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Originally Posted by straightline
It's pretty simple. Ball in the back pocket has to cross the head string. Accruing 2 points for this is not specifically ruled out. I have this recollection of SVB benefiting from this - nothing was said and play went on uninterrupted. I could be mistaken about the actual total.
Your break story reminds me of another possible loophole. Both players can agree to ignore the rule and play normal 'ball on the break is good'.
Can you point me to your matches? I love to watch. ![Grin Square](images/newsmilies/grin-square.gif)
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Your thinking was because it both went into a pocket and went past the line it is two separate things? But then any ball kicked back into the head string would count as two also since it went in there twice, went in, hit a pocket point, went back in, that's two if you follow that same logic. If they had an idea to count it as two it would be specifically stated, creative idea but not very realistic.
I don't think any of my streamed matches are saved, it was at Snookers in RI some years ago when they were using the ustream service. Aside from that breaking snafu I remember I was the only one of us to break and run and they guy somehow made 3 9 balls off the break using a magic rack with the 9 getting kicked in the side by another ball. The players can't just chose to ignore the rules of a tournament and play how they want, but there may be forgiving a mistake to continue play and not making that mistake in the future. That may be something they can decide in a one on one match when gambling but not in a tournament, the tournament rules set the rules not how they players want to play it.