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Pool clearance #315

Expert: 7 shots

Setting up the table…

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Starting layout of clearance #315. The white begins on the head spot.

At a glance

Difficulty
Easy
Nearest to a pocket
ball 1, 28 cm
Tight on a cushion
none
Close pairs
none
Expert line
7 shots, 0 fouls
Expert potting order
4 → 3 → 5 → 1 → 2 → 6

Clearance #315 is one of sixty six-ball layouts on this site. The white starts on the head spot and you may take the balls in any order; what counts is the number of shots, with each foul adding one.

3 of the six balls lie within 35 cm of a pocket — 1, 2 and 4 — so the first pots are there. The skill is in where the white stops after them. The side pockets are the natural target for ball 1, 2 and 4.

No two balls are touching, so every ball can be played on its own.

Playing with no aiming error, our Expert computer cleared this layout in 7 shots, potting in the order 4 → 3 → 5 → 1 → 2 → 6. 1 of its shots potted nothing: they were position or safety shots to set up an easier pot.

A tidy target is to match the Expert: one shot per ball plus a spare. Keep the white near the middle of the table and the next pot will always be close.

Same difficulty · Easy

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