Have You Ever Seen a Pro Miss a Hanger for the Win?

I'm surprised nobody has mentioned Hohmann's straight in 8 ball in the side against Wu at hill hill at last years 8 ball World Championships. I think it was hill hill.
 
Here is One!

This one is from a local amateur tournament here in Wichita. It was before
Gabe turned Pro (was just hustling around). It was the finals between him and Jeremy Vulgamore (considered equal with Gabe in Talent, but his stroke is more powerful - one of the very strongest I have seen in 44 years).

Jeremy led most of the match, with Gabe catching him at hill-to-hill.

Jeremy was left with this shot.

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He tried to soft stroke it real soft to hold his cue ball, and the 8 ball ended
up short to the corner. Gabe ran out for the win. Jeremy would have not
had a problem taking the cue 3 rails for shape on the 9 at all, but elected
to soft stroke it.

The tournament paid over $1,200 to 1st PLUS A $750 SHURTZ CUE. 2nd
paid about $700, so soft stroking that hill-to-hill shot cost Jeremy over
$1200 counting the cue.

Even Gabe could not believe it when Jeremy failed to make the 8.
 
Scott Lee said:
sjm...Isn't that the match where Rempe was going to draw the CB, when all he needed was simple stop shot...and he miscued, and scooped the CB right over the 7-ball (I think it was the 7)? That was EXACTLY the shot I thought of when I saw this thread topic.

Scott Lee
www.poolknowledge.com
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I remember this happened to Rempe on the 7 ball in a 9 ball tournament. I believe it was one of the older challenge of champions, but it wasn't for the win. The 7 and 8 were close together, short shot in the corner, he wanted to draw back a few feet and then back out off a rail for the 8 and the cue ball jumped compleletely over the 7 and landed dead in the pocket.

Kelly
 
Brian in VA said:
Brian in VA - once left a 6 inch putt short!
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I had a friend do that for birdie once. I couldn't believe my eyes. A par 3, so so close to hole in one and he pars it :eek:

Kelly
 
I know they were mentioned already but I have to say that two of the more notable ones that I rmeember were Hohmann's 8 ball miss in the 2005 8-ball World Chamionship and Ga Young's 9 ball miss in the 2004(?) US Open. Thorsten never shows much emotion but you could literally feel the pain in Ga Young. But she did the next best thing. She came back the next year and won the same tournament!
 
jay helfert said:
In the years I've been around, almost ALL the top pros have missed easy (hangers) shots at one time or another. And I mean all of them. Every one can tell you a story about an easy miss at a critical time.

By the way, the strangest thing about Varner's missed Nine ball in the U.S. Open is what Sigel did afterward. The Cue ball froze to the Nine, and Sigel could easily have played safe, hitting the Nine thin and leaving the Cue ball down table. Instead he just thrust his cue at the Cue ball and sent both balls rolling around the table. I mean it was a completely amateurish shot by one of the all time greats. He had a major brain fart, and it's all on tape.

One that stands out in my mind was in the Finals of the Disneyland Open in 1986. The match was between Danny Medina and David Howard. First prize was $8,000, a good purse for that era. The match went hill-hill and David was all set up for the win. He only needed to make the four ball in the corner and let the Cue ball roll a foot or two for easy position on a billiard from the Five to the Nine which was sitting an inch or so from the middle of the side pocket. The Five ball was inches away from the Nine. It was unmissable. Any amateur could make this shot with no problem. Just hit the side of the Five ball anywhere.

David plays perfect position and gets down to shoot the easiest winning shot of his life......and miscues. Hello! So anything can happen when a player loses concentration for a moment. Efren, Buddy, Hopkins, Archer, Swanson, Sigel, Earl, Varner and the list goes on and on. They have all succumbed to blankitis, where all of sudden they forget where to aim.

One other story that I like to tell in the same vein. Buddy breaks and makes a ball. The Cue ball freezes to the One. We've all had shots like this, where we hit the ball thin and go down table for a safe. Well Buddy gets set to make a very thin hit on the One and play safe. I'm refing so I stand close to watch the shot. Only one problem, Buddy aims a little too thin and fails to hit the One. He actually shot away from the ball. So I call a foul. Buddy is livid. He knows he has fouled, he is just embarassed that I would call it on him. He tries halfheartedly to protest, but I look at him and say "Buddy, you never hit the One". Buddy shrugs his shoulders, makes a face and just walks over and sits down.

