Nine ball is the game of choice in pro tournaments now, and it's also historically the gambling game. Good players don't think about any of that - they just stay in the they instinctively know how to aim. In a game like eight ball, you often have to think through everything. You got to first see, where can the eight ball go. Why? What should i choose? Solids or stripes? Well, if the stripes are blocking the eight ball, then you probably have to shoot stripes,. cause otherwise eight ball can't go in anywhere. That's lence, whytechuck. That's why chuck knowss from his misspent youth. Yeras o iari
What was Coriolis, of the Coriolis Effect, doing at the pool table? On this episode, Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-hosts Gary O’Reilly and Chuck Nice explore the science behind billiards and pool trick shots with billiard physicist Dr. Dave Alciatore.
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