# sink all 15 balls on pool break?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sink-all-15-balls-on-pool-break/28762>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 9, 2000, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sink-all-15-balls-on-pool-break/28762 "2000-08-09T23:00:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![russjourn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@russjourn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russjourn)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2000, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sink-all-15-balls-on-pool-break/28762/1 "2000-08-09T23:00:05Z")

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Is it possible to sink all 15 balls on an opening pool break?  
Are there any laws of physics that would make this impossible to do? To your knowledge, has this ever been done?

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                                                             Russell Shaw
                                                             Portland Oregon
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**Author:** ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2000, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sink-all-15-balls-on-pool-break/28762/2 "2000-08-09T23:12:29Z")

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**Russjourn** , you already posted this question in this forum. The question is [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=30037), along with some excellent responses (a “thank you” might be in order, BTW).

So I’m going to close this copy of the thread.