That was my first thought but after looking i like banking the 3 ball into the balls down table( the 8 and 9 ball preferably). Moving balls toward my hole and im putting the cueball off the side rail and trying to hook him under the ball ball cluster on the end rail( looks like the 5 ball and maybe the 13 ballWith the score at 3 to minus 1 and looking at an inferior position that looks to only get worse i'm kicking two cushions under the 7 ball with med. hard speed to move some balls toward my pocket. This shot if hit reasonably well will send the cue ball back up table on Richies side and could easily reverse the position.
Dr. Bill
That was my first thought but after looking i like banking the 3 ball into the balls down table( the 8 and 9 ball preferably). Moving balls toward my hole and im putting the cueball off the side rail and trying to hook him under the ball ball cluster on the end rail( looks like the 5 ball and maybe the 13 ball
I think your right about hitting it at a medium speed since the 7 has a chance to hit and possibly make the 1, 8 or 9 as it will be going that way.With the score at 3 to minus 1 and looking at an inferior position that looks to only get worse i'm kicking two cushions under the 7 ball with med. hard speed to move some balls toward my pocket. This shot if hit reasonably well will send the cue ball back up table on Richies side and could easily reverse the position.
Dr. Bill
You are right again Billy. Thats why we play 10 to 8. I shoot better but you move betterIf you look at the over head picture (first picture) the angle isn't the best for that shot. If the angle was better I would shoot it also, better control with the cue ball.
Dr. Bill
Wow -- I never would have thought the three ball could squeeze through there! Richie must have been beside himself...Mika did what any redblooded Norwegian would do from here, he ran 9 & out.
He started with the 3 cross-corner through traffic.
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He left the cueball here:
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Wow -- I never would have thought the three ball could squeeze through there! Richie must have been beside himself...
I agree with every thing you said. The shot R.R. shot had to roll off on him, and yes he wanted to position the cue ball on the top rail, using the 3 ball as a blocker for the soft kick at the 7 ball and also not allowing Mika the angle to bank the 3 ball. The angle of the first picture suggested to me that the 3 ball bank was laying short, but obviously it wasn't. But if you look at the position of the cue ball after Mika banked the 3 ball it was set up for a possible good return shot for Richie, had not the 3 ball been pocketed. The 3 ball would of then struck another ball and most likely would of left a decent return shot. But if Mika had the angle to bank the 3 ball and draw the cue ball down the side rail that option would of been a much better one.In some cases it's not fair to go back and look at the shot that got a player in trouble, it's just the way the game goes, but RR made a mistake in my opinion on the shot that left Mika the layout in this thread. He could've easily shot the 3 ball (softly) and moved the cueball to the same location. I was very surprised when seeing this for the 1st time that RR passed up shooting the 3 from here. I realize that Richie wanted the cueball to end up on the headrail to the left of the 10 ball (as he's viewing the table) but it didn't work out. If he puts the cueball on the rail next to the 10 it would've negated the bank on the 3 and made it much tougher to play safe for Mika but trusting a table to roll straight on that shot is risky.
Instead he rolled into the 10 ball, double-kissed off it, averting a scratch off the kiss and leaving Mika a shot at the 3 that, however unlikely, Mika made and then ran 8 more. I don't particularly think the 3 was the right shot for Mika but it wasn't egregiously wrong either.
Here's the layout Richie had before leaving Mika the bank on the 3:
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Maybe Richeson considered the possibility of scratching too much with the opportunity of banking the 3.
Tony, Richie knew before he shot his shot that the 3 ball was a bankable option for Mika had the cue ball ended up where it did. Understanding this you would then have to believe that the table roll was responsible for the poorly executed shot. In regard to the option of Richie playing off the 3 ball by soft rolling at it, would then put Mika in a position to kick into the 7 ball, either softly, or with a med. hard speed. So playing off the 3 ball was an option, but a poor one for the reason I stated. Also, Richie was not concerned about the possibility of scratching if he chose to bank the 3 ball, simply because that option was a poor one regardless if struck softly or with speed.
Allow me to bring up some note worthy points when confronted with a situation similar to this one. Whenever you find yourself near a cushion 7 ft. away from a ball that carries a tough angle to bank, and the consequence for missing could be fatal, look else where. The message that should be going through your mind when confronted with this type of a situation is handle with care.
Dr. Bill
what Would I Do? I'd call Pat Fleming and tell him not to send any more mf'ing DVD's of Mika Immonen playing 1p.
Yes but WMWYP?