HOW WOULD YOU PLAY THIS POSITION?

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@unoperro posted this wwyd on a non 3 cushion site
i am curious how you 3 cushion players would play it
you are the W(white)
R (red)
Y(yellow)
cushions are marked A/B/C/D
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I think you go red first, c/d/a rails? A bit of speed to return white to rail c if you miss and also be sure to contact rail b with red to leave it there?
 
You know they have these hi-tech things like Chalkysticks that are better than ballpoint on a napkin

ChalkySticks Pad

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Moe Szyslak said:
You know they have these hi-tech things like Chalkysticks that are better than ballpoint on a napkin

ChalkySticks Pad

ChalkySticks Pad is an advanced billiards / pool diagramming tool. Recreate any pool situation on a variety of different table types and share with others.
pad.chalkysticks.com pad.chalkysticks.com
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Would the app give you any more info then the simple drawing on the napkin? Can you label the rails?
 
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You can post the table link and people can edit it easily with their shot idea and repost it. And everybody is using the exact same layout. Plus there are diamonds on the table so you can line things up more exactly. You have the balls the actual color and it's a realistic looking table. I think Bob Jewett has said the ball size is not perfectly relative to the table size, but I think it's going to be better than a semicircle on a napkin. You can draw the actual paths of the cueball with a solid line, and the path of the object ball with a dotted line, for example. There's no need to label the rails as you can quickly draw out the exact shot. If that fails, the orientation is always the same so top/bottom and right/left will work.
 
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I did this in maybe a minute and a half. You can go to that link and alter it.

ChalkySticks Pad

ChalkySticks Pad is an advanced billiards / pool diagramming tool. Recreate any pool situation on a variety of different table types and share with others.
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I believe the above is closest to actual position of the balls.

I went off the left side of the yellow long rail end rail long rail long rail and end rail

I played it this way thinking I had many ways to score on the red.

As the yellow went down and back and I barely moved the red , I had almost the same shot again.
 
How do y'all play this one as white?

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Some options:
  • A tickey with reverse english (probably easiest on sliding tables)
  • Left side of the red thin to come up short long short.
  • There's enough space between the yellow and the long rail to play thin left side of yellow and come around 4 rails S/L/S/L to the red

This is what I usually try, and what I've seen some PBA players play, but its pretty low percentage
 
That youtube shot is pretty snazzy, but yeah the percentage seems low.

I think I would play Left side of the red thin to come up short long short. I needed a touch of left. Big ball in the corner.
I tried thin left side of yellow and come around 4 rails S/L/S/L to the red. Not bad either.
Both of them are really touchy.
 
dhansen said:
How do y'all play this one as white?

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Some options:
  • A tickey with reverse english (probably easiest on sliding tables)
  • Left side of the red thin to come up short long short.
  • There's enough space between the yellow and the long rail to play thin left side of yellow and come around 4 rails S/L/S/L to the red

This is what I usually try, and what I've seen some PBA players play, but its pretty low percentage
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the youtube link is not working
 
Double kiss straight back from yellow with right side spin. :eek:
 
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Moe Szyslak said:
That youtube shot is pretty snazzy, but yeah the percentage seems low.

I think I would play Left side of the red thin to come up short long short. I needed a touch of left. Big ball in the corner.
I tried thin left side of yellow and come around 4 rails S/L/S/L to the red. Not bad either.
Both of them are really touchy.
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If the white is a bit closer to the center of the table I love S/L/S.

With this sort of position you just do what you can 🤷
 
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With this sort of position you just do what you can
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One of those positions where there is no clear answer. A bunch of options and none is all that great, all very touchy. Which one is least likely to leave you fucked tight against the yellow in the corner with the red on the same side?

thin left side of yellow and come around 4 rails S/L/S/L to the red
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I have to shoot this again and see what the leave is, I'm just not good enough to picture it in my head. Is there a good position to be had here maybe?

Double kiss straight back from white
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I'm confused on what you mean here. Kiss back from the yellow, shooting the white ball?
 
I'm thinking long, short, yellow, long, red...coz the ticky gets two points(!).

I like Bob's double kiss idea too. I'd rather hit it with high though an take 5-6 hits on the long rail to opposite short rail...then some more longs to red.
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