Most Amazing Thing You've Seen in Pool

5. One more- I didn't see this one, but was told I would get 20,000 if I could make it on the 1st try. Cueball in the kitchen one ball off the rail , Object ball frozen to opposite short rail on same long-side of table at 2 1/2 diamonds from corner. Back cut object ball into pocket. When I was on the road I was offered this shot. Seems he was willing to lose 40k, was 20k stuck, when his opponent made this shot. He quit him for showing off and offered the other 20k to anybody who could make it on the first attempt. I tried 5 yrs after he first started offering it. (I did mangage to hit the end rail, but that was all I hit)

Please diagram shot as described in paragraph 5.

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I have mentioned this before and I will mention it again because I thought it was a great feat by someone who has never played this game before this tournament;

The Cleveland Open was a combination of games. One of them being straight pool and the decision maker being 10 bALL. In 1992, Johnny Archer didn't know anything about straight pool. J.R. Calvert, house pro from South Hills Golden Cue, just south of Pittsburg, (now owner of Inside Billiards Magazine) was his coach when he played Nick Varner $20.00/game of race to 100 at Starchers, preparing for the OPEN.

Johnny was playing Nick Varner in the Cleveland Open finals after coming back from the losers side. (lost his first match). Nick made a couple of balls and played safe, Johnny made three and played safe, This went back and forth for about four innings, then Johnny got a shot and ran 147 and out! (They even air brushed T-shirts at the tournament with this on them). Johnny continued to run up to 200 balls and then the tournament director made him stop to continue the tournament.
 
Neil said:
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Here it is. I'm assuming this shot has to be hit very hard so the cushion compresses enough to allow the right hand spin to take effect.
Jeff

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Thanks for the info. Rep to you. I finally figured out how to use the old table and they changed it on me!
 
jnav447 said:
For me, the most amazing thing I've seen would have to be the following: When: 3 years ago. Where: Pro Billiards, Orlando. Who: Louis Vierra, a top Orlando shortstop. The shot: using pool balls on a very tight 5x10 snooker table, place the cue ball ON TOP OF THE RAIL on the 2nd diamond (right behind the headstring) and make a spot shot. The bet: $100 per shot. The outcome: Louis got stuck 23 barrels ($2300), everyone's telling him to quit, he keeps firing, finally hits a gear, fights back to even, and the guy betting with him pulls up cause it looks like Louis is never going to miss again. An almost incomprehensible display of heart and talent. If you ever get a chance, try this shot on for size.
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joe brown(the person that tought jason miller)does this shot one handed,i kid you not!
 
Me, broke and ran a 9-ball rack on the hill against my brother.

OK, Bustamante the Sunday he won the world 9-ball at the Riviera Hotel.
He played Coltrain, Wetch then Archer for the finals.
He missed two balls that day on a tight Diamond table.
He was shooting so well the other three just watched Busta ran from everywhere.
The year before that Efren played the Miz in the semis. The Miz got to the table twice. Once when Efren missed the 8.
 
My wife was playing A.P.A. against a #7 and he had the 8 ball hung up in the corner pocket. I told her to slam her ball behind the 8 and her ball had a chance to go.That she did, she hit it so hard it jumped the table and went under the next table,out the door and down the stairs into the parking lot.We had a hard time finding the ball.
 
PIRANHA said:
My wife was playing A.P.A. against a #7 and he had the 8 ball hung up in the corner pocket. I told her to slam her ball behind the 8 and her ball had a chance to go.That she did, she hit it so hard it jumped the table and went under the next table,out the door and down the stairs into the parking lot.We had a hard time finding the ball.
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LOL....

Jeff
 
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Thanks for the info. Rep to you. I finally figured out how to use the old table and they changed it on me!
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Thanks Neil. Yeah, I'm getting better at it. There are some really useful buttons there when you open up the tools. Kudos to Wei for creating that incredibly useful program. I love it.

Jeff
 
When I first started playing, I was at a pool room where a guy wanted to play me for money. I said I wasn't interested, but he had no one else to play, so we just played a few friendly games of 9-ball or 8-ball.

I had just read Robert Byrne's instructional book where he describes what's called a "rendezvous shot." This is where the cueball and an object ball collide more than once before the object ball is pocketed. I think this guy made about 5 of them, acting lucky each time, while we were playing. Maybe he was lucky and maybe not. I'm thinking not.

One thing I also remember about him was just how picky he was about where I was while he was shooting, as if he was adjusting his shots to wind currents and gravitational forces. I can understand that. My gravitational pull is strong. I'm quite dense.

Oh yeah, and I remember one shot he made where the object ball jumped up onto the rail and rolled into the pocket from there.

Jeff
 
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Maybe not the best shot ever, but a pretty good shot done by me the other day playing on my table. I was playing 8-ball against myself and ended up with a bad leave on the 8-ball (rolled it just a hair too much). I was hooked behind the tittie (can I say that?) on the side pocket. It was a slight masse shot, but don't know how to make the line do a curve. Pocketed 8-ball in far corner.

