I don't know about this even out in the long run thing.
I am way ahead on this one.
Bubba Campbell says I am luckier than a dog with 2 dicks.
I am way ahead on this one.
Bubba Campbell says I am luckier than a dog with 2 dicks.
Knowing how to miss, the luck thread
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Great way to explain that Mr. Slide.
The thing that kills me when playing against a lower level player is how often that they can safe you on accident. You know its accidental because if their ball had gone in they would not have had a shot. Just last night playing against 2 lower level players and it is alarming how often the cue ball ends up frozen to another ball.
The thing that kills me when playing against a lower level player is how often that they can safe you on accident. You know its accidental because if their ball had gone in they would not have had a shot. Just last night playing against 2 lower level players and it is alarming how often the cue ball ends up frozen to another ball.
The thing that kills me when playing against a lower level player is how often that they can safe you on accident. You know its accidental because if their ball had gone in they would not have had a shot. Just last night playing against 2 lower level players and it is alarming how often the cue ball ends up frozen to another ball.[/QUOTE]
I used to run into a guy that played in the local tournament scene, older exec looking guy, with the gloves, pool apron, the whole deal. He was an OK player, but EVERY time he missed he'd leave NO shot... the CB would just roll to hell.
"The balls roll funny for everybody, kid"
I used to run into a guy that played in the local tournament scene, older exec looking guy, with the gloves, pool apron, the whole deal. He was an OK player, but EVERY time he missed he'd leave NO shot... the CB would just roll to hell.
"The balls roll funny for everybody, kid"
Years ago I recorded a couple of races to 9 with a good buddy of mine. My intention was to prove to him that he gets just as many rolls as I do. The video showed what I suspected, that we were about even on the lucky rolls, though I did hold a slight advantage.
The reason I was "luckier" than he was had very little to do with luck and a lot to do with attitude and expectation. In other words, I'd watch him shoot a shot with total disregard of bad consequences and he'd get what he called a "bad roll". If I had shot the same shot I would've anticipated the possibility of a disasterous roll and would've tried to make it work out more favorably. What some here call 2-way shots I call "case" shots. If facing a sure sellout by missing a tough shot, but a safety is just as tough to pull off, I'll play a case shot, playing to pocket the ball, but in "case" I miss I will leave my opponent tough. A good case shot isn't always obvious, so opponents think I just get lucky, when the reality is I try to make my own luck.
Most important, I don't get bent out of shape and loose my mind when my opponent hooks me by accident. As long as I've been playing pool, I've surely seen it all, so there's no point in acting like something weird has happened when your opponent gets a few accidental safeties or lucky positions. It happens.
The reason I was "luckier" than he was had very little to do with luck and a lot to do with attitude and expectation. In other words, I'd watch him shoot a shot with total disregard of bad consequences and he'd get what he called a "bad roll". If I had shot the same shot I would've anticipated the possibility of a disasterous roll and would've tried to make it work out more favorably. What some here call 2-way shots I call "case" shots. If facing a sure sellout by missing a tough shot, but a safety is just as tough to pull off, I'll play a case shot, playing to pocket the ball, but in "case" I miss I will leave my opponent tough. A good case shot isn't always obvious, so opponents think I just get lucky, when the reality is I try to make my own luck.
Most important, I don't get bent out of shape and loose my mind when my opponent hooks me by accident. As long as I've been playing pool, I've surely seen it all, so there's no point in acting like something weird has happened when your opponent gets a few accidental safeties or lucky positions. It happens.
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