Situation:
$5 8-ball Bar Tournament. 8 foot bar box. Race to 2 on the winners 1 on the losers. Final match. Final game. My opponent plays safe to leave me with the layout shown, I am shooting stripes:
I successfully make the jump shot on the 12 and fail to hold the cue ball to where I could possible make a cut or bank shot on the 8. Resulting layout shown on page 2. My opponent (good friend and fellow member here on AZ) starts egging me on to make the jump shot on the 8, in which I was considering, but knew it was highly unlikely to make the shot and good chance of losing right there.
I decided it was all in good fun and I wanted to try the jump on the 8. I have a good jump shot, but that is a precision shot. I gave myself 1 in 20 odds to make it. I ended up jumping too far and the cueball went off the table resulting in a loss of game. My opponent gave me one more chance to try it again, and on the second try I jumped over the 8 and right in the side pocket.
My opponent then attempted the shot just for fun, and he hit the top of the 8, which went in the side, but the CB wend flying off the table.
Any other options I should have considered? All in all it was fun, and my opponent bought me another beer for good measure.
$5 8-ball Bar Tournament. 8 foot bar box. Race to 2 on the winners 1 on the losers. Final match. Final game. My opponent plays safe to leave me with the layout shown, I am shooting stripes:
I successfully make the jump shot on the 12 and fail to hold the cue ball to where I could possible make a cut or bank shot on the 8. Resulting layout shown on page 2. My opponent (good friend and fellow member here on AZ) starts egging me on to make the jump shot on the 8, in which I was considering, but knew it was highly unlikely to make the shot and good chance of losing right there.
I decided it was all in good fun and I wanted to try the jump on the 8. I have a good jump shot, but that is a precision shot. I gave myself 1 in 20 odds to make it. I ended up jumping too far and the cueball went off the table resulting in a loss of game. My opponent gave me one more chance to try it again, and on the second try I jumped over the 8 and right in the side pocket.
My opponent then attempted the shot just for fun, and he hit the top of the 8, which went in the side, but the CB wend flying off the table.
Any other options I should have considered? All in all it was fun, and my opponent bought me another beer for good measure.