"THE GREATEST SHOT I EVER SAW"

[THE SILENCER]

a few months back when i was playing with my friend who's pretty good, i made a shot, and he said quote "that was the greatest shot i ever saw" pretty big compliment, cause he's seen billions of shots, and his favorite pro is king of the shotmakers corey dueul. throughout the years of my pool playing days i've made millions upon millions of unbelievable shots, shots that make most pros shots look like childs play. alright enough, i'm making myself sick, with such talk, let me get to the shot, my friend was refering to. it was a game of 8-ball. i left myself in bad position. i had the cue ball 4 inches off the short cushion, and 4 inches off the long cushion. the 8-ball was hanging in the pocket, closestst to the cue ball, my last object ball was in front of my cue ball, but not full in it's face, in other words, not straight onto it. seeing i only had one shot, i called it, because if made, it would have been a spectacular shot, and i didn't want him to think i lucked it in. in fact, whenever i'm about to attempt a spectacular shot, i always open my mouth to call it, so my opponent knows, i ain't kiddin around! so i called the object ball to be cut ALL THE WAY DOWN THE TABLE! hopefully you could picture what a feat this would be, remember the cue and o.b. are very close, i'm cutting the o.b. 9 feet down table, i hit it, and low and behold, the fucker takes off, and goes in!!!!!, my friend, say's out loud "that was the greatest shot i ever saw" unfortunatly the cue ball went back and forth several times between the two long cushions, eventualy resulting in a scratch, because i had to hit the o.b. so thin, but what a beauty of a cut!

 

[LastTwo]

Good shot, Bernie. But I've seen plenty better than that. Try a game of one pocket, where the score is 6 balls to 2, playing for $3,000. The person with 6 has a ball hanging in his hole. The guy with 2 hits the ball in the pocket right in the middle between the edge of the pocket and the ball, double kisses and cross banks that ball to HIS hole, and runs 6 more balls for the win.

How about this one- A game of 9-ball, the 8 ball is frozen on the end rail, about 1 diamond from the corner pocket. The cue ball is on the same end rail, but is corner hooked in the opposite corner pocket (sitting in the edge of the pocket). The 9 ball is on the other side of the table near the spot. The guy shoots in to the "nipple" of his pocket, which makes the cueball bank off, heading straight towards the 8ball, he makes the 8ball, but the cueball is left frozen on the rail, an 8-foot spot shot. He fires the 9 ball in for the win. That was probably the best I've ever seen.

 

[piglit]

I must agree that your shot, Bernie, was in fact crap.

No mor need to debate the real greatest shot ever, Earl already pointed it out...c/o Efren Reyes!

-pigi

 

[Buddha Jones]

That is a pretty good shot LT, yours too Silencer, too bad you scratched. Here is the best shot I've done recently. I was playing a game of Cribbage, for those of you who do't know you pot balls in pairs that add up to 15, like 8-7 5-10 2-13, you get the idea. Well we just started a new rack and I made the 9 in the corner and set myself up fir the six in the opposite corner down by the spot. It was a bad break and all the balls were jumbled, I thought the 6 was clear to go but I moved a ball in its path while making the 9. So now the table lookes like this;
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Go here, http://endeavor.med.nyu.edu/~wei/pool/pooltable2.html to see tha layout.
So now I got the CB, the OB and other balls in the way of it. So after about 2 minutes I see the shot, and my buddy calls out, "You're never gonna make it so just hurry up" I look back at him as I am setting up and say, "Three rails, combo, six in the corner" and shot this;
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It looks simple enuff but it took me a while to get the angles in my head to go three rails and work within a foot of the table, that was the hard part, all I had to do was touch the first ball an the six was going, at least that is what I told myself.

 

[predator]

Quite often I pull a really tough low percentage shot. Extreme draws, thin cuts, even masse's...you name it. And you know what? I like it when I make them, but hate the fact that I put myself into position to even play them...

