Another two and out

Hal

Hal

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Well I played in a $500 added tournament Saturday in Tullahoma. I went two and out as usuall. My first match was against a A+++ player by the name of Tony Campbell. He crushed me 7-3.

My second match was against a high C or low B player. We went hill/hill and I missed a 8ball in the side pocket. I was trying not to turn the cue ball loose.

In other news, I bought Nick Hickerson in the calcutta for $40. Can you believe it? He came in second to Tony Campbell. I ended up winning $100. I gave Nick $40 of it as good measure. He declined to buy half of himself.

Below is the shot. I missed the 8ball. I hit it too thin and the 8 didn't make it to the pocket.
 

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One of my favourite shots to mess up on. The kind of shot that has you smacking your head thinking "Aaarghh! What the hell was I doing?"

I seem to be playing a lot of those lately.:(
 
Hal! You should've been out from there, shame on you! lol..
That is an awesome gesture giving $40 back - I wish there were people like you down here in South Florida - that's probably why I haven't hit a ball in the past couple weeks. Kudos!
 
If I had to shoot it again, I would probably try to go around the 9ball. That way I could afford to shoot the 8ball a little harder.
 
Hickerson can sure play. Me and another friend staked ol melonhead to play Junior from Alaska some at the DCC. That herky jerky stroke sure looks funny at first glance, that is until you see him run out from everywhere. He has a really high gear.
 
Hal said:
If I had to shoot it again, I would probably try to go around the 9ball. That way I could afford to shoot the 8ball a little harder.
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I think that would've been the right shot.

In general, it's a good idea not too move whitey too much. However, there are times when equal outcomes can be reached using either a touch stroke or a medium stroke. In those situations, I tend to choose the medium stroke - I feel I have a lot more margin for error that way.

-djb
 
Just for curiosity, why would a guy that plays that strong not pony up $20 to buy 1/2 of himself?:confused:

That sounds like a true testimony to pool players not having a pot to piss in.:rolleyes:
 
Hal

You shot the 7 with outside high english? right? from the looks of the cue ball path.

If you would have shot the 8 in with low left english with slight draw, it would have hit about an inch above the middle diamond, hit the top end rail and come back up for the 9 in the lower right corner. The inside english would bring the cue ball up fairly straight from the top end rail.
 
chilli66 said:
One of my favourite shots to mess up on. The kind of shot that has you smacking your head thinking "Aaarghh! What the hell was I doing?"

I seem to be playing a lot of those lately.:(
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Hmmmm, I think that is good to hear for about 5 more days worth. ;)
 
StrokeofLuck said:
Just for curiosity, why would a guy that plays that strong not pony up $20 to buy 1/2 of himself?:confused:

That sounds like a true testimony to pool players not having a pot to piss in.:rolleyes:
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Yeah I know. I was shocked.
 
Hal said:
If I had to shoot it again, I would probably try to go around the 9ball. That way I could afford to shoot the 8ball a little harder.
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From the looks of the layout you had to go to the other side of the nine , sometimes hard to tell by a diagram though,first things first the 8 had to go down , slow rolling and leaving it short of the pocket is not an option in that position, like you said you will get it next time, sounds like you played a good match going hill-hill though.
 
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From a mental perspective, what makes us undershoot these shots is the fear of being on the wrong side of the next ball.

Let's look at that in this position.. What is the absolute worse thing that could happen if you overrun your position by a foot?

You simply shoot the 8 up in the corner, with a medium firm draw stroke, and getting on the 9 in the lower left corner.

The player who suggested shooting this position shot four rails, and coming out from behind the 9, needs to think about what happens if the shot is short? He has the same shot as my "long" position above. If he is a little longer than that, he ends up on the rail, with no chance at position. A little longer than that? He is dead hooked behind the 9. If you just barely get out from behind the 9, you are left almost dead straight in on the 8, and have to draw back nearly three feet on a shot with a possible tight side pocket. This is the short of position shot where you are travelling a LONG distance, and out of position the whole way until the last foot or so.

Remember.. On four rail position shots like this, you lose a LOT of speed on the 3rd and 4th cushions, because the angle of entry is working against the spin.

Besides the fact that shooting this shot hard enough to get there increases the difficulty level quite a bit on tight tables.

Better is to improve your thought processes on this shot. That's what pro pool is all about. Good thought processes.

When you got down on this shot, there was a fleeting thought that you might come up long on this shot, and be on the wrong side of the 8. So, your mind overcompensated. And you ended up really short.

If you had paused for a second to consider the resulting "long" position, you would have realized there was nothing there to fear. So when you got down on the shot, all doubt would have been removed.

Hope this post helped. As soon as I saw where you got on that 8 ball, I saw an interesting mental problem to be solved.

Russ
 
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Donovan said:
Hmmmm, I think that is good to hear for about 5 more days worth. ;)
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I hate to break it to you but I think I've gotten all the bad shots out of my system now!:cool:
 
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