This is a situation that I had recently. The situation is that I am 64 balls into the run. I have yet to have a "good" break ball develop. I have a cluster in the triangle area and not many options to break it out. In this cluster I have two balls (the 1 and the 9) that can be nudged out - but the speed of that shot is a BIG factor. I also can use the 8 to contact the stack - or even the 12. This seemed to be the best option. I took a while to look at this one, but eventually I was able to pocket the 3, come off the bottom rail and contact the 5 ball. This nudged the 1 and the 9 out - I was able to use the 1 as a break ball, and the 9 was my key ball. I was just wondering what others would have done in this situation, because I seriously considered other options because I thought I would knock the 1ball up table, eliminating it from being an a break ball option. Would anybody have broken the cluster up differently and used the 3 as a break ball? I seriously considered doing that but the 3 was well behind the stack and I did not feel comfortable with it.