MY shot and my thinking, lol.
Stop !!!! Thin off the 1ball is not the shot. In this situation you MUSTposition the 1ball on your side of the table. Positioning the 1ball on your side of the table is what makes this option a viable one. If you just thin off the 1ball you then will leave your opponent an easy return safety by thning off either the 13ball or the 2ball and putting you back in the same spot that you just shot from.
Dr. Bill
. Tough shot with the 10 so far from both rails.
Ha ha -- came out great but looking at Dennis's lines for the way the balls went, holy sh*t the 14 and the 10 both could easily have blown his cue ball cover all to hell. I love the results but it was definitely too haphazard for my taste -- given much more controlled choices were readily available.Appleton shot the 14 behind the 10 and cleared 'em both out. He was very fortunate
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Exactly, luck is the residue of skill. Have you noticed that good players seem to get lucky ...more often... than everyone else? The reason that is, is because in order to win in difficult situations quite often taking a chance is your best option. However, good players minimize bad things from happening, mainly because their more accurate with the speed and accuracy of the hit of shots. Which in turn enables them to end up with a higher success rate than others. Even Reyes will tell you that. I got lucky
All joking aside. Sometimes taking a chance is your best option, unless you feel that your opponent will give you something you don't deserve. Then in that case look for something to buy a little time, but don't rely on that happening too often.
The shots discussed here were all good options (if executed well)
Dr. Bill
Everything you explained is spot on. However, I would like to go to another level that most players may be oblivious, or unmindful of.:sorry Really not trying to sell people short but this is a little "tid bit" worthy of mentioning. When bringing the 1ball cross table to your side, it will serve you better ..not to leave the 1ball and cue ball parallel to one another, close to the side rail. With this result your opponent will shoot the 1ball into the 15ball and move both balls while stopping the cue ball.
I understand that this is at times hard to control, but something to think about when playing shots that carry similar results.
That could work out good or "iffy". Iffy, meaning that if I made the 15ball I would then find myself locked up again. The reason I said that this option (if available) was a good option for many players, is because this option is much easier to execute then probably the best option (for some) shooting the 14ball.
I am not so sure it was a game winning shot (quite yet
) -- Appleton wacked it so hard he didn't leave anything near his hole that wasn't already there. Can't Miller just put Appleton back on the side rail off the 14 -- or even the 3-ball if the 3-ball blocks him from hitting the 14?
"Providing that the 13ball isn't the shot then I would play off the 14ball. The way the angle looks to me on the 14ball suggest, that my most "accurate" and "safest" hit would be to send the 14ball toward the 15ball.
There is another option that would be a useful one for many players if it's available. This type of option often is a way out of situations similar to this one. That would be to bank the 1ball to your side and run up table with the cue ball. This option would put two balls on your side of the table, and leaving distance also as an ally. Plus he would not be able to shoot the 10ball unless he plays a low% combination.
Sorry if I confused some people, however, like I have often said. ...Shoot the shot that best fits your skill level.....even if it's not the best option. But for you it is.
Dr. Bill"
I get the idea. What Dr. Bill called "up table", you call "down table". Thanks for clearing that up.