If the 3 ball is bankable I would bank it and float the cue ball to the center of the bottom rail. With this shot you are either going to make the 3 ball and put yourself in the one hole, or position the 3 ball in an almost dead position, leaving only two balls that are open for banks. This option lends to Freddies point of keeping only as many balls in play as you need, and less than your opponent needs.Jason banked the 9 ball cross-side from where John left him and went up & down the table with the rock to this position. What would you shoot from here?
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You have a point with your reason for not shooting the 3 ball, but imo the score and the position of the balls should supersede your logic.Jason banked the 9 ball cross-side from where John left him and went up & down the table with the rock to this position. What would you shoot from here?
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If the 3 ball is bankable I would bank it and float the cue ball to the center of the bottom rail. With this shot you are either going to make the 3 ball and put yourself in the one hole, or position the 3 ball in an almost dead position, leaving only two balls that are open for banks. This option lends to Freddies point of keeping only as many balls in play as you need, and less than your opponent needs.
Dr. Bill
You have a point with your reason for not shooting the 3 ball, but imo the score and the position of the balls should supersede your logic.
If you're not going to shoot the 3 ball, why would you make the 2 ball?
I think by making the 2 ball you increase your opponents chance of winning by putting another ball in play, and also by making the 3 ball a better option for him, than it was for you. If anything I would play softly into the 2 ball without making it and offer my opponent the same shot on the 3 ball that you didn't like. And if he makes the 2 ball you will then have an option of either banking the 3 ball or doing something else. But regardless, I would shoot the 3 ball bank and gamble from that position, I like my gamble with that shot considering the score and the ball position.
*Lets take the 6 ball off the table and now both players need two balls, shooting the 3 ball bank from this position is much less of an option then before. Plus pocketing the 2 ball now becomes a better option then it was before.*Different score, different ball position.
Making the 2 ball is a shot I definitely wouldn't shoot from the position referenced. Banking the 3 ball is playing the percentages, imo.
Dr. Bill
This makes the 44th straight shot option that I was wrong on -- in your humble opinion. Amazing. Is this a pattern? As weak a shotmaker as I was, how the hell did I ever beat a human?
Beard
Freddy,
I don't want to pump up your ego too much but I think it's only the 43rd straight bank-pool shot-option that you were wrong on.
RBL
Check post #38 on the Dalton, Mizerak thread in the 1pkt forum.
Beard
Yes you're right, that was one pocket but the game had nothing to do with what I said. I know how much 1 tip of english is, and I also know how much turn stays with the cue ball when it travels a certain distance. And if you're going to try to play position for the balls that Freddie and you are referring to, you need a hell of a lot more than 1 tip of inside english.That was one-pocket. I agreed with you anyway even though I didn't completely write it down, I would've hit the bank with inside-draw (on a forgiving table) and spun up behind the balls near the spot.
RBL
Yes you're right, that was one pocket but the game had nothing to do with what I said. I know how much 1 tip of english is, and I also know how much turn stays with the cue ball when it travels a certain distance. And if you're going to try to play position for the balls that Freddie and you are referring to, you need a hell of a lot more than 1 tip of inside english.
You say that's one of your favorite shots on a forgiving table, well to me it's a tough shot on any table. Now if you didn't have to draw the cue ball 4 ft. before it hit the bottom rail I can see your point, and 1 tip of english would probably suffice.
Another thing, why didn't Daulton use the inside english playing position for the other balls? Maybe he thought it would make the shot play too tough, that's what i'm thinking. Plus he's got a much better stroke than you, Freddie, and me.
Dr. Bill
... And as far as shooting the 2 ball in, to me that would be inviting problems, and i'm not going to do that. ---Thats absurd. I described what I would do re shooting the 2 ball in. Please inform me what sort of "problems" might I encounter, either "corner hooking" you or moving the cue ball up along the long rail and leaving you with a now, bad angle on the 3 and the cue ball 7 feet away from the closest ball.
You make a lot of good points, as do I, and if either you or I disagree all we can do is offer an explanation why we see it differently and move on. Let the players that want to learn make up their own mind, who knows maybe the'll take a little from both of us.
Since you havent agreed with any suggestion I have made in a month (or more), just what were some of those "good points" that you found in my posts? I dont seem to remember any.
Dr. Bill
Freddie, would you please describe to me what "If at all possible" means.and finally,
.... You say that you should never shoot a bank that is more difficult than the one you leave if you miss. I say bullshit, that's the 44th straight time I disagreed with you. I can name many scenarios where your axiom doesn't apply, and this happens to be one of them, imo.
