Super Shape

Anthony Riniti on Thursday, March 13th, 2014 No Comments on Super Shape

All advanced pool players know how to play “shape” meaning to pocket an object ball and then move the cue ball to a specific spot on the table.  But not one player in a thousand can do what Chef Anton calls “Super Shape.”  He has the ability to move a random ball in a cluster to a specific spot on the table.

This demonstration of amazing skill is illustrated in this shot.  A spectator randomly scatters cards face up all across the table.  A second spectator names any one of four balls in a cluster.  And yet a third spectator places the cue ball on the table wherever he chooses.

Chef Anton shoots the cue ball, breaking open the cluster of balls, and causes the named ball to land on or nearest a specific playing card.  How should you know which playing card is the target?  It is the only card that is upside down in a deck of cards which has been on the table the whole time.