The problem with playing pushout the way you say you played it is the following:
I pushout, then you pushout, then I push, then you push,etc.
I played at Beenies room all through the 70's. Some players would start playing your way.Most didn't because of the problem of push, push, push,etc.
The only way that made sense was the player who commits the 2nd consecutive
give up BIH. Every player played that way in the 70's.
I've never played where you could "push out" from a "push out", by either player.
We played:
Player 1 pushes.
Player 2 has the option of shooting or passing it back. If Player 2 shoots and "fouls" by not hitting the ball and/or not contacting a rail afterward, scratches, etc., then Player 1 has BIH. Player 2 does not have an option of pushing out from the original push by Player 1.
If Player 2 passes it back to Player 1, then Player 1 has to hit the ball the same as described above. Player 1 doesn't have an option to "re-push" until after a legal shot has been made by one of the players.
Some people played that if there was a "scratch" (cue ball in a pocket) then the incoming player had to shoot from the kitchen. If the object ball was in the kitchen, it was spotted. You weren't "intentionally" allowed to shoot the cue ball straight into a pocket in order to put your opponent in this position. The cue ball had to "scratch" after contacting the object ball.
It has been a LONG time since I could ever find anybody to play this type of pool, so my memory may be a bit fuzzy. Feel free to correct me or add additional rules.
I agree. I was responding to pt109. If you play 2 consecutive fouls by the same player, that allows the push-push-push-push, etc. Nobody played that way in my day ( 60's 70's ). I did play one guy in the 70's that tried the push-push-push-push. I unscrewed during the 1st game.
You guys must have played straight pool....the fouls you make belong to you only.
If you foul, NO matter what your opponent does, you’re on one foul....
..he can run 80 balls, when he misses, you’re still on one foul.
This is the same sense in two fouls by the same player...I am allowed one foul...
...why should your foul take that privilege away from me?
When you foul, you’re on one foul till you take YOURSELF off that foul...or until the game ends.
Why should a player TAKE A FOUL and be able to push to his favorite tough shot...
...and you have to shoot it or let him shoot it?
The onus should always be on the first player to take a foul.