3,6,9 Nine ball questions

[BillyKoda]

I went to a local 8-Ball tourney yesterday and was invited to play $1 a ball 3,6,9 Nine ball while we were waiting for the tourney to start. I ended up winning about double the 8-ball entry fee but had questions about the format they used. There were 4 of us playing.

1) Head string on fouls?
2) Money balls spotted on the foot, center diamond when a foul was committed on the money ball?

I really enjoyed the game but was wondering about these 2 rules.

BK

 

[Aaron_S]

Never heard of anybody spotting balls on the rail, but shooting from the kitchen is a standard ring-game rule. The way we generally play ring-games around here is:

play cb where it lies on non-scratch fouls
play cb behind head string on scratches (on-ball behind head string spots)
after a foul, incoming shooter has option to shoot or pass
all balls pocketed on an illegal shot are spotted (on the spot)
$ on 5 and 9 (usually double on the 9)
early 5's spot until the 1 is down
early 9's spot until the 5 is down
re-flip for order every 10 or 20 racks
defense may or may not be allowed (depending on how strong the "brothering" factor is)

Think that about sums it up.

 

[jcrack_corn]

i dont think he said on the rail....just over described foot spot....(center diamond)

we play these rules also, except money balls always spot unless it was the lowest numbered MONEY ball (ie, in a 5-9 game, a 3-5 combo stays down, but a 3-9 combo gets the 9 spotted if the 5 is still on the table (and the 9 still pays, so you can get an extra payout)....I actually had this happen on saturday, I broke, ran to the 5-9 combo coincidentally, made just the 9, which spotted (and I was paid, 4 players by the way) and then made the five and was paid, ran out and was paid on the 9 again...

that was a good one.

ohh and we re-do the order after every 5 racks....breaker is 1st, loser is 2nd, the the rest flip it out for position (and no brother-in-lawing, ie no defensive shots.....if EVERYONE agrees an intentional defense was played (sometimes happens by accident when someone gets dialed in) it goes to the option

Never heard of anybody spotting balls on the rail, but shooting from the kitchen is a standard ring-game rule. The way we generally play ring-games around here is:

play cb where it lies on non-scratch fouls
play cb behind head string on scratches (on-ball behind head string spots)
after a foul, incoming shooter has option to shoot or pass
all balls pocketed on an illegal shot are spotted (on the spot)
$ on 5 and 9 (usually double on the 9)
early 5's spot until the 1 is down
early 9's spot until the 5 is down
re-flip for order every 10 or 20 racks
defense may or may not be allowed (depending on how strong the "brothering" factor is)

Think that about sums it up.

 

[Snapshot9]

Never heard of anybody spotting balls on the rail, but shooting from the kitchen is a standard ring-game rule. The way we generally play ring-games around here is:

play cb where it lies on non-scratch fouls
play cb behind head string on scratches (on-ball behind head string spots)
after a foul, incoming shooter has option to shoot or pass
all balls pocketed on an illegal shot are spotted (on the spot)
$ on 5 and 9 (usually double on the 9)
early 5's spot until the 1 is down
early 9's spot until the 5 is down
re-flip for order every 10 or 20 racks
defense may or may not be allowed (depending on how strong the "brothering" factor is)

Think that about sums it up.

Pretty much how we play, EXCEPT no early 5's, and we ALWAYS play
10 ball. Never heard of a RING GAME playing 9 ball, that would be too
easy, considering the break, the number of players that might be playing, and the fact that you could lose a lot of money before you ever got to
shoot. Many times playing 4-6 players in a 10 ring game, playing 2-3 or
3-5, I will drop $40-80 before I ever get what I would call a decent shot.

 

[Opie]

Pretty much how we play, EXCEPT no early 5's, and we ALWAYS play
10 ball. Never heard of a RING GAME playing 9 ball, that would be too
easy, considering the break, the number of players that might be playing, and the fact that you could lose a lot of money before you ever got to
shoot. Many times playing 4-6 players in a 10 ring game, playing 2-3 or
3-5, I will drop $40-80 before I ever get what I would call a decent shot.

When we play 10 ball we pay out on 4,7,10.

 

[Aaron_S]

Pretty much how we play, EXCEPT no early 5's, and we ALWAYS play
10 ball. Never heard of a RING GAME playing 9 ball, that would be too
easy, considering the break, the number of players that might be playing, and the fact that you could lose a lot of money before you ever got to
shoot. Many times playing 4-6 players in a 10 ring game, playing 2-3 or
3-5, I will drop $40-80 before I ever get what I would call a decent shot.

9-ball is ok with 3 or 4 players, but 5 or more gets a little crazy. Sometimes you sit for a while, but it sure pays nice when you put a 4 or a 5 on 'em. At the time when I was regularly playing in ring games (15 yrs. or so ago), NOBODY played 10 ball around here, probably most had never even heard of it, and a lot of guys still played 9-ball by the old rules (pre-texas express). Depending on the number & the caliber of players in the game, I would seriously consider going to 10 ball nowadays. Problem is, nobody plays ring games anymore in my area. The last two I played in, I had to give up weight just to get the game started. Who the hell's ever heard of giving up weight in a ring game, lol???