Efren playing 14.1

[DynoDan]

The requirement of the opening break, if you're not going to make a ball, is to make two object balls touch cushions and also have the cue ball touch a cushion after the object ball contact. The opening break against Efren left him no shot, just as hoped.

If you are going to play a ball out of the full rack, you have to call it. Very few players do that in tournaments. Usually it's a way to say to your opponent, "You can't play a lick, so I'm just going to break them open."

And, at the skill level of those guys, a too-hard break might easily be last shot you got! Of course, if you think you’re good at calling a ball out of a full rack, and not at prolonged safety contests, you might gamble that your opponent never gets to leave his chair!