by chengdufan » 13 Oct 2021 Read
Steve Davis came to the table here and made a break of 11. Can you recreate his break by identifying which balls he potted and in what order?
Apologies for the quality of the photo. To avoid confusion, the white is near the bottom cushion. The blue is next to the pink on the blue spot.
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by chengdufan » 13 Oct 2021 Read
This topic was inspired by comments about Joe Johnson not being able to describe clearly which balls he is talking about. It made me wonder if you fellas are any better
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by rekoons » 13 Oct 2021 Read
potted the long red in the left hand corner, white going round the back of the black to land on it low to the right.
potting the black and going up the table via the left side cushion for the red up the middle to right pocket
blue and pink not available so potting the red to land on the yellow to the left top corner
potting the yellow and trying to land on the bottom red of the cluster via the left side cushion, but then over or under hitting it and having to play safe?
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by chengdufan » 13 Oct 2021 Read
rekoons wrote:potted the long red in the left hand corner, white going round the back of the black to land on it low to the right.
potting the black and going up the table via the left side cushion for the red up the middle to right pocket
blue and pink not available so potting the red to land on the yellow to the left top corner
potting the yellow and trying to land on the bottom red of the cluster via the left side cushion, but then over or under hitting it and having to play safe?
Nice try!
But unfortunately incorrect on the first shot
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by Juddernaut88 » 13 Oct 2021 Read
The pictures don't show up on my work pc so I will have to check later on.
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by Prop » 13 Oct 2021 Read
Cuts the red closest to pink and blue to the right middle
Yellow to left baulk pocket
Red closest to the black to right top pocket (black end)
Black to left top pocket
Misses red
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by chengdufan » 13 Oct 2021 Read
Prop wrote:Cuts the red closest to pink and blue to the right middle
Yellow to left baulk pocket
Red closest to the black to right top pocket (black end)
Black to left top pocket
Misses red
That's right.
Although he played safe rather than missing the last red. He got a kick on the red prior to the black and was left high. He then potted the black but lost position, ending up too close to the next red, so he played safe up the table
You can watch the break here:
https://youtu.be/FTKH4o1M9p0?t=16866[youtube]FTKH4o1M9p0?t=16866[/youtube]
Not sure if you this thread has legs, what do you think, Prop? If not full breaks, maybe the first 4/5 shots of some famous breaks could be interesting?
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by Prop » 13 Oct 2021 Read
Really?! What a guess!
Yeah I’d definitely be interested in playing, although I’ve never successfully posted an image on the forum. Do you have to use a hosting site?
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by chengdufan » 13 Oct 2021 Read
Not sure why the Youtube link hasn't worked
It seems remarkable to me that Davis went for the thin cut to the middle to start the break. I don't think he even looked at the long pot that Rekoons suggested. I can't imagine many of today's players going that way.
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by chengdufan » 13 Oct 2021 Read
Prop wrote:Really?! What a guess!
Yeah I’d definitely be interested in playing, although I’ve never successfully posted an image on the forum. Do you have to use a hosting site?
I've very recently learned how to do this.
You go to imgur.com, click on 'New post', then drag your jpeg in. The image is then uploaded. To get the link for here, right click on the uploaded image and choose something like 'copy link site' (sorry guessing the English here, it's in Chinese on my machine).
Then paste what you've copied inside squarebrackets img squarebrackets
link squarebracketsslash img squarebrackets
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by Prop » 13 Oct 2021 Read
chengdufan wrote:Not sure why the Youtube link hasn't worked
It seems remarkable to me that Davis went for the thin cut to the middle to start the break. I don't think he even looked at the long pot that Rekoons suggested. I can't imagine many of today's players going that way.
I haven’t watched the vid yet but it looks like the cut red was more of a guarantee that he’d get back towards baulk. The other loose red looks a bit thick to swing the white round, and the white is quite close to the baulk cushion, so being forced to play that that plain ball might have sent the white directly onto the black.
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by Prop » 13 Oct 2021 Read
chengdufan wrote:Prop wrote:Really?! What a guess!
Yeah I’d definitely be interested in playing, although I’ve never successfully posted an image on the forum. Do you have to use a hosting site?
I've very recently learned how to do this.
You go to imgur.com, click on 'New post', then drag your jpeg in. The image is then uploaded. To get the link for here, right click on the uploaded image and choose something like 'copy link site' (sorry guessing the English here, it's in Chinese on my machine).
Then paste what you've copied inside squarebrackets img squarebrackets
link squarebracketsslash img squarebrackets
I’m on iPhone or iPad, so it might be a little different for me. I wonder if there’s a simpler way of doing it on iOS
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by chengdufan » 13 Oct 2021 Read
You can't post images from a mobile device I think
It's only possible from a desktop, as far as I'm aware.
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by Iranu » 13 Oct 2021 Read
chengdufan wrote:You can't post images from a mobile device I think
It's only possible from a desktop, as far as I'm aware.
You can, I post almost exclusively on mobile.
You just need to add the [ img ] [ /img ] manually.
From imgur, tap and hold on the uploaded image and Copy, then post the link between the img codes.
I prefer to use imgbb because it gives you the bbcode (albeit with an extra url bit that I delete).
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by Prop » 13 Oct 2021 Read
Iranu wrote:chengdufan wrote:You can't post images from a mobile device I think
It's only possible from a desktop, as far as I'm aware.
You can, I post almost exclusively on mobile.
You just need to add the [ img ] [ /img ] manually.
From imgur, tap and hold on the uploaded image and Copy, then post the link between the img codes.
I prefer to use imgbb because it gives you the bbcode (albeit with an extra url bit that I delete).
Do you want to do the next one? I’m going to be in and out of the forum today, got a few things on. But I’ll try and get my head round things ASAP
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by Iranu » 13 Oct 2021 Read
Nah I’m working so I don’t have time to review a break and post it.
Maybe Chengdu can do another one?
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by Prop » 13 Oct 2021 Read
Iranu wrote:Nah I’m working so I don’t have time to review a break and post it.
Maybe Chengdu can do another one?
Suits me. I think the success of the game depends on how many of us are up to speed on posting images. Hopefully there’ll be enough of us.
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by chengdufan » 13 Oct 2021 Read
All right then. Let's see who can most accurately talk us through the first 25 points of Ronnie's most famous break:
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by Prop » 13 Oct 2021 Read
Just a thought, maybe Chengdufan can remain quizmaster for this one? That way everyone can take part?
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