Wayne said:
I believe there's way more skill in 9 ball than in one pocket. By the time I was 18 I was beating all the top one pocket players in the world. And now I 'm 26 and I 'm still having trouble beating the top 9 ball players in the world. There's way more luck in one pocket than 9 ball.
Kid D
What do you think??????
I've noticed several times that when you do get a 9-Ball player to play One Pocket, whenever you make any shot they don't comprehend, they assume it was luck
There are a lot of shots that you play in One Pocket where you know you are sending a ball or two towards your pocket, but you don't necessarilly know whether they'll go in or not -- but at the very least, you're 'gathering'. Of course when you do that you're playing safe at the same time, and even better, trying to lock up the cue ball so you have your opponent trapped. Every time one of those 'gathering' shots happens to go (which is often, right?), inexperienced One Pocket players ALWAYS think it was lucky.
Especially if you play an 'in-off' -- a shot where you are intentionally hoping to get a little carom at the last second to redirect your ball to your hole. They ALWAYS consider those lucky. Well, from long distance, they are -- but only to a degree if they lie right and you play it that way for some reason, it ain't necessarilly luck guys!
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Your pocket is A, and if you were to cut the 1-ball, you'd be cueing over the 15, and letting the cue ball get away a little, but straight ahead you get to maybe go in off the two ball cluster that is currently tied up. You accomplish alot with this kind of shot, and if they lie right, these shots have a good chance to go, too.
Danny likes to instegate in good humor anyway, so maybe he's just 'stirring the pot'. I notice he wasn't specific about all those top One Pocket players he beat
Although he has entered a few One Pocket events, he has yet to win one, yet he has won quite a few 9-Ball events -- despite the fact that there are maybe only about 20 times as many 9-Ball players as there are One Pocket players -- so the competition in 9-Ball should be tougher, right?
Or maybe he likes the concrete simplicity of 9-Ball -- see the lowest number; shoot the balls in order; make the 9 and bang a new rack open
It is pretty different from the nuances and maneuvering and gathering in One Pocket after all!
Or, maybe he should make the effort to learn some of those 'lucky shots' himself, if he wants to develop into a complete all-around player!