How would you play it

[AmarZain]

Was watching a video last night

I found it strange that Nic suggested should come off the cushions and into the pack.

I was thinking why not go straight into the pack - which he eventually did BUT he still said the right way to play it would be off the cushions

What I noticed was every time he went into the pack from the cushions he was never on a red (well maybe one not so easy red)

How would you have played it?

To more interest there was a similar shot in the SF although there wasn't as many reds to go into Zhou did play directly into them rather than off the cushions

[Ethanat]

The shot that Zhou played had more angle than Nic's. Nic's shot is very thick so he had to play 2 cushions with running side.

[travisbickle]

1/2 ball blue. Screw/side straight into the pack.
3/4 ball blue. Running side off two cushions.

[Terry Davidson]

In looking at Nic's set-up if he hits the pink dead-on there would be 2 reds heading to the area around the 2 top pockets whereas the 2-cushion shot even with a ton of power might yield one red into the middle. Much better with his 3/4-ball blue to try and smack the pink in the face or else do the 2-cushions with a ton of power.

[Cue crafty]

It's all in the angle, Nic's angle would have to be such a powerfull stun just to split a few reds, doesn't look on to me. A couple of inches higher on the blue a stun to hit the pink full ball looks to be the best shot. This would send reds in all directions with a high % of being on something.