How Do You Get Out Here?

[slide13]

Touchy little shot, depends on the table. If it's playing fast and especially if it's a fast 7'er, then I'm going 4 rails around for long position on the 9. But if it's not feeling that fast or I'm not trusting things then I'm doing just a touch of drag draw to lengthen the first angle and shooting for 2 rails, maybe hitting that third below the side pocket but really shooting for something close to the cue balls starting position in the diagram

 

[iusedtoberich]

I didn't read the other replies. These are my two choices.


I'd have to be at the table to see if the reverse option is laying good. I personally play this shot a lot and like it.

This choice is easier to execute but leaves you a bit long on the 9.

 

[straightline]

I didn't read the other replies. These are my two choices.


I'd have to be at the table to see if the reverse option is laying good. I personally play this shot a lot and like it.
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This choice is easier to execute but leaves you a bit long on the 9.
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Thinking you might need 760 for A.
B looks very good and I might do that instead of what I suggested.

 

[Fore Rail]

I didn't read the other replies. These are my two choices.


I'd have to be at the table to see if the reverse option is laying good. I personally play this shot a lot and like it.
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This choice is easier to execute but leaves you a bit long on the 9.
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If a player screws up trying to do A, he or she is going to get B

 

[Fore Rail]

Thinking you might need 760 for A.
B looks very good and I might do that instead of what I suggested.

Hopefully today I can try the shot on something other than 760.

 

[Bob Jewett]

I wouldn’t go for the short side of the nine. Since there’s nothing in the way it’s a perfect 4 rail to the short rail on the long side of the nine. Just use a hall tip of right with speed, too much running English is not good since 3rd and 4th rails are both “long” and it will reverse if there’s any left at all

That may not work on new cloth. The OP just got his table recovered.

 

[iusedtoberich]

I'll set this up on my table later and try it. Here are some visual guides to try to duplicate the exact layout on a real table. The thickness of hit will affect the reverse option for sure.

 

[philly]

I didn't read the other replies. These are my two choices.


I'd have to be at the table to see if the reverse option is laying good. I personally play this shot a lot and like it.
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This choice is easier to execute but leaves you a bit long on the 9.
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Your second choice is my choice.
Just make the 8 or you have nothing.
Take what the table gives you.
If you can't thin the 9 in (and its not that thin) then you probably talked yourself out of the shot.
Sometimes we try to get too cute, exact.

 

[boogieman]

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Anybody have any ideas? I tried low inside, hitting it hard, but it sort of died coming off the end rail and came up well short.

Would you play around with high right and play position for the short corner?

r/DCP

I'm hitting it with absolutely max right spin in the center of the vertical. You want to hit about the first diamond if possible. Let the spin carry it 2 or 3 rails. Of course make sure you don't scratch in the bottom left pocket but it should be smooth sailing. When the spin takes off the first rail you want it to fling the ever loving hell out of the CB, propel it with the spin.

This is a good shot to practice. The OB will throw like crazy but it's calculated into the shot.

 

[Patrick Johnson]

My shot of choice... a little above center (no side) firmly. Simple and efficient (only one shot).

pj <- Fargo 1000 on VP4
chgo

P.S. The CB's carom angle off the 8 looks like a stun hit, but that's because the speed is enough that the follow doesn't take effect until after the first rail (you can see the slight curve there).

 

[iusedtoberich]

My shot of choice... a little above center (no side) firmly. Simple and efficient (only one shot).

pj <- Fargo 1000 on VP4
chgo

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P.S. The CB's carom angle off the 8 looks like a stun hit, but that's because the speed is enough that the follow doesn't take effect until after the first rail (you can see the slight curve there).

What happens in VP4 if you hit it max high (no spin) and max speed? *Edit: Meant max high with outside spin* There is a 3 cushion shot that way where the CB goes 3 rails extremely long to land on the good side of the 9. I forget what it's called, but I think a lot of pool players don't know it. The CB almost hugs the first rail until near the corner.

 

[cubswin]

This

 

[DrCue'sProtege]

This
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That was what I played. And I made the thin cut on the 9B.

 

[straightline]

Hopefully today I can try the shot on something other than 760.

There might be a 9' or 7' condition on shot A too.

 

[philly]

That was what I played. And I made the thin cut on the 9B.

Exactly.
Take what the table gives you.
It's not that difficult a cut shot.

 

[Oikawa]

Depends on the exact angle + conditions but I'd probably stun it 3-4 rails with no side.

 

[Fore Rail]

There might be a 9' or 7' condition on shot A too.

I have tried shot A on my Gold Crown with 760.

Will sometime in the near future try the shot on a 7ft & 9ft Diamond with 860.

 

[iusedtoberich]

I actually had the shot I diagrammed come up almost exactly a couple weeks ago on a streamed match. Here is me shooting it in that match. 10 second clip. 7' Diamond, 860 or 860 HR (I'm actually not sure). I hit it a bit too hard for the situation I was in. Its quite an easy shot, imo, and I like to play it a lot as its flashy

✂️ Reverse shot

10 seconds · Clipped by Nick P · Original video "Nick vs Rachel Jun 8 2025" by Nick P

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[straightline]

I actually had the shot I diagrammed come up almost exactly a couple weeks ago on a streamed match. Here is me shooting it in that match. 10 second clip. 7' Diamond, 860 or 860 HR (I'm actually not sure). I hit it a bit too hard for the situation I was in. Its quite an easy shot, imo, and I like to play it a lot as its flashy

✂️ Reverse shot

10 seconds · Clipped by Nick P · Original video "Nick vs Rachel Jun 8 2025" by Nick P

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That's what I was thinking about the diagrammed shot. The angle depicted is a little steep for that shot and would require directional adjustment and very fast cloth to compensate for the initial (probably draw) correction.

 

[Inaction]

I would cut the nine in with enough speed to send the cueball to the right side of the table. ;-)