Cowboy Dennis
Verified Member
I've seen several references lately to what people shoot and don't shoot when they are left on the end-rail. I've also heard top players say that they would shoot at any makeable shot if left on the end-rail early in the game so as to "send a message". Maybe that's supposed to frighten me but it never did. I always figured that he would have to hurt me at least three times before I stopped leaving him there. I suppose this may be a good tournament strategy and maybe even sometimes when gambling but it's not ever what I do (or did).
When someone left me on the end-rail early in a game and left me a shot that I was "supposed" to shoot I would weigh the benefits first. Making or missing the ball never came into it, I much preferred to have someone think I was scared to shoot from the head rail. Later in the match when the bet was higher or the game was close I would have passed up several good opportunities to shoot at my hole and he would then leave me up there with impunity. At some tough point in a game when the time was right he would leave me up there and I would shoot the same shot I had been passing up for hours. Most opponents were shocked that I had shot the same shot they had been leaving for hours and made it and hurt them with it.
This isn't really a big revelation or anything but I've never heard any player say they do this. I'm talking about passing up a shot at the frozen 1 ball in this layout and maybe getting three balls if I make it. If I pass up a few of these most guys figure I won't shoot it at all. I will but only when I want to, not when I'm supposed to.
I'll use Western Union if I want to send a message .
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When someone left me on the end-rail early in a game and left me a shot that I was "supposed" to shoot I would weigh the benefits first. Making or missing the ball never came into it, I much preferred to have someone think I was scared to shoot from the head rail. Later in the match when the bet was higher or the game was close I would have passed up several good opportunities to shoot at my hole and he would then leave me up there with impunity. At some tough point in a game when the time was right he would leave me up there and I would shoot the same shot I had been passing up for hours. Most opponents were shocked that I had shot the same shot they had been leaving for hours and made it and hurt them with it.
This isn't really a big revelation or anything but I've never heard any player say they do this. I'm talking about passing up a shot at the frozen 1 ball in this layout and maybe getting three balls if I make it. If I pass up a few of these most guys figure I won't shoot it at all. I will but only when I want to, not when I'm supposed to.
I'll use Western Union if I want to send a message .
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