How would you play this??
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When you make the 2-ball, stay within a diamond of the side rail.
Play the 3-ball rail-first with right english....
the 4-ball combos the 6-ball and you should get a shot on the 3-ball
in the pocket you made the 1-ball.
Neil....are you proud of me?...not playing safe on this:smile:
Hi Neil 
i would play 1, 2 with trying to get good position so i can play the carom combo to the 3-ball thin to pocket the 6 ball- then you should have an easy long shot on the 3- after that the table should give an easy run-out.
If the position for the 3 would be bad i would try to play safety.
lg Ingo
i would play 1, 2 with trying to get good position so i can play the carom combo to the 3-ball thin to pocket the 6 ball- then you should have an easy long shot on the 3- after that the table should give an easy run-out.
If the position for the 3 would be bad i would try to play safety.
lg Ingo
This how i would play it,
the 1 and let the CB rolling into/towards middle of table. Then playing the 2 with Follow and perhaps a bit right-english to get position to play the carom-combo from the 3 to pocket the 6. After that combo you should have a position like this here:
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Ingo
the 1 and let the CB rolling into/towards middle of table. Then playing the 2 with Follow and perhaps a bit right-english to get position to play the carom-combo from the 3 to pocket the 6. After that combo you should have a position like this here:
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Ingo
Yes! I am proud of you!But...... while that is a very viable option, that is not what I did.
If the bank to the six with the one was available hitting it softly so as to leave the one where the six is. Then pocketing the one to open up the two balls that are tied up. Anywhere on the table should give you a fair shot on the two.
My Choice
After pocketing the 2 lay the cue ball near the side pocket close to the rail.
Push the 3 ball down to the short rail and freeze the cue ball on the 4
The 7 and 9 are huge blockers and going up table and back down is very difficult especially when you are on top of the 4
Take ball in hand and run out
After pocketing the 2 lay the cue ball near the side pocket close to the rail.
Push the 3 ball down to the short rail and freeze the cue ball on the 4
The 7 and 9 are huge blockers and going up table and back down is very difficult especially when you are on top of the 4
Take ball in hand and run out
Another vote for banking the one softly into the six. You can then break up the three and four with the hanging one ball, with little risk of not making shape on the two. Still, you have to play to your own strengths. A soft bank is a personal strength for me, so that's why I'd choose it.
Brother,this is the 4th or 5th time (actually more ) you've posted something here that CLEARLY shows we have very similar attitudes,insight,or however you want to say it.
The bottom line is we are both trying to take the opponent out of the equation.
My choice under the circumstances would have been exactly what you chose,given the identical position.
It's not the first time I've used this move to directly win a game,or used it to just "rearrange the furniture",left my opponent tough and got another shot,or used it to take their only way of breaking something else out,and winning as a result.
I saw a random female player recently use a very similar shot in 8-ball and although it was a complete accident,she looked like Einstein after the result.
She was stripes,and had 2 close together similar to your 3-4,as well as a hanger where the 6 is. She called the ball closest to the rail cross-corner,but used her primary object ball to bank it,and followed forward aggressively.
I don't think this was her intention to do this,but not only did she make the shot she called,the cue ball came straight thru and made the hanger,and the ball she hit first came 2 rails uptable and it fell in the corner.
In the time it took to shoot it,she went from a sure loss if she missed,to making all 3 balls and landing straight in on the 8 like she meant to do that the whole time.
The other thing I would have considered is shooting the 1 in the same corner you did,and coming off the end rail and breaking the 3-4 up that way. Tommy D.
) you've posted something here that CLEARLY shows we have very similar attitudes,insight,or however you want to say it. The bottom line is we are both trying to take the opponent out of the equation.
My choice under the circumstances would have been exactly what you chose,given the identical position.
It's not the first time I've used this move to directly win a game,or used it to just "rearrange the furniture",left my opponent tough and got another shot,or used it to take their only way of breaking something else out,and winning as a result.
I saw a random female player recently use a very similar shot in 8-ball and although it was a complete accident,she looked like Einstein after the result.
She was stripes,and had 2 close together similar to your 3-4,as well as a hanger where the 6 is. She called the ball closest to the rail cross-corner,but used her primary object ball to bank it,and followed forward aggressively.
I don't think this was her intention to do this,but not only did she make the shot she called,the cue ball came straight thru and made the hanger,and the ball she hit first came 2 rails uptable and it fell in the corner.
In the time it took to shoot it,she went from a sure loss if she missed,to making all 3 balls and landing straight in on the 8 like she meant to do that the whole time.
The other thing I would have considered is shooting the 1 in the same corner you did,and coming off the end rail and breaking the 3-4 up that way. Tommy D.
Very interesting. Of course I would never have seen that possibility. I hope I can remember to set this up and try it sometime.
(I couldn't respond earlier in the day, Neil. The work computers had an upgrade a few weeks ago, and Flash is not supported. So I can't see the tables on these threads until I get home.)
Thanks for another interesting exercise. I always enjoy them, and always learn something.
(I couldn't respond earlier in the day, Neil. The work computers had an upgrade a few weeks ago, and Flash is not supported. So I can't see the tables on these threads until I get home.)
Thanks for another interesting exercise. I always enjoy them, and always learn something.