(Or until a foul is committed or the frame ends). When the shooter has the cue ball in hand behind the head string and all the legal object balls are behind the head string, he may request the legal object ball nearest the head string to be spotted. Bottom right, an opponent's yellow ball is played to clear the way to pot the black later in the frame.
a On the Break, the conditions of a Legal Shot do not apply.
Select any of above images to view the full gallery and commentary. The retrieved white must be played from baulk. The following rules apply to the break shot: (a) The cue ball begins in hand behind the head string.
b The Cue Ball can be moved into position by hand or with the shaft of the cue, but when touched by the tip of the cue, a shot is deemed to have been played. A rack is also a portion of a match played with a single rack of object balls. In call shot games, the shooter may choose to call “safety” instead of a ball and pocket, and then play passes to the opponent at the end of the shot. (See the diagram for an illustration of where the balls should be racked in relation to the 'T' Marker).
These may be balls from both groups and could include the black ball. However, regardless of the direction in which the cue ball can be played, what matters is the space between black and yellow.
a By a person other than the players taking part in the frame or.
7 If a player breeches the "Spirit of the Game" to such an extent that the frame (or match) should be awarded to the opponent. That concludes the summary of blackball pool rules. It happens when the object balls have been racked and the cue ball is played from behind the head string usually with the intent of breaking the rack apart. A direct consequence of the need for a ball to strike a cushion after contact with an 'on' ball is that it is not possible to simple tap up behind a ball to lay a snooker.
2 The referee will replace the balls as near as possible to the positions they were in before the incident occurred, no penalty shall be imposed on either of the players and the frame shall continue. 4 Failing to cause the Cue Ball's initial contact with a ball, to be with a ball "On". (except, when it is the properly nominated ball following a Foul Snooker or Foul Jaw Snooker). For the related world-standardised game with numbered balls, see, List of world eight-ball champions § Blackball and "British-style" eight-ball pool, "A Brief History of the Noble Game of Billiards", "World Pool Association [sic] Blackball Rules", "World Eightball Pool Federation Eightball Rules", https://thepoolcoach.co.uk/blackball-rules/. Timeout may be called for: (b) Something or someone is obstructing the player.
c Playing away from two or more touching Object Balls:- If the player plays away from any of the touching Coloured Balls the player is deemed to have played that ball. Four object balls (minimum) are driven to a cushion. The player’s designated group (red or yellow) will not be determined until a player legally pockets an object ball. Blackball rules are somewhat similar in gameplay to (though worded differently from) the WEPF World Rules. (Except on the Break). i If the player nominates a Colour that was potted on the break, the player is on that colour no matter what happens next.
If one of each group is potted in one shot, the player will be 'on' the group struck by the cue ball first unless a foul has occurred, in which case the table remains open. The playing surface is the flat part of the table bordered by the cushions.
It is a foul if a ball leaves the playing surface and does not return by its own means and remains off the playing surface (other than being potted), 6l - Re-spotting and returning balls to the table. [7] The majority of WEPF members come from the UK and Ireland, and from current and former Commonwealth of Nations countries, plus a few leagues elsewhere. Also note above, if the red had fallen short of the pocket and no balls struck a cushion the shot would not be 'legal' and a foul would be called (see further examples of legal and illegal shots, below.
If two or more balls are equal distance from the head string, the shooter may designate which of the equidistant balls is to be spotted. Playing a shot while not having at least one foot touching the floor. The referee will place a ball on each side of the table behind the head string and near the head string. 2 Exceptions that are Standard Fouls:-. If the cue ball is very close to an object ball, and the shooter barely grazes that object ball on the shot, the shot is assumed not to violate the first paragraph of this rule, even though the tip is arguably still on the cue ball when ball-ball contact is made.
(c) Continually arguing with the referee or opponent. The incoming player plays from Baulk { see (E) Playing from Baulk (d)(1) }, 2 Playing from outside Baulk when obliged to play from Baulk. All equipment that is generally accepted throughout the industry is permitted. 6j - Balls falling into a pocket without being hit. Control of the table returns to the opponent; cue ball is played from where it lies.
WEPF World Eightball Pool Rules - Played with 2” red/yellow balls. If a cue ball it is ball in hand, can be played anywhere on the table. This is undoubtedly a deliberate foul and results in loss of frame.