How do you play against someone who breaks softly in 9 ball?

#1 Black-dot

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Posted 11 June 2004 - 10:14 AM

The other evening I saw for the first time a 9-ball match where one of the players, who is pretty good, started breaking softly, attempting to hide the cue ball behind the rack while leaving the 1 ball in the middle of the table, without making any balls on the break. He had to go to 8 in the handicapped match, his opponent to 4. They both knew each other's playing strengths and weaknesses as they had played a lot together before. The 4 is no slouch, and is very "lucky," that is he plays fast and loose and very hard at times and of course ends up slopping balls in frequently. So the 8 tried to hook him as much as possible, even though the 3 foul rule doesn't apply, at least in this tournament, because both are neither 7s or above, or both below 7. Also, a run out table was definitely not produced. It looked more like a straight pool table. In one case, the 8 managed to combo in the 9 with a nice carom.

What's the best strategy to beat a good player in this scenario?

Zing it in... :-D

#2 Guest__*

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Posted 11 June 2004 - 01:24 PM

Haul him outside and bitch slap him with his purse, this is not 9 ball, they are seeing these broads do this on TV like FL said and its becoming break like s*** and duck and hide to get cb in hand. This sucks. I just would refuse to play with these woosies, let them buy a dress and go play with the dykes. If they want to break soft, let them play straight pool. If they want to play 9 ball, tell them to break like a man or go buy a dress. FL has a push out thing on the board that will help some here. When they break go hey suzzie, ya left your purse on the rail.

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Posted 20 December 2007 - 08:36 AM

If he breaks they badly where there is no run out table and its a mess then it becomes a safety contest and the one who is the most patient wins. The soft break done right is an amazing thing. One in the side, corner ball pots and all the balls are on one end of the table. If you get a good shot at the two its an easy out.

I have no problem with it. The pros with the big breaks hate the ones beating them with it, like Corey Duel.

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