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Thanks, Steve. Great idea. I'll do it.

Deleted the original layout. I'll be out of town and too busy to update this one, so if anyone wants to take over please do so.

I thought we'd get started on puzzles 2 and 3 while we're waiting to wrap up puzzle 1. Here is the puzzle 2 layout post break shot. What's the plan? How far ahead can you see? What balls are significant to you, and what roles do they play? What are your priorities at this stage?

The player played a stop shot on the 7-ball to land here. Is Bob's end pattern still the way to go? Are there any other options?

The zone for side break shots is contained by two curves. The way to determine those curves is to look at 90 degree tangent lines off of all possible side break shots hit at high speed. Once you do, you see that your line from the spot to the side pocket point is well outside of the zone for...

app4dstn, thanks for contributing! I had a hard time following your pocket abbreviations, but I figured it might be a labeling system I'm just not familiar with. The player did pocket the 5-ball, so Bob's end pattern from the 14-ball is still intact. Here's where the player ended up. Spoiler...

The player played the 14-ball as Bob suggested by following one rail off of the left side rail and landing here where, along with the 5-ball, the 15-ball and 6-ball are also options for the next shot. What's the plan from here?

Thanks again for the detail, guys. The player chose to use top left english with what I think is a medium-soft stroke. The cue ball passed by the 14-ball splitting the 6-ball and 12-ball, striking the 6-ball barely before the 12-ball and then striking the 5-ball full and staying put, leaving...

Thanks, Bob and Danny. And Danny, thanks for going into such detail about the opening layout. It's great to have such an accomplished player playing these puzzles with us. The player did pocket the 10-ball with inside english off of the bottom rail holding it for this position. Spoiler: the...

Then the player pocketed the 4-ball in the side. What's the plan from here?

The player did indeed decide to play the 1-ball by following two rails off of the bottom rail and right side rail and ended up here. What's the plan from here?

The player knocked in the 13-ball as John suggested and ended up in this position. Sorry for the awkward camera angle. It was what I was given. What's the plan from here?

Thanks! Yeah, I get what you're saying. I think we both need to do those Darren Appleton-style cue ball control drills until our arms fall off and we're really sharp. But there are so many videos of great matches on YouTube that are worth slowing down to understand shot selection. All the...

Congratulations. That's right around my high run. With all that can go wrong in a single rack, I think that stringing 4 full racks together is quite an accomplishment. Just look at how hard it can be sometimes for even the best players. I'm curious what ends most of your runs. Do you get...

Thanks for playing, guys. Both plays make sense to me. I realize it was hard to tell from our angle, but the player could see the 8-ball and decided to play it three rails hitting the right side rail, bottom rail barely missing the underside of the 11-ball, and a slight bounce off of the left...

What would you two say about the guy who got himself into this layout? He must really suck.

Besides what I'm about to explain think about the fact that you told me to listen to Blackjack's recommendations, and none of yours match his. Also think about the fact that nearly all of his commentated video and certainly all of your comments so far have been attacks on my play. Not one...

Thanks, John! Anyone else? I'll give it another day before I post where the player ended up.

Well, I'll agree with you that my stroke could be more reliable, and my shooting isn't flawless. My eyes aren't great, so I may miss what looks like a pretty easy shot. Precision and attention to detail are important as well, and I'll work on that. Where I'll disagree is that I'm going into...

Hey, everyone. I had an idea for another puzzle series. I love the idea of instructional videos where the player comments from the table before shooting. I only know of two---Mike Sigel's 100-ball run instructional and AZB's Poolmanis YouTube run. Soon on my YouTube channel I plan to record...