Bank pool is a Pocket billiards game that has as it most fundamental requirement, that all scoring shots in the game to be made by banking a called ball off a cushion and into a called pocket. Pocket billiards, most commonly referred to as pool, is the general term for a family of games played on a specific class of Billiards table, having 6 receptacles TemplateCuegloss will have to be hacked to support multi-page articles TemplateCuegloss will have to be hacked to support multi-page articles While the game has multiple variations, the predominant version through much of its history was played with a full fifteen-ball rack, of which the winning player was required to legally pocket eight balls. TemplateCuegloss will have to be hacked to support multi-page articles A shortened version of the game using nine balls of which the players must legally pocket five for the win, often called "nine-ball banks," gained popularity in the 1990s and 2000s and is the subject of international professional competition and televised matches.
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Rules
Aim
The object of the game is simple: to be the first player to bank five balls in any order (or eight balls, when played with a full rack). TemplateCuegloss will have to be hacked to support multi-page articles
Rack
The balls are racked in nine-ball formation (or eight-ball formation if using a full rack), but in no particular order. Nine-ball is a contemporary pocket billiards (pool game with historical beginnings rooted in the United States and traceable to the 1920s Eight-ball, sometimes called stripes and solids and more rarely bigs and littles or highs and lows, is a Pocket billiards (pool game popular
Play
The key rule is that all shots must be banked (cue ball to object ball, then object ball to one or more cushions on the way to the pocket). TemplateCuegloss will have to be hacked to support multi-page articles TemplateCuegloss will have to be hacked to support multi-page articles TemplateCuegloss will have to be hacked to support multi-page articles TemplateCuegloss will have to be hacked to support multi-page articles
Bank pool is one of the "cleanest" (no "slop") pool games — no kick shots (the object ball must be hit directly with the cueball, without hitting the rail first); no combinations (shots must be cue ball to the object ball, then object ball to the called pocket, and the shooter must call both the ball and pocket); and the object ball cannot hit another ball on the way to the pocket (no kiss shots). TemplateCuegloss will have to be hacked to support multi-page articles TemplateCuegloss will have to be hacked to support multi-page articles TemplateCuegloss will have to be hacked to support multi-page articles TemplateCuegloss will have to be hacked to support multi-page articles
Fouls
The shooter "owes" the table a ball if he/she fouls — a previously pocketed ball (if any) must be spotted. TemplateCuegloss will have to be hacked to support multi-page articles Any ball pocketed on a foul is spotted in addition to the ball owed. TemplateCuegloss will have to be hacked to support multi-page articles If the cue ball is scratched (pocketed or knocked off the table), it is a foul, and the cue ball must be spotted behind the head string (i. TemplateCuegloss will have to be hacked to support multi-page articles TemplateCuegloss will have to be hacked to support multi-page articles TemplateCuegloss will have to be hacked to support multi-page articles e. , in the "kitchen"). TemplateCuegloss will have to be hacked to support multi-page articles Any balls that were sunk on that shot are spotted. If the shooter has not already legally pocketed a ball at the time of the foul, a ball is still owed, which must be spotted after the inning in which it was legally pocketed. TemplateCuegloss will have to be hacked to support multi-page articles If the shooter makes a legal bank shot and another ball goes in accidentally, it is not a foul, but that extra ball is spotted after the inning. It is also a foul if the shooter does not hit the called object ball and drive it or the cue ball to a cushion or pocket the object ball (this is similar to but different from nine-ball and standardized eight-ball, in which any ball may contact a rail after the object-ball hit to avoid fouling). TemplateCuegloss will have to be hacked to support multi-page articles In many areas, fouling three times during successive turns means a loss of game, but that rule may often be ignored in local amateur play. TemplateCuegloss will have to be hacked to support multi-page articles A stricter variant preferred by some is that even three non-consecutive fouls is a loss of game. Players typically make sure the rules are clear and agreed-upon before play begins, especially when gambling.
External links
- Simplified bank pool rules, at BilliardsForum — non-authoritative
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