Derby City Classic One-Pocket Division

Player: Scott Frost

Event: Derby City Classic One-Pocket Division

Location: Elizabeth, Indiana

Date: January 27, 2016







With all its touch shots and subtle position plays, one-pocket tends to tighten up the elbows of its participants. Racks are won by massaging the table into a shape that will let you open up your stroke and pocket balls — and this nudge-nudge-nudge-Go! nature to the discipline is another aspect which has its proponents arguing that it is the ultimate test of skill.



At the 2016 Derby City Classic, any fan of one-pocket wouldve been drooling over a mid-round matchup between six-time champ Efren Reyes and 2010 winner Scott Frost. The race-to-three opened with the Filipino legend taking the first two racks, before a back-and-forth struggle in Game 3 set up our Stroke of Genius.



Frost came to the table with a 7-6 lead in balls, with the 11 ball being spotted and the 9 ball a foot from his lower left pocket. The cue ball was buried in the jaws of the upper left corner, so the sturdy Arizona native didnt have much of an angle on anything.



But Frost loosened up his elbow and pulled off an incredible two-way shot. He double-banked the 11 — off the foot rail and then the head rail — on its way to the bottom of his pocket to take the rack. This attempt is hardly a high-percentage shot for anyone. Whats so remarkable is Frosts plan for things if they didnt go as planned.



He played both cue and object balls with perfect speed to keep Reyes from having a way out if the 11 didnt drop. The cue ball went five rails before stopping near the head rail. The 11, meanwhile, had barely more than pocket speed, meaning it wouldve stuck near his pocket had it not dropped in.



But Reyes responded by taking the case game, 3-2, for a hard-fought victory over a known rival.





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