#8 You are forced to pocket balls almost every shot... In his hole!!!
You know you are in trouble in your One Pocket match when....
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#8 You are forced to pocket balls almost every shot... In his hole!!!
I'm just learning the game also & really like it. Was playing really well one night & had my teacher down 7-1 when I was struck with "9 ball brain" (read: lost the patience that got me to 7-1) and tried a difficult (for me) shot for my last ball - made it but SCRATCHED :angry: He made a couple of balls & ended his inning with 3 balls by his hole. I made a really nice shot to move all 3 of them away and SCRATCHED AGAIN - ended up losing 5-8
I like what I'm learning & try to play whenever I can :thumbup:
While it may not seem obvious at first, standard One Pocket advice is to emphasize defense when you are way ahead and offensive when you are way behind. If you are way ahead, you should move balls up table so that your opponent is not likely to be able to put together a run of several balls. When ahead, take balls out of play and be extra careful about avoiding a scratch as that can turn the game around in a hurry. When you are way behind, you must take more chances and try more aggressive shots because timid or overly defensive play will almost surely not win.
1. If a guy offers you 10 to 6 and the break you are probably in trouble especially if he knows your speed.
2. If your opponent resembles this guy.
Hey I've seen that guy somewhere before and he is probably giving you 10-4
1. When he wants to jack it up if he lost first 2 games
2. When he try to make a ball 80% you cannot see the ball he got close to his pocket
3. You find yourself jacked up next to a ball more often
4. He is quick in thinking
5. 2 and 3 rails shots are made more often or close to his hole
6. Good with reverse english bank shots
7. When he plays safe, he leave the cue ball touching or 1/2" near a rail 90% of the time
8. It is good to play good player in one pocket, do not bet the farm
9. When you loose 3 in a row, and decide to fight and lost the 4th better run
Good luck
2. When he try to make a ball 80% you cannot see the ball he got close to his pocket
3. You find yourself jacked up next to a ball more often
4. He is quick in thinking
5. 2 and 3 rails shots are made more often or close to his hole
6. Good with reverse english bank shots
7. When he plays safe, he leave the cue ball touching or 1/2" near a rail 90% of the time
8. It is good to play good player in one pocket, do not bet the farm
9. When you loose 3 in a row, and decide to fight and lost the 4th better run
Good luck
He plays the shot at 9:00. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fZkjjNsMJ4&feature=related,
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I played a truck driver from Chicago when I was just starting out in 1pkt and after we agreed to play he started rattling off questions about rules I'd never heard of. He wanted to know if I played 'fuzzies, sleepers, edge of the ball vs base of the ball, and 3 fouls.' I said 'what's a fuzzy?' He replied 'that's when a ball isn't actually frozen to a rail, but the fuzz of the cloth is touching it'. I thought to myself, 'I'm probably in trouble here.' I was.
I played a truck driver from Chicago when I was just starting out in 1pkt and after we agreed to play he started rattling off questions about rules I'd never heard of. He wanted to know if I played 'fuzzies, sleepers, edge of the ball vs base of the ball, and 3 fouls.' I said 'what's a fuzzy?' He replied 'that's when a ball isn't actually frozen to a rail, but the fuzz of the cloth is touching it'. I thought to myself, 'I'm probably in trouble here.' I was.
At that point I would have taken a bathroom break and on the way to the restroom I'd have asked a friend to call me on my cell in five minutes. When I took the call, I'd have told the trucker that I was really sorry, but there was a family emergency and I had to leave.
if not in your own room....
1. when all the railbirds start pulling up seats to watch, you know you're playing someone that can play... they want to see the massacre up close
applies anywhere:
2. when the guy doesn't seem to be doing hardly anything as far as shooting at his hole, but after several shots you realize that you've only had one or 2 balls to choose from when it's your shot, even though there's 15 on the table. You also notice how suddenly he has several balls over by his hole and you're racking your brain on how did that all happen and what the hell are you going to do it about it now.
3. when the guy can shoot any of of the short rail at the foot of the table banks, and never ever gets a double kiss, even though you thought there would be one.
4. when you thought he was shooting at his pocket when he was shooting the long rail bank, and it appeared he missed it by a mile.. but wait..... damn, his ball just kissed off the side of the stack and went in his hole and opened up a few others, now he's running out. (The guy was shooting to come off the pack, not shooting directly at his hole):smile:
5. while you're over there beaming with pride on how you got him in a trap, with 4 balls near your hole, and he shoots another ball at them and magically as if they were all attached, they each hit each other in a fashion that your pocket looks like the barren desert land seconds later and you're stuck behind the pack and suddenly he has 2 balls by his hole.
well.. there's a few anyways
1. when all the railbirds start pulling up seats to watch, you know you're playing someone that can play... they want to see the massacre up close
applies anywhere:
2. when the guy doesn't seem to be doing hardly anything as far as shooting at his hole, but after several shots you realize that you've only had one or 2 balls to choose from when it's your shot, even though there's 15 on the table. You also notice how suddenly he has several balls over by his hole and you're racking your brain on how did that all happen and what the hell are you going to do it about it now.
3. when the guy can shoot any of of the short rail at the foot of the table banks, and never ever gets a double kiss, even though you thought there would be one.
4. when you thought he was shooting at his pocket when he was shooting the long rail bank, and it appeared he missed it by a mile.. but wait..... damn, his ball just kissed off the side of the stack and went in his hole and opened up a few others, now he's running out. (The guy was shooting to come off the pack, not shooting directly at his hole):smile:
5. while you're over there beaming with pride on how you got him in a trap, with 4 balls near your hole, and he shoots another ball at them and magically as if they were all attached, they each hit each other in a fashion that your pocket looks like the barren desert land seconds later and you're stuck behind the pack and suddenly he has 2 balls by his hole.
well.. there's a few anyways
in trouble when, you are playing an ahead set to 3 and he wins the first 2 games and you haven't made a ball yet.
in trouble when, you keep playing and don't why you keep losing.
Most of the times in this game some players will nickle and dime you to death,
keep putting a ball by his hole and protect it like it was a life and death situation.
in trouble when, you keep playing and don't why you keep losing.
Most of the times in this game some players will nickle and dime you to death,
keep putting a ball by his hole and protect it like it was a life and death situation.
if not in your own room....
1. when all the railbirds start pulling up seats to watch, you know you're playing someone that can play... they want to see the massacre up close
applies anywhere:
2. when the guy doesn't seem to be doing hardly anything as far as shooting at his hole, but after several shots you realize that you've only had one or 2 balls to choose from when it's your shot, even though there's 15 on the table. You also notice how suddenly he has several balls over by his hole and you're racking your brain on how did that all happen and what the hell are you going to do it about it now.
3. when the guy can shoot any of of the short rail at the foot of the table banks, and never ever gets a double kiss, even though you thought there would be one.
4. when you thought he was shooting at his pocket when he was shooting the long rail bank, and it appeared he missed it by a mile.. but wait..... damn, his ball just kissed off the side of the stack and went in his hole and opened up a few others, now he's running out. (The guy was shooting to come off the pack, not shooting directly at his hole):smile:
5. while you're over there beaming with pride on how you got him in a trap, with 4 balls near your hole, and he shoots another ball at them and magically as if they were all attached, they each hit each other in a fashion that your pocket looks like the barren desert land seconds later and you're stuck behind the pack and suddenly he has 2 balls by his hole.
well.. there's a few anyways
I like the way you saying it, it is true
