Killer losses
- Thread starter Neil
- Start date
Kinda tough to top the one you started the thread with...
It's not nearly as bad, and not luck (sadly). But playing Tyler Edey 8-ball tourney, 3 rounds into the A-side, score is 6-5 for him race to 7 and I have the break in the last game and have ero'd the last 3 games before this one as he made a ball on the break and ran to here.
http://CueTable.com/P/?@1AQjU3BUxN4CaJj3DWxY4ETdi4FWER2GYMB4HDUs3PUDT@
so I am shooting well, I am thinking I am getting back to the table, easy backdoor runout and I am better then 50% to break and run the last rack and win the set going to the a-side semi with the top player in the tourney now on the b-side, only I dont get the chance because he makes this.
http://CueTable.com/P/?@1AQjU3BUxN4...cDUs4cbmi2cbOD1cbCi1cdGu3kUDT4kBQx4kNlk4kUdi@
This kind of stuff seems to be pretty standard when I play him.
http://CueTable.com/P/?@1AQjU3BUxN4CaJj3DWxY4ETdi4FWER2GYMB4HDUs3PUDT@
so I am shooting well, I am thinking I am getting back to the table, easy backdoor runout and I am better then 50% to break and run the last rack and win the set going to the a-side semi with the top player in the tourney now on the b-side, only I dont get the chance because he makes this.
http://CueTable.com/P/?@1AQjU3BUxN4...cDUs4cbmi2cbOD1cbCi1cdGu3kUDT4kBQx4kNlk4kUdi@
This kind of stuff seems to be pretty standard when I play him.
Celtic,
When making a wei table, click the save link button(bottom right of cuetable, it's red). Then in your thread here, click the wei button and then hit "control V". Your table will then show up. Below are the links that you posted. I fixed these fer ya.
Hope that helps.
Ray
When making a wei table, click the save link button(bottom right of cuetable, it's red). Then in your thread here, click the wei button and then hit "control V". Your table will then show up. Below are the links that you posted. I fixed these fer ya.
Hope that helps.
Ray
Last edited:
Its hard for me to remember a particular shot that beat me. This is due to me being a nine ball player mostly and its not uncommon for someone to miss a shot to watch it go four rails into the same pocket. I cant use cue table at work either so its hard to describe a shot without it. I can describe some match ups though, two that stick out.
I was playing this guy and I know I am a ball or two or better than him. Well he shoots ****ing better than me one night but doing it from wrong position almost every shot and gets out more than I do. We are betting 150 a set and I get down 600. Well I rally to come back two sets to get it at 300. Some friends on the rail agreed with me that someone who constantly shoots tough shots from being out of position is eventually going to start missing. Well he never did start missing. I should have pulled up earlier and realized tonight was his night but I played him till the place closed losing 600. That loss stung real bad but I did learn something from it. I just kept thinking that I am supposed to beat him so I kept trying to win it back.
Another was when I was playing Jeff Tabet in a J pechaure tournie and he skunked me 5-0. But he did it by snapping the nine in 3 times that set. I fuc*ed up a safety in the first game and on my second chance to shoot I ran out to the 7 and rattled it to give him the set. I have moved to AZ since and I really wanted to get some revenge on him for that sh*t before I left. Once again I learned something from this as well. I am much more careful with racking.
I was playing this guy and I know I am a ball or two or better than him. Well he shoots ****ing better than me one night but doing it from wrong position almost every shot and gets out more than I do. We are betting 150 a set and I get down 600. Well I rally to come back two sets to get it at 300. Some friends on the rail agreed with me that someone who constantly shoots tough shots from being out of position is eventually going to start missing. Well he never did start missing. I should have pulled up earlier and realized tonight was his night but I played him till the place closed losing 600. That loss stung real bad but I did learn something from it. I just kept thinking that I am supposed to beat him so I kept trying to win it back.
Another was when I was playing Jeff Tabet in a J pechaure tournie and he skunked me 5-0. But he did it by snapping the nine in 3 times that set. I fuc*ed up a safety in the first game and on my second chance to shoot I ran out to the 7 and rattled it to give him the set. I have moved to AZ since and I really wanted to get some revenge on him for that sh*t before I left. Once again I learned something from this as well. I am much more careful with racking.
My opponent didn't shoot this, I did. Race to 8 in a Finnish ranking event, I'm leading 7-6 and I'm almost dead with two balls on the table. So I play almost a perfect shot (emphasis on the word "almost"), jacking up over a ball with extreme left english and a soft stroke, pocket the 4-ball off a stripe, break out the cluster, leave straight in for the 3-ball only to see the 8-ball slowly rolling towards the corner pocket, hanging there for a second and dropping in. Heartbreaking. And of course I lost at double-hill 
Here's the shot. Shooting jacked up makes it very difficult.
