NH Steve
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One of the many entertaining matches during the Carolina's Open 1P was local NC player Norris Brady vs Bustamante on the loser's side. Brady appeared to be a pretty experienced 1P player with a real nice touch with the cue ball. Whereas of course Francisco might be the very best ball-runner in the world today.
Anyway, I happened to get a photo during this match when this situation came up that I thought fellow One Pocket players might appreciate.
In the photo that's Brady's pocket right behind him, so it looks like he is seriously thinking about two-railing the 11-ball towards his pocket, and drawing the cue ball back against the little cluster near where he is now -- hoping not to make the 11 but rather to leave it close to his hole and put Bustamante in a little trouble by snookering him on it. He didn't shoot that shot -- mainly because I think the angle was a little off, in that he would have needed to cut the 11 to get the proper route on the 11-ball, and that meant he couldn't hold the cue ball safely locked onto the top of that 1-15 cluster.
The 6 was pretty much dead towards Bustamante's pocket "B". Brady's pocket is "A".
Here's the wei layout as best I can say. I believe the ball count was about even, and I believe this was the hill-hill match:
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Anyway, I happened to get a photo during this match when this situation came up that I thought fellow One Pocket players might appreciate.
In the photo that's Brady's pocket right behind him, so it looks like he is seriously thinking about two-railing the 11-ball towards his pocket, and drawing the cue ball back against the little cluster near where he is now -- hoping not to make the 11 but rather to leave it close to his hole and put Bustamante in a little trouble by snookering him on it. He didn't shoot that shot -- mainly because I think the angle was a little off, in that he would have needed to cut the 11 to get the proper route on the 11-ball, and that meant he couldn't hold the cue ball safely locked onto the top of that 1-15 cluster.
The 6 was pretty much dead towards Bustamante's pocket "B". Brady's pocket is "A".
Here's the wei layout as best I can say. I believe the ball count was about even, and I believe this was the hill-hill match:
START(
%AV3X3%CP3L4%FK7L5%GD2M5%H\1N8%Ir0M4%K[0W8%ML8M7%NZ5N7%OW5W9
%PX5Y9%QA5[7%RA7A7
)END