Recent content by Samiel

Here's the shot I don't know if the balls were called frozen or not. If not, definitely a foul.

This was a great video. It also features Shannon almost giving Earl BIH because he accidentally pulled the 2-ball out of a pocket and left it on the table.

This is the first time I've heard Billy swear in an Accu-Stats video: Any other instances you guys know of?

I ran a 46 and scratched in league today (01/12/2025). It was off my opponent's opening break where a ball was wired. I also ran a 32 near the end of our match. It was played on an 8' table with super deep shelves. Volcano's in Hurst, TX Currently sitting at 598 FargoRate.

I haven't been to a lot of pro events, but back when I played in my first Texas Open, Eric Aicinena broke and ran the first 5 racks on me.

Does anyone know the pocket size? The tables seem to be playing pretty fast.

The 8-ball ended up near the rail about two balls up and the cueball ended up a bit below where the 8-ball was. There was room to squeeze the 8-ball past the 4-ball and hope the rail was dead enough to hold and cheat the corner pocket. It bounced slightly wide.

We did have a timeout available and I'm kicking myself for not using it. I just assumed he would try to use draw. He's a good player, but I guess he didn't feel comfortable with draw (he stated he felt he would draw into the 3-ball, but I thought there was no problem).

We had a problem ball before this one and he left me a long but makeable shot on it. My main objective was to leave him off the rail with a makeable shot on the 14-ball. I could possibly have left him better, but my shot was objectively harder than his shot on this 14-ball. I felt we had a...

I did learn a lot though. I think we gave each other solid advice, but in the end, I think we each should have trusted our instincts instead of blindly following each others' advice. We both took shots we thought the other person wanted us to and probably would have done better had we just...

Agreed. I was upset in the moment. And I agree that I look foolish for posting this, but I felt the need to vent.

He played it with follow, bumping up the 8-ball where it had no pocket. I tried to cinch it past the 4-ball since it was a Valley with big pockets, but no dice. So it was my fault for missing the 8-ball I guess. I asked him why he didn't use draw. He thought he'd draw it into the 3-ball.

Playing for 3rd in a small Scotch Doubles tournament this weekend, I left this shot for my partner. He needed to make the 14-ball and get me shape on the 8-ball. He's a 550+ FargoRate on a bar box. We ended up 4th. I was kind of upset.

You're right, I shouldn't give them the option.

I generally buy half myself, but since I was put into the unbid player pool (a couple people), I didn't really have that option. But I shouldn't be mad because it was my decision.