once you try to leave they just draw you backvapros said:View attachment 1664
This is what I would do. By the way, when I try to exit this site I am finding a delay of 6 or 7 seconds before exiting. Anybody else?
i first saw a similar shot (rods)but following the q to the long rail and trying to snooker on the pink stripeandrod said:Try to lock the CB down.
Rod.
Cowboy Dennis said:Busty is up 1-0 in games and there's no score in this game. It's Owen's shot and he has the lower left-hand pocket, as you view the screen. What would you do?
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Yeah, that's a good shot Ghosty .One Pocket Ghost said:Excuse me Mr. Dennis the Cowboy...but I wish you had shown the whole table ...because it looks to me that I can 2-rail the 2ball dead-ahead into my hole, stopping the cueball for cut-shot shape on the striped ball....and if I miss the 2-railer it will be in front of my pocket and he will have to deal with it, because he has no viable/makeable shot out of the cluster of balls in front of him.
- Ghosty
Skin,Skin said:I stand in awe of anybody who can come out firing in their first inning and send three or more balls in motion around the other guy's hole...and get away with it. I have learned the lesson that, that is a foolish strategy for me. I understand you have to turn the break around if you can, and that means being aggressive, but darned if most of the times I have tried the super aggressive shots they didn't turn his position advantage into an actual balls-in-the-hole advantage. If he doesn't have a shot from a cb position on one of the rails near his hole like in this layout, I am laying claim to that territory until he gives up something better or forces me someplace else.
[Dinker] Skin < thinks games are won and lost on the first inning shot
Games CAN be won & lost on the first shot but most often they are not. I always look for a way to turn the game around from my first shot on. 30 years ago I would be playing guys who would rob me at 9ball but two or three shots after the break in one-pocket I'd have everything on my side and in front of my pocket.Skin said:[Dinker] Skin < thinks games are won and lost on the first inning shot
Cowboy Dennis said:Skin,
Is there something that makes you think this is Gabes first shot? For the record, it's his third shot.
No, just saying in general and thinking about a recent thread where some folks were proposing shots like that. A couple of the shots above reminded me of that. I say more power to a guy who can pull it off - I don't get away with it often enough to try it unless as a last resort.
P.S. Co-commentator Mr. El Beardo correctly called this safety & Gabe then executed it to perfection .
What safety?
One Pocket Ghost said:Excuse me Mr. Dennis the Cowboy...but I wish you had shown the whole table ...because it looks to me that I can 2-rail the 2ball dead-ahead into my hole, stopping the cueball for cut-shot shape on the striped ball....and if I miss the 2-railer it will be in front of my pocket and he will have to deal with it, because he has no viable/makeable shot out of the cluster of balls in front of him.
- Ghosty
What safety you ask, the one I'll post when I get home from work in 7 hrs..Skin said:Skin......
Cowboy Dennis said:Yeah, that's a good shot Ghosty .
Mr. D the C
androd said:You better hope you don't make the 2 ball. You ain't sawing at that stripe unless you're playing funsies.
Rod.
One Pocket Ghost said:Don't forget, Gabe Owen is shooting here, not me...you think he wouldn't chop that striped ball in?....after all, that's the exact same kind of shot that straight pool players shoot all the time to break up the next rack...
- Ghosty
androd said:The original question from Dennis was "What would you do"
I've played Gabe and he's fairly conservative.
Rod.
PS, Of course when you've a easy game, no reason to take a chance.
Mr. Ghosty,One Pocket Ghost said:Yeah, it might be...you still didn't post the rest of the table, so that I/all of us can see the angle from the 2ball to the corner.
- Ghosty