I've been playing this with some of my buddies on Sundays and I'm enjoying it way more than rotation pool or regular 8-ball, which I'm burnt out on. I'm killing them most of the time and they can't stand it.
One or two of them are probably rated as "A" players and they all play way more than I do, but they can't "out move" me the majority of the time. I'm usually beating them at least two games to one. It is fun to watch them scratch their heads and get frustrated when they think they have me, but I turn the table on them.
I played my Taiwanese buddy today and we had a lot of fun. I was up on him about five or six games before he won his first one. He is catching on to my moves though, because he will try to turn the table on me at times, rather than try to make balls when he isn't certain of an out.
I keep him tied up a lot and force him to shoot balls that I want him to shoot. Either he shoots at that ball or has to kick for another one. I keep him locked up or playing off the end rail...one-pocket style.
I love "intentional" fouls, too. Sometimes, when he is down to his last ball and it is a hanger and he has me trapped where I can't get out or play safe, I will shoot the 8-ball, instead of one of my balls. I will put it in a place where he can't get position to shoot it in the last pocket where his hanger is. He is then forced to shoot his hanger out of the pocket or make it and then try to out move me when I have a lot of balls on the table to work with. Once I get him in this position, he knows he is screwed, because I'll never let him see his last pocket, unless I make a mistake or he gets extremely lucky.
Since nobody will play one-pocket, this is about as close as I can get to it.
One or two of them are probably rated as "A" players and they all play way more than I do, but they can't "out move" me the majority of the time. I'm usually beating them at least two games to one. It is fun to watch them scratch their heads and get frustrated when they think they have me, but I turn the table on them.
I played my Taiwanese buddy today and we had a lot of fun. I was up on him about five or six games before he won his first one. He is catching on to my moves though, because he will try to turn the table on me at times, rather than try to make balls when he isn't certain of an out.
I keep him tied up a lot and force him to shoot balls that I want him to shoot. Either he shoots at that ball or has to kick for another one. I keep him locked up or playing off the end rail...one-pocket style.
I love "intentional" fouls, too. Sometimes, when he is down to his last ball and it is a hanger and he has me trapped where I can't get out or play safe, I will shoot the 8-ball, instead of one of my balls. I will put it in a place where he can't get position to shoot it in the last pocket where his hanger is. He is then forced to shoot his hanger out of the pocket or make it and then try to out move me when I have a lot of balls on the table to work with. Once I get him in this position, he knows he is screwed, because I'll never let him see his last pocket, unless I make a mistake or he gets extremely lucky.
Since nobody will play one-pocket, this is about as close as I can get to it.