 

[satman]

I made a great shot once, but even the blind squirrel finds a nut once in a while. Good shooting fella's, keep knockin' em in. Sam

 

[Snapshot9]

greatest shots ...

The greatest shot I heard of by someone that witnessed it, and described it in great detail was a double jump shot done by David Matlock, and he called it before he did it ...

And folks, that is jumping a ball to make a ball, then jumping another ball to make a second ball all on 1 stroke.

 

[satman]

I saw Dave make a lot of great shots up close and personal when he pummeled me in the bank event at Derby City Classic. I think the greatest shot I've heard or seen was done by Efren and it's just a little Masse' in one pocket. Sam

 

[!Smorgass Bored]

I first posted this in RSB newsgroup in March of last year, but nothing has changed since then..
I'm sorry that I can't access & use the online table and balls (the Wei table) to display this shot, but I'll try to 'describe' it.
I don't play very well, but I've seen plenty of players shoot some great shots over the past 40 plus years. As all my friends and many here know, I love to travel to watch great players and great matches. I've seen some amazing shots made under trying circumstances and conditions. With that said, I'd like to try to explain the greatest shot that I've ever witnessed first hand.
My friend and Planet 9-Ball owner Ken Miller is a quadriplegic in a wheelchair and a damned fine poolplayer. He wasn't a one-pocket player, because there are many shots on the table that he simply can't reach. Because of my new found love for one-pocket, Ken has taken to practicing with me on a fairly regular schedule. We play on a fairly fast and tight Ebony Robertson table that was Buddy Hall's 'special table' while he was house Pro at P-9-Ball. We call it 'The Buddy Table' and action on this table usually draws a crowd of onlookers (including a least a half dozen or more 'prejuidiced' locals that always pull for my opponent and won't let me get away with ANYTHING). They've been known to scream at the end of my inning, "HE OWES A BALL", "HE'S TAKING THE OWED BALL OUT OF **YOUR** POCKET" and my all time favorite " NOTHING HIT A RAIL." I
mean, don't they have JOBS or something ? Someplace else they just HAVE to be ? Anyway, I digress....
Kenny and I were playing one-pocket and while I never 'intentionally' leave the cueball in a spot where he can't reach it, it sometime happens. As you face the rack of balls, Ken has the right corner pocket and I have the left. Most of the balls are still in the rack area and I left the cueball 'just to right' of where the head ball would be and a few inches uptable from the rack spot. The four ball is about four inches off the end rail and about fifteen inches from the side rail by his pocket (almost by the center spot on the footrail) . I'm right handed and if it were MY shot, I'd have to lean out over the table and attempt to THINLY cut this ball into my pocket. I figure to make it about 2-3 times out of ten.
Kenny has a small portable 'bridge' (you may have seen him use it on one of his appearances on ESPN) that has a small round brass base and what looks like a brass letter C protruding upward from the base. This allows him to use the base of the letter C as his bridge and then lift the whole thing up off the table by using the top of the letter C.
Ken is right handed and it was immediately evident that from the end rail, he would be almost a foot short of being able to use his bridge and actually HIT the cueball. Kenny used an extra amount of time (for him) to place the tip of his cue on his portable bridge and aim the tip at EXACTLY where he'd need to hit the cueball in order to cut the four ball across to his pocket. I don't know what was taking so damned long for him to aim a shot that he couldn't possible reach. I finally hollored, " c'mon Kenny, SHOOTEMUP."
I'm sorry that I doubted him. Kenny proceeded to wheel his chair around the table, while leaving his cue lying on the table with the forward part of his shaft resting firmly in his portable bridge. He rolled snuggly up to my side of table, by the side pocket, BUT, facing the wrong way. He's right handed, but he picked up his cue with his LEFT hand. Remember, the tip of the cue, the bridge, the cueball and the four ball are all BEHIND HIM. He kept moving the butt of his cue back and forth, while looking at the inside of the corner pocket that he was facing. This would be the corner that is cater-corner from his pocket, nine feet away. I finally and impatiently asked him what he was DOING... (he just LOVES to toy with me)
He said that he was 'finding his spot' in the corner pocket and aimimg at it with the butt of his cue. With one quick glance over his shoulder, he stroked a couple of times and then SHOT, backwards,left handed, in the opposite direction, without looking and hit the cueball perfectly sending it towards the end rail BEHIND HIM, where it made contact with the four and thinly cut it into the corner. My face turned red, my ears started to tingle & burn, I felt feverish and I managed to croak, "ggggood shot". I sat paralyzed, while Ken "The Rolling Shark" Miller went on to beat me 8-0.
I mean, come ON. Where do these people come up with shots (to beat ME) ?
Why does it always happen to ME ? Why do they play their career best against ME ? What have I done to anger the pool gods, that I deserve
THIS ? I mean, oy-vey. No, really, OY- friggin-VEY ! What's next, Ray Charles running out a nineball rack for my total bankroll ?
My hat's off to Ken Miller. That was a Great shot. The best I've seen. It reinforces my love of the game and the people that play it so well.
I aspire to oneday become half the player that you are. I'm glad that you're my friend.
Doug
~>*(((>< Big fish eat Little fish ><)))*<~
©2004 Google

