one pocket situation

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Was wondering what to do here. Your opponent has pocket A, you have pocket B. You both need 2 balls. What i usually do is knock the 1 away leaving the cueball downtable but then I usually end up selling out the bank.

What I'm looking for is a solution to situations like this where you have a ball near your opponents pocket and you have balls uptable. Do you try to knock the ball away and send both balls uptable and try not to sell out a shot?
 
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Different solutions for different players.

1 pot the ball in his pocket and scratch. that ball and one from your pocket will return leaving him no open shot.

2 Hit the shortrail with extreme left and kick it up table.

3 Hit it thin with draw and maximum right leaving it at the bottom of the rail and the q-ball up table



If I am sure I can make the pot and scratch (not as easy as it looks) then I would go for that option. Els I would kick it hitting the bottom rail first.
 
(1) You might soft kick the one and try to hook him on it if you have that angle. Seems that would be a great shot.

(2) You need good speed, but kick into the one with a stroke and send it 2-3 rails near your side pocket so he will sell it out if he banks.

(3) If I'm really in stroke I might try banking the one with a lot of outside english. Biggest concern is the speed of the cue ball and where it's going. This is risky.

(4) Or you might kick into the side rail into the 1 and put the one over on your side far enough to not sell out a bank on it, trying to leave the cue ball so that if he banks the 2 it is really tough and he sells out the 1.

3 and 4 are tough to execute. If 1 was available I would definitely take that. Probably I would try option 2.
 
that ball near his pocket gets BANKED one rail to your pocket very safely. I hit this shot with extreme 4 oclock spin and get the cueball back up table 2 or 3 rails. Most other options leave a shot/bank, so if the safe is as hard as the shot......shoot! it gives you a chance to win as Grady teaches.

IF the cueball is frozen to the end rail then the shots you all are talking about come into play.

Gerry<<<<<<<<plays VERY aggressive 1 pocket :)
 
RiverCity said:
I like a soft kick behind the one, nudge it to the long rail and out a little and try to stick the cueball with a full hit.
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The trouble with only a nudge is if you end up exposing the 2 ball, they are liable to bank it anyway, thus leaving two balls by their hole. That generally makes for more akward removal, and gives them a chance to press for a finish to the game...

You can try kicking just a little under a full kick, with left english, which banks the 1 ball towards your side pocket. Just under a full kick -- try it with just enough speed to get over to your side, to discourage his bank on the 2. Your opponenet also would have to be careful, because all three balls 'go' for you depending on where he leaves you.
 
As long as you are on a table that rolls straight, and that you know the speed of....and you have the speed control/touch to execute it - then I agree with RiverCity and BazookaJoe - the soft kick is the your best shot here............Ghost
 
I think both the soft kick and the cross bank are good options, and which one would depend on how agressive I want to be at that moment, and how well I know the table. The bank does have a pretty high risk of scratching.
 
RiverCity said:
I like a soft kick behind the one, nudge it to the long rail and out a little and try to stick the cueball with a full hit.
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This too risky. If you don't pocket the one you will give up a simple bank on the one or a band on the two because the cue ball is left in the area. However You are on the right track. Simply kick at the one like you said but softly with high and a fair amount of left. No draw because you will lose the speed for this shot. Locate the one ball to near the opposite side pocket. This will guard against your opponant playing the two ball. Cue ball will remain where you said. Oponnant will have to play off the one ball but does not have a two railer because of the six. He now has to defend from giving you a one railer on the six or a two railer on the two.
 
I'd soft kick the to the side rail and leave the 1 blocking the path to the 2 and 6...which could get two railed to his pocket...
 
poolplayer2093 said:
That's what i was thinking
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Yah.. The soft kick, or the kick two rails by the side pocket are the only two shots as diagrammed.. If the ball is a little further from the pocket, the bank becomes an option..

Russ
 
OK, well for cheap money, I will bank it. Won a session today on the exact shot. For more money, I hit it, the 1 ball, a little fuller and send it to the side and then end rail and then my side rail about 1 1/2 diamonds up. CB has center or a little low depending on table/cloth and rt english. CB ends up on my long rail about a diamond above the pocket. If speed is off a little, CB is on the end rail. That is not a difficult shot. Looks like a kiss but isn't because of the rt english. Lots on room on that side rail by the opponents pocket.

Lagging behind the one, unless you are real good or lucky, is going to leave a long bank on the two, six or the one, and lots of return shots.
 
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