Is it a jerk move to intentionally scratch in pool? (3 Viewers)

[pantagrapher]

if you play ball in kitchen after a scratch I would assume everybody knows this is a strategy that can be implemented by anybody playing at any point in the game....if you think you are going to miss, the goal at almost any point of the game is to miss and not leave your competition with much of a shot.....scratching is just another means of accomplishing this....unfortunately taking a shot with zero intention of actually making one of your own balls is a strategy that is used often.....if the intent is the same, some would argue whats the difference bewtween intentionally scratching, and intentionally leaving your opponent without a shot in some other way.....

I wouldn't do it though.....there is in most cases a way of accomplishing what you want to do without just hitting it straight into the pocket....

You have at least one more ball on the table, or else you'd have just lost by scratching on the 8 yourself. So the shark move is to position the cue ball behind your ball (in relation to the 8) and make the opponent have to "kick at" the 8

You have to imagine you can't make your ball, but somehow you can hit it to a bank with enough control that the final position blocks the path to the 8. If we're assuming a couple of amateurs are playing, that's no easy task.

 

[pantagrapher]

And if you're playing on a bar table, why bother with rules at all? Hell, why not just pee your pants and throw yourself down a flight of stairs?

 

[Guest]

Do we know if Em even made it look like an attempt, or did he shoot the cue ball into the pocket from 4" away and say, "oopsie"?

 

[TheAristocrat]

Do we know if Em even made it look like an attempt, or did he shoot the cue ball into the pocket from 4" away and say, "oopsie"?

He didn't say "oopsie."

 

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And if you're playing on a bar table, why bother with rules at all? Hell, why not just pee your pants and throw yourself down a flight of stairs?

What's wrong with bar tables? I've drank free many nights thanks to them.

 

[pantagrapher]

And if you're playing on a bar table, why bother with rules at all? Hell, why not just pee your pants and throw yourself down a flight of stairs?

What's wrong with bar tables? I've drank free many nights thanks to them.

You son of a #####.

 

[Jack White]

I'd rather do something else entirely than play on a bar box.

 

[17seconds]

I'd rather do something else entirely than play on a bar box.

and if it's a heavy cueball it's even worse