Cornbread vs. Bugs 1991 Legends of One Pocket

[Cowboy Dennis]

Here's another from game 4 with Red up 2-1 in games. It's Reds shot and he has the lower right-hand pocket. What would you do?

 

[androd]

Cut the top stripe into the dark ball above my pocket and draw behind the stack.
I might bank the dark ball in the kitchen cross corner and come up past the side but nobody seems to like that shot but moi.
Rod.
PS,All the dark balls look like the 8 ball to me.

 

[lll]

I'm going to listen to my doctor
and rearange the furniture
hit the 8 with draw to use the stripe ball as ablocker for any reply
the 8 hits the first stripe sending it towards my pockey and/or breaking up that cluster
that stripe hits the stripe near his pocket sending it my way and either moves his stripe from his pocket or clears it.
either way i have his pocket cleared of balls and have moved some to me side
what do you think????

 

[lll]

after i took my meds prescribed from my doctor
if the q will slide past the 2 off the 13 id break up the cluster and try to freeze on the 15

 

[NH Steve]

First thought: I agree it looks like that combo along the rail, into the ball by Bug's pocket has potential to rearrange things more in Red's favor.

 

[NH Steve]

Cut the top stripe into the dark ball above my pocket and draw behind the stack.
I might bank the dark ball in the kitchen cross corner and come up past the side but nobody seems to like that shot but moi.
Rod.
PS,All the dark balls look like the 8 ball to me.

Rod, when Dennis says "lower right-hand pocket" I'm thinking right hand as we look at it in the photo, not as the breaker would look at it from the head of the table... but I could be wrong, Dennis??

 

[Cowboy Dennis]

Cut the top stripe into the dark ball above my pocket and draw behind the stack.
I might bank the dark ball in the kitchen cross corner and come up past the side but nobody seems to like that shot but moi.
Rod.
PS,All the dark balls look like the 8 ball to me.

Rod,

Methinks you may be shooting at the wrong pocket .

EDIT: Steve, I just saw your post and you are correct. Sorry for the confusion Rod.

Dennis

 

[vapros]

I believe I will shoot into the 3-ball combination that begins with the 9 ball. Looks like there might be a lovely kiss involved, and I will draw the cueball into the stripe near the left pocket. I will either make it or move it. Don't forget, I'm Cornbread Red today.

 

[jtompilot]

I'm looking at the 3 ball combo that startes with the 6 ball. Leave the cue froze to the rail and take out those three balls on my opponents side. Might need a little more angle on this shot so cue ball could drift towards the three ball cluster.

The other shot is to shoot the two ball combo ans drift the cue ball to the bottom rail. If you make the combo there will an easy shot on the solid ball and a bank on the stripe from my opponents hole.

 

[fred bentivegna]

Keep listening to the doctor

Keep listening to the doctor

I'm going to listen to my doctor
and rearange the furniture
hit the 8 with draw to use the stripe ball as ablocker for any reply
the 8 hits the first stripe sending it towards my pockey and/or breaking up that cluster
that stripe hits the stripe near his pocket sending it my way and either moves his stripe from his pocket or clears it.
either way i have his pocket cleared of balls and have moved some to me side
what do you think????

That looks like the simplest, strongest shot. All you have to do is stop the cue ball and hit it hard. It's possible that you will get a bad roll and sell out, but that's life. You are leaving the cue ball in the absolute best angle to not leave a shot to his pocket; that is, laying along the long rail.


Beard

 

[gulfportdoc]

The problem with that shot is that, unless it's hit absolutely perfectly (which is hard to do), there's almost surely a sell-out on the 8 ball.

Red is in a pickle here, but he's going to have to think of something else.

Doc

 

[Cowboy Dennis]

I'm going to listen to my doctor
and rearange the furniture
hit the 8 with draw to use the stripe ball as ablocker for any reply
the 8 hits the first stripe sending it towards my pockey and/or breaking up that cluster
that stripe hits the stripe near his pocket sending it my way and either moves his stripe from his pocket or clears it.
either way i have his pocket cleared of balls and have moved some to me side
what do you think????

I think you shoud've stayed with your first idea . Red did shoot straight-ahead into the 7 ball. Here's what happened . The 7 didn't go anywhere and the cueball stopped. Miraculously, Bugs only got one from there, the 7 ball. Thanks to CaliRed for teaching me how to get thoroughly annoyed with computers and still learning how to draw arrows and stuff .

 

[CaliRed]

I think you shoud've stayed with your first idea . Red did shoot straight-ahead into the 7 ball. Here's what happened . The 7 didn't go anywhere and the cueball stopped. Miraculously, Bugs only got one from there, the 7 ball. Thanks to CaliRed for teaching me how to get thoroughly annoyed with computers and still learning how to draw arrows and stuff .

Hey, now THAT is a great job Dennis! I"m proud of ya! You caught on fast!

 

[NH Steve]

Hey, now THAT is a great job Dennis! I"m proud of ya! You caught on fast!

CaliRed, do you have a post where you teach this? We need to collect some of your terrific tips in a "How to" collection of links.... this was a real good example of using a screen shot for illustration!

 

[gulfportdoc]

I think you shoud've stayed with your first idea . Red did shoot straight-ahead into the 7 ball. Here's what happened . The 7 didn't go anywhere and the cueball stopped. Miraculously, Bugs only got one from there, the 7 ball.

Oh, I thought it was the 8 ball for the combo. I'm not surprised that Red ended up badly, as I guessed above. What does surprise me is that Bugs only got one from there.

Doc

 

[lll]

Oh, I thought it was the 8 ball for the combo. I'm not surprised that Red ended up badly, as I guessed above. What does surprise me is that Bugs only got one from there.

Doc

doc good eye to see the problem with that shot
if you cheated the hit so there was a little angle on the solid ball it would have slid to reds side and from where the other balls landed he would have been in a good position.if they are both froze to the rail there may be no room to create an angle and still move the stripe near the pocket
in this case he hit it alittle too straight.

 

[Frank Almanza]

For certain that when he lined up for this shot he saw the seven sliding away to his left and out of range. The error probably occurred because he wanted to make sure that he didn't let the cue ball get away from him by cutting the seven too much.

An understandable mistake that is done more frequent than we like.