Time to fill in some blanks!
Time to fill in some blanks!
I'm the other player in Mr. Bille's story and I feel I need to fill in some gaps he left out, so we can get some (yes or no) answers on this EXACT situation. As he said the spot is 10/6, for a small amount per game where I'm ahead alot of games already total, and on the night I was up 6 games when this came up.
He needs 2 I need 1, he puts a ball in his hole, the other ball is in his other corner pocket, this is where I made the wrong shot, I shot his ball in and followed it in, when I should have tried to titty him, or just left him straight and long, and out moved him on the last ball. So now we both need 2, and he plays the 2 balls shot, well he misses both and leaves me a cross bank toward my hole where I make a ball but don't get a out shot so I play safe, at this point, I was thinking that he seen how dangerous that shot can be if you are not accurate with it both with the two balls and the cue ball.
After a couple of innings and some good play by Mr. Bille to get the game to his advantage where HE NEEDS 1 NOW AND I NEED 2, he choses to play the shot again, and he makes the bank ball. I told him that it was the wrong shot, and right when I said it I was so mad that I made the bad shot early in the game to cause this, but I still as though I'm right. We have been playing for about 7 months or so, and we are pushing each other to elevate our one pocket games so when he does something that I think was not smart in my DONKEY opinion, I try to tell him why, then he tries to justify why he thinks it was a good shot, he said and I quote " I feel like I can make a ball 75% of the time so I have to shot it."BULLSHIT, he may know his table, but I'm giving him 10/6(WINNING), and I can't make it 75%, That is where he gets his 40% from because I told him that was more realistic. I am trying to make him a better one pocket player, and when he finally soaks in what I tell him he shows improvement.
I told Mr. Bille to post the situation on here and that 99.5% of pros in the TOTALLY EXACT situation would play the safe shot. I think after almost losing the game on the same shot earlier in the game when you get a ball count advantage you play the 99% more accurate safe shot. I feel like I can ALMOST let Mr. Bille shoot at his hole on the first shot of 1 or 2 ball one pocket, I don't think Shane, and BI are 10/6 apart on one pocket skill level.
So with the rest of the story please give us a yes or no poll on what you would do.
Believe it or not, he actually made the shot a couple of times up in Tunica against SVB!!!
