In 10 years of playing apa i thought i had seen it all but a shot last night will be etched in my memory forever.
Faced a 6 in last nights 8 ball vegas qualifier. I am a 5. It went back and forth until it was hill -hill.
I am going to describe the scenario the best i can.. I play a safe and leave the cue ball near the top left corner. My opponent has solids and the 3 ball is froze against my 15 on the rail inches below the left side pocket.
His 5 ball is about a diamond off the side rail and a diamond from the bottom rail near the bottom left pocket. It is blocked by 3 of my stripes. I see him line up trying to skim the 3 ball hitting one of my balls and knocking the 5 into the corner. He rares back and it seems like he is going to smack the 3 at warp speed but thinks better of it because the 8 ball is on the rail right below the 3.
So he resets and smackes the cue ball at mach 1 speed instead. Sure enough he skims the 3 hitting my ball into the 5. The 5 misses the pocket and hits the bottom rail dead on and bounces back up table hitting the 3 and sending it into the top left pocket.
The 5 stops dead center of the left side pocket for an easy stop shot and then roll the 8 down the rail into the bottom left pocket..
I dont like losing...heck nobody does but its absolutely frustrating to lose a match on a shot like that. Well back to the tournament this morning.
Faced a 6 in last nights 8 ball vegas qualifier. I am a 5. It went back and forth until it was hill -hill.
I am going to describe the scenario the best i can.. I play a safe and leave the cue ball near the top left corner. My opponent has solids and the 3 ball is froze against my 15 on the rail inches below the left side pocket.
His 5 ball is about a diamond off the side rail and a diamond from the bottom rail near the bottom left pocket. It is blocked by 3 of my stripes. I see him line up trying to skim the 3 ball hitting one of my balls and knocking the 5 into the corner. He rares back and it seems like he is going to smack the 3 at warp speed but thinks better of it because the 8 ball is on the rail right below the 3.
So he resets and smackes the cue ball at mach 1 speed instead. Sure enough he skims the 3 hitting my ball into the 5. The 5 misses the pocket and hits the bottom rail dead on and bounces back up table hitting the 3 and sending it into the top left pocket.
The 5 stops dead center of the left side pocket for an easy stop shot and then roll the 8 down the rail into the bottom left pocket..
I dont like losing...heck nobody does but its absolutely frustrating to lose a match on a shot like that. Well back to the tournament this morning.