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One of my first 'pool trips', we left STL to go down to Breakers (Nick Varner's old pool room) to meet Buddy Hall for a tournament. This was sometime in the early 90's but don't know the exact date. No other real name players in the tournament except for George Breedlove - this was about the time when George went from gambling to not gambling to just coming back out gambling & selling Meucci cues out of the trunk of his car. This was the first time I had ever seen George play & all of his matches drew a crowd because of his big break. Of course, George & Buddy get to play each other for the winner's bracket. George has that big break working, smashing the rack, making 2-3 balls a rack and nothing ever tied up.
About midway thru the match George smashes the rack again, this time making 4 balls but in doing so popped his shoulder out of its socket. Now think of Mel Gibson in Lethal Weapon. George is slumped over in pain, turns to the pool table behind the one he is playing on, and slams his shoulder down on the rail of the table, gives out a yell, and puts his shoulder back into place. He takes a minute to compose himself and then runs out. The expression on Buddy's face was priceless.
 
watchez said:
One of my first 'pool trips', we left STL to go down to Breakers (Nick Varner's old pool room) to meet Buddy Hall for a tournament. This was sometime in the early 90's but don't know the exact date. No other real name players in the tournament except for George Breedlove - this was about the time when George went from gambling to not gambling to just coming back out gambling & selling Meucci cues out of the trunk of his car. This was the first time I had ever seen George play & all of his matches drew a crowd because of his big break. Of course, George & Buddy get to play each other for the winner's bracket. George has that big break working, smashing the rack, making 2-3 balls a rack and nothing ever tied up.
About midway thru the match George smashes the rack again, this time making 4 balls but in doing so popped his shoulder out of its socket. Now think of Mel Gibson in Lethal Weapon. George is slumped over in pain, turns to the pool table behind the one he is playing on, and slams his shoulder down on the rail of the table, gives out a yell, and puts his shoulder back into place. He takes a minute to compose himself and then runs out. The expression on Buddy's face was priceless.
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That's great stuff.
 
3 pointer

I was hustling a guy that I could jump the cue ball from the table into a trash can on top of a chair roughly 10 feet away (9ft table+10 ft = 19ft for high school/college 3 pointer). This is a hustle and I had no intention of ever being able to make this shot. I had the guy give me 4 tries (you should only need 2 for the hustle) so I had a couple to play with. I actually made it on the second shot.

I have done this one other time, but about 1 ft closer and not on top of the chair.
 
Neil said:
1. 9' table, 5 man ring game 9-ball, 100 a man, opponent made the 9 on the break 13 times in a row. (ouch)

2. 9ball- 8 balls on the break with an easy shot on the only ball that wouldn't fall- the 9.

3. Shot described by someone else- ball frozen to middle of short rail, cueball frozen to middle of opposite short rail, guy bet 50 a shot in the 80's on cutting it in the corner.

4. Ball in the middle of the table, cueball a few inches from the corner pocket, masse up the rail, cueball suddenly takes a 90 degree turn at the side pocket, hits the object ball and pockets it in the far side pocket. (Was the 8 ball playing 8-ball )

5. One more- I didn't see this one, but was told I would get 20,000 if I could make it on the 1st try. Cueball in the kitchen one ball off the rail , Object ball frozen to opposite short rail on same long-side of table at 2 1/2 diamonds from corner. Back cut object ball into pocket. When I was on the road I was offered this shot. Seems he was willing to lose 40k, was 20k stuck, when his opponent made this shot. He quit him for showing off and offered the other 20k to anybody who could make it on the first attempt. I tried 5 yrs after he first started offering it. (I did mangage to hit the end rail, but that was all I hit)
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How many players were left in the Ring Game when he got to the 13th break shot? I might have quit after five or six in a row. :eek:
 
I saw a guy who was playing 9 ball with $50 on the 3 and 6 and $100 on the 9. He was hopelessly hooked with almost no chance of hitting the 3 ball. He tried a 3 rail kick shot and hit it so badly that the ball took flight off the second rail, sailed over the blocking balls and drilled the 3 ball. The 3 fell in the side pocket and kicked the 6 into the corner pocket on its way; the cue ball bounced off the 3 and knocked the 9 ball into the other side pocket. Craziest thing I've ever personally seen.
 
MinoInADixeCup said:
I saw a guy who was playing 9 ball with $50 on the 3 and 6 and $100 on the 9. He was hopelessly hooked with almost no chance of hitting the 3 ball. He tried a 3 rail kick shot and hit it so badly that the ball took flight off the second rail, sailed over the blocking balls and drilled the 3 ball. The 3 fell in the side pocket and kicked the 6 into the corner pocket on its way; the cue ball bounced off the 3 and knocked the 9 ball into the other side pocket. Craziest thing I've ever personally seen.
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I bet the expression on his opponent's face was priceless.
 
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