Here's the shot. Shooting jacked up makes it very difficult.
Last edited:
I played in a small bar tourney last night- 8 ball, 1 game format, bar rules. I was playing great, and cruised to the finals undefeated.
My opponent in the final match was a giant drunk guy who could barely stand. I lost the coin toss, and watched him break and run out...:angry:
Not the most heartbreaking loss I've ever had, just the most recent.
My opponent in the final match was a giant drunk guy who could barely stand. I lost the coin toss, and watched him break and run out...:angry:
Not the most heartbreaking loss I've ever had, just the most recent.
Killer Loss
I was playing in a team 8 ball event where the only called shot is the 8 against a weak player known for his luck. He can get shape if the shot required is very obvious and it's a soft follow shot, but if that's not what he sees, he just whacks at the balls hard and more often than not, makes something.
He'd been luckier than usual that night and I was really frustrated after he took 3 of the first 4 (handicapped race, I need 5, he needs 4). I tightened up and started playing conservatively to win the next 2 games. In the 3rd, (he's on the hill and I need 2 at this point), I play a safety to leave him looking at this (he's playing stripes):
Well, he flails at it, as is his usual style, and he must have been a little elevated, because this is what happens:
He missed the 8 ball, but that was the final straw for my mental game and I couldn't make a shot to save my life. I'd bet this guy 20 to 1 he couldn't make that bank shot even without my ball in the way. I wouldn't have believed it if I didn't see it with my own eyes.
And now that it's completely anticlimactic to share this one, my opponent did this at 8 am in a money match that had started at 11 the night before. This was about 10 years ago, neither of us were any good to begin with, and we were both practically falling asleep at the table by then. He shot the 9 at the side so hard it jumped when it hit the back of the pocket, and then rolled down the rail:
I was playing in a team 8 ball event where the only called shot is the 8 against a weak player known for his luck. He can get shape if the shot required is very obvious and it's a soft follow shot, but if that's not what he sees, he just whacks at the balls hard and more often than not, makes something.
He'd been luckier than usual that night and I was really frustrated after he took 3 of the first 4 (handicapped race, I need 5, he needs 4). I tightened up and started playing conservatively to win the next 2 games. In the 3rd, (he's on the hill and I need 2 at this point), I play a safety to leave him looking at this (he's playing stripes):
Well, he flails at it, as is his usual style, and he must have been a little elevated, because this is what happens:
He missed the 8 ball, but that was the final straw for my mental game and I couldn't make a shot to save my life. I'd bet this guy 20 to 1 he couldn't make that bank shot even without my ball in the way. I wouldn't have believed it if I didn't see it with my own eyes.
And now that it's completely anticlimactic to share this one, my opponent did this at 8 am in a money match that had started at 11 the night before. This was about 10 years ago, neither of us were any good to begin with, and we were both practically falling asleep at the table by then. He shot the 9 at the side so hard it jumped when it hit the back of the pocket, and then rolled down the rail:
Last edited:
9 ball race to seven I'm at 6 he's at 5 and Its my break and can't see the one ball. to make matters worse the two ball lines up on the nine to the corner about a foot out.
the two is 1/2 ball from straight with a 1/4" gap so I push out. and leave him tough on the one ball. he shoots and tries to hit the two-nine and misses it completely so BIH for me and I pocket the one ball and shoot at the two-nine combo.
I just slow roll the shot so I don't rattle the nine and I hit it great or so it seems I don't know if it was a chunk of chalk or some kind of other debris on the table but the nine does not drop! it hangs deep in the pocket on
the lip you could have blown it in with your breath.
so he wins with the two nine combo and ties it 6-6 and he breaks and runs to the seven. I think I'm done for. the nine ball is 8" away from the corner and 6" off the short rail the eight ball is about the same in the opposite corner. he shoots the seven up in the corner and rolls the cue ball all the way down table and hooks himself behind the nine ball and he cant see the eight so I think I'm out......
he jacks up and nonchalantly shoots the cue ball at the short rail just to get a good hit on the eight and he clips the edge of the ball and pockets it. the cue ball goes four rails back down table and lines right up on the nine and he wins he set. and of course I am pissed that I just witnessed this utter display of luck........
the two is 1/2 ball from straight with a 1/4" gap so I push out. and leave him tough on the one ball. he shoots and tries to hit the two-nine and misses it completely so BIH for me and I pocket the one ball and shoot at the two-nine combo.
