Most balls and other unusual breaks

Donny Lutz

Donny Lutz

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In 1963 I saw a fella make nine balls on an 8-ball break on a 9-foot table.

Thirty years later I had a guy make 6 balls on a 9-ball break on a bar box, TWICE in one set!

Once saw four balls go in one pocket on an 8-ball break.

Not long ago, I broke an 8-ball rack, sank one ball, did not scratch, and had NO direct hit on any ball!

Maybe even more amazing, I had a friend play a safe 8-ball break by thinning the corner ball (like 14-1). Only 2 balls reached the rail, but the 8went directly into the corner behind the rack!

Donny L
PBIA/ACS Instructor
 
A few weeks ago, I was playing 10 ball with a friend.

He missed his shot, and proceeded to crap in THREE balls off that miss, none of them was the ball he was aiming at. The cue ball knocked in a ball, the ball he missed caromed a ball into another ball, one of those went in the side, the other went in a corner.

Took us 5 minutes to stop laughing.

I guess that's off topic as it's not a "break" but sure was a freaky shot.
 
My first year playing pool I made 6 balls on a 9B break and didn't get out.

Last night my opponent was talking as he went to break a 1P rack and broke them wide open,I was laughing as I re-racked them, although I didn't have to re-rack.
 
Donny Lutz said:
In 1963 I saw a fella make nine balls on an 8-ball break on a 9-foot table.

Thirty years later I had a guy make 6 balls on a 9-ball break on a bar box, TWICE in one set!

Once saw four balls go in one pocket on an 8-ball break.

Not long ago, I broke an 8-ball rack, sank one ball, did not scratch, and had NO direct hit on any ball!

Maybe even more amazing, I had a friend play a safe 8-ball break by thinning the corner ball (like 14-1). Only 2 balls reached the rail, but the 8went directly into the corner behind the rack!

Donny L
PBIA/ACS Instructor
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Along with all that... I have made 5 balls in 10-ball on one break, then pretty much got no balls on any other 10-ball break for the rest of the night. I mean, ya one here or there, but nothing to remember.

And I seem to do this a lot... 4 balls on one break being about the number that everyone goes... WOW... but then pretty much nothing before or after.
 
smoooothstroke said:
My first year playing pool I made 6 balls on a 9B break and didn't get out.

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I've done it three times ( 6 balls on the 9-ball break), and didn't have a chance to get out any time.

I've also broken and had every ball in the kitchen at the local pool hall (maybe a BBC in West Springfield, MA), nothing dropped.

I've also had a break when all but one ball landed in the same area (square one diamond by one diamond), nothing dropped. And it wasn't a table roll thing since it was my home table where I've broken thousands of times and never saw anything like it before. I put a photo on the web somewhere.

I've also exploded a couple of balls on the break (imitation knock off poor quality). I've also put a photo on the web years ago on this.
 
I once sank 7-balls on a 9-ball break. Had a tough cross-side bank on the remaining ball (the 9-ball stayed on the table), but made the bank and was able to get out.

Had my share of strange 8-ball breaks, too. One time broke the rack, and 5 of the 7 solids pocketed (no stripes were pocketed), and I didn't have a shot on the solids! I had to run the stripes out.

Probably the strangest break of all, was a 9-ball break on a table with a heavily divoted footspot. Because the 1-ball was so deeply inset into the footspot divot, it was actually lower than the rest of the balls in the rack. I broke *hard*, and that deeply inset 1-ball acted like a "ramp," launching the cue ball into the air, onto the next table. That wasn't the weird part. The player on that next table was actually bent over, about to shoot the 2-ball on his table, and my cue ball launched completely over his body, hitting the 2-ball like a jump shot would, pocketing the 2-ball while he was doing his practice strokes on it!!

You'd think he'd be mad, but everyone within eyesight and earshot -- including that very player -- about fell over laughing.

-Sean
 
7 playing 9

bar box west side taveren, in climax springs mo, about 10 -12 years ago, i broke using my joss west, and made 7 balls, left was the 7 ball setting in the jaws left corner pocket, and the 9 ball setting in the jaws of the right corner pocket.
a buddy in league play, his opponent broke, made 4 solid balls,m the other balls went to the other end of table, accept the last 3 solids and the 8 ball. easy out.
hw often in 8 ball do you see 4 of one kind made?
 
Pouring down rain during the monsoon season in Angeles City, republic of the Philippines. By myself in a bar on a 9 foot table with "no, none, nada witnesses." Practicing my eight ball break. Made the eight on the break 5 out of 11 tries. Scratched two of those times. Has anyone had unusual happenings when it was raining?
 
