These rules were adopted by the Billiard Congress of America for the 8-Ball Fun League and Dooly tournaments. However, this variation is not included in any set of rules. 2. The balls are stored in a triangle at the bottom of the table with ball 8 in the middle of the triangle, the first ball of the rack on the foot point, a ball of tape in one corner of the rack and a solid ball in the other corner, as shown in the figure above. 3. If a player doesn`t hit ball 8 by shooting it, it`s a foul and the game continues. If ball 8 is the legal object ball, a scratch or foul is not a loss of play if ball 8 is not plugged in or bounced on the table. The incoming player has the tail ball in his hand. The version of eightball played in China uses rules that are essentially the same as the standard WPA rules. And the game is played with standard 2+1⁄4 inch (57 mm) solid balls and standard stripes. However, the tables are similar to the 9-foot (2.7 m) pool tables, with rounded pocket openings, a scarf, and flat-rail cushions. This leads to some differences in the approach to gameplay. The variant appeared in the mid-1980s and 1990s, when the eighth ball gained popularity in China, where snooker was the most popular tail sport at the time.
Since standard American-style pool tables are rare, Chinese players were content to play eight balls at small pool tables. It has since become the most popular tail sport in China, and major tournaments have some of the biggest pool prize pools. [ref. needed] 1. Insert ball 8 if it is not the legal object ball, except during an opening break. Unless these additional rules are clearly contradicted, the General Rules for Pocket Billiards apply. And since 8-Ball is naturally played informally in bars, pool halls, lounges and basements, there are an almost infinite number of “house rules” that change from place to place. The game of eightball was born around 1900 in the United States as an evolution of the pyramid pool, with which eight of the fifteen object balls can be inserted to win. The game was created from two modifications made, namely that the 8 balls must be inserted last to win, and that each player can only take half of the other object balls. By 1925, the game was so popular that the Brunswick-Balke-Collender Company introduced bespoke ballet ensembles of seven red, seven yellow, one black ball, and tail ball, making it easier for spectators to see what each ball belonged to. (Such colors became the norm in the later British variant Blackball.) The rules, as officially codified in the rules of the Billiard Congress of America, were regularly revised in the following years.
[3]: 24, 89–90 [4][5][6] 7. Insert ball 8 and tail ball to the break shot. (This varies if your league considers an 8-ball break a win.) 8. The accidental movement or touch of a ball is not a fault unless: 1) the moving ball is the tail ball or 2) a moving ball touches the tail ball or 3) a moving ball that is bounced or plugged off the table or causes a ball to bounce or insert off the table. (Exception to #3: If ball 8 is bounced off the table or plugged in, it is lost if called by the opponent before the next shot). Only the opponent can replace the ball moved as close as possible or leave it where it rests. If the shooter replaces the moving ball, this is considered a foul. 14. The SCORINGA player has the right to continue shooting until he legally inserts a ball from his group. Once a player has legally pocketed all his balls, he shoots to pocket the ball 8. It was introduced by the Brunswick-Balke-Collender Company and was known for years as the “B.B.C.
Co. Pool” rather than “8-Ball”. Internationally, the World Pool-Billiard Association and the World Eightball Pool Federation publish rules and promote events. The two sets of rules differ in some details regarding penalties for fouls. The general pool rules apply to eight balls, such as the requirements that the tail ball is not put in the pocket and that a cushion is hit by one of the balls after the tail ball hits an object ball. [10] Eight-ball Specific Fouls: To begin the game, object balls are placed in a triangular frame. The base of the rack is parallel to the end rail (the short end of the pool table) and positioned so that the apex ball of the rack is at the base point. The balls in the rack are ideally placed so that they are all in contact with each other; This is achieved by compressing the spheres in the direction of the apex sphere. The order of the balls must be random, with the exception of ball 8, which must be placed in the middle of the rack (i.e. in the middle of the third row), and the two back corner balls, one of which must be a band and the other a solid. The tail ball is placed where the crusher wishes, behind the head rope.
[8] Once all of a player`s (or team`s) object balls are inserted, the player tries to sink all 8 balls. To win the game, the player first determines in which pocket ball 8 is placed, and then successfully puts ball 8 in this pocket. If the player drops all 8 balls from the table, the player loses the game. If the player pockets ball 8 and commits a foul or puts it in a bag other than the one intended, the player loses the game. Otherwise, that is, if bullet 8 is neither plugged in nor tipped off the table), the shooter is simply finished, even if a foul occurs. In short, a globally standardized eight-ball ruleset, like a nine-ball game, is only finished when the “silver ball” is no longer on the table. The rule is increasingly adopted by amateur leagues. A) All inserted balls remain inserted (exception, ball 8: see Rule 9). B) It is a fault. C) The table is open. Some house rules require a player to call each shot through the ball and the intended bag. A) Fouls when inserting ball 8 (exception: see rule #9).
B) Puts ball 8 on the same move as the last of his group of balls. C) Bounce ball 8 off the table at any time. D) Put ball 8 in a different pocket than mentioned. E) Plug in ball 8 if it is not the legal object ball.
