Cowboy Dennis
Verified Member
Here is an interesting situation from "iusedtoberich". It's from 3 1/2 years ago and received many different responses from different players about what they'd shoot from here. What would you do?
Here is his layout from the thread. You have pocket 'A' and need one ball, it's your shot:
iusedtoberich said:Would you put this last ball into play, in a serious game?
This shot came up in a high dollar ahead set I was in a couple years ago. I made a HORRIBLE mistake and let my opponent get balls back into play, and even helped him. I needed one, and he needed 4. I acknowledge that mistake. But, that was in the prior innings and I could not change what I did. So this is what I faced now.
Should I:
1. Put the last ball in play by shooting it straight in, and make my opponent have to deal with breaking up the line of balls. The cue ball would be frozen on the end rail.
2. Try to play a safety off the line of balls, and begin the process of sending them back uptable out of play.
To give you an idea of the caliber of play, I was a C+ to B- player at the time. He was a solid mid B player. I was getting 4 balls. We were both experienced gamblers. And we both prepared well for this match and were in stroke.
Here is his layout from the thread. You have pocket 'A' and need one ball, it's your shot: