Scott Frost vs. S.V.B. 2011 D.C.C.

[Cowboy Dennis]

It's game five and Frost is up 4-1. It's his shot. What would you do?

 

[lll]

i think the obvious shot is move the 9 to your side and put whitey up table

downside is leaving a bank into the line of balls moving them to svbs side

 

[lll]

another shot i like is to hit the ball on the spot dead on and stop the q frozen to the 2nd ball in the line
he probably will have to move the 9 for you
or come off the ball you froze him to

 

[vapros]

I'm with lll. Move the 9 ball across and take the cb up the long rail. In other circumstances I might be tempted to over-bank the stripe on the head rail, but not with a 4-1 lead and a fairly good safe available. I don't see anything better here.

 

[timdog24]

Another option might be to bank the 9 up table and gently snuggle the cue ball against the wall of balls.

 

[Fast Lenny]

I would probably go off the bottom of the 15 very thinly placing the cue ball where he has to shoot off the rail close to his hole.

 

[Frank Almanza]

Another option might be to bank the 9 up table and gently snuggle the cue ball against the wall of balls.

I like your option. It takes a ball out of play for him and makes it difficult to find a safe place for the cue ball. Forces him to play safe and not get aggressive.

 

[andyk]

I like Lenny's shot. It might open up another ball or two towards scott's side and also protects what is already there. I also like timdog24's option, even placing the 9 ball by scott's side pocket or a little closer. SVB would have no option but to push to the bottom rail. This is probably the shot for me.

 

[sappo]

I like thinning the 9 ball over to my side but i woul hit it with enough speed to bring the cue ball back down table. I dont like disturbing the 4 spotted balls once they are opened it gives SVB manymore options to shoot at. keith

 

[fred bentivegna]

Definitely

Definitely

Another option might be to bank the 9 up table and gently snuggle the cue ball against the wall of balls.

Strong. Unless you hit it so hard that you blast a hole thru the balls lined up, whatever the oppo does is going to leave you a better shot than you just had.

BEard

 

[NH Steve]

Another option might be to bank the 9 up table and gently snuggle the cue ball against the wall of balls.

That's what came to my mind also. Removes a ball from opponent's side, pushes it up table and leaves nothing. All good with a 4-1 lead.

 

[timdog24]

Strong. Unless you hit it so hard that you blast a hole thru the balls lined up, whatever the oppo does is going to leave you a better shot than you just had.

BEard

I like it a little better than thinning the 9 to my side and going up table like III mentioned because it leaves no air. SVB is forced to play a very passive shot, probably thinning the stack and putting the cue ball on the bottom rail. If you leave him up table, you are still in good position, but he a lot more has options. He can see all the balls. He can move a ball to his side, maybe cross bank a ball if it lays right, etc.
Unless, of course you butcher the shot like Beard said and go through the stack.

 

[lll]

I like it a little better than thinning the 9 to my side and going up table like III mentioned because it leaves no air. SVB is forced to play a very passive shot, probably thinning the stack and putting the cue ball on the bottom rail. If you leave him up table, you are still in good position, but he a lot more has options. He can see all the balls. He can move a ball to his side, maybe cross bank a ball if it lays right, etc.
Unless, of course you butcher the shot like Beard said and go through the stack.

it looked to me you would have to cut the 9 to the right to get the q to the line of balls leaving it on svbs side and you would have to hit it harder maybe so you couldnt "snuggle"up so easily

i liked the idea of using the lineup as a place to leave the q that was the reasoning behind my other shot choice

 

[Frank Almanza]

It's game five and Frost is up 4-1. It's his shot. What would you do?

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P.S. It looks like Scott might have been the one that spotted that last ball, favoring his pocket a bit.

 

[Cowboy Dennis]

P.S. It looks like Scott might have been the one that spotted that last ball, favoring his pocket a bit.

That line of four balls had been barely hit on SVB's shot. The 2 & 15 were no longer frozen I believe.

 

[Cowboy Dennis]

Another option might be to bank the 9 up table and gently snuggle the cue ball against the wall of balls.

This is what Scott shot and he floated the cueball gently to the 2 and just hit the 8 with it.



Here's how he left it for SVB:

 

[lll]

skin implied i need a new opthomolgist and he could be right
somehow i didnt think the angle was right to do that
at least i feel good that that was the first thing i wanted to do

 

[NH Steve]

This is what Scott shot and he floated the cueball gently to the 2 and just hit the 8 with it.

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Here's how he left it for SVB:

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I notice a subtle difference between the way I diagrammed this shot (post 11) and the way Frost actually played it. The difference being that Scott hit it a little harder than I diagrammed, but more straight ahead -- since he was hitting the shot with less of a cut angle, that meant he could hit it a little harder and still just snuggle up to the line-up -- and hitting it harder left the object ball a little further downtable on his own side. Good thinking, Scott.