How Would You Play This

Baxter said:
8 in the side gives you natural shape on the 9 in the lower corner.
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From the looks of the layout, it's a pretty thin cut, and requires letting the cue ball run around the table quite a bit. Maybe it's just me and my eyes?
 
The way the table looks as it is, seems like it's almost natural shape for the 9, maybe a touch of draw needed.

If it's near straight in, just follow the cue ball into the rail and bounce out for the 9, add a little right if needed?
 
Sorry my drawing sucks. If I hit the 8 ball to the side I would double hit it. I am excited by the creativity of this shot so I'll spill the beans. I literally jumped the cue ball into the 8 with center ball. This allowed me to play 2 rails and sink the 9 in the bottom corner. I'll probably never shoot it again, but it really kicked ass.
 
If the cue ball is too close to pocket the eight and get shape w/o a double hit maybe play the eight one rail down by the nine and leave the cue ball two rails one the head cushion.
 
when I saw this shot I thought I would jack up the butt of my cue like a extreme masse shot and shoot the 8 into the side and avoiding the double hit, hopefully hitting it soft enough to get a decent shot on the nine
 
If the 8 is nearly straight, and too close to avoid a double hit with a convential stroke, I would jack up and hit low right with soft to medium-soft speed, "throwing" the 8 into the side and gaining shape on the 9.
 
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What would you play

I would have jacked up my cue shot the 8 in the side and drawn the cueball 3 rails around to the bottom right hand quadrant. Pausing to bow slightly to the gracious applause of my admiring crew.
 
I would just pick up the cue ball and give him ball in hand because it looks like I have no chance of winning this game.
 
Baxter said:
If the 8 is nearly straight, and too close to avoid a double hit with a convential stroke, I would jack up and hit low right with soft to medium-soft speed, "throwing" the 8 into the side and gaining shape on the 9.
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That's the shot.
 
It's hard to tell from the diagram, but it doesn't look like you can hold the cue ball down table for the 9 so I would hit it hard and go up, down and back up for the 9 ball.

I don't see any other shot.
 
If indeed the 8 is a slight cut, just use low inside over to the side rail. inside helps eliminate a double hit and a nip draw stroke. If you use outside your asking for a double hit. If in a tourney, like Vegas, a good ref looks where you address the c/b.

Rod
 
NewStroke said:
Sorry my drawing sucks. If I hit the 8 ball to the side I would double hit it. I am excited by the creativity of this shot so I'll spill the beans. I literally jumped the cue ball into the 8 with center ball. This allowed me to play 2 rails and sink the 9 in the bottom corner. I'll probably never shoot it again, but it really kicked ass.
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The jump shot looks like it's tough to reach. Were you leaning way out over the table? Where did the cue ball hit the first cushion?
 
Bob Jewett said:
The jump shot looks like it's tough to reach. Were you leaning way out over the table? Where did the cue ball hit the first cushion?
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Yes I was leaning Bob, 6'2" on a bar table is nice. I hit the first rail around the first diamond under the side pocket if memory serves me correctly.
 
Once again, I have to back Dan up here. I was there when it happened. Dan is really tall and can lean over a 7' table to play that shot jacked up easily. I don't remember exactly how he hit it, but the 8-ball went in the side and the cueball drew across the table and went 2 rails down for a near-straight in shot on the 9. My reaction was pretty much "WTF WAS THAT?!"
 
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