![]() ![]() If a player scratches on a legal break shot, (1) all balls pocketed remain pocketed (exception, the 8-ball: see rule 4.8), (2) it is a foul, (3) the table is open. When the breaker fails to make a legal break, it is a foul, and the incoming player has the option of (1) accepting the table in position and shooting, or (2) having the balls re-racked and having the option of shooting the opening break or allowing the offending player to re-break. (Defined) To execute a legal break, the breaker (with the cue ball behind the head string) must either (1) pocket a ball, or (2) drive at least four numbered balls to the rail. Player trailing in game count breaks the next game. ![]() The following are common options that may be designated by tournament officials in advance: The winner of each game then breaks in the next game. The winner may then choose to break first or to have his or her opponent break first. The player who shot the ball that stops closest, wins the lag. All that matters is how close the ball stops in relation to the head rail. The ball can either bounce off the head rail or just come to a halt after the bounce off the foot rail - it doesn’t matter. The player with the ball that stops closest to him or her at the head rail wins. The balls must bounce off the foot rail (the far rail) and come back to the head rail. The head string is the quarter of the table farthest from the rack, the players shoot their balls to the end of the table simultaneously. The players stand at the head rail, one on the left side of the table and the other on the right with the balls placed on the head string. They should be balls of equal size and weight. The balls are racked in a triangle at the foot of the table with the 8-ball in the center of the triangle, the first ball of the rack on the foot spot, a stripe ball in one corner of the rack and a solid ball in the other corner.Įach player takes a ball-in-hand. The opening break is not a “called shot.” Any player performing a break shot in 8-Ball may continue to shoot so long as any object ball is legally pocketed on the break. When calling the shot, it is never necessary to indicate details such as the number of cushions, banks, kisses, caroms, etc.Īny balls pocketed on a foul remain pocketed, regardless of whether they belong to the shooter or the opponent. Bank shots and combination shots are not considered obvious, and care should be taken in calling both the object ball and the intended pocket. The opponent has a right to ask which ball and pocket if he is unsure. For example “3-ball in the side pocket” is a call (announcement) of ball and intended target pocket. If it is not obvious players must announce the pockets into which they plan to sink balls, letting an opponent or referee know their intentions beforehand. ![]() In Call-shot, modern rules do not force the player to call obvious shots, that is, balls very close to the pocket, straight onto a pocket. The player pocketing either group first, and then legally pocketing the 8-ball wins the game. One player must pocket balls of the group numbered 1 through 7 (solid colors), while the other player must pocket balls 9 through 15 (stripes). Eight-Ball is a call-shot game played with a cue ball and 15 object balls, numbered one through to 15. ![]()
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