First time playing 1 Pocket

[StormHotRod300]

Last night I played 1pocket for the first time and IT was FUN AS HELL!!!!!!

The guy who i was playing against, rarely gets to play 1hole, because hardly anyone plays anything but 8ball or 9ball in my town.

So we are playing 2$ a ball. And after him telling me the rules, we go at it.

First two racks its back n forth, neither of can really take advantage. But i am pulling out the wins because of some amazing shots i am pulling outa my AZZ! Several times during the games I made some unbelievable back cut banks, and cross cut banks, from some of the wildest angles. All of these banks where made when 1 or 2 balls were left on the table and it was for the rack win. So it wasnt like i was trying wild shots all the time.

But for the several racks that we did play it was fun as hell. I did end up losing the last rack, badly though i ended up having to make a long 2ball combo down and just missed it, which allowed him to run out his last 6 balls for the win.

So overall i ended up losing 14$ but, it was fun as hell.

Plus it makes me want to play this game a whole lot more!

dave

 

[mjantti]

Welcome to the club. 1pocket is fun !!

 

[rackmsuckr]

Yep, wait until you figure out some moves! Or run 8 and out.

I like one hole too, because of all the banking you get to do, and the creative stuff you can come up with. I'm a fledgling at it, but do appreciate the intricacies of the game.

It also seems to be the fairest game to match up.

 

[suckershot]

Good to see another one who is interested in learning 1h. There are far too few people willing to learn the game. Where I am, there might be 2 or 3 people that will play with me that are reasonably even with me. Everyone else only wants to play 8 or 9.

I've always said how can you not like a game where a carom-bank shot, or a 2 or 3-rail bank, or a 2 rail bank-carom shot is often a viable offensive shot? And how can you not enjoy the feeling of burying your opponent in the pile while leaving a ball right in front of your pocket? Hardly anything is more satisfying than forcing your opponent to sacrifice a ball to you.

 

[ScottW]

One pocket = tricky. You can really learn some stuff that can apply to your 8/9 ball games. I've only played it a few times myself - I need to play some more.