What's your shot?

I would go 2 rails into the back side of the 2 ball. Sending the 2 ball up near the five and trying to get the cue ball behind the 7.

I wouldn't like my chances though.

This ought to be interesting...

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Neil changed the diagram so I change my shot
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I would now go off the side rail - getting about an 1/8 ball hit on the 2 sending it toward the end rail. I would be trying to get the cue ball off both side rails and behind the 6.
 
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I'm having issues with the diagram, too. Until resolved, I'll just ask for clarification - what's the size of the table? I'm assuming this is 9-ball but just wanted to make sure. Also, if this is 9-ball, push isn't an option?
 
Looks like the carom might go but if you try it and it doesn't go you leave your opponent an easy runout. I'd probably kick softly off the long rail and send the 2 toward the 5. You don't leave a shot and might leave him safe.
 
Kick in behind the right side of the 2 with some speed, hitting only half of the two and its a dead carom into the corner off the 9? Was that available? Looks like the 3 would be available in the opposite side pocket afterwards. (The first diagram it looks on, the 2nd doesn't.)
 
BasementDweller said:
I would go 2 rails into the back side of the 2 ball. Sending the 2 ball up near the five and trying to get the cue ball behind the 7.

I wouldn't like my chances though.

This ought to be interesting...
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I like this one also....to the short rail with right-hand english....
..two rails - half ball hit.

Lot of chances for a safe and the cue-ball can park behind the 4-ball or
the 7-ball.

.about time you came up with another one of these, Neil....
..you been slacking lately..we were thinking of letting you go...:)
 
Does the 2 go past the 5 down the rail? If not I like the one rail kick on the end rail softly trying to leave both the cue ball and two ball on that top rail as straight in to each other. I don't like the two rail into the two, seems a little too fancy play syndrome to me. The one rail kick using the side rail seems to be pretty risky for those saying it might be wired. I think we leave him a pretty easy shot. If the 2 does go past the 5 down the rail then we will have to re evaluate.

Edit...when I say does the 2 go past the 5 I mean if you kick the end rail softly and bump the two to that side rail.
 
this one is ez...to execute:
Medioum-rare speed, 1/3 to 1/2 ball hit.

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leaves something like:

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but you prob made the 9 from there, didn't you?
 
I like what Black Balled posted. But that seemed too obvious.

Then again, I'm only an APA 5, so I thought I'd better keep quiet. :D
 
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To be honest, I play 9-ball exclusively on a 9-foot table and my inclination is to go for a distance safety. Kick at the 2-ball with the intention of leaving the cue-ball on the far right and the 2-ball on the far left.

However, Black-Balled's safety appears to work if contacting the foot-rail with the 2-ball is easy to judge. From where these balls lie, if this were a 9-foot table, I wouldn't try Black-Balled's safety. I can't judge that kick that well.
 
Neil said:
Got a little tired of APA 5's and 6's telling me I don't know what I'm talking about.;)
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I can't tell you how many times I've had an APA 5 play a safety on me exactly how they wanted, had their whole team applauding their play only to have me step up and run out on them. Every time, they start with that shit-eating grin which turns to an awkwardly stupid look when I'm popping the 8ball in minutes later.

Unfortunately, you don't get to run out on people online. You can only TRY to explain yourself.
 
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I don't believe blackballed idea is quite there. Close, but won't work. To hit the 2 thin enough to barely move the 9, the cb will go a lot farther than the two will. So, you can't place the cb where you showed. To get the cb there, you have to hit the 2 either much softer, which means the 2 won't get a rail, or, you have to hit the 2 much fuller to kill the cb, which means the 9 is moving much more than shown.

Good initial idea though. That is one of the things I spent so long looking at.
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WTF@!?? Whaddy mean it wont work? I just drew it for you! jeezus
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justadub said:
I like what Black Balled posted. But that seemed too obvious.

Then again, I'm only an APA 5, so I thought I'd better keep quiet. :D
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I don't think his shot will work. The physics guys can explain it best but basically the cue ball would have to sneak out quite a bit further than pictured.

***Edit*** I see Neil beat me to this.
 
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