He probably doesn't like me telling that story, but I think it's funny that the great Buddy Hall would make an amateur mistake like that.
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Great story about Buddy...Jay!
 
This shot was made my Allison , and I thought it was the most dogged shot ever. I think she was at 5 and GY Kim on the hill ... Fisher draws the cue ball back right into the pocket and GY Kim takes the cheese. **I remember thinking - OUCH!


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I remember in a WPBA tournament, Darlene Stinson was playing a fellow pro. Darlene made the 9 and scratched.

According to the rules, the 9 had to be spotted and the opponent needed to pocket it. Darlene spotted the 9 and the other pro (can't remember who it was) lined up the shot for the corner pocket. Darlene stood by, ready to rack. The opponent made the shot, Darlene grabs the rack and starts getting the balls out, but wait! The cueball hadn't stopped rolling and was drawn into the side pocket.

But since Darlene had already conceded the game, she still lost!
 
no-sho said:
I'm surprised nobody has mentioned Hohmann's straight in 8 ball in the side against Wu at hill hill at last years 8 ball World Championships. I think it was hill hill.
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That was played in the United Arab Emirates. I don't reckon many forum members saw that one!
 
rackmsuckr said:
I remember in a WPBA tournament, Darlene Stinson was playing a fellow pro. Darlene made the 9 and scratched.

According to the rules, the 9 had to be spotted and the opponent needed to pocket it. Darlene spotted the 9 and the other pro (can't remember who it was) lined up the shot for the corner pocket. Darlene stood by, ready to rack. The opponent made the shot, Darlene grabs the rack and starts getting the balls out, but wait! The cueball hadn't stopped rolling and was drawn into the side pocket.

But since Darlene had already conceded the game, she still lost!
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Oooooooooo!!! I'm going to have to include THAT scenario in my "You concede a game and/or match when..." speech!!

Ow-ee Wow-wee!!!

Thanks Linda!!

Barbara
 
cuetechasaurus said:
The only one I can recall is Nick Varner's miss against Mike Sigel, where Nick missed a pretty easy shot in the side pocket, and the cueball ended up freezing to the 9ball leaving Mike no shot at hill-hill. This was an easy shot, but he was bridging off the rail and he was going into he side at an angle, so the pocket was smaller.
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I think that match is on the 10/10 accustats video...I also think I have seen that whole match...Nick was stuck really bad in that set and managed to grind out a hill/hill situation....BTW...Nick never actually had to make the 9-ball in that set...With the balls so close together with no shot Sigel tried to do some kind crazy shot and jumped the CB off the table...
 
BRKNRUN said:
I think that match is on the 10/10 accustats video...I also think I have seen that whole match...Nick was stuck really bad in that set and managed to grind out a hill/hill situation....BTW...Nick never actually had to make the 9-ball in that set...With the balls so close together with no shot Sigel tried to do some kind crazy shot and jumped the CB off the table...
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Yes, Nick was down 9-2 and corner hooked against Mike Sigel who was in dead punch. When Nick was left in that seemingly hopeless situation, Mike Sigel whispered to either Nick's wife or Mike's wife that Nick was going to kick that ball in, and come back and win the entire match. He did exactly that. It was hill-hill, and Nick had a pretty darn easy shot in the side pocket. A slight cut at an angle to the side pocket, and Nick was bridging off the rail. He caught a tiny bit of the point going in, and the 9-ball rattled out of the hole. The cueball and 9-ball ended up frozen to each other, and Mike really had no shot except for a soft safety. Out of frustration Mike tried to either 2-rail the 9 in the side or luck it in somewhere, and the 9-ball flew off the table. He shook Nick's hand before he could pocket the winning 9.


Speaking of terrible misses, I just watched a video of Kim Davenport missing an incredibly easy 4-9 combination to go up 9-6 against Efren Reyes in the '95PBT Finals. This is the shot:

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The pockets were huge too. After Kim missed the shot, he pointed at someone in the background. I think either an audience member or the camera man sharked him pretty badly, because he popped his head up in mid-shot. He looked really upset. Instead of going up 9-6 in a race to 11 against the Magician, it went 8-7 with Efren breaking, who of course ran that out and then a 2-pack to get on the hill. Efren ended up winning 11-9. Poor Kim! He looked devastated.
 
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