucky kick on the 6, to break out the 5/9. I'd bet that if you shot that exact same shot 10 times, you would miss the 5/9 at least several tries. Also, with kicking into the 6, you have to get a lucky roll to have a shot on the 3. You could just as easily hit too full on the 6, and the CB ends up on or near the rail...making the cut shot on the 3 tougher, if not impractical. jmo...but the safe on the 6 is pretty simple, and a high percentage potential for b-i-h, as long as you don't hit the 2 too hard.
Scott Lee
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The safe behind the 6 is easy, but it does not get you any closer to winning - the 5/9 has to be dealt with.
I'd take the flyer with the 6 carom all day long. If I miss it, chances are I'd have another shot moving them with whitey off the the 3 and on my way to shape for the 4.
Gotta play to win IMO.
Oh yeah, and the 5/9 is a really big ball by the way; even if you get the rail well under them, it will still bank into them and get some movement. :grin-square:
Corey...I agree that you have to play to win. However, most people don't have the eye and stroke of a professional player, and with a likely ball in hand, from playing safe, it's highly likely that the 5/9 can be broken out from the 2, 3 or 4 (the 2 or 3 being preferable to the 4, since it's tough to know where the 5 will end up). Sometimes playing an easy safe IS playing to win!I think both offense and defense have their merits and pitfalls here.
Scott Lee
www.poolknowledge.com
Here is a situation that came up in my 9ball match yesterday. How would you approach this? First person to figure what I did gets a big virtual attaboy. The 5 doesn't pass the 9 in either corner.