Explanation of a 155 break please

[bluenose1940]

Good morning fellow members, hope you are all managing to enjoy the Easter break.

This may well have been covered before but I have been unable to find it.

I am seeking an explanation as to how a 155 break can be achieved please.

I understand the principle of it but, for the life of me I cannot see how a 'free ball' can be granted when ALL of the reds are on the table.

No doubt the explanation will be quite simple.

Whilst posting I would just like to add how grateful I am to the members of this forum for all of the help and guidance given to me (and other members, 'cause I read much of the content). I now regularly get breaks in the 20's (not much I know, but 'tis for me at nigh on 74) and last time out had a great 28! My potting has improved considerably since being a member. My safety play has always been very good (apologies for the boast!), I can always lay good snookers even over the full length of the table. It was my lack of control of the cue ball that has been my problem but that is improving all of the time. So THANK YOU fellow members.

[Catch 22]

No balls are potted ....your opponent fouls and leaves you a free ball ....you take a colour as a red (1 point) ....you then take the black as your colour (7 points ) ...your break is now 8 but all the balls are still on the table ....add a maximum 147 ontop of that and you have 155

[scottley]

I suppose its not all that difficult to leave a free ball before a ball is potted, for instance, you play a thin clip from distance on a red and miss completely, and then you land behind a baulk colour, snookering you on all reds, but, not so close to the colour that you can't get to the potting angle, and also you need to be on the colour with such an angle that you can get on the black which we assume is on its spot or thereabouts. No wonder its such a rare break.

[cyberheater]

First person breaks and leaves his opponent in a snooker behind one of the balk colours. Opponent tries a 2 cushion escape but misses the pack and the white ends up behind one of the balk colours, snookered on all reds. Foul and miss and free ball granted.
First person does what catch 22 said.

[scottley]

Although we don't see how the balls come to rest for the free ball situation, heres Jimmy knocking one in.


http://youtu.be/gK4U1cC_5RQ

[bluenose1940]

Although we don't see how the balls come to rest for the free ball situation, heres Jimmy knocking one in.


http://youtu.be/gK4U1cC_5RQ

Thanks for the link, clears it all up nicely. I found it difficult to imagine how the free ball situation would arise. I was thinking along the lines of it happening at the point of the initial break off with the red being missed and the triangle remaining tight but, from Jimmy's illustration the balls have already been opened up and then the foul is committed, making it much easier to play the free ball and to move on from there. Thanks for the replies.

[jrc750]

Although we don't see how the balls come to rest for the free ball situation, heres Jimmy knocking one in.


http://youtu.be/gK4U1cC_5RQ

And don't forget he didn't really do this he missed a few along the way and replaced them