End game WWYD from Philly

[Mkbtank]

It’s your shot. Your opponent just pocketed a ball in your upper corner, which is spotted along with the only other ball on the table. Your opponent is on the hill. Your pocket is on the same side of the table as the cue ball. Wwyd?
Note: please ignore the cues on the table. I took these pics while my opponent was taking a quick break.

 

[GoldCrown]

Left side of 11 (about 1/2 ball hit) cue to side rail to bottom rail...
Nice cues.

 

[jrhendy]

Same as Gold Crown. Speed is important here, even if you don’t get the cue ball to the end rail. I think there are some gimmick shots here, but I will go for the old tried and true.

 

[jtompilot]

The unpopular choice. Bank the 8 ball, cb three rails, cut the 11 in. I've only shot it a half dozen times gambling, mostly shoot the safety.

 

[1pwannabe]

I'm not sure there is enough of the 8 ball showing to bank it reliably. If whitey were up around the 2nd diamond then maybe. The tried and true old school 1P shot is called for here, which GoldCrown posted would be my shot as well.

 

[jrhendy]

The bank on the eight is viable when you have ball in hand after a foul, because you can spin the cue ball two rails to get safe. With only this much of the eight peeking out, I don’t think you can hit enough ball to make it or get the cue ball around.

 

[cincy_kid]

I am with GC and others, that's the only shot from here in my opinion.

 

[lll]

i see 6 balls on your side and 5 balls on his side and 2 on the table thats 13 balls and he is on the hill ????????
i see your cue ball has recovered from the measles.....

 

[lll]

i am with goldcrown (i need a bigger spot..... )

 

[vapros]

One pocket 101, doin' like GoldCrown.

 

[cincy_kid]

if you wanted to take a chance you could hit left side of 11 with some speed, use high RHE to make the CB go 3 rails to the upper corner on your opponents long rail side. The 11 ball stuns over towards your hole and the cut induced english the 8 ball has on it being applied from the cut on the 11 sends the 8 ball two rails long towards your hole.

I still like keeping it simple but for $10 a game I may shoot this

 

[jtompilot]

I gave it five tries today. Made it once with a long bank shot available on the 11. One of the misses wasn't too bad, the other three were total sell outs.

 

[Mkbtank]

if you wanted to take a chance you could hit left side of 11 with some speed, use high RHE to make the CB go 3 rails to the upper corner on your opponents long rail side. The 11 ball stuns over towards your hole and the cut induced english the 8 ball has on it being applied from the cut on the 11 sends the 8 ball two rails long towards your

You bg bunch of babies!

So…I learned this shot watching Cliff Joyner, and if the two balls are frozen and straight this is not a crazy shot!
And boy is it fun! )).

I back cut the 11 with RHE and with speed to two rail the 8 and have the cue go uptable on his side. Even if it doesn’t go, it should be close with the ball on his side uptable and two balls in the scoring zone for me.

But it did go!…. And by a miracle I made the follow up shot on the 11 to get out.
Here was the result, and a drawing of what happened.

jim try this one 5 times.

 

[jtompilot]

I’ve also played that shot a bunch of times with varying levels of success. It’s a better shot than banking the 8

 

[GoldCrown]

Nice shot. What room were you playing at?

 

[Mkbtank]

Bl

Nice shot. What room were you playing at?

BlueGrass Billiards, buddy! Northeast Philly. Lmk when you want to visit!

 

[vapros]

You make this look like the only logical shot, because of the path of Jojo. I'm in.

 

[catkins]

I have seen efren set up ball in hand to shoot this shot this way because he liked here the cue ball would go

 

[crabbcatjohn]

Pretty cool shot..

 

[lll]

If you look at the pic
the cue ball is frozen to the rail on the right side
which to me causes problems when applying English to the cue ball
so FOR ME
i wouldnt feel confident I could hit the cue ball with enough right hand english accurately with the force required to send it all around the table
but mitch YOU DID IT
nice shot