 

[prewarhero]

Quite often I pull a really tough low percentage shot. Extreme draws, thin cuts, even masse's...you name it. And you know what? I like it when I make them, but hate the fact that I put myself into position to even play them...

well said......... Ever wonder why the pros are so good? They all have easy shots.....

 

[9balldiva]

The greatest shot I have ever made was done while playing a game of 9 ball. I had an awkward view on the 8, made it then left myself about 1/2" on the end rail, while my 9 was frozen on the opposite rail. Okay the eight is in the side pocket and CB is almost even with it. I try to put hard top left on it to bring back around the table...see diagram...

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http://endeavor.med.nyu.edu/~wei/pool/pooltable2.html

Well...my CB heads straight for the top right corner pocket (looking at diagram), but it bobbles in the corner pocket and shoot straight accross the end rail leaving me like this...

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I back cut that 9 ball into the bottom right corner pocket (looking at the diagram). I was ecstatic, and my opponent was in shock...you see I know how that shot is executed, but I only make it once every twenty times I try. I was being spotted the 5 and the breaks...and he dogged the 8 leaving it right there. Oh, he was a mad man after that game...he quit playing me for the night!!

 

[LastTwo]

The greatest shot I have ever made was done while playing a game of 9 ball. I had an awkward view on the 8, made it then left myself about 1/2" on the end rail, while my 9 was frozen on the opposite rail. Okay the eight is in the side pocket and CB is almost even with it. I try to put hard top left on it to bring back around the table...see diagram...

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http://endeavor.med.nyu.edu/~wei/pool/pooltable2.html

Well...my CB heads straight for the top right corner pocket (looking at diagram), but it bobbles in the corner pocket and shoot straight accross the end rail leaving me like this...

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I back cut that 9 ball into the bottom right corner pocket (looking at the diagram). I was ecstatic, and my opponent was in shock...you see I know how that shot is executed, but I only make it once every twenty times I try. I was being spotted the 5 and the breaks...and he dogged the 8 leaving it right there. Oh, he was a mad man after that game...he quit playing me for the night!!

That cut is not as hard as most people think it is, so long as the OB is on the rail. You spin it in with english. If the OB is more than half an inch off the rail, it's just about impossible to cut it in. Try cutting this shot in: START(
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Its very possible. Use dead center ball

 

[fxskater]

