How Would Play This Layout?

shooting the 1 off the side rail to the bottom rail and traying to leave the cueball near where the 1 was and hoping to hell the 4 or 6 work as a blocker... LOL.

I really dont know what the hell I would do here... this is a good one.
 
I will always play a two way..

In this case, I would actually play the one, one rail off the eight going after the nine, but play with my sole focus being to lock the CB behind the four. If I make the nine so be it, if not, my opponent can fly at a one nine from behind that four all day long. The chances of that being easy enough to make at that point are really small, if I did my job with the CB which I am confident I could do consistently. The reason I play it one rail off the eight is to make making sure I get the CB on the four easier.

Jaden
 
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I'm going to play safe. 1 ball off the side of the 8 and on the end rail while hoping to hook him behind the interfering balls. That's what I see. I don't like the offensive here
 
The shot I like here is to bank the one off the short rail to end up near the 7 (on the other short rail) for the safe and take the cue ball one rail to the nine. You can adjust the angle off the cushion with side spin -- I'm guessing you would need just a touch of right english.
 
Bob Jewett said:
The shot I like here is to bank the one off the short rail to end up near the 7 (on the other short rail) for the safe and take the cue ball one rail to the nine. You can adjust the angle off the cushion with side spin -- I'm guessing you would need just a touch of right english.
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Looks to me like the 4 is blocking this.

First shot I saw, and I think still my favorite option, is to cut the 1 softly into the rail about 1/4 ball with a little right english, so that the 1 banks toward the 4 and the CB comes off the end rail hopefully getting behind the 6. Nobody else would opt for this one?

-Andrew
 
DAVE_M said:
Shane made the 9, but I guess he's not really an A player :grin:
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Damn right he's not - SVB is an AAA+++++++++++ player.

Context is everything.

Nobody asked what the best player in the world would do.

I thought the point of putting here is for mere mortals to discuss!

-von
 
rramsey0011 said:
I like this but is the scratch in the corner not a factor after contacting the four?
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No, you are hitting the 4 full. It's pretty much a dead billiard. On a table as spread as this I am playing offensive with some built in safety aspects whenever possible. 9 ball rewards aggression most of the time.

The better I play and they opponents play, I don't care about playing safe because we hit those safeties about 98% of the time. Unless I am frozen on a ball it's getting hit. If I can jump lookout is all I can say, I can play full table safes and offense with the short cue. In a set if I jump 4-6 times one of them is always a big game changer and can decide the winner in a close race.
 
takeitdown said:
No, you are hitting the 4 full. It's pretty much a dead billiard. On a table as spread as this I am playing offensive with some built in safety aspects whenever possible. 9 ball rewards aggression most of the time.

The better I play and they opponents play, I don't care about playing safe because we hit those safeties about 98% of the time. Unless I am frozen on a ball it's getting hit. If I can jump lookout is all I can say, I can play full table safes and offense with the short cue. In a set if I jump 4-6 times one of them is always a big game changer and can decide the winner in a close race.
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Pretty much a dead billiard.

Safeties are irrelevant for top players.

-Andrew
 
The8reader said:
Hit the one ball low english and leave cue ball stuck to that pink one with the one ball closer to the nine.
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This could sell out easy for the kick to the 1 nine combo or If i'm more than an inch or two off the back of the 4 it's a jump combo. It's always a bad idea to give up he table with the 1 in between the cueball and the hanging 9 ball, no matter how safe it may appear. If I can't make it I will move the 9 and your expected ball in hand 9 ball combo is gone.
 
Andrew Manning said:
Looks to me like the 4 is blocking this.
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It's close, but.... The cue ball is coming from the rail before the 1 ball, not from the location of the 1 ball, and the cue ball will be curving some due to the follow as it comes off the cushion.

As for the billiard from 1 to the 4 to knock the 4 into the 9 for the win, I would guess the shot is down under the 5% range even for champions on a first try.
 
DAVE_M said:
Shoot the one off the eight into the nine.

*Boom goes the dynamite*

http://youtu.be/0b4PCUAkzIc?t=2m51s
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VonRhett said:
Damn right he's not - SVB is an AAA+++++++++++ player.

Context is everything.

Nobody asked what the best player in the world would do.

I thought the point of putting here is for mere mortals to discuss!

-von
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Cornerman said:
Without hesitation, I'd play the one into the cushion to billiard of the 8-ball and into the 9-ball.

I won a tournament with a similar shot except the game was 8-ball and caromed the case 8-ball into the pocket.
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takeitdown said:
So he played the 1-4 billiard right?
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I posted that on page one.
 
Andrew Manning said:
Pretty much a dead billiard.

Safeties are irrelevant for top players.

-Andrew
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Thanks for the compliment :thumbup:
All I know man is that these type of situations come up all the time when I play which 95% of the time is for decent money. So if I am not playing it to make the 9 ball cause it's not going in at a high percentage then I am pushing the 9 ball away from the hole or in the hole to spot and moving on. I can pocket the 9 and create a tieup with the cueball bumping 2 object balls together and/or leaving the cueball in a very neutral pushout. Then I just fade their safety as best I can. I am okay with that.
 
If somebody can post an after the shot picture that would be cool. Would like to see where the cueball ended up with the 4 and 6 as potential safes. I would think it very difficult to get safe with the 1-8 as described. If I take an early combo or billiards I try to leave the CB in between the lowest numbered ball (1 ball) and the 9 as extra insurance on a game ending sellout.

This was the most interesting WWYD thread, keep the m coming.

EDIT- saw the link below that shows the shot played. Of course CB was frozen to the end rail about 1/2 diamond out of the upper pocket on footrail. The man is good.
 
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Unless your opponent is blind in one eye and can't see out of the other...

You gotta get that 9 out of there. The pool gods are obviously not on your team, you failed to make the 9, it hung in the hole, you got no shot on the 1...

Making the 9 and bringing cb back up table -to bottom L) pictured pocket's errands- is virtually 100% executable, none of the other options presented thus far are anywhere close to that success rate.

You have a push, use it.

Free advice: money back guarantee. :rolleyes:
 
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