Recent Memorable Runout #2

This is probably a bit of a stretch, but I'm going to throw this out there in case anybody wants to click on the image at left to see if they can follow a 6-ball runout I made Monday night. My attempt at panoramic timelapse was a disaster, so I just put the camera up high with the c-clamp and got the whole evening captured at one frame every 20 seconds. This is from the third game I played, against a SL3. We were tied 1-1 at this point and this runout put me one win away from taking the match, which I won. In the very top photo you can see the cue ball is very close to the orange 5 ball. That was my first shot of the runout, the 5 into the corner pocket. You can see that I hit it with follow and got straight-in on the blue 2 ball. Before taking my shot on the 2 into the other corner you can see me lining up the yellow 1 ball (third picture from the top). That's not a very high percentage shot, I'm not sure what I was thinking, but I felt unusually confident Monday night and had made a killer shot in my first match, so I guess I was on a roll. I pocketed the 2 and then cut the 1 across the table into the corner pocket and left myself perfect on the red 3, "threading the needle" and not disturbing my opponent's stripes. With the 3 ball it was a simple draw shot to get back in position on the maroon 7 ball. I hit the 7 softly and managed to nudge the 8 a little closer to the same pocket for a little last-pocket win. It felt great throwing my wallet onto the table to mark my pocket.

I've had a pretty crummy season and this was my first win in what feels like an eternity. And it was a continuation of our success from last week, putting us at 5-6 for the season with four matches left, three of which are at Sophie's. Here's to a nice home stretch finish.