Holy cow, I went down low left 5 rails, I never saw his shot. But that's why I run 3's and he runs 20's.
Or at least that's my story and I'm stickin to it. Wadda do I no? All I know, is I no nuttin. I am not the brightest candle in this church. But you have already figured that one out by now. nuk nuk nuk. :thumbup:
That's what I would have played. I originally learned it from watching Carlos Hallon, but Sang Lee nailed it frequently as well. You can get surprisingly accurate with it with practice, and Blomdahl plays on slippery tournament conditions all the time to estimate it well. He hates draw shots, so you know if there was a better option he would have taken it
There are other factors a player might consider when choosing that path even when the 5-railers don't have kisses. Think about what happens if you miss the shot as played vs the 5-rail bank to the red from either direction...
miss as played: Hit the white too full and knock it down-table or miss the white completely and your CB stops down-table. Both have good defensive chances.
miss 5-rail to red: hit red too full and knock it near corner leaving your CB in the center, or miss it completely and your CB goes into the corner with red still in the center. Both are pretty big sell-outs you might want to avoid in a close game.
Great shot. When I first looked at the diagram I was put in the mind of a drawing in one of the Byrne books that discusses an (I believe?) Egyptian player making a similar shot in a tournament but with follow rather than draw to change the angle of the white ball. Why I looked at the cuetable drawing here and thought of the wrong English, I don't know...
Not to hijack the thread, but in looking through the original poster's other youtube links from the tournament I found this one - very interesting watching:
