Little Bar Box Tip

Johnnyt

Johnnyt

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On a bar box (any brand) often you will have BIH after the break from a scratch or BIH early in the game when most or all of the balls are still on the table. The 1-ball is at the short rail at one end of the table and the 2-ball is at the other end rail. Many times I see players, especially players that play mostly on 9’ tables take BIH, make the 1-ball in the closest pocket and go one, two, or three rail through all the balls on the table to get to the other short rail.

Often the 1-ball has a clear path to one of the down-table corner pockets. With BIH if the 1-ball goes the QB can follow w/o any obstacle balls to run into. I think some players are so use to taking the easy shot on the 1-ball instead of the long shot down table. There are really no long shots on a bar box and it’s a lot easier to control the QB with follow. If this seems like Captain Obvious to you just watch a BB stream or watch players live and see how many play the one in the closest corner and hit a ball going down table or miss position over/under trying to go the rails way. Johnnyt
 
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Sounds like a great tip. I play 99% of the time on 9' tables, so I'll keep this in mind. I assume this is what you are recommending (path A versus B).

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Johnnyt said:
On a bar box (any brand) often you will have BIH after the break from a scratch or BIH early in the game when most or all of the balls are still on the table. The 1-ball is at the short rail at one end of the table and the 2-ball is at the other end rail. Many times I see players, especially players that play mostly on 9’ tables take BIH, make the 1-ball in the closest pocket and go one, two, or three rail through all the balls on the table to get to the other short rail.

Often the 1-ball has a clear path to one of the down-table corner pockets. With BIH if the 1-ball goes the QB can follow w/o any obstacle balls to run into. I think some players are so use to taking the easy shot on the 1-ball instead of the long shot down table. There are really no long shots on a bar box and it’s a lot easier to control the QB with follow. If this seems like Captain Obvious to you just watch a BB stream or watch players live and see how many play the one in the closest corner and hit a ball going down table or miss position over/under trying to go the rails way. Johnnyt
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Nice tip, even for a big table. I'm guilty of habitual shot selection and will remember this one.

pj
chgo
 
Black-Balled said:
Always shoot the toughest shots first. You gotta get them out of the way early.
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This is too simplified. I think the toughest shots should usually be taken with ball in hand, but always in the order that makes table control most likely, which isn't necessarily first.

pj
chgo
 
That's a good tip. I almost always play the shot the way mosconiac drew it on the Cue Table. Sometimes though, if using a cue ball that is playing light, I will opt to draw back for the 2-ball, as a "light-playing" cue ball often does not follow well.

Maniac
 
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