androd
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Why not just bank the 1 ball ?
Rod.
Rod.
Why not just bank the 1 ball ?
Rod.
Shooting the 6 which is the main "blocker" ball to the other balls, completely opens up the table for the other 3 balls. The exact reason why you wouldnt want to do it when you were ahead. You dont want to open the table up when you have a lead.
I thought the idea was that you put more pressure on your opponent with an open table when you have the lead.
I am starting to get the feeling that you are maybe the only banker in Oregon. Where could you have possibly heard that? If I need 2 or 1, why would I want the table to be able to yield 3 or 4?
Anyone playing me when I have the lead is looking at a table with 3 or 4 blocked pockets and the rest of the balls in clusters on one side of the table and near the rails.
Beard
I could very well be the only banker(or, rather, hopeful banker) in Oregon. I'm certain that you had said that exact thing. I will try to find it. Something about putting immense pressure on an opponent when you only need 1 or 2 and they still need most, with a miss all but guaranteeing you a shot at a bank.. at the same time, locking up all of the balls when needing the same(1 or 2 vs. many) gives the opponent a greater chance, since you are also shooting at a select shot(or few) that are available. Again, I'll try to dig around and see what I can find.
After a brief search..
I couldn't find what I thought that I was looking for, though I did find a reference or two to this kind of strategy, so I must have been mistaken.
Here it is. It is from my website, and the free bank lessons page.
KEY POINT
Do not take all the balls out of play — a fatal mistake that I myself made for years — my rationale was, “If one ball out of play is good, then three or four is better still.” A flawed conclusion it turns out.
If you and your opponent are both playing one ball at a time, you remove much of the pressure from your opponent. All the opposition has to do is play safe on one ball.
If there are several balls in play, even though they might present an opportunity for your opponent to make them in one inning, it also makes it many times more difficult for the opposition to play safe when you only need one ball. One ball could be made from anywhere. Your foe will be under extreme pressure trying to keep you from shooting at 2-rail or 3-rail banks that will win the game. Paranoia will have your competition seeing banks going in from everywhere.
Your opponent knows that any ball you are left close to, regardless of the angle, is a possible make. With one ball in play on the table, if the other player keeps leaving you long with the Cue Ball near the cushion, the pressure between the two of you would be about the same. Maybe less for him because he is behind and has nothing to lose. But when he looks at the table and negatively visualizes that he cannot leave you without a shot, and that he has to leave you something to shoot at, the pressure becomes greater on him than you.
Always remember tho. When you need 1, you must still keep at least 1 ball completely out of play in order to keep your opponent from winning the game on one shot.
Beard
So Banks, you must at least have visited my website.
Here it is. It is from my website, and the free bank lessons page.
KEY POINT
Do not take all the balls out of play — a fatal mistake that I myself made for years — my rationale was, “If one ball out of play is good, then three or four is better still.” A flawed conclusion it turns out.
If you and your opponent are both playing one ball at a time, you remove much of the pressure from your opponent. All the opposition has to do is play safe on one ball.
If there are several balls in play, even though they might present an opportunity for your opponent to make them in one inning, it also makes it many times more difficult for the opposition to play safe when you only need one ball. One ball could be made from anywhere. Your foe will be under extreme pressure trying to keep you from shooting at 2-rail or 3-rail banks that will win the game. Paranoia will have your competition seeing banks going in from everywhere.
Your opponent knows that any ball you are left close to, regardless of the angle, is a possible make. With one ball in play on the table, if the other player keeps leaving you long with the Cue Ball near the cushion, the pressure between the two of you would be about the same. Maybe less for him because he is behind and has nothing to lose. But when he looks at the table and negatively visualizes that he cannot leave you without a shot, and that he has to leave you something to shoot at, the pressure becomes greater on him than you.
Always remember tho. When you need 1, you must still keep at least 1 ball completely out of play in order to keep your opponent from winning the game on one shot.
Beard
So Banks, you must at least have visited my website.