I just slow roll the shot so I don't rattle the nine and I hit it great or so it seems I don't know if it was a chunk of chalk or some kind of other debris on the table but the nine does not drop! it hangs deep in the pocket on
the lip you could have blown it in with your breath.
so he wins with the two nine combo and ties it 6-6 and he breaks and runs to the seven. I think I'm done for. the nine ball is 8" away from the corner and 6" off the short rail the eight ball is about the same in the opposite corner. he shoots the seven up in the corner and rolls the cue ball all the way down table and hooks himself behind the nine ball and he cant see the eight so I think I'm out......
he jacks up and nonchalantly shoots the cue ball at the short rail just to get a good hit on the eight and he clips the edge of the ball and pockets it. the cue ball goes four rails back down table and lines right up on the nine and he wins he set. and of course I am pissed that I just witnessed this utter display of luck........
My killer loss
I was 36 games into an 8-ball season and was undefeated. I had been playing lights out for months. I could do no wrong on the tables and it seemed I was about to go 37-0. All I had to do was make the 8-ball below.
Since it was a straight in shot and I didn't trust the tables to slow roll the shot, I elected to go rail first. All I had to do was make the ball. I had no possibility of a scratch. Then the worst happened.
I hit the rail waaay too high and I completely missed the 8-ball. The gal I was playing jumped for joy and everyone in the place cheered when they realized that I was about to lose.
I was very embarrassed, but kinda happy the streak was over.
I was 36 games into an 8-ball season and was undefeated. I had been playing lights out for months. I could do no wrong on the tables and it seemed I was about to go 37-0. All I had to do was make the 8-ball below.
Since it was a straight in shot and I didn't trust the tables to slow roll the shot, I elected to go rail first. All I had to do was make the ball. I had no possibility of a scratch. Then the worst happened.
I hit the rail waaay too high and I completely missed the 8-ball. The gal I was playing jumped for joy and everyone in the place cheered when they realized that I was about to lose.
I was very embarrassed, but kinda happy the streak was over.
Hey Oiled, I got say by the time I read the end I was laughing to myself cause I have seen similar stuff happen to me or to someone because of me. Tough Luck man, hope there wasnt to much cash on the line.
In the finals of a big regional USPPA tournament, my opponent had a pretty straightforward shot on the 9ball, and hung it up in the pocket, at hill-hill! 1st place paid $1000 and 2nd was $500. The most amazing thing is he didn't complain, or even act upset. He shook my hand and congratulated me. Helluva nice guy.
Brutal
My Road Dog, the WacoSnake , and I were playing in a barbox 9Ball tourney a couple of years ago. I finished 7-8th myself but I had 1/2 of Snake in the auction. We had 4th place sewed up already and Snake was on the Hill 8-7 and had this shot for 3rd place minimum........more below table.....
I saw this and headed to the bar for a celebratory round of beers (we didn't need much excuse for a beer). I came back and Snake was racking!! WTF??? Right when he was about to shoot a chihuahua bit him in the a$$!!!
Not really, but that's my story.....now it's hill hill and Snake say's "He's gonna make it on the break!".
......................He did!
My Road Dog, the WacoSnake , and I were playing in a barbox 9Ball tourney a couple of years ago. I finished 7-8th myself but I had 1/2 of Snake in the auction. We had 4th place sewed up already and Snake was on the Hill 8-7 and had this shot for 3rd place minimum........more below table.....
I saw this and headed to the bar for a celebratory round of beers (we didn't need much excuse for a beer
). I came back and Snake was racking!! WTF??? Right when he was about to shoot a chihuahua bit him in the a$$!!!Not really, but that's my story.....now it's hill hill and Snake say's "He's gonna make it on the break!".
......................He did!
You know that standard 3 rail kick, aiming at the 2nd diamond, where the CB travels from corner to corner? The one that noobs do to show off?
I had a very thin cut towards the corner with my last solid. The opponent just has the 8. I know if I just make a nice try for that corner near the 8, I will at least block the pocket if I miss (which I do).
The opponent was left almost straight in on the 8, except for the blocked pocket. He coulda 1 rail cross banked it easily, that's what sane people do. It's also possible to follow the 8 in after my ball. This guy retardedly calls the 3 railer, which nobody's supposed to make because it's brand new rails and they bank super wide and are unpredictable. He drills it in of course and is the big hero at the canada national thingy.
What a tool.
I had a very thin cut towards the corner with my last solid. The opponent just has the 8. I know if I just make a nice try for that corner near the 8, I will at least block the pocket if I miss (which I do).
The opponent was left almost straight in on the 8, except for the blocked pocket. He coulda 1 rail cross banked it easily, that's what sane people do. It's also possible to follow the 8 in after my ball. This guy retardedly calls the 3 railer, which nobody's supposed to make because it's brand new rails and they bank super wide and are unpredictable. He drills it in of course and is the big hero at the canada national thingy.
What a tool.
I had this exact same shot in a barbox tournament...I elected to shoot a stop shot instead of going rail first. Since I was pretty far away from the 8, I cued the ball very low.
Of course, I miscued and never came close to hitting the 8 ball...:angry: