Old Nine Baller
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It's your shot at the 2 ball. What's your shot?
How Would You Shoot This?
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I'm hardly a 9 ball player & I can't see the exact line from behind the cue ball to the 2 , but...I think I'd bank the 2 to the upper left corner as we are looking at the pic & try to get the CB to or near the long rail to hook the opponent if I leave it in the pocket. If I make it, I'm set on the 3 in the lower corner.
Or...Bank the 2 two rails into the upper left as we look & put the CB on or near the rail with the 8 & 6 in between. Hopefully I would still have a shot on the 3 & not be blocked by the 9 if I make it.
Or...Bank the 2 two rails into the upper left as we look & put the CB on or near the rail with the 8 & 6 in between. Hopefully I would still have a shot on the 3 & not be blocked by the 9 if I make it.
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Thanks for doing these threads.. these are fun.
I'd shoot the 2 - 3 combo with a soft to medium stroke using center ball to make the 3 allowing the cue ball to bounce off the head rail and back above the 9 or near center table for the 2, or 4 if the 2 and 3 end up dropping.
This looks real familiar....don't think this was an easy out for the shooter.
Good shooting to you!
Kevin
I'd shoot the 2 - 3 combo with a soft to medium stroke using center ball to make the 3 allowing the cue ball to bounce off the head rail and back above the 9 or near center table for the 2, or 4 if the 2 and 3 end up dropping.
This looks real familiar....don't think this was an easy out for the shooter.
Good shooting to you!
Kevin
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The carom risks the cueball following into the pocket.
The combo turns the cueball loose, possibly sending it into other balls and/or leaving it somewhere uptable. Also, a good leave on the two is not guaranteed.
I like the two-way. The probability of banking the two is not high, but your percentage of maintaining control of the table is.
The combo turns the cueball loose, possibly sending it into other balls and/or leaving it somewhere uptable. Also, a good leave on the two is not guaranteed.
I like the two-way. The probability of banking the two is not high, but your percentage of maintaining control of the table is.
Ron Swanson
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Couple of shots here, neither involve a bank.
Carom should be ok, or play the combo medium pace, slowing the cb with the 6. You'd be unlucky to hook yourself with the 9 and will be on the 4 if the 2 follows the 3.
Carom should be ok, or play the combo medium pace, slowing the cb with the 6. You'd be unlucky to hook yourself with the 9 and will be on the 4 if the 2 follows the 3.
takeitdown
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Agreed playing safe behind 9 can lead to a sellout real quick.
Hit 2 medium speed carom cueball to end rail and hit 3. Cueball comes above 9 for shot on 2 into opposite corner. Runout and repeat.
takeitdown
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I like the combo even better. Hit cueball with inside English to throw 2 into 3. Play to hit back of 9 to stop cue ball for easy shape on 2 in same pocket.
No way to bank the 2 ball and get the cue ball behind the 9 unless you were to put top left on the cue ball. Better option would be to shoot the bank with top right and duck behind the two balls near the rail.
For me, the combo is easy, cue ball comes out to two rails for the next shot on the 2.
Fairly easy out from there......
Shooting the carom is my second choice only because it is harder to control all the balls and you could end up without a good shot on the 2 ball.....
Ron Swanson
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Ease of controlling both balls is the only reason FOR the carom, surely?
Honestly? I'd most likely start out by overcutting the 2 into the 3, then the 2 slides over to the middle of the bottom rail and the cb goes 1 rail and snookers me behind the nine.
Now thats the real version, but from this computer I can come up with lots of others. :thumbup:
Now thats the real version, but from this computer I can come up with lots of others. :thumbup:
I'm pretty sure that the best shot in this situation is the combination… You just have to not get hooked after you shoot it.
If I'm seeing the carom into the 3 correctly, the speed required to make it
will cause 2 will leave the bottom rail pretty quickly.
Maybe with drag-draw you could hold it?
will cause 2 will leave the bottom rail pretty quickly.
Maybe with drag-draw you could hold it?
I never play a two-way shot unless I know I've got the CB hooked behind a wall of balls. The risk of leaving the 2 next to the pocket not getting the CB behind the nine is too great.
I'd combo the 2 into the 3 with low/inside on the CB...as soft as I can hit it while maintaining draw on the CB. 2-ball should stay close enough to the corner pocket and the CB near center table.
I'd combo the 2 into the 3 with low/inside on the CB...as soft as I can hit it while maintaining draw on the CB. 2-ball should stay close enough to the corner pocket and the CB near center table.
The combination is the only shot I'd shoot here. It's almost impossible for the two to end up in a bad spot unless you hit the shot way too hard or grieviously miss a full hit on the three. Also, if I see the carom angle right, you don't need inside english to run into the nine ball. Thus, I have at least two fairly easy ways to avoid getting hooked because I can choose to run into the nine or miss it on the inside without having to load up the cue ball. Lastly, this shot does not have to be hit at warp speed, and there's a lot of clear space for the cueball uptable.
(I just cannot bring myself to utter Geoff Conway's 'uptown'.)
(I just cannot bring myself to utter Geoff Conway's 'uptown'.)