Here is a scenario....playing in a tournament in Tampa...late 90s
Guy broke dry....left me a long thin cut along the short rail at the break end...
...whitey is 8 inches off the other short rail.
The pocket I’m going to try to cut 1-ball into is protected by two balls near the long rail.
...the 9-ball is on the same long rail but down near where the cue-ball is...
...the 2-ball is on the short rail near the cue-ball.
So I played the 1-ball in with extreme right english...if I get close, he’ll be hooked.
...I’m playing the carom on the 9-ball off two rails
...I’m getting position on the 2-ball if I miss
So I’m playing the 1-ball in, I’m playing a carom for the 9-ball, I’m playing shape for the 2-ball,
and I’m playing a hook if I miss......a four-way shot.
In call shot ten ball...especially with an option, I would be forced by common sense to
just play for the snooker....turning a possible good response into a mundane safety.
...and the game loses a beautiful shot.
I was playing a man who has beaten me more than once....I ran a five-pack after that shot...
...won the match by a landslide....11-2....he said he couldn’t see the end rail after that shot.
You see why I hate call shot ten-ball?...and with the option?
....the game would be deprived of many great shots...especially by Efren