I like banking the one towards the nine, making sure whitey lands under the two/three, just make sure the one gets past the side. The percentages of getting behind the two/three are real good mainly because you using a high center ball rolling whitey behind two blockers. If your opponent misses the kick on the one, you may have a simple one/nine combo. If the one gets past the two/three on dbarbrs route you could be in trouble if the cue ball gets loose. If this is a SLOW table I like dbarbr's way, with a fast table I like my way. dbarbr's way.... just hate putting the one next to the two and three, my way, kinda hate rolling the one towards the nine, the score may have influence on the shot selection also. If I was pocketing balls well, I'd probably fire it in, depending on the score.