Rod said:
I played some today so I set this up. How you play position depends on exact ball placement. I assumed the 9 was an inch or a tad more off the rail.
From that position there is no way to play shape on the 6. Closer to 2" off the rail probably would have been ideal or the c/b at a lesser angle.
"You can't be serious" (John MacEnroe voice)
I said I preferred the 9 2 1 6, my reasoning was simple. I would not risk hitting the 6. Skin played good position so the ball placement has to be a little off. Going the other way getting three balls is fairly simple. Then use the long or short rail from the one to the 6.
And no I would not regret a free try from the 9 to the 6. Its not free especially if you come up a bit short and hooked on the one. That is a small window, a little off and its a problem. The 6 is only one foot off the rail I presume.
Rod, as was previously noted, (posts #6 and 11)...If you are sewed up on the 1ball, you are straight in on the 6..
Rod
Is this Rod Elliot ? Hi Rod, this is San Jose Dick...Ronnie A. and I played several sessions at your old joint..(Rack and Cue, wasn't it ?)..when he demanded neutral territory...
..If I recall, you and I played a few times too..
I remember the first time we played in there...It was kinda funny. RA and his backer, were down the first set. You aways had good equipment, but he had been grumbling about the lighting. (if the lighting had been good, he would have bitched about the equipment)...I remember you had 3 card table type lights, with 100 watt bulbs.
His backer had paid off the first set, and the money was still up. We were flipping for the next set, when RA unscrewed a light bulb, checked the wattage, and stormed out the door, saying he'd be right back...He went up the street to an all night drug store, and came back with three 350 watt bulbs, and screwed them all in, and they lit up the whole pool room...
I jokingly told him I wouldn't play because of the possibilty getting sun burned...After several well chosen obcenities from him, of course we continued playing...I believe at that time, my eyes were weaker than RA's. The added light sure didn't hurt me any. I played one of my best sessions ever.
RA has come up with several new gimmicks over the years, as I had become almost sharkproof to his incessant chatter...Some of them actually worked..That one didn't..
PS..Sorry for the war story insertion/break/hi-jack..Carry on with the ball running, argument/discussion/debate/fiasco...
PPS..Skin, that was kinda fun...amazing how everyone looks at a layout a little differently...Put one up, a little more challenging, like where you need about 5 balls, with his game ball setting in the hole...
(everybody's favorite scenario)