SVB/Chua
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Thanks for the link.
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Rack 63 (02:46:00) SVB with one of the best 10 ball runouts I've ever seen.
That's called getting out from nowhere!
The shot on the 8 in the side was insane.
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You can say that again, Mr. Helfert. Just amazing!
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And that 8-Ball, PoolBum. Pure art! If Shane can bring this level of play and continue this monster breaking in the US Open, everyone better be on their toes.
He made that look like a bar table run out.
Playing his best pool of his life
Noone, but there are lots of two-way shots you can't play. Two of many possible examples would be:
a) Playing a shot while also using the cue ball to carom something else in.
b) Playing a bank shot with the speed/spin that will maximize the chance of it double banking on a miss.
Ten ball allows for more imagination when it's not played call shot.
That 8 ball is probably most creative shot I have seen this year
Looking very bad for Chua. At same stage in his match vs SVB, Banares won 2nd day and I think came close within 1 rack or tie. Final day he lost by 12 racks. Chua in Day 2 already surpass Banares with losing margin of 13. He will be lucky to lose by less than 20.
I've never heard that from anyone. What you have describe is not a two-way shot but a "hit and hope for a fluke" shot.
Knowledgeable players realize that many two-way shots are just as applicable to ten-ball as nine-ball, provided that the unthinkable "call safe" rule is not in use. Lesser players probably shouldn't even bother playing ten-ball.
Flukes are part of every game, even in the king of all pocket billiard games, snooker. The second most difficult cue sport is three-cushion, and there's no calling of shots in that game, either. The same is true of the very difficult game of blackball. The dumbing down in recent years of ten-ball in an attempt to try to eliminate some of the flukes has ensured that ten-ball remains a fringe game.
With the skill of these top players they aren’t going to fluke to many balls in anyway. Bangers on the other hand just hammer the balls and hope something goes in. Yes the top players get lucky sometimes but it’s not as often as people would have you to believe. These long races are decided because somebody got lucky once or twice.
Well said. Agreed 100% with this.
yea i think so. and there has been a lot of pool aired, so that says a lot.