Daulton vs. Richeson 1998 LOP

gulfportdoc said:

Well, we've got some pretty sharp shooters on the site! Miller gets the cookie for guessing the shot Shannon selected.

Cardone and Grady commentated, and Grady was just explaining why he might choose that shot, when Shannon stepped up and fired at it.

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I'd thought he might have shot the 1 or the 9, but on closer examination, the 1 is a very tricky cut (more so than it shows from this angle), and Shannon wanted to make sure to remove the 5, since the 5 was makeable from just about anywhere on the table.

Incidentally, this is not an easy bank. I tried it 3 or 4 times before I hit it as good as did Shannon. Here was the leave:

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But this is a great example of a top player who is an excellent shot maker showing restraint in order to put himself in a much better position. Being down 6-2 many of us would have taken one of the two low percentage shots in attempt to run some balls.

~Doc

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Tom Wirth said:

I like Shannon's aggressive nature, but he chose to ignore a riskless three rail shot with a natural cue ball roll back up table for a shot which could easily go wrong by the way he elected to play the cue ball. As it is, he did a pretty nice job of it.
JMHO,

Tom

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Island Drive said:

When I first looked at the layout, I was thinking ''if could hold my cue ball behind the three balls and shoot the same three rail bank......but the cue ball moving the cluster could work to my disadvantage. I also thought of just cutting the five ball and putting the cue ball back up table.

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gulfportdoc said:

Yeah, I also liked Hacker's suggestion of two-railing the 5 ball, providing a guy could hold the CB down near the foot rail. The reason: it makes it much more difficult for the opponent to knock any balls away from the shooter's hole. I believe the 5 could be made if it hit the second rail to the pocket side of the 7 (laying on the head rail). If made, the shooter would be off to the races.

As it was, after Shannon's leave, Richie could then dig the 5 outta there..... and he did.

~Doc

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Island Drive said:

When I first looked at the layout, I was thinking ''if could hold my cue ball behind the three balls and shoot the same three rail bank......but the cue ball moving the cluster could work to my disadvantage. I also thought of just cutting the five ball and putting the cue ball back up table.

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