How would you run these? Ball numbers from head to foot are: 12, 2, 6, 9, 4, 1, 13. 2-ball and 4-ball are in the rack.
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For my second layout, going 4-2-12, I was thinking roll the 4 in and shoot the 2 in the side. Never occurred to me to try and shoot the 2 in the bottom left corner. I guess my way you risk getting a bad angle on the 2, and then crashing into the 6, but the safety valve is that you would then have a good angle on the 1.
This is a damn difficult game. It amazes me that there are people that can look at this layout and instantly see all of this as naturally as breathing.
how would you run these? Ball numbers from head to foot are: 12, 2, 6, 9, 4, 1, 13. 2-ball and 4-ball are in the rack.
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Here is what Evgeny Stalev did. Not quite as straightforward as the paths you all suggested, but he got through it on his way to a 226-ball run.
at 36:44:
https://youtu.be/9pq8v1ZDpDA?t=36m44s
Here is what Evgeny Stalev did. Not quite as straightforward as the paths you all suggested, but he got through it on his way to a 226-ball run.
at 36:44:
https://youtu.be/9pq8v1ZDpDA?t=36m44s
Here is what Evgeny Stalev did. Not quite as straightforward as the paths you all suggested, but he got through it on his way to a 226-ball run.
at 36:44:
https://youtu.be/9pq8v1ZDpDA?t=36m44s
For my second layout, going 4-2-12, I was thinking roll the 4 in and shoot the 2 in the side. Never occurred to me to try and shoot the 2 in the bottom left corner. I guess my way you risk getting a bad angle on the 2, and then crashing into the 6, but the safety valve is that you would then have a good angle on the 1.
This is a damn difficult game. It amazes me that there are people that can look at this layout and instantly see all of this as naturally as breathing.
Jeff: When I mentioned Stalev's big runs in straight pool to Maksim Dudanets, and Andrey Seroshtan at Derby, they started laughing. They said he has crazy patterns.
If the run is going to include a bump, that changes everything. When I first saw this layout, I figured I'd probably be bumping into things and at first did not attempt a pattern. Then I came back and tried to figure out a pattern without bumps.