Ever lost a match like this? Disgusting!!!
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From what I saw, it was 7-7 in a race to 9 when the fluked 9-ball occurred. Note that he moves his coin from the 7 position to the 8 position at the end of the clip.
I mistakenly wrote a new post as a reply to this thread.
Here is the new post/thread featuring an Efren Reyes shot: http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=383302
That is why I hate 9-ball. Call that!
Actor Forest Whitaker is almost apologetically talking about his winning shots, all the while drubbing Eddie Felson on TCOM:
Whitaker points to the results of his shot and exclaims "Man! That shot was Luck! Pure Luck! I don't believe it!"
... but in that case Whitaker's character was sending balls in for the win, and skillfully making them look 'lucky'.
In this recent game the OP shows, making the 9 was just a luck shot.
We have all had rolls go our way, or go against us.
I would rather be good than lucky, but I wouldn't not turn down a lucky roll should it come my way from time to time.
Whitaker points to the results of his shot and exclaims "Man! That shot was Luck! Pure Luck! I don't believe it!"
... but in that case Whitaker's character was sending balls in for the win, and skillfully making them look 'lucky'.
In this recent game the OP shows, making the 9 was just a luck shot.
We have all had rolls go our way, or go against us.
I would rather be good than lucky, but I wouldn't not turn down a lucky roll should it come my way from time to time.
JC
Coos Cues
I noticed that too. Which means something occurred after that to conclude the match. In fact 8 other games were lost besides that one. I don't see the drama there. Just one of thousands of fluke nine balls I've seen find a pocket. Never saw a 10 ball behave like that though. Weird.
JC
exactly..keep playing garbage games like texas express 9 ball and these kind of shots will go both ways. it is what it is.
I was playing a guy in Houston, years ago, a race to 9 for a couple of hundred. During the match, he snapped in four 9 balls and had a couple of early combos on the 9. The guy did have a sledgehammer break!
At hill-hill, he had the 7 ball about a diamond away from the pocket on the end rail with the 8 ball on the same rail about a diamond away from the other corner pocket. The cue ball was up table passed the side pocket but he did have a thin cut on the 7. No way to hold the cue ball for the 8.
This guy got up and down about six times before he finally shot it. Each time he got down, he was shaking so bad, I thought he was going to have a heart attack.
Finally, he pulled the trigger. He jumped up so fast on the shot, I thought he'd jump out of his shoes. And he whiffs the 7 ball! Doesn't even touch it!
I jumped up out of my chair thinking I'm going to have ball in hand. The cue ball proceeds to go four rails and cut the 7 ball into the pocket leaving him a pretty easy shot on the 8.
He won and then refused to play me a second set!
To put salt in the wound, everytime I saw him after that, he asked for weight.
Stones
At hill-hill, he had the 7 ball about a diamond away from the pocket on the end rail with the 8 ball on the same rail about a diamond away from the other corner pocket. The cue ball was up table passed the side pocket but he did have a thin cut on the 7. No way to hold the cue ball for the 8.
This guy got up and down about six times before he finally shot it. Each time he got down, he was shaking so bad, I thought he was going to have a heart attack.
Finally, he pulled the trigger. He jumped up so fast on the shot, I thought he'd jump out of his shoes. And he whiffs the 7 ball! Doesn't even touch it!
I jumped up out of my chair thinking I'm going to have ball in hand. The cue ball proceeds to go four rails and cut the 7 ball into the pocket leaving him a pretty easy shot on the 8.
He won and then refused to play me a second set!
To put salt in the wound, everytime I saw him after that, he asked for weight.
Stones
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Exactly again... As long as Pool players keep allowing/Supporting Pool Halls/ Tournament Directors/Promoters who offer such a terrible sloppy game (9-Ball Texas Express), pool can NEVER move forward. STOP Supporting terrible game formats. It offers NOTHING to better the Game of pool... It offers nothing in the GAMBLE world- its too risky even for gamblers to match up with. Hell just have a coin flipping contest .. it'll be much quicker. Lets get back to respectable responsible competitive games.
STOP supporting BAD GAMES. DEMAND better. Do it like... yesterday. NO MORE PISS POOL for any MONEY games/ tournaments. JUST STOP IT. You folks are the only hope (we) that pool has. Its got to Start at the local level and its got to start now. Demand it at every event.
No one like to lose or even win this way.. STOP Supporting this crap. Change the game back to a respectable show for talent and watch it grow and get the support it deserves.
Randy
i think he was spotted 2 on the wire.