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The way you have it outlined in slide 2 is the way I would play it...

If you hit it perfectly you might make the one rail bank, and as long as you play the cue ball (to freeze on the bottom rail) with more importance you are likely to get reasonably safe.
 
Did I miss something? I see no slide 2..

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I like a two rail bank drawing the cue ball down to the bottom rail. If you try a one rail bank and miss, but get close, freezing your opponent to the rail won't matter.

If you go for the two railer and miss, you want to make sure you're a little short, because the 9 ball will end up in the middle of the rail. As diagrammed, if you miss, your opponent will be left with a 9 foot shot, rail to rail.

This one is a good one to practice. Practice your speed to have the 9 ball end up on the back rail after the shot.

Russ
 

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One thing about diagrams, its easy to look at, but not always accurate on how the balls will react.

IMHO, the suggested slide 2 will not work because you can't hit the CB with the right spin and speed to go back down to the end rail without lengthing out the bank and leaving it close to the pocket.

If you use low, the bank will lengthen.
If you use rt english, the bank will lengthen.
If you use center or low, the CB won't have enough angle or speed to accomplish the shot.

My choice would be to bank it directly to the middle of the end rail and use center right, perhaps a very little low. High rt could also be used with an extra rail for the CB. If the 9 goes to the middle of the end rail, you have a great leave regardless, if the CB doesn't go exactly where you want.

Mike
 
I'm playing the cross-corner bank and focusing on bring the cue ball back to the end rail. I feel that a good player should have at least a 50% chance to make the ball outright. If I miss, however, as long as I get whitey down on the end rail and don't leave the object ball in the vicinity of the hole, I can live with what happens from there. At least, IMHO, I'll have given myself the best chance to win.
 
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VIProfessor said:
I'm playing the cross-corner bank and focusing on bring the cue ball back to the end rail. I feel that a good player should have at least a 50% of making the ball outright. If I miss, however, as long as I get whitey down on the end rail and don't leave the object ball in the vicinity of the hole, I can live with what happens from there. At least, IMHO, I'll have given myself the best chance to win.
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What he said.
 
VIProfessor said:
I'm playing the cross-corner bank and focusing on bring the cue ball back to the end rail. I feel that a good player should have at least a 50% of making the ball outright. If I miss, however, as long as I get whitey down on the end rail and don't leave the object ball in the vicinity of the hole, I can live with what happens from there. At least, IMHO, I'll have given myself the best chance to win.
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What he said. And if you favor the bank to the short side, if miss OB should end up on the end rail and not in front of the hole.
 
I would try to 2 rail bank the nine to the middle of the end rail and drag/ draw the cueball to the other end rail and force my opponent to deal with a tough shot. JMO.

Southpaw
 
I practice that exact shot regularly. When in a game situation, which this position comes up frequently it would seem, I don't even stop to think about it, I just get down on the table and make it...the one rail bank in the corner..about 85% of the time. If I miss, the opponent is usually left with a full table bank shot in the corner.
 
Russ Chewning said:
Did I miss something? I see no slide 2..

For the record, you will always get more advice if you upload a jpeg. The steps are, do your cuetable layout, ctrl+printscreen, then paste it into Paint, edit, save as jpeg, then upload jpeg to the forum. You can include the cuetable link for those who want to use it to advise..

The reason for this is that if people respond with a cuetable layout, it will cause a popup for every response.. Use a jpeg like below, and the whole thread loads quickly..

I like a two rail bank drawing the cue ball down to the bottom rail. If you try a one rail bank and miss, but get close, freezing your opponent to the rail won't matter.

If you go for the two railer and miss, you want to make sure you're a little short, because the 9 ball will end up in the middle of the rail. As diagrammed, if you miss, your opponent will be left with a 9 foot shot, rail to rail.

This one is a good one to practice. Practice your speed to have the 9 ball end up on the back rail after the shot.

Russ
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i'd do a similar shot hitting 4/5ths of the 9 with fairly wide low right english and medium speed to end up something like this:

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