alright someone tell me what they think i should do

I would play kind of a 1-pocket shot...

with high and a bit of kill inside english on the CB I would send the CB down by the corner pocket above the 9-ball and send the 8 to the opposite long rail (near where the CB is now)

Hopefully freezing the 8 to the long rail.....The inside english on the CB will likely make the 8-ball go staight across the table.

The other option is putting the 8 on the end rail buy you could sell out a ride on the 9-ball (with a built in easy tough leave).

Banking the 8 at the 9-ball is an option that could win you the game... and or get you safe....But you could easily hand the 9-Ball for a now easy win to your opponent.

Sending the CB is also an option...but to do that you give up some controle on where the 8 is going to end up....(very hard to controle both balls)
 
If it is a 50-50 chance each way I would usually go for the shot. But you have a few safeties avail to you. Your safe was a good one, I would give that to them all night long and bet on it that they did not get out. I also think that if you had great cue ball control and speed control you could have rolled up on the eight and almost stuck it to it. Its not risky IF you have good speed and ball control.

Either way I believe you took the best shot for you to have a chance at getting the doe, he just got out! It happens alot.

I always endeavor to go with th percentages and strategy verses trying to run out, bank out ect... In my opinion its who gets the cheese not who runs racks out or banks better. Yeas I know that if you run racks out you will get the cheese also but I think you understand my point.

I endeavor to give my self the best chance to win by trying to play high percentage shots and safeties. If I get in a position where it could go one way or another I go for the gusto and try to make the shot......

Honestly though this is what I have been doing lately and I really enjoy it, if in a race we are both on the hill I will usually suggest that we have to win by 2 games, or start over and double the bet! Even if I am breaking on the hill. Maybe stupid on my part but less chancy I think against those I play......
 
I'd thin the 8 on the left side, maybe with a little top left, and send the cue ball towards the 9. You can leave the 8 on the side rail, hopefully frozen, and leave your opponent nothing to shoot at. You can try hitting it hard enough to possibly make the 9, but I'd probably just try leaving it on the end rail.

This option doesn't allow your opponent a chance to combo or carom the 9 in by leaving the 8 close to the 9.

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Looking at the diagram a little more, it may be a little too difficult to spin the cueball and hit it thin enough to not sell out, to get the cueball by the 9. This may not be a good option considering the distance from the object ball.
 
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The safety shot is a good call, thanks for sharing.

Novice question: if you were to go for it -- would it be possible to reverse bank into the bottom side? with some left english / throw? I probably had a slightly different layout, but I did something similar with the 15th ball when trying to break up a rack in 14.1.

Edit: ah, just like deadpoked illustrated above, but with less angle would seem to enable a shot into the bottom side. Yeah?
 
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