Video link of pro missing BADLY

iusedtoberich

iusedtoberich

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Does anyone know of a video link of a pro missing a shot by a mile? I'm talking about an EASY shot that the pro dogged super bad. It can't be due to a skid. I'm looking for something that was legitametly missed by a mile, that we'd consider a brain fart. Thanks.
 
iusedtoberich said:
Does anyone know of a video link of a pro missing a shot by a mile? I'm talking about an EASY shot that the pro dogged super bad. It can't be due to a skid. I'm looking for something that was legitametly missed by a mile, that we'd consider a brain fart. Thanks.
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Don't know about a mile, and i don't know about links, but 3 specific shots are just jumping out at me as i type this.

Varner chowing a duck shot in the side pocket to win against Sigel where he gets a roll and leaves Sigel without a shot.
R. Luat chowed a gimme shot on the 9 to win against Earl Strickland (both of these are on the accu stats highlight tape)
And the other one, SVB chowed some simple straight in shot down the rail on a streamed Bartable tournament.
Varners bounced off the point and back out, Luat and SBV did the pocket dance and hung the ball near the hole.

I don't know about a guy firing a ball a diamond wide on a duck. Difficult shot fired wide i've seen a ton of times, but don't remember any ducks where they missed by a mile.
 
My favorite miss by a pro was Roberto Gomez, superman, missing the money ball in a hill hill shot against Mika. The ball bounced and stopped right in front of a pocket.
 
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iusedtoberich said:
Does anyone know of a video link of a pro missing a shot by a mile? I'm talking about an EASY shot that the pro dogged super bad. It can't be due to a skid. I'm looking for something that was legitametly missed by a mile, that we'd consider a brain fart. Thanks.
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Find the super draw shot Corey made on the the 7 a couple of yers back and the subsequent miss on the 9. Who ain't done it, but i think he would agree it was harder to miss than to make!
 
Remembering a game between Mika and Bustamante where both missed some fairly easy shots...I mean they both missed mutiple times and Bustamante missed a close straight-in shot....really rare...the game is up on Youtube.

Also remembering the game between Earl and Oliver Ortmann in WPC?? where Oliver missed a not so hard cut shot more than half diamond...not miles...but still quite surprising.
 
Great post thanks for the link, I think I heard somewhere that the misses by Reyes and Kaplan were due a problem with the pocket so that may not count as a player induced miss.
 
I remember Archer years ago on ESPN playing Rob Saez I think? He was having a real bad day, and Archer missed 3 - 4 easy shots. If I remember correctly though he gutted it out and either closed it up at the end or even won the set.

I have matches at home of various players - SVB, Kiamco, etc. - missing almost straight in, 2 foot shots. Similar to what I do occasionally, where I'm either trying to cheat the pocket slightly to get perfect and take my eye off the ball, or simply not paying attention. Difference is I do it every week, they do it like once a year...

I just watched a match on youtube of Shane vs. Pagluyan, from InsidePool, Shane misses 2 easy shots, the last one an easy 9 playing 10-ball, both misses allowed Alex to get back into a match that SVB was dominating. Haven't finished watching (2 hours +) so don't know how it ended up...

So it happens, just very, very rarely.
Scott
 
1995 14.1 Maine Event - Earl Strickland vs Johnny Ervolino

Earl butchers the first open shot in the first rack, and gets punished by Johnny Ervolino with an 80+ ball run. Earl doesn't like to sit in the chair that long, and squirms.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Q_ng6ipzbR4

Later on, though, Johnny's known heart condition catches up to him, and he runs out of gas.

-Sean
 
I saw Efren miss a stop shot once about a foot straight out from the side pocket with ball in hand.

That one shot inspired me to keep playing pool. Thanks Efren.
 
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