1Pocket: Situation 3/3/08

Pushout said:
I agree with Southpaw, if you come up short, you may lose the game. I think, if I was playing well, {or at all:)}, I'd go for the 1 into the 15 and safe.
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Again, bad shot...the 14 is in the way of hitting the 1 full(from the way I see it)...so the cb will drift a bit. You'll either leave me the 3, 1, 13, or possibly the 15 if it doesn't get close enough to the 10. I could do more damage if you shoot that, but hey...if I play you guys at the DCC next year, I'll hope you take that shot.

Now, if the 14 isn't in the way, how are you getting safe out of that? It's more likely to sell out on that shot than it is shooting the 3.
 
Southpaw said:
I just prefer to not shoot shots that I cant win the game with, but can lose the game with. I would still have to kick 3 rails and take a foul or nudge the 10 and maybe disturb the dead combo. Giving up one ball on the foul is much better than giving up the game. JMO.

Southpaw
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I agree with you there...but why take a foul if you don't have to? Just try the shot on the 3...if you can hit 7 out of 10 times...you're in good shape.
 
I set this shot up about 15-20 times tonight. Anything from 2 o'clock to 4 o'clock works, and I got the cb close to the 10 every time. A few times I actually made a ball in my pocket, if I didn't...I opened up the stack and got several near my hole, but most importantly on my side and wide open. It's a game winning shot if you ever get it.
 
softshot said:
can't you just come off the head rail at lag speed thin the 10 and bury him?
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That would be too touchy for me. Coming 4 rails off the 3 ball buries the CB into the 10 AND gets balls to your side of the table. He'd be in big trouble after that...
 
I can't beat my grandma playing one-pocket (she plays pretty good though), but I'd also probably bank the 3 into the stack and send the cue ball 3 (or 4?) rails.
 
For aggressive, I bank the 14 firmly into the 8 and follow it to the side rail and come in behind the 10, or at least close. 14, 8, and maybe 6 move into play on my side.
 
Deadon said:
For aggressive, I bank the 14 firmly into the 8 and follow it to the side rail and come in behind the 10, or at least close. 14, 8, and maybe 6 move into play on my side.
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That's a pretty good shot if you have the clearance between the 7 and 15 for the CB to go straight through. The only question, what kind of banks are you going to sell out? I'm not saying you would, but just in case...that's why I like the shot on the 3 ball. JMO.
 
AZE said:
Correcto!...At least it's the shot I like the most.
Now can you please teach me how to execute it? Every time I try I thin the 3 too much (barely moving it) and scratching in the corner. I need to stop sucking at this game.
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I would recommend practicing 3-cushion on your pool table, but "easy up to the second ball", i.e., practice just barely reaching the second ball. This will teach you to blend your thickness of hit, spin, and speed to get the desired results.

What a lot of people do not realize is that master 3-cushion players can hit the same ball about 3 different ways, following "almost" the same path, to get to the same destination point. But one way may send the first OB a slightly different path, (avoiding a kiss out) another way might control CB speed better, and a third way might allow you to barely move the first OB, and stillr each the destination point.

Good three cushion players have a massive advantage playing One Pocket, because they are familiar with multiple ways to hit the same ball and get hugely varying results.

Study the 3-C diagrams in Byrne's Standard and Advanced books. It really is worth the time. You can adapt those shots to multiple situations in both One Pocket and Rotation games..

Russ
 
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