Learning one-pocket

[Cory in DC]

If your playing a guy you know will run 2 and play safe before maybe banking a ball that could get him all the way out, you really don't feel like you are under that much pressure. You can make what should have been a disastrous mistake and still be in the game with a guy who is afraid to shoot. The Peter principle should apply when playing one pocket, you don't want to hold yourself back.

One of the locals in DC, who plays real strong, always reminds me, "you've got to make sure the other guy knows that you're going to shoot at your pocket." It's good advice. This doesn't mean you should go nuts and fire into the stack all the time, but you've got to be aggressive enough to put a little fear into your opponent on every shot (or as close to that as you can come).