What a shot!
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Great shot! I would put it up around 75% though. Looks like it's wired even if he hits the left side of the 5, 7 or the 4 ball.
The score doesn't lie...he is a good player.
I don't think the 4 was wired, he played a carom of the 7 to hit the 4 in after the kick.
He looks at the shot a number of times up to that point, and it indeed does appear he calls it at 4:13.
Great shot, and huge stones to play it!
Thanks for that. I was looking also and missed that. I would say it's a couple seconds earlier than that, maybe 4:10-4:11. You can clearly see him point his arm at that pocket.
Helluva shot!!! If you saw it in a movie you'd think "Pfft, like that'd ever happen in a real game".
MAN.
No doubt he meant it, he spent several minutes lining it up and talking himself into it.
He not only had to kick hard, he had to use heavy sidespin to get there too.
And he's playing one of the best in the world. Absolutely ballsy.
I love how the 2 follows nearly the same track, just one ball width higher or so,
and just gently lobs into position for an easy shot. It'd be a crime if
he had to shoot a tester right after and missed.
No doubt he meant it, he spent several minutes lining it up and talking himself into it.
He not only had to kick hard, he had to use heavy sidespin to get there too.
And he's playing one of the best in the world. Absolutely ballsy.
I love how the 2 follows nearly the same track, just one ball width higher or so,
and just gently lobs into position for an easy shot. It'd be a crime if
he had to shoot a tester right after and missed.
The shot was wired. No smart player is going to open the rack wide open against someone that can run out the game unless he knows the ball is going in.
It just happened to lie as one of those shots that look super impressive, but, like a trick shot, is actually hard to miss. I set it up on my table, cajoled my wife, who does not play more than one or two racks a year, to shoot it, and she made it after I told her where to hit the rail.
That's not taking anything away from John. One has to know how to spot those type of shots, and be able to determine if they are dead, or just close, or iffy. This one was dead wired. It's all about knowing tangent lines.
Notice the safe John did at 2:50. He was setting up the possibility of that shot. The commentators were wondering why he didn't go up table with the cb. He didn't, because he wanted Thorsten to bring it up table for him. First thing John did is go look closely to see if he did get it set up to go. When he was sure it was wired, he fired it in.
It just happened to lie as one of those shots that look super impressive, but, like a trick shot, is actually hard to miss. I set it up on my table, cajoled my wife, who does not play more than one or two racks a year, to shoot it, and she made it after I told her where to hit the rail.
That's not taking anything away from John. One has to know how to spot those type of shots, and be able to determine if they are dead, or just close, or iffy. This one was dead wired. It's all about knowing tangent lines.
Notice the safe John did at 2:50. He was setting up the possibility of that shot. The commentators were wondering why he didn't go up table with the cb. He didn't, because he wanted Thorsten to bring it up table for him. First thing John did is go look closely to see if he did get it set up to go. When he was sure it was wired, he fired it in.
Watching the rest of this match, I found it interesting that Johnny commentating really got down on Thorsten for the shot he made after John took an intentional foul with the cue ball stuck in the stack. "That was just a horrible shot" Johnny said. "He should have just taken an intentional himself, sinec John was on one already."
Although Johnny remembered Thorsten missing the 7 ball his last time at the table (and after John ran at least 50), he forgot that Thorsten not only missed the 7, but scratched at the same time. Thorsten was already on one when John took the intentional, so Thorsten had to try and shoot out of it.
Although Johnny remembered Thorsten missing the 7 ball his last time at the table (and after John ran at least 50), he forgot that Thorsten not only missed the 7, but scratched at the same time. Thorsten was already on one when John took the intentional, so Thorsten had to try and shoot out of it.