I am playing the ..tap the cueball...foul game.
Foul on me,probably foul on him,then slow roll cueball
3 rails,long-long-short into ball on bottom rail . If I foul again,no biggie as long as whitey is in that square.
Maybe after first foul push whitey out just enough to leave the
Long rail ball almost straight in.
Its time to gamble.
Excellent points, Frank. The key is to get him to take a foul. Then the 12 doesn't win the game for him. That's advanced thinking, and I don't believe I'd have come up with it....
After pushing the cue ball out and putting it on the long rail that twelve is not so inviting since his only choice to shoot it would be to slow roll the cue ball. A lot of things can happen to the cue ball slow rolling with all distance. If he misses it then you will have a good shot to your hole on the other ball. If he makes it that's all he will get. Now you need three and he needs one. But you're still alive. At best if he just plays defense you need three and he needs two. ...
I like your thinking here. I think taking a foul here he will also take one too. It's important to get him needing two balls. There is no reason that he would move the cue ball out so he will also take a foul. And on my next turn I would push the cue ball out, like you said, but I would roll to hit the point and bring the cue ball back to the long rail with a good chance to freeze it to the rail.
However if we're not playing the three foul rule then I probably would take a couple of more fouls.
After pushing the cue ball out and putting it on the long rail that twelve is not so inviting since his only choice to shoot it would be to slow roll the cue ball. A lot of things can happen to the cue ball slow rolling with all distance. If he misses it then you will have a good shot to your hole on the other ball. If he makes it that's all he will get. Now you need three and he needs one. But you're still alive. At best if he just plays defense you need three and he needs two.
My opinion is that very few of us would shoot at that twelve and chance losing the game.
I like your thinking here. I think taking a foul here he will also take one too. It's important to get him needing two balls. There is no reason that he would move the cue ball out so he will also take a foul. And on my next turn I would push the cue ball out, like you said, but I would roll to hit the point and bring the cue ball back to the long rail with a good chance to freeze it to the rail.
However if we're not playing the three foul rule then I probably would take a couple of more fouls.
After pushing the cue ball out and putting it on the long rail that twelve is not so inviting since his only choice to shoot it would be to slow roll the cue ball. A lot of things can happen to the cue ball slow rolling with all distance. If he misses it then you will have a good shot to your hole on the other ball. If he makes it that's all he will get. Now you need three and he needs one. But you're still alive. At best if he just plays defense you need three and he needs two.
My opinion is that very few of us would shoot at that twelve and chance losing the game.
Alot of you guys are going to trap yourself in this spot... Sometimes you just have to take your medicine.. Kick into the box on the first shot and play 3 to 1... All the other choices are going to put you in a worse spot.
Alot of you guys are going to trap yourself in this spot... Sometimes you just have to take your medicine.. Kick into the box on the first shot and play 3 to 1... All the other choices are going to put you in a worse spot.
Sorry Frank but if you think a good player is going to pass shooting the 12 ball you are mistaken.