How Would You Play This?

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It's your shot at the 2 ball.

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I like the one/two rail kick into the corner pocket with speed so the cue floats towards the opposite side for shape on the 3...
 
Thin the righthand side of the two, bringing it up around the 4-ball and the CB behind the 5 and 7-balls.
 
I like banking the 2 soft into the 4 with right to go 2 rails with the cue ball ending with the cue, 9, 4, and 2 all along the same rail. The speed isn't too difficult.


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Hit the 2-ball on the left side, thin, with left english......
...go to the far end rail.
...the safety is a lock.
...the bonus is a snooker behind the 7 and 5.



Edit....I blew the pic up and my choice looks too scary...

I think it is not a good angle to line up the 2/4/9.....
...so I'm gonna soft bank the 2 to the 4 and leave whitey on the other long rail.
 
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I vote for what pt109 just said....good safe there. Just that, its tough to tell from the pic if that's possible. Looks tough to avoid the corner pocket point/tit.
 
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I would play the shot just as longhair described. Banking the 2 into the 4 and going around table is definitely the highest percentage shot for me.
 
I just tried a couple of the safeties of putting the 2 ball behind the 4 and sending the CB to the other end of the table. This shot is not on at all. You need a very full hit on the 2 to bank it near the 4, and then the CB does not leave the area.
 
I dont like playing safe here, but if I were to, I would play the bump safe leaving both balls together pointed into the rail.
I prefer to go offensive on the shot, 1 rail kick about 1-1.5" shy of the first diamond on the long rail, medium speed no english to hit rail first on the 2. If you hit it good your cueball will come out of the corner towards the 3.
Chuck
 
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I think the only way to get the CB behind the 5/7 is with the double hit safety off of the end rail. If you hit the CB to drive the 2 perpendicular to the end rail, the CB should come back at about the same angle it came into the 2, in the opposite direction and towards the 5/7. Of course, this isn't really any good, as the 2 will stay right there in front of the hole, and getting the CB that far down table is not easy on this shot.

I will try it tomorrow and report back.
 
I might try to kick the 2 in but if I did I would probably play it firmly with the intent of hitting the second rail before the 2 and getting the cue ball down to the other end of the table.

For a safe, I think I'd try to bank the 2 ball two short rails to behind the 5-7 and maybe draw the cue ball to the 4 if the kiss is not on.
 
iusedtoberich said:
I just tried a couple of the safeties of putting the 2 ball behind the 4 and sending the CB to the other end of the table. This shot is not on at all. You need a very full hit on the 2 to bank it near the 4, and then the CB does not leave the area.
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I agree. This is actually a difficult position and a potentially game losing situation.

A kick shot is risky because it will probably leave you hooked on the 3. I would expect most good players would kick the ball in then worry about the 3 later if they're hooked.

Personally, I think the best choice might be to just softly bank the two back up by the 4, trying to lock up the 2 and 4, or leaving a tough bank shot or a counter safe. This is probably the easiest to execute. Or just roll up softly onto the two just hard enough to nudge it to the rail and back into the cue ball. That could be a pretty strong move leading to a safety battle.
 
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