Balls from left to right are: 11, 9, 2, 13, 15, 12, 3, 4, 14
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Honestly? I run the 13 straight through to give myself options on the 9 or preferably 2 up the corner (Mosconi used to shoot ball straight up the far corners, so who am I not to?) or the 12 where I can cope with the 10 and 4 (which I'd not want to leave to the end, being right-handed or not): field position on three balls, so to speak. Decide from there (depending on where exactly I land).
I can see that the 11, 2 and 9 form an end pattern to get on the 9 as break shot - provided one gets absolutely perfect on the 11, off-straight in order to get the cue ball of the rail yet low enough on the 2. Looks better on paper than real life!
(The kind of end pattern I'll execute if I have to, but avoid when I can.)
Also, I can't tell if the 4 passes the 3 into the far corner - that might make a difference in terms of leaving the 3 and 10 as I'm right-handed, but there's no lead ball (K2) to get perfect on the 3.
(Again: the kind of end pattern I'll execute if I have to, but avoid when I can, especially as I'd prefer to fall on the near side of the middle pocket for this type of break shot - hard to do without lead ball to the key ball.)
I personally prefer an "all-purpose" key ball like the 15, two rails out of the corner around the break (in this case 2 or 9) from roughly where the 11 is, alternatively and equally as good from roughly where the 10 is now, the reason why further above I said "preferably the 2" as with the 9 gone, one has a triple choice of using the 15 as key ball (in the latter scenario, stunning or even floating over to the rail and off). An additional advantage of break balls in the rack area is that should one happen to get straight-in on them, there's always the option of leaving the cue ball in the rack and take ball in hand behind the head string.
Regardless: the point is to leave oneself options as well as getting rid of balls that block paths to pockets first, and secondly, that the 15 in the rack area is as good or better a key ball as the 11 or 3 on either side (depending on which break ball one chooses).
Greetings from Switzerland, David.
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