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Patrick Johnson said:That just means hit it straight on from where the cue ball lies. I think the bank makes if you cut it a little to the left (steeper into the rail) with outside english to shorten the bank angle as much as possible, and with draw to keep the cue ball away from the kiss. It's do-able, but it isn't high percentage unless you've practiced it on that same table. Maybe with sticky cloth and balls you can make it without any cut angle, just relying on the outside english to shorten it up. Jerry's probably thinking about that league table with the beer stains and mud balls.
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Hi Pat,
Actually I was thinking of the Gold Crown III at the pool hall with the old Simonis 860 that hardly ever gets cleaned. Oh, and the bar table at the pub with fairly new(ish) Simonis 860 that gets cleaned everyday, where the balls are clean and polished Aramith Super Pros and the cueball is a 2 1/4" Aramith plug ball.
I suppose that what I'm trying to say is that the shot is not affected that much by issues of ball or cloth cleanliness and I suspect that this is so because those issues are neutralized by the speed required. (Of course I may be crazy, in which case, I know you or someone else, will kindly point out the errors in my assumptions.)
Now as to what I meant by straight in the face is.. if you visualize an imaginary line from the long rail closest to the object ball, which extends straight thru the middle of the object ball and is perpendicular to the long rail the contact point is where the line emerges on the other side of the object ball.
I also happen to like Jude's simple yet elegant safety option. It's a question for me of how I'm feeling at the time. If I'm feeling really strong and confident I'll take the aggresive bank but, if I have any hesitation I'd opt for Jude's safety solution.
BTW it's good to have you posting here on AZ.

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