I will play anybody's grandma! Hahahaha
handicapping one pocket?
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I will play anybody's grandma! Hahahaha
One hole handicap
Buddy plays more one pocket than I do, play close to even most other games he gets up when we play 1 pocket even but I drill him when he gives me 9-7 after he's up 3 games. Not even close player B is favored. 9-6 is way too much weight to outrun. Just my opinion
Buddy plays more one pocket than I do, play close to even most other games he gets up when we play 1 pocket even but I drill him when he gives me 9-7 after he's up 3 games. Not even close player B is favored. 9-6 is way too much weight to outrun. Just my opinion
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I think player B has been secretly watching one pocket on u-tube.
Keep in mind one pocket is a totally different game than straight pool or rotation. So the player with one pocket knowledge has a tremendous advantage over someone who doesn't know the shots, safes and traps that a one pocket player has in his arsenal. How many straight pool or rotation players shoot various 2, 3, 4 and 5 rails banks on a regular basis...or even know to play safe against such shots. How about bank kicks...4 rail reverse banks...3 and 4 rail safeties...two ball combinations banks from the spot...intentional fouls as a safety...traps set for the uninformed...etc...etc. One pocket is like 3D chess...and other pool games are like 2D checkers. Spots are made more on the basis of one pocket ability experience than only shooting ability. That said the spot is really about the low number of balls...not the high number. If I play Scott Frost the number he goes to...within reason...is pretty irrelevant...its all about the number I go to. Whether he goes to 10, 12 or 14 doesn't matter much because he is capable of running any of those numbers. To make a game that I have a chance to win at depends on the number I go to. The difference between 3 or 4 and 5 or 6 is tremendous fro a B player like me...more so even than the break. I can run 3 or 4 for sure and that puts a lot of pressure on even a great player like Scott. He can only make 1 or 2 mistakes in every game...whereas the higher ball counts for me would allow him to free wheel much more. Any spot of 6 or less to a knowledgeable one pocket player would take a very very good and knowledgeable one pocket player to overcome that spot.