4 Rail Kick..WHO IS THIS GUY?!

[TX Poolnut]

It's not that difficult to hit that ball. It's sitting in a big-ball position and knowing the spot on the wall track makes it easy to hit. Fluking it in is just that, a fluke.

He didn't have many other options, so why not take a swing at it? Great shot from the Magician. :smile:

 

[TSW]

"Pretty standard three rail kick." You've got to be kidding. The cue ball had to weave through traffic, barely missing two balls and the amount of english used had to gauged just right. Yes, it can be made, but I'd like to give you ten tries to duplicate that exact shot.

Bingo. On an open table that's a "pretty standard" kick, but he had a lot of traffic. Even on slow-mo replay I can't believe he missed that 7.

Come to think of it, given where the 7 and that other ball were I don't know if he had a big ball - he probably couldn't have come directly into the 1. Rail-first may have been the only play around that traffic.