I roughly feel that regardless of player level, if a FargoRate 500, 600, 700, and 800 all did this 100 times with all the options, there would be a consistent winner amongst all the skill levels.
Did you try it yet? You usually do and let us know the results.
If you include lower-rated players, like 400s, I think this is not true. There are situations where the easiest solution for me includes a shot where I draw the cue ball. Some players can't draw.
Only thing wrong with that and 4.5 pockets is you better not catch either pocket nose.
Im away from my table another week. I’d like to try it when back. Or, if I can set up a camera at a local room I might try it there.
With the short distance between object ball and cue ball (but not too short) I am real confidant of pulling that one off the vast majority of time, even if both balls are a 1/4" off the rail. I like that a lot better than the cue ball in the same place and object ball half way between pocket and cue ball. The distance that the object ball has to travel doesn't bother me because even though I play on barboxes all of my practice is on my 9' table. It seems like when you get used to playing on both that you don't really notice a size difference.
Pressure does weird things to us all man. I watched that rack till the end and never in a 100 years would I be able to guess either of their fargos. Looks more like something you'd see in 5vs4 race in a beer league.
The key here is getting the right shape on the 5 so you can play shape to not leave too much angle on the 6, otherwise the 6/7 could get tricky.
I don´t like this one. Position zone to 4 is too close to 4 and more diffucult to execute than just rolling slowly for position to 4. If you miss position from 3 to 4 even slightly, you end up with angle that causes problems to getting 5 ball correctly and that makes this very hard fast.
I prefer stop shot on 3, 4 in upper left, the rest exactly the same as you.
Totally agree, and although I wouldn't slow roll through, I would set up the BIH to stun away into a lower position to pot the 4 in the 'upper right'.
Can't argue with how easy it is to roll a ball. That said, soft rolls can go real bad. In this case so bad a kick will likely end up placing you in the same spot as a full blow stop shot. This results in an awkward angle considering the required shape on the 5. Not that you can't recover, but why even risk it..?
Ok, then why not simply stun the 3 with a confident stroke (w/ angle to get straight on the 4 to the upper right)...? The upper right plays bigger then the upper left, and has a slightly shorter path which also increases your odds. ...and that shot eliminates the possibility for a CB/3 kick to bad.
Can't recall, but has anyone considered shooting the 5 into the lower left..? That option dials back the critical angle on the 4. Lets you lean toward an angle on the 4 to the upper right. Shooting through the 4 to middle table height makes the 5 and subsequent shape to 6 easy peasy.
