I have always heard and read that in 8 ball if you can't run out the worse thing to do is to sink your balls early. I know a lot ot people only think about offense and if they want to play that way that's fine. If you want to play to win you better know when and how to play safe.
play safe or shoot?
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But not when you have no problem balls. That is the complaint. He has shots but refuses to take them.
If you have 7 balls left, and nothing tied up, why in heavens name would you play safe unless you got terrible position, and the shot was a sell out. But he's not saying that, he's saying guy just doesn't have the stones to trust him making the hangers
But not when you have no problem balls. That is the complaint. He has shots but refuses to take them.
If you have 7 balls left, and nothing tied up, why in heavens name would you play safe unless you got terrible position, and the shot was a sell out. But he's not saying that, he's saying guy just doesn't have the stones to trust him making the hangers
I don't understand why you would worry about how your opponent shoots their shot. It's their choice. If they have all hangers, well you shouldn't get back to the table period, but your opponent is letting you back to the table. Why would you complain about that? It seems to me the OP is losing as a result of this, and if that's the case, you can't argue with his opponent's strategy. I would love it if my opponent had an easy out, and instead chose to let me back to the table, even if all I have is a kick.
Every player will/should play a strategy that he thinks gives him the best advantage to win.
Complaining about it is like complaining that terrorists won't meet our army on a "field of battle." Terrorists know that would be suicidal for them...so they employ a different strategy.
If the opponent wins, he was right. If he loses, he was wrong.
But not when you have no problem balls. That is the complaint. He has shots but refuses to take them.
If you have 7 balls left, and nothing tied up, why in heavens name would you play safe unless you got terrible position, and the shot was a sell out. But he's not saying that, he's saying guy just doesn't have the stones to trust him making the hangers
I agree I would try to run out in that situation. I have seen some safes played when you would think the runout was easier. Guess you never know how confident your opponent is to complete the task.
Not sure if this was already pointed out in the thread but it sounds like you just 3 fouled-did he tell you that you were on 2? Lol
Good point, but I'm betting the guy he was playing did not know what a 3 foul win was, and also many local tournaments don't use that rule. We tried it, and it just confused people. I had someone argue that when you hit the ball but the cueball scratches, it is not a foul. Can't explain rules to some people so we just stopped using 3 foul rules. For tournaments with a wide range of skills that is really better so the weaker players are not constantly getting 3 fouled and getting pissed and quitting playing altogether.
By saying safeties are for sissies you're letting everyone know you lack one third of game knowledge (other two being ball pocketing and position). And this is coming from a radically offensive player.
Safety type games have become popular, due to the demand of tenacious, barely skilled players, who find winning games via sequences of ordinary shots, confirmation of some unquantifiable greatness.
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If it puts money in my pocket, the more ordinary the better. :thumbup:
The greatness is quantified by the number of wins.
One reason Sigel didn't like to play safe is because he thought it was the weakest part of his game.