One pocket Shot - lucky flyer or???

dirtypool40 · 2009-06-15T17:18:24+00:00

Ok, I take it as a given that I am NOT a 1P player. I horse around once every couple weeks and let the old guys in the room beat on me and punish me for being so "creative".... ok, overly aggressive. This situation came up. My hole is the bottom left and I am up 6-2. http://CueTable.com/P/?@4BSbH4EJrr4FQWS4HKqw4JGRC2KXmE4MIel4PVUQ@ My Opponent has left me where I can only see the 2, and of course I am loathe to drive balls away from my hole, after I have a lead, and so carefully gathered them. I got a wild hair, call it creative or too aggressive, but I kicked at the 11 to knock it towards my hole like so... http://CueTable.com/P/?@4BSbH4EJrr4FQWS4HKqw4JGRC2KXmE4MIel4PVUQ2fXmE4fcxl4kVUQ2kNdk2kayS@ I thought about it and from the angle I was kicking, I figure to knock the ball towards my hole AT LEAST 3-1 versus kicking down the rail (that's hard to do). I could hit it going in, or rail first, or even way too fat and any of those leads to my side of the table at worst. And with the balls on my side, I figure it takes a bit of a bad roll to sell out. BUT!! As I said, I am NOT a 1P player. Was this a flyer or a good, calculated risk?