I ran into this layout at my last league session. I was stripes and was looking to run out. My opponent was shooting well and there wasn’t too much to hide behind anyways. What’s your pattern?
I recall the 10 being pretty steep to cut. Maybe my diagram’s off a little. That left the 13 or 14. If I went 14 first, I think the ideal run would’ve been 13 next, then 10 to the 8. That seemed to involve a lot of tight position play.
I knew playing the 13 first would bump the 8 and 3 and separate them. I didn’t want to lose them though, so I hit it just hard enough to keep them near the top rail.
Unfortunately, this kept the cue ball around there meaning I had to take the 14 next followed by the 10. I took my chances slow rolling the 14, leaving the cue ball near the head cushion. It wasn’t the end of the world, but when I followed with the 10 ball, the cue ball came off the foot cushion back out about even with the 8 ball. Long story short, another safety battle ensued and I missed a kick at the 8 letting my opponent. It was my only loss of the night though. My highlight ended up being dropping 4 stripes on the break leaving me practically 4 stop shots to win the game. Some called it the best break they’ve ever seen in 8 ball.
little john....nashville tn9 years ago /
when the busch league, started by terry bell and larry hubbard in 1980, came to nashville, joe boman ranked me as an automatic 7, if i were to play…….I only played the that league that year and again in 1985…broke and ran so many racks it would make your head spin…..
the situation presented in this example could have been approached two different ways….I’d play, if tied, and it’s the hill game, i’d safety bank the 13, if made, stroke with slight center on the cb w enough power to go across and back for the ten….(hopefully not straight in)….but if a lower ranked player (3-4-5) should have this, I’d suggest they just play straight into the 13 hard enough for it to hit the rail and leave the CB froze on the 8
little john....nashville tn9 years ago /
next time you see mike massey out there, tell him little john from nashville says hey to him………that Chattanooga brick mason, pool player wannabe in the early ’70’s was tall enough to have to duck under the AC unit at Walls in south nashville, and was after me, the local “shortstop” at the time….smart enough to dodge him then and we’ve only crossed paths once since…..in a Miller Light World Series of Tavern pool regional in Bellevue Tn…..with winner breaks, he failed to make a ball FOUR racks in a row on a bar table against my racking suggestions to my buddy playing him…..my buddy was so nervous playing Mike, he couldn’t make a ball…..MIke won, of course………anyway, tell him I’ve been following his exploits/career…..and glad he have up bricklaying and devoted his life to achieve super pro status, admire his entertaining, awesome skills with, not only a cue stick, but his finger snapping masse of a cue ball down the table, around a ball at the other end of the table to pocket the object ball in the corner….
sure would like to talk him about those days ……thanks tim for reading…….oh, by the way, love your site, computer graphics, etc……I teach the game but nearing 70, no way i could catch up w computer knowledge to do anything…..BUTT, just remembered something!!!!!!with your computer skills of today, maybe you and i need to talk about somehow up scaling an 8 principle, brief tutorial I composed years and years ago, I call 8 Ball Pattern Play….would be nice to talk…..”Little John- Instructor”..615-310-0620