9 ball rules question
- Thread starter Kevin Lindstrom
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Pretty standard in TAP rules. Allows a weaker player to chip away balls and play safe at the same time.
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NO!!!! Can not pocket lowest ball on the table on a legal hit then sit down.
But I believe if it is the first shot after the break you can "push out" and pocket lowest ball on the table then turn next shot to your opponent, but I could be wrong about that, I am sure you guys will straighten me out on this in no time flat.:scratchhead:
Be careful on that push out though, you may get that shot back..
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Pretty much all of them, I always go by the official WPA or BCA rules. League rules don't really count unless you are playing in that league so when someone asks about a rule, that's what I go by. Most leagues also allow a call safe in 8 ball while pocketing your legal object ball. Someone said APA does not since you don't call anything in that league aside from the 8 ball where you have to mark your pocket with at least 4 neon lights and a traffic cone even if the ball is half inch from the pocket.
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Our NAPA league makes you call pocket on THE 9-ball only. We used to be able to call safe and drop the lowest ball in 10-ball, but that was voted out by the LO's.
Really ?Didnt know that . I tot with WPA 8 ball rules, if you call safety and you pot any of your balls, your opponent still shoots. I always tot when you shout out "safety" or "safe" , it means next turn is your opponent
Really ?Didnt know that . I tot with WPA 8 ball rules, if you call safety and you pot any of your balls, your opponent still shoots. I always tot when you shout out "safety" or "safe" , it means next turn is your opponent
Yes that's right.
Calling safe and being able to pocket the ball in a rotation game is way too easy of a shot to be allowed. Our league talked about this also and we nixed that idea. The USAPL league I play is all called shot, even in 9 ball. No-one complains.
While I agree you can't "safety" in 9 ball this is still one of my favorite uses of the push out. Put the 1 in and position yourself for a kick or jump on the 2 that you are more comfortable with.
The only better use of the push out is when I have no shot on the 1 ball but the 9 is hanging in a pocket. Call push out and pocket the 9 ... kill their dreams.
Any Call Pocket Game
The strategy Kevin outlined can be used in 14.1 (straight pool), 10 Ball or 8 ball (called pocket) but not in 9 ball since slop counts.
You made a legal hit on the ball and it went in the pocket......saying before hand that it's safety doesn't change the fact that if the lowest number object ball on the table gets struck legally and it gets pocketed unintentionally or intentionally....then you keep shooting......that's how I understand the rules of 9 ball which is considered to be a game of continuous play.....if any object balls is pocketed after making a legal hit on the lowest number object ball on the table, then the player must keep shooting........"continuous play rule" applies. Appearing below is WPA rule 2.5 for 9 ball.
If the shooter legally pockets any ball on a shot (except a push out, see 2.4 Second Shot of the Rack – Push Out), he continues at the table for the next shot. If he legally pockets the nine ball on any shot (except a push out), he wins the rack. If the shooter fails to pocket a ball or fouls, play passes to the other player, and if no foul was committed, the incoming player must play the cue ball from the position left by the other player.
Matt B.
The strategy Kevin outlined can be used in 14.1 (straight pool), 10 Ball or 8 ball (called pocket) but not in 9 ball since slop counts.
You made a legal hit on the ball and it went in the pocket......saying before hand that it's safety doesn't change the fact that if the lowest number object ball on the table gets struck legally and it gets pocketed unintentionally or intentionally....then you keep shooting......that's how I understand the rules of 9 ball which is considered to be a game of continuous play.....if any object balls is pocketed after making a legal hit on the lowest number object ball on the table, then the player must keep shooting........"continuous play rule" applies. Appearing below is WPA rule 2.5 for 9 ball.
If the shooter legally pockets any ball on a shot (except a push out, see 2.4 Second Shot of the Rack – Push Out), he continues at the table for the next shot. If he legally pockets the nine ball on any shot (except a push out), he wins the rack. If the shooter fails to pocket a ball or fouls, play passes to the other player, and if no foul was committed, the incoming player must play the cue ball from the position left by the other player.
Matt B.
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