Here is what was going through my head when I saw the layout of this rack:
There was a thread here maybe 5 years ago, maybe even started by me, I really forget now. It was a WWYD type thread. There was a super tight position option available in that thread, and there was great discussion, as always, on how to play it. I believe the forum consensus was it was too tight a position, and to play safe instead. Then J Bergman got on, and said he would go for the tight position.
So when I saw where the 1 and 2 ended up after the break, I laughed at myself, and immediately thought of that old thread (which I haven't given second thought to in these years). I said to myself, I'm going to go for that shot, and post it on AZ. So I went for the tight position shot on the 2, got great on it, and then made a couple of tough (for me) shots to follow it up. At that point, the layout was easy (for a good player), and I was thinking to myself, I really don't want to screw up the rest of the out, because then the rack wouldn't be worth posting on here. So that made me tighten up a big and get nervous. Since there was something "on the line" for me getting all the way out.
While I was in that "nervous" mode, the shot that gave me the most pause was the 6 to the 7. I wanted to hit it with slight inside, and with a bit more speed, so I can get closer to the 7 than I did. Similar final angle, but closer. I said to myself, that shot is harder to pocket, so I will go for the safer route instead, that would leave me further from the 7. I'm still not sure if I made the right choice here. When I was down on the shot on the 7, I did feel far away from it. It doesn't look that far in the video, but it felt far when I was down on it, and my nerves were high, so I can complete the out for posting here.
Its funny how my brain immediately went to that old thread, and JB saying he'd go to it.
There was a thread here maybe 5 years ago, maybe even started by me, I really forget now. It was a WWYD type thread. There was a super tight position option available in that thread, and there was great discussion, as always, on how to play it. I believe the forum consensus was it was too tight a position, and to play safe instead. Then J Bergman got on, and said he would go for the tight position.
So when I saw where the 1 and 2 ended up after the break, I laughed at myself, and immediately thought of that old thread (which I haven't given second thought to in these years). I said to myself, I'm going to go for that shot, and post it on AZ. So I went for the tight position shot on the 2, got great on it, and then made a couple of tough (for me) shots to follow it up. At that point, the layout was easy (for a good player), and I was thinking to myself, I really don't want to screw up the rest of the out, because then the rack wouldn't be worth posting on here. So that made me tighten up a big and get nervous. Since there was something "on the line" for me getting all the way out.
While I was in that "nervous" mode, the shot that gave me the most pause was the 6 to the 7. I wanted to hit it with slight inside, and with a bit more speed, so I can get closer to the 7 than I did. Similar final angle, but closer. I said to myself, that shot is harder to pocket, so I will go for the safer route instead, that would leave me further from the 7. I'm still not sure if I made the right choice here. When I was down on the shot on the 7, I did feel far away from it. It doesn't look that far in the video, but it felt far when I was down on it, and my nerves were high, so I can complete the out for posting here.
Its funny how my brain immediately went to that old thread, and JB saying he'd go to it.
Video edited to remove all time between shots.