Either you missed the first part of my axiom that stated, "If at all possible...you should never shoot a bank that is more difficult than the one you leave if you miss." Well, I gotta tell the truth, that is probably the absolute best advice I have to give regarding bank pool. That is the best I got. If that dont get it, than I am out of place on this here bank forum.
You call that bullshit, and apparently either everybody agrees with you or they are too intimidated to say anything. In either case, I'm wasting my time, and I am not going to waste anymore defending something as obviously correct as that axiom. I take this shit too seriously. I will leave you to lead the pack into banking stardom.
Beard
This is the last incorrect example that I am going to address. You are trying to hang me on my own petard. That is, not putting enough balls into play to allow your opponent to win on one shot. Every rule and principle on earth has to be tempered with common sense.
I will put it in the form of another bank pool axiom:
Balls hanging in the back pockets of the head rail, barely count as being out of play! The reason being, unlike balls hanging in the pockets at the foot rail, they are usually easy to pocket and play safe off of. While your opponent cannot win on one shot if a needed ball is hanging back there, defensively you are not in good shape because if he makes all the balls open he has an option to go a move up on you by either corner hooking you or just shooting the ball in and leaving you a mile away from paydirt.
Taking a ball out of play in bank pool usually means that you hang a ball in the pockets by the foot rail, or if it is buried deep enough, a ball hanging in the side pocket.
Beard
I will now turn the forum over to the resident experts, Dr Bill and HackerPuss.
Maybe when somebody can explain the weakness of the, "dont shoot a bad one if you are going to give up a good one," theory to me, I'll realize the error of my ways.
Plus, in the particular instance of this diagram, the 2 ball is not yet out of play by any means. It can be banked 4 rails, 2 rails, or even straight back.
You say that the 3 ball bank is a bad one, well that's your opinion, not fact. Then you say that you will give up a good one with the return shot. Well again that's your opinion, the bank you give up may not be as good as the one that was just missed. Doesn't that depend on where the cue ball ends up? Then I say that you shouldn't pocket the 2 ball, for the reasons I discussed, that you also believe in. So what we have here is a dilemma, if so, your so called axiom shouldn't apply.This is the last incorrect example that I am going to address. You are trying to hang me on my own petard. That is, not putting enough balls into play to allow your opponent to win on one shot. Every rule and principle on earth has to be tempered with common sense.
I will put it in the form of another bank pool axiom:
Balls hanging in the back pockets of the head rail, barely count as being out of play! The reason being, unlike balls hanging in the pockets at the foot rail, they are usually easy to pocket and play safe off of. While your opponent cannot win on one shot if a needed ball is hanging back there, defensively you are not in good shape because if he makes all the balls open he has an option to go a move up on you by either corner hooking you or just shooting the ball in and leaving you a mile away from paydirt.
Taking a ball out of play in bank pool usually means that you hang a ball in the pockets by the foot rail, or if it is buried deep enough, a ball hanging in the side pocket.
Beard
I will now turn the forum over to the resident experts, Dr Bill and HackerPuss.
Maybe when somebody can explain the weakness of the, "dont shoot a bad one if you are going to give up a good one," theory to me, I'll realize the error of my ways.
Plus, in the particular instance of this diagram, the 2 ball is not yet out of play by any means. It can be banked 4 rails, 2 rails, or even straight back.
fred bentivegna said:Balls hanging in the back pockets of the head rail, barely count as being out of play! The reason being, unlike balls hanging in the pockets at the foot rail, they are usually easy to pocket and play safe off of.
Beard
wincardona said:This is by far one of your weakest post to date. Balls hanging in the top pockets are not out of play.:[/B Give me a break. You my friend sound like a desperate man who is drowning, grasping for straws.
Dr. Bill
Ok, barely out of play are you serious. If a ball is hanging in a pocket, regardless of what pocket, it's out of play. There are positions that we refer to as good positions and not so good positions, in regard to balls that are in play. Then there are balls that are out of play (balls hanging in the pocket) Whenever you have the lead, late in games (like the game we're debating)it's to the advantage of the player leading to have balls in play that only he can win with, and his opponent can't. Also if balls are not out of play then balls that are in a difficult position will favor the player with the lead. That's the point, and that's always been the point with my reasoning about this dilemma.If I may interject for a moment. Bill, if you don't understand what Freddy wrote here then you should read it until you do or stop arguing it. I'm not colorizing, highlighting, or enlarging anything. If you can't understand that what Freddy wrote here is different than what you said he wrote then you simply can't read & comprehend.
Dennis