Two Shots By The Magician

[mosconiac]

I've heard varies stories of two miraculous 1P shots by the Magician. I'm looking for some verification.

I'm not posting this to elicite a debate on the appropriateness of these shots, I'm just looking for some input from those that were there or have some additional information. Please don't respond with a recommendation for a "better" shot.

Shot#1:
Efren comes to the table with the CB hanging in his pocket and two balls on the table (see my 3 page cuetable below). One ball is near the spot and the other is near his opponents pocket. He can not "see" the ball near his opponents pocket. The story goes that Efren rolled the OB near the spot into the side so it would spot and used it to hook his opponent on the other ball. Does anyone know if my setup is faithful to the actual event?

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Shot#2:
Efren comes to the table with the CB "behind" two or three balls on the foot rail (see my 3 page cuetable below). Efren is facing his opponents pocket. The story goes that he jacked up and slid the CB off the edge of one of those balls...with a quick 180* masse...to land right behind that pack and put his opponent into the same trap. Does anyone know if my setup is faithful to the actual event?

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Like I said, don't respond with..."he shoulda tickled the 1 and ran down table to the head rail." Anyway, these shots came from Efren's early days in 1P so its likely he would do something different today.

 

[Andrew Manning]

For shot #1, the way I heard it is that there was only the 2-ball in your diagram, and he took a foul, rolling the CB to where it would be almost frozen (off-angle) to the spotted ball, so the spotting of the ball from the foul put his opponent in jail.

For shot #2, the way I've heard it is it was one ball, not two, but basically the same. He was stuck to the wrong side of it, and so he massed skimming the perimeter of the ball to put his opponent in the same trap, mirror-imaged.

-Andrew

 

[Tommy-D]

> I've seen others use the spot in this way,but it's easier if the table isn't pristine,where there may be an indentation or hole in the spot. Tommy D.

 

[cuetable]

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I believe Shot #2 got covered in "Winning One Pocket" (I used to have a copy and sold it). However, it looks more like this as I recall:

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