What you'd do here ?

mjantti

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At the EPC, I was fooling around with another Finnish player at the practice table and faced this situation. What do you do here ? The cueball is about 2mm (tenth of an inch) away from the 9-ball.
 

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Oh, here's the Wei code:
START(
%Im7X3%Pl3X3
)END

I'll give you a hint, I did try something, came very close on making the 9-ball and after the rack I made the 9-ball twice in a row, missed once and later showed the shot to a "non-believer" and made it three times in a row !
 
mjantti said:
Oh, here's the Wei code:
START(
%Im7X3%Pl3X3
)END

I'll give you a hint, I did try something, came very close on making the 9-ball and after the rack I made the 9-ball twice in a row, missed once and later showed the shot to a "non-believer" and made it three times in a row !

This isnt that cool guy shot in pool hall junkies is it? Barely going into the 9 ball sending cue ball to opposite rail, and back towards pocket 9 ball in traveling at, then cue ball hits nine again pocketing ball. Hope i explained good enough.

Or could it be Low inside english, this could result in double hit.

Ok lets see how bad I called this.

Mack
 
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I am not sure what I would do but did you thinly chip the 9 towards the headrail with the cueball comming 2 rails off the top longrail and then off the headrail to make the 9 you just moved?
 
With the 9 that close to the lower rail I would think it would be possible to bank it in the lower left (in the picture) pocket. Left English, jacked up 45 degrees or so. Tough to tell without seeing it "in person."

If that's not the shot then I'd have to guess kicking off the lower rail and playing the 9 in the top right pocket. Once you got the angle down, I wouldn't doubt you sinking that shot repeatedly.
 
mjantti said:
At the EPC, I was fooling around with another Finnish player at the practice table and faced this situation. What do you do here ? The cueball is about 2mm (tenth of an inch) away from the 9-ball.

1 rail bank, lower left corner.

Rod
 
Take your time.........

Take your time and maybe your opponent will go to the bathroom. When he comes back have the balls racked.

TY & GL
 
mjantti said:
At the EPC, I was fooling around with another Finnish player at the practice table and faced this situation. What do you do here ? The cueball is about 2mm (tenth of an inch) away from the 9-ball.

Bring the cue up short of a masse and go top left.Having enogh angle to drag the cue off the right rail bringing the 9 ball to the back rail for a safty.I would throwing the 9 off the head rail back deeper into the back rail and leaving the cue locked on the headrail.Perfect safty.Then let you oponent make the mistake of letting out a shot.That would be the correct shot to me.

Makeing it ofcourse low left and turn the cue to the left to throw the object back in the corner SOFTLY.
 
Rodd said:
1 rail bank, lower left corner.

Rod

Me, too, Rod.

Kicking the nine into the corner is also reasonable. Unless one practices it, I don't like the timing shot here.
 
the shot

I set this shot up tonight, and unless i setting it up wrong. I hitting the cue ball with as much low inside as i could, and cutting as thin as I could towards the inside pocket. And made the ball 3 times in a row. I tried to set the balls up exactly like the wei, but could have been off.

Mack
 
Man, can you guys play at all? I can't believe nobody knows this shot. It's a masse shot and I just did it 32 times in a row. Just jack up the cue towards the side rail and use left spin, and right when you hit the cueball, hit it again really fast and put right spin on it. The cueball will do this:

START(
%Im7X3%Pl3X3%Wr7[0%Xn2X4%_R3K1%`n8L8%al3X0%bn1X4%cH7P7%dR1K0

)END

Its SO EASY I can't believe you guys don't know this shot. :D
 
stolz2 said:
This isnt that cool guy shot in pool hall junkies is it? Barely going into the 9 ball sending cue ball to opposite rail, and back towards pocket 9 ball in traveling at, then cue ball hits nine again pocketing ball. Hope i explained good enough.

Or could it be Low inside english, this could result in double hit.

Ok lets see how bad I called this.

Mack

Mack hit the spot with his answer ! Though, I've never seen Pool Hall Junkies. :confused: Well, only difference is that I shoot it with high inside and after giving a few tries, the "time shot" gives a higher success rate than the kick. Also, a long bank is very touchy, because a slight english will throw the 9-ball off course. Here's the shot how I played it:
START(
%Im7X3%Pl3X3%Ur4X6%Vn5X3%Wm6D3%Xl2W4%Ys1U5%Zm7C7%[s0X0%\s2V4
%eC1`5%_s3[2%`r8Z1%ar5X9
)END
 
LastTwo said:
Man, can you guys play at all? I can't believe nobody knows this shot. It's a masse shot and I just did it 32 times in a row. Just jack up the cue towards the side rail and use left spin, and right when you hit the cueball, hit it again really fast and put right spin on it. The cueball will do this:

START(
%Im7X3%Pl3X3%Wr7[0%Xn2X4%_R3K1%`n8L8%al3X0%bn1X4%cH7P7%dR1K0

)END

Its SO EASY I can't believe you guys don't know this shot. :D

I usually do that with a S-masse. Don't you people know S-masse ? It's when cueball curves first to left, then to right and then back left again. It's great for "slaloming" through obstacle balls ! :D
 
mjantti said:
...after giving a few tries, the "time shot" gives a higher success rate than the kick.
Next time my opponant offers me 4 or 5 "warm-ups" before taking the money shot, I'll definitely give it a shot. ;)

I'd still feel a lot more confident banking it in the lower left or kicking it in the upper right. Additionally, either of these shots offers a greater chance of a tough(er) leave should you miss. It's also quite possible to scratch on the timing shot if you hit it wrong. Unless you just got done practicing it, it's simply a lower percentage shot.
 
Qnut said:
Next time my opponant offers me 4 or 5 "warm-ups" before taking the money shot, I'll definitely give it a shot. ;)

I'd still feel a lot more confident banking it in the lower left or kicking it in the upper right. Additionally, either of these shots offers a greater chance of a tough(er) leave should you miss. It's also quite possible to scratch on the timing shot if you hit it wrong. Unless you just got done practicing it, it's simply a lower percentage shot.

Yep, I wouldn't recommend this time shot if you have never tried it. Now, after a dozen or so of tries, I'd say that particular shot can be added to my all-growing arsenal of shots. But, the balls would have to be placed almost identically to have a high success rate...
 
mjantti said:
At the EPC, I was fooling around with another Finnish player at the practice table and faced this situation. What do you do here ? The cueball is about 2mm (tenth of an inch) away from the 9-ball.

Mikko...just fyi..noticed you manually dragged all the balls off the wei table :) just copy a blank space and paste it into the wei table input and it will clear all the balls...will save you some time
 
Earl's version...

Not being a big Earl fan...but here is how he does a similar timing shot in his exhibition back in '91. He slow rolls the 9 down the rail and then hits the cue ball two rails and makes it back in the side. Impressive shot none the less and it took him about 3 or 4 times is all to get the speed of the table down.

START(
%Ik2Z8%Pr8Z6%UH4D2%Vq4Z0%W\7Z8%Xj3Z7%YY8Y6%ZC9F6%[D7E7%\G2D0
%eA6`5%_[1\5%`[0[4%a[3Z6
)END

Me, if I had the shot that was just discussed, I go for the short rail kick back in the corner with english...even if I miss I may get lucky and two rail it back in the side.

Just a thought...

Shorty
 
Egg McDogit said:
Mikko...just fyi..noticed you manually dragged all the balls off the wei table :) just copy a blank space and paste it into the wei table input and it will clear all the balls...will save you some time

Thanks. That's a great piece of advice ! Saves my mouse wrist :cool:
 
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