Sometimes they just roll your way...

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Last night in our APA 9-ball league, we played a bit of a rivalry match. First and second place teams for the past two years, and our opponent beat us by two balls to win the team trip to Vegas last year. They're a great bunch of people, and we have fun every time we play them, but you'd better believe that we both really want to win every time we square off.

In the final match of the night, with the team score basically tied (41-39 for those of you familiar with APA 9-ball scoring), we had a player step up to the table needing 4 balls, with his opponent (a good 6 who had been shooting well) needing 5 balls. Our player is a good 4, and he can cut balls and plays a pretty solid safety game, but combos, caroms and the like are just over his head. He had ball in hand and asked for a coach.

Page 1 of the Wei diagram is what I told him to do: "Make the 1, and use the 2 to play safe, and if you come up short, play the 2-7 carom." Page 2 is where he ended up after the shot on the 1, and page 3 is what he did next. :eek:

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He made a ball on the ensuing break, and we won the match. Sometimes I guess they just roll your way. :)
 
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Oh wow, what a mess!! It looks like he had to have hit it pretty hard and got all 3 balls moving toward the same pocket, great one pocket shot too!! 3 balls moving, 3 kisses (I think), a carom and a 3 ball combination, what more could you ask for?

Lady luck wasn't smiling upon you, she was blowing you kisses.
 
Ha ha...yes she was. And, yes he did. Truthfully, I think he was nervous, so he smacked 'em pretty good. I don't remember if the 7 or cue ball were moving when the 2 came back or not, but I do remember that the 9 ball just barely toppled into the pocket.
 
Some of my most fun memorable matches have been APA nine ball matches. It's really a blast.

That said, that said, I personally would not ask for the case ball to be a ball on the break vs. a SL6. But, like you said, sometimes things just roll your way.

:)
 
bigshooter said:
Can't believe you didn't see that shot, exactly the way I would have played it.;)
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Right?! I feel remiss as a coach for suggesting anything else ;)

And, I totally agree Gregg. That's actually why I told him to play safe. The last thing we wanted was an open table for the 6 to run out. Needless to say, there were a lot of people holding their breath for that last break.

But, I guess you take 'em when you get 'em. Because rest assured, another day it will roll the other way.

Thanks for the comments folks. I'm glad that we have the Wei table to be able to share things like this. How did we ever get by without it?




<------------- Picturing an MS Paint drawing of the shot...:D
 
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