A. Pagulayan vs. C. Deuel 2012 Tunica

[Cowboy Dennis]

Alex has a 2-0 lead and it's his shot. What would you do?

 

[backplaying]

1 ball straight back drawing the cueball back to the end rail with the right speed to put the 1 back up table if I miss, or, the 1 across corner with inside and speed to keep the cueball back down table.

 

[fred bentivegna]

Forty things can go wrong banking the one ball straight back. Nothing can go wrong banking the one ball cross corner if you hit it even remotely decent. Plus with a 2-0 lead you will either make the cross corner or leave nothing if you miss, and you might even block the corner pocket, which would even further serve to protect your 2-0 lead.

Beard

Knowing Alex he probably banked the straight back and went forward with the cue ball 3 rails and down to the back rail. Forty things can go wrong doing that also.

 

[Cowboy Dennis]

Alex shot the 1 in the corner and drew back to leave Corey distance.

 

[fred bentivegna]

Alex shot the 1 in the corner and drew back to leave Corey distance.

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Nothing wrong whatsoever with that shot, as long as you can guarantee to have the executional skills of Alex.

But if he can hit that shot that well, than what is wrong with banking at the cross corner?

Beard

 

[backplaying]

Now Corey will just thin off the 2 and put him back on the end rail.

 

[Cowboy Dennis]

Now Corey will just thin off the 2 and put him back on the end rail.

Any other player would do that but not Corey. He likes to overthink things.

He pushed out to the headrail. Danny Di loved it and said he's been calling for players to do that more often.

Alex thinned the 2 and put the cueball uptable.

 

[fred bentivegna]

Any other player would do that but not Corey. He likes to overthink things.

He pushed out to the headrail. Danny Di loved it and said he's been calling for players to do that more often.

Alex thinned the 2 and put the cueball uptable.

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I have taken (rarely) deliberate table scratches playing bank pool, but only when it becomes next to impossible to play a return safety, and if I left a shot I would probably lose. The point being to either lure my opponent to try an play a safety that I didnt think was available or to take a scratch himself and put himself one ball further away from getting out.

Corey's decision here met none of the above criteria, therefore I deem his effort a brain fart.

Beard

 

[backplaying]

I have taken (rarely) deliberate table scratches playing bank pool, but only when it becomes next to impossible to play a return safety, and if I left a shot I would probably lose. The point being to either lure my opponent to try an play a safety that I didnt think was available or to take a scratch himself and put himself one ball further away from getting out.

Corey's decision here met none of the above criteria, therefore I deem his effort a brain fart.

Beard

Yep, I don't care who he is, that was a bad idea taking a foul in that spot!