Check out this 45 ball rack

[SBC]

Back in the early days as we were opening Salt City Billiards in 2017 in a new spot after the old room was lost to fire my buddy Big Mike had a dream. Make a 45 ball rack and see if anyone could break and run 3 racks at once.

We had a blast with it when the pool hall opened. Had a break and run pot for awhile. Some of the better players ran out. Talk about ball clusters.

 

[straightline]

Ko's have a video doing it. I've done 4 trays all spread out, 1 cue ball twice in a row.

 

[Mensabum]

Back in the early days as we were opening Salt City Billiards in 2017 in a new spot after the old room was lost to fire my buddy Big Mike had a dream. Make a 45 ball rack and see if anyone could break and run 3 racks at once.

We had a blast with it when the pool hall opened. Had a break and run pot for awhile. Some of the better players ran out. Talk about ball clusters.

Wow!!!
Can I use 3 cueballs??

 

[fastone371]

I tried that many years ago on my table, when I saw the huge clusters after the break all of the fun went away.

 

[KINGSCOURT905]

That 45-ball rack looks like pure chaos after the break. I'd be lost in the clusters before I got halfway through it. How hard did you have to smash that break to spread them out at all?

 

[Mensabum]

I tried that many years ago on my table, when I saw the huge clusters after the break all of the fun went away.

Straight pool player's dream!!

 

[fastone371]

That 45-ball rack looks like pure chaos after the break. I'd be lost in the clusters before I got halfway through it. How hard did you have to smash that break to spread them out at all?

I broke as hard as I could and there was no spread, it was like a cue ball hitting a bowling ball.

 

[KINGSCOURT905]

I broke as hard as I could and there was no spread, it was like a cue ball hitting a bowling ball.

lol that bowling ball image is perfect, i figured a hard break would scatter it but it just sat there

 

[gerard soriano]

Straight pool player's dream!!

Y E S !

 

[SBC]

That 45-ball rack looks like pure chaos after the break. I'd be lost in the clusters before I got halfway through it. How hard did you have to smash that break to spread them out at all?

Hit em hard and keep cueball out of the middle.
You had to clear in front of pockets and along rails some first....very tough action.