Egg McDogit said:
YOu'd do all that with the sissy stick?! No more last 5 & the snaps for you. But 12-5 & the spread...maybe that's our game!?!
pocketing vs. moving?
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YOu'd do all that with the sissy stick?! No more last 5 & the snaps for you. But 12-5 & the spread...maybe that's our game!?!
Black-Balled said:
oh my god I just soiled myself...AGAIN. please stop threatening me with these terrible games!!
Just keep chasing your cash .And put the old avatar back up, I like to see you @the ATM.Egg McDogit said:
Black-Balled said:
No. I don't like thinning with outside english playing safe... and I'd still have to shoot pretty hard to reach the other end of the table. If I'd thin 6 really thin, I'd have to shoot a ton of left english, your angle wouldn't be possible otherwise and If I'd shoot the 6 a little bit thicker, I'd sell-out verrry easily, because I couldn't keep the 6 near the short rail. I don't see any safeties here which would give me near 50-50 chance of winning this rack, against a good player.
I'd make a thin safety only from this cueball position:
START(
%Fr8H1%GH2R1%HK9S9%IL3M6%P_5H2%Uc4D0%Vs2F7%WF0L1%XC5K0%YD7J9
%Zb1C7%[q9K2%\s0I1%_t4F8%`r5G1%a_9H1
)END
This safety would give higher than 50-50 chance of winning the set, even if I didn't leave the cueball hooked.
And yes, I'm 195cm (6'5")... quite rarely have problems with my reach but sometimes use the rake or my lefty.
Sometimes I just assume almost every shot is reachable by anyone 
Your diagram isn't the same for the shot on the 6 ball. In your's, the safety is the ONLY option. Peace, John.mjantti said:No. I don't like thinning with outside english playing safe... and I'd still have to shoot pretty hard to reach the other end of the table. If I'd thin 6 really thin, I'd have to shoot a ton of left english, your angle wouldn't be possible otherwise and If I'd shoot the 6 a little bit thicker, I'd sell-out verrry easily, because I couldn't keep the 6 near the short rail. I don't see any safeties here which would give me near 50-50 chance of winning this rack, against a good player.
I'd make a thin safety only from this cueball position:
START(
%Fr8H1%GH2R1%HK9S9%IL3M6%P_5H2%Uc4D0%Vs2F7%WF0L1%XC5K0%YD7J9
%Zb1C7%[q9K2%\s0I1%_t4F8%`r5G1%a_9H1
)END
This safety would give higher than 50-50 chance of winning the set, even if I didn't leave the cueball hooked.
And yes, I'm 195cm (6'5")... quite rarely have problems with my reach but sometimes use the rake or my lefty.
Rude Dog said:
Well, before I knew he was 6'5"!! I'd argue that the thin-ball is the way to go here. I don't like the chances of playing shape on th 7 via an up/ down route and the 7+8 are soo close from the bottom. And the 6 is not going anywhere. I think I am ducking. Mjantti and Egg don't want to play that game from there every day.
Rude Dog said:
That was my point, I was suggested a safety and I didn't like it, but I would have taken the safety instead in the diagram I depicted with a slighty different position for the cueball. In the original diagram I would have tried to cut the 6 in with inside english.
Black-Balled said:
I don't have enough heart to chase my cash. I had to change my avatar because I can't bear to even look at a picture of an atm anymore. It reminds me of that long walk across the poolroom to punch in my pin #'s only to find that I've hit my daily withdrawal limit...again