Only thing that really sticks out to me is, a long time ago I made the 9 on the break three times in a row in a race to three.
 
I one made 5 balls playing 9 ball and got out. I should say that the 8ft table I was playing on must of had 5 inch pockets, you shot anything in its direction and it would go in.
 
Those are some great freaky shots. I can't touch them.

The closest story I have is at an Eagles Club where they were having your typical barbox 8-ball banger rules tournament. It was single elimination, fwiw.

Three different players in a row walked up to the table......with 3 completely different rackers......and sunk the 8-ball on the break.

I was the middle man on that little go-round. The bar went crazy when the 3rd consecutive one went down. Everyone was cheering for the 4th guy, but it wasn't meant to be.

That table didn't give up 8-balls on the break at any particularly easy rate. Just one of those odd coincidences.

I'm looking forward to more stories like the previous posters. I think someone of fair noteriety on here said they witnessed either 11 or 13 consecutive 8 or 9-ball's on the break during a ring game. I'm sure that story will resurface.
 
The most I could ever muster would be 5 sunk on a 9-ball rack...

But the weirdest thing I've seen was in a stretch of about 2 weeks, I was breaking 8-ball racks (alternate stripe/solid racking), and in that period about 8-9 times I put all the stripes on one end of the table and all the solids on the other end of the table...comletely dividing the table in half for each one...once or twice would have been cool, but it seemed to be happening quite a bit...which I thought was weird!
 
sfleinen said:
I once sank 7-balls on a 9-ball break. Had a tough cross-side bank on the remaining ball (the 9-ball stayed on the table), but made the bank and was able to get out.

Had my share of strange 8-ball breaks, too. One time broke the rack, and 5 of the 7 solids pocketed (no stripes were pocketed), and I didn't have a shot on the solids! I had to run the stripes out.

Probably the strangest break of all, was a 9-ball break on a table with a heavily divoted footspot. Because the 1-ball was so deeply inset into the footspot divot, it was actually lower than the rest of the balls in the rack. I broke *hard*, and that deeply inset 1-ball acted like a "ramp," launching the cue ball into the air, onto the next table. That wasn't the weird part. The player on that next table was actually bent over, about to shoot the 2-ball on his table, and my cue ball launched completely over his body, hitting the 2-ball like a jump shot would, pocketing the 2-ball while he was doing his practice strokes on it!!

You'd think he'd be mad, but everyone within eyesight and earshot -- including that very player -- about fell over laughing.

-Sean
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I can't imagine any response other than laughing at this one. That's just too strong!

As far as odd breaks, I've had the 6 balls on a 9 ball rack fall with no look at the next ball on the table. Terrible feeling with nowhere to hide and no decent push. I also had a period of time where I'd practiced the second ball, "8-on-the-break" break and could make it with alarming regularity on the barbox. My girlfriend and I played in scotch doubles 8 ball tournaments where it was a game race depending on combined handicap... we were always a race to 2 because she can barely hold a cue. One tournament night I got us through 2 matches on 4 break shots. Nobody we played was impressed, but I was pretty psyched!
 
In 8B gambling: I made the 8B three breaks in a row on a barbox (same side pocket each time)...8B on the break was a win so MOVE THAT COIN!

In an alternate-break 9B tourney: My opponent dry broke...1-9B combo for me, I made the 9B on the break, I made the 9B on the break, I hung the 9B on the snap but made the 1-9B combo for the win. 4-0 first round win on my travelling partner!

In winner-breaks 9B gambling: My opponent made the 9B four times in a row...same corner pocket each time.

In 9B tourney: Made 6 on the break & had a super tight cut shot on the 6B in the side. Made it and the 8B & 9B to get out.
 
5 balls on a 9 ball break on a 8ft diamond

weirdest is I was playing 8 ball with a friend on an 8ft diamond. I broke and placed all solids on one end with the all of the stripes on the other end with the eight and cue ball in the center. :grin:
 
last two on the break

In Dallas at Times Square pool room a long time ago,I was in with Joey Torma.
I know, I know. But I knew him from the first day he came in the Cotton Palace
and we made some money together quite a few times. Anyway, he was giving
Jimmy Ellis the last two and the break on a 3x6 bar box. We were on our last
barrel , Jimmy broke and made every ball but the 9. He had just busted us but
it took a minute for anyone to realize it. He made the last two on the break. I have
never seen anything even close before or since'
jack
 
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