I was playing at my regular Friday Night game last night at a friends house. I started off the night playing pretty badly as i was using my older falcon cue that i hadnt used in a few months. I had to try and get back to my place at around 10 pm as i had family coming over for the weekend. Headed home at around 10:30 to find that my company had already gone to bed, so i packed the cues back up and went back for more pool, but this time when i got there i put my playing shaft on my custom Foster (www.fostercues.com)break jump cue (my regular setup for the last month). All of the sudden i was a different player, still messing up stupid things that i shouldn't have and not running out, but i was making incredible shots when they came up. I'm talking 'shot heard round the world' world class shots. But i was drinking lots so i forget most of em. Here is 2 that i can remember, the second one not being that amazing but they always feel great when they go in, but the First one I'll show you i didn't actually make but i came so damn close that the whole room erupted in laughter, it was next to impossible to even get a hit. The laughter i think came because i was as cocky as possible about the shot before i stepped to the table and offered to bet on it, that was about 6 STRONG (7%) beers into the night. ie: 'I'm gonna cut that little bitch straight in the 3 rails' before i even got outta my chair.


1st one:

Im frozen behind the 8 and i cant shoot straight past the six which is about a ball and a 1/3-1/2 ball width from the rail. And the 7 is millimeters away from being in the way. I don't no if i got it quite right on the diagram. Can't remember, but i could swore it hit the 3 rail after the pocket, but i dont have the angles quite right.

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Missed by about an inch, didn't quite catch a knuckle.

The Second Shot:
Wish i could remember a different shot, there were about 1 or 2 others that were equally difficult to the shot above that i actually made had the room erupting in laughter. The laughter is always do to me getting extra cocky on a ridiculous shot. I like this one though, because of the great shape i was left with.

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Thanks for looking at these shots, lets see some more.

PS. BTW the cockiness is really more of a joke, like duffing your first shot on a par 4 in golf and calling it ' I'm just gonna have to chip this little ball from a 180 yards straight into that little cup down there'. Not really cocky, just more of a joke. Oh and for anyone that plays golf i made a 130yrd shot straight into the cup the other day. good enough that it would have run on ESPN 'plays of the week'. Eagle on a par 4 off the fairway, i consider it better than most hole in ones because i didnt have a tee and I'd guesstimate that 75% of hole in ones are from closer than 130yrds. im not the greatest of golfers either, my best score this year is a 73 on a par 59. And i shoot in the upper 80's to lower 90's on championship courses. I hit the shot described above with an easy stroke on a 7 iron. I'm not an egomaniac either, i realize that it was absolute fluke.

 

[Rude Dog]

This is the shot that has always stuck in my mind for some reason and I think it was because it was such a clutch shot for the predicament I was in. I was on 2 fouls, my opponent was on the hill, 12-6, and we were playing for $1,000. I'm hooked with the cue ball on the end rail, in the middle, almost froze to the rail. The 2 ball was on the other end rail with a ball right in front of it about half an inch away. The only path I had was to hit just past the left side pocket with extreme inside english, but, there was a ball in my way to do that without really jacking up on the butt of the cue. After studying the table for a short while, I realized this was my only option. So, I jacked up and masse'd(sic) around the ball in my way with a fairly hard stroke and the cue ball did exactly what I wanted it to do. It not only made a good hit to save me from losing the set, it also stopped right where the 2 ball was and hooked him to eventually get me ball in hand. I went on to win the set and the next one to win $3,000. It may not have been the greatest shot I ever did or saw, but under the circumstances, on 2 fouls, the money, and my opponent on the hill, I don't think I'll ever forget it.

 

[9balldiva]

That cut is not as hard as most people think it is, so long as the OB is on the rail. You spin it in with english. If the OB is more than half an inch off the rail, it's just about impossible to cut it in. Try cutting this shot in: START(
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Its very possible. Use dead center ball

On my shot it was very hard for me. The OB was frozen and the CB was only about 1/2"-1" off the opposite rail. I know how to make that shot, it's just a matter of making it. That shot may not be that hard but can do you know anyone who can make it consistantly every time they try it??

The shot you showed...I have made several times! Cut shots kinda like that are my specialty. I will try to cut a ball like this:

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before I'll try to bank it somewhere! Just soemthing I was good at fromt he getgo!