8 ball rack pattern

[Secaucus Fats]

FWIW I rack the same as Cornerman.

I know of a good detective who may help solve the secret of randomness...

 

[enzo]

It probably took longer to type those questions than it does to look the rules up online.

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World Pool-Billiards Association (WPA)
Pool Billiards - The Rules of Play
Effective 1/1/08

3.2 Eight Ball Rack
The fifteen object balls are racked as tightly as possible in a triangle, with the apex ball on the foot spot and the eight ball as the first ball that is directly below the apex ball. One from each group of seven will be on the two lower corners of the triangle. The other balls are placed in the triangle without purposeful or intentional pattern.

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Billiards Congress of America (BCA)
WORLD STANDARDIZED RULES: 8-BALL
Effective January 1, 2006

4.3 RACKING THE BALLS
The balls are racked in a triangle at the foot of the table with the 8-ball in the center of the triangle, the first ball of the rack on the foot spot, a stripe ball in one corner of the rack and a solid ball in the other corner.

pj
chgo

wow, official rules that actually make sense, how refreshing. funny thing is, i have been racking them following those rules for 10 years and i cant tell you how many people think im cheating them when i do it.

it seems the worse the player the more they think some pattern in an 8 ball rack is meaningful.

edit: the hard part is now convincing bangers you are giving them perfectly fine racking orders...... actual, not hard.... more like impossible.

 

[Hal]

This is how I rack. easy-e, you got the 8.