What shot would you most like to make under intense pressure?

I'd just like to feel my hands and be able to make a shot right now. "The stranger" is not good for cueing lol


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Under intense pressure hill-hill: 4 ball combo to a 7 rail kick and fluke the 9 off of 4 balls into the side.
 
i'd like something "dead nuts dead" in the rack that nobody else sees & just walk up to the table & whack it in without even looking at it & then tell the crowd "hey, i was just shown' off !!
 
My best was a break and run that won the night for my team. Ran them down to the 8. 8 ball was on the spot and I couldn't see it. Ran 3 rails into the 8 and hit dead center pocket.

My worst was breaking and running 3 racks in league. 3 perfect games and everyone was talking about it. Built up a buzz and then I muffed an easy side pocket shot in my fourth game.

Win some and lose some I guess. Sometimes I am great under pressure, other times I can be blown around like the leaves.

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I like a back cross bank when you hit it right you know it's in no need to watch give the Larry Bird walk away with the index finger up if you really hate you opponent change it to the middle finger lol

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I like a back cross bank when you hit it right you know it's in no need to watch give the Larry Bird walk away with the index finger up if you really hate you opponent change it to the middle finger lol



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Reverse Passover "straight" back to your hole no look lengthwAys. Second place is probably a "cole Dixon" that straight back twister to the outside...but it be a bank fo sho :)

Namaste brother
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPCJSoFTJmA

Team I was playing against in my last tournament got this on video. I was left safe had to jump make my duck in the corner and got shape on the 8 straight in the corner. Never knew they were recording anything till the next day and someone sent it to me. That was to win the match and team advanced to the next round.

Jim
 
A jacked-up, length of the table draw shot to get position on the last ball. I consider this shot very difficult, and if I could pull it off in a key situation, would please me the most.

Playing 8-ball, I have already done a massive masse shot on the 8 to win, where the 8-ball wasn't near the pocket or a rail.

My best out was in a state tournament in a hill-hill match. On my last ball before the 8-ball, I made a length of the table jump shot, but the cue ball stopped behind one of his balls and the 8-ball was on the other end of the table. I then called the 8-ball in the corner and banked the cue off the side rail with perfect speed to sink the 8 in the called pocket. (In this case, the 8-ball was in the middle and not near the pocket).
 
Money ball frozen to the middle of the bottom rail.
Cue ball in kitchen near the center of the table.

Rail first spin shot to cut the ball in the corner.

I'm about 50/50 on the shot, but most people think its near impossible, so it would be a crowd pleaser.
 
I have run all the balls off after the break and am left with no pocket for the 8. The CB and 8 are lined up perpendicular to the side rail, about 3 inches away. There is 12 inches between them with the CB 2 1/2 diamonds from the end rail.

I call the side pocket and shoot with enough draw to bring the CB to a position where the 8 ball caroms off it after returning from the end rail and drops into the side pocket for the win.

I made this shot at a senior citizen's center in 1994. Not sure if anyone even noticed.
 
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I already had my experience. The shot is pictured here. I played Willie Mosconi a game of 9-ball on local cable television with a small crowd of people around the table. I was definitely a bit caught up in the situation and too distracted to complete the shot. While not obvious in the picture, a straight-in shot to the lower side pocket was a natural scratch in the corner. I decided to elevate my cue and draw back to the bottom rail to avoid the scratch. I was about to rely on dumb luck for the shot and the potential for leaving the cue and 9 balls on opposite sides of the table if I missed. Then Willie came up behind me and started chattering in my ear repeatedly saying “it’s a scratch shot” and “gotta call your pocket” while I was preparing to shoot. While he was trying to distract me further, it had the opposite effect. It hit me that this was my ‘bottom of the ninth, two outs’ moment. I became completely focused. I could almost see a stripe on the table telling me exactly where to hit the shot and where the cue ball would end up. I was confident that the 9 was going down, which it did.

I was a bit impossible at work the next day. I told the golfers that the next time they played Nicklaus, they could give me a call.
 

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The hard shots that I feel like I never miss...long rail cuts and cross-bank shot with OB near the rail and center pocket. They feel easy and look impressive.
 
Easy answer

The question is;
"What shot would you most like to make under intense pressure?"
My answer is very simple;
"The winning shot for the most money ever won at pool."
Dave
 
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