My one pocket match pic

So this is my understanding so far, from Jesse's reply to me:

My shot is the yellow line. If i can feather the 3 on the way to the rail, then great! I would love to be on 0 fouls, but the priority is putting the cue ball in the yellow circle, ideally frozen to the 3.

Jesse stated his response as taking another foul and putting the CB behind the 2, as illustrated by the green line. If the 2 passes into my hole, I shoot it. If I can combo the 3 in, I shoot that. It all depends on where the CB is left after his shot.
 

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I want to know-
How fast is the table?
How good is your opponent? Will they run out >65%? Can they only get the open one"s?
Is the table level? I dont think the table is level if you kicked 2rails to there and failed a
legal "hit" ! JMO
 
jazznpool said:
Thin the 3 and put you uptable near corner pocket giving you bombs away on the 1:grin-square:

Martin
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I won a little cashish last night ,when my opponent forced me to slow roll a long straight in...into a tight-ass pocket.

Woohoo! And I feel I am about 1/4 or 1/5 to make that ball.
 
alphadog said:
I want to know-
How fast is the table?
How good is your opponent? Will they run out >65%? Can they only get the open one"s?
Is the table level? I dont think the table is level if you kicked 2rails to there and failed a
legal "hit" ! JMO
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My opponent is very good. From this spot he would make 4 balls on a sell out. Table is level. It hit the long rail and the left rail and hit the back rail and rolled up on the ball for the foul
 
Tennesseejoe said:
I would just skim the 3 and have the cue ball go to the closest long rail and back to the 3. This is about a 4 inch shot. Most new players seem to want to send the cue ball to far when the easiest solution is barely moving anything. A foul in not necessary.
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Good point. Sometimes the simplest option is the best, due to near 100%certain execution. Them hero shots will get ya broke.

Of course, punting on first down is a tough thing to commit to.
 
barking4action said:
My opponent is very good. From this spot he would make 4 balls on a sell out. Table is level. It hit the long rail and the left rail and hit the back rail and rolled up on the ball for the foul
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Thought that 2 rail kick probly was a 3 rail kick:wink:

Or 1 rail and 2 "tits".
 
Leave the 3 ball right where it is. Bank the cue ball off the side rail and give opponent a straight in shot on the 1ball (as far away from the 1 as is possible but STRAIGHT IN.). (and take the foul for not hitting a ball).

JoeyA
 
JoeyA said:
Leave the 3 ball right where it is. Bank the cue ball off the side rail and give opponent a straight in shot on the 1ball (as far away from the 1 as is possible but STRAIGHT IN.). (and take the foul for not hitting a ball).

JoeyA
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And that is why I returned from my thanksgiving trip with more money than I left with.

Make a shooter shoot and ya might get shot.
 
ideologist said:
So this is my understanding so far, from Jesse's reply to me:

My shot is the yellow line. If i can feather the 3 on the way to the rail, then great! I would love to be on 0 fouls, but the priority is putting the cue ball in the yellow circle, ideally frozen to the 3.

Jesse stated his response as taking another foul and putting the CB behind the 2, as illustrated by the green line. If the 2 passes into my hole, I shoot it. If I can combo the 3 in, I shoot that. It all depends on where the CB is left after his shot.
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The angle of the picture makes it very difficult to see what all the options are. I would certainly look at laying the cue ball on the top rail and straight in on the one as option 1. However I would also see if it's possible to kick to the ten and leave the cue ball below the one on his side thus protecting the 3 ball that would be the one I would take if the kick was there.

The reason is because the standard shot, while good, leaves several possibilities for an easy return. Kicking the ten allows the cue ball to get safe, insures no shot at all to the opponent's hole and protects the 3.

Ooops.......did I reveal too much speed or did I show the world I am a sucker? Bet on your analysis. :-)
 
Foul or not, leave him straight in on the 1 ball frozen to the end rail if possible. It's a one ball shot and if he misses, you got him by the short hairs. One thing for sure, the 3 is staying by my pocket.
 
pt109 said:
If I can get past the 3, I'm kicking to the long rail to the other long rail and try to float behind the 2....for a foul.

I like 3 fouls in a row by the same player is loss of game, btw.
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This is what I'd try as well, maybe trying to graze the 3 with some inside, depending on how they're laying. I wouldn't want to move the 3 or the 12 too far as they are my only "threats", so leave 'em long and tough, if possible.

I don't like kicking into the 3 to freeze him on it, because it's too easy for him to knock my balls away (frozen or not).
 
Harold Smith said:
I would take a foul by shooting the CB in the pocket by the 3. Leaving the 3 alone and let him make up his mind does he shoot the one or move my 3. If he decides to shoot the 1 ball, he's not playing for enough money.---Smitty
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With BIH from the kitchen, the 1 isn't that tough - and it'll come with natural position for him to get a lot of balls. Unless you KNOW the guy has a lot of trouble with that shot; but he'd have to be a serious underdog on it; which I wouldn't think anyone playing 1 hole for cash would be.
 
stljohnny said:
This is what I'd try as well, maybe trying to graze the 3 with some inside, depending on how they're laying. I wouldn't want to move the 3 or the 12 too far as they are my only "threats", so leave 'em long and tough, if possible.

I don't like kicking into the 3 to freeze him on it, because it's too easy for him to knock my balls away (frozen or not).
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He can blast the balls away from my hole but I see 2 or 3 easy banks that result from my being on that side with the advantage of leaving him on his rail.
 
Graze the 3 and put him on your side rail behind it so he can't make anything in his pocket. In this spot you already lost your advantage and must start over on your next shot. If you can kick up table and leave a straight 1 it isn't bad on a tight table, but it looks like it isn't an option to get the cue ball to the top corner.
 
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