According to APA, an s/l 2 tapping the cue ball past the headstring wouldn't lose the right to break,they would get to try again, unless they knocked the cue ball off the table or into a pocket.
I'm not splitting any hairs here. Check the BCA rules. General rule 3.7
"On the opening break, the game is considered to have commenced once the cue ball has been struck by the cue tip and crosses the head string."
Hey Jude, APA disagrees:
"thank you for contacting the National Office of the American
Poolplayers Association, Inc. with your question. Definition of a
scratch: pocketing of the cue ball or driving the cue ball off the
playing surface and onto the floor. Now if you would refer to page 45 of...
So far 3 out of 3 agree with the way I called it.
APA rules are a little ambiguous. Rule 3 states:
3. BREAKING -- "Breaking safe" or soft is not allowed. For a break to be legal, at least four balls must be driven to the rails or a ball must be pocketed. Otherwise, the balls are reracked and...
In a game of 8-ball, player A steps up to break, and sends the cue ball like a Tiger Woods flop shot clean over the rack and end rail, and it lands on the floor.
What happens next? I'd like to know how many of you would call it the same way I did.
I'm just curious, what would have happened if it hadn't been a 15 year old up and comer waiting to play? What if it had been Earl or Johnny? Wouldn't that have been fun! :D