what to do 1pocket
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I would hit the 6 with right hand english and spin to the bottom rail. if you hit it good you wont tie the 6 up and all 3 of those balls on your side will still goterhje said:
i think thinning the 5 and leaving the cue ball close to the other guys pocket is an ok option
jtompilot said:
won't hitting it thick enough to draw the cue ball back into the stack bank the 15 toward the other guys pocket?
The 10 is dead. Can't miss.
jtompilot said:I wouldnt be playing to make the 15, only too get it on my side of the table.
I think the 15 could nudge the 9 ball. Of coarse the sell out is always an option
i didn't think you'd be trying to make it. it looks like that would put it on his side of the table and even if you hit the 9 any number of things could happen (good and bad). it just seems too aggressive. i think thinning the 5 and trying to put the cueball near the other guys pocket is the right shot
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jtompilot said:I wouldnt be playing to make the 15, only too get it on my side of the table.
I think the 15 could nudge the 9 ball. Of coarse the sell out is always an option
I would take an intentional foul rolling the q ball to the top right cushion/frozen.
george
Leaving the long shot on the 8 probably only costs one ball, but it's an easy shot for anybody but my mother and I don't think giving it up is necessary. BTW, I don't think you can put the 15 anywhere near your pocket and hold the CB to within a diamond (or even two) of the top right corner pocket, which gives your opponent more plays off the 8.
I like this better than don's more passive/aggressive idea above, but I'd have to see it on a real table to be sure I could get the CB back to the stack without hitting it too hard. One thing in favor of this is that you don't have to aim the 15 at your pocket; just getting it on your side of the table is offense enough.
The carom angle off the 5 looks very close to the corner pocket and using masse to correct it is too unpredictable for my skills. If I tried that I'd probably settle for leaving the CB near the foot rail hidden from my balls and not try to get the CB all the way around to the stack. Another safer option is to ignore the 5 and simply take the scratch to get the CB three rails into the other side of the stack.
The "escape" shot I like best is thinning the 5 in the other direction with enough left spin to kick the CB back into the stack (shown in the diagram below). The danger in this one is leaving a shot on the 11.
In order of preference, I'd look first at the 15, then at my escape shot off the 5 (below), then at some version of Neil's escape (probably preferring the intentional scratch).
pj <- not a 1P expert
chgo
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gbru said:
then the other guy could cut the 9 toward his pocket (cue ball slides between the 6 and rail). leave you 1 diamond bellow the 6 with the stack protecting the 9 and the 8 ball near his pocket. basically this would be giving up a ball for nothing
Neil said:
Oh yeah, I see that now. I don't think I'd try to masse the shot though - looks like left spin alone would be enough.
Great minds...
pj
chgo
I would without a doubt, take an intentional foul and soft kick to the end rail as close to my opponents pocket as possible. making sure i hid him from the 3 balls on my side of the table.
jtompilot said:
i wouldn't actually thin it. a thicker hit could help control it. if you hit it fairly thin with a little right english it shouldn't be too hard to put the cue ball near the other guys pocket and protect the balls that're already on your side of the table