How good are you???

Neil said:
Sometimes this happens for one of two reasons.

1. The person getting the spot feels he has such a lock on it that he doesn't shoot 'his' game. He lets up and gets beat.

2. 'The person getting the spot is so uptight and nervous about looking bad by losing getting that much weight, that they can't stroke freely and end up missing shots that they normally would make.

There are other reasons too, but I think those are the main two. That kind of spot usually ends up just being a mind game. And if the better player can't get in your head, he's usually in trouble.
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I played alot stronger at the age of 26. I could make anything. I had a killer break, and could ran out tables maybe 7 out 10 tables. But I have been given, what I would consider the world (7,8 & break). An have been beaten by a few hustlers and good players. Bucky Bell beat twice with this weight and Bernardo Chanchez beat with this weight. I DID NOT PLAY SMART! I PLAYED INTO THEIR GAME. I guess when you get older you do learn a little more. I'm forty now and when I take my time and play smart I'll take that kind of weight anyday from anyone with a neutral racker.
 
If a top player offers me that spot, I wouldn't take it. He's offerering it because he knows he can beat you with it. Never take a game that's offered to you by a top player. JMHO.

Now, if he wants challenge me to a debate on the legislative process, I'd give him a spot and clean his clock!
 
crawfish said:
Well, I played him with the six and the break and ended up one set ahead. But, we doubled the bet on the last set, so I broke even. Think about it. Say you break, make a ball (50%?). There is a forty five percent chance you have an opening shot, and a good chance that there is a ball tied up. Those percentages drop the running out odds a lot lower. The six almost isn't a factor. Most of the time, you're going to get out from the six, anyway. It does help on the break about one in 19 times? Lay out all of the odds and it isn't what it appears. If you play a champion with one money ball and the break, you'd better be making balls on the break. And... don't let them alcohol, powder or otherwise doctor the balls.
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6 and break...uh no I'll take a pass. I have seen that game played before a number of times. The last time I saw it played high stakes was Gary Lutman getting it from Parica in St Charles, Illinois.

3/5/7 and the breaks? Bring on Cliff, i'm ready!
 
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