9 ball.
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Most everyone plays by Texas Express rules these days.
That's what I figure most will say, All the ball in hand get's on my nerves.
LOL!! And, what do ya think I play? Just kidding, I almost never play 9 ball any more.
work on your kicking skills and it won't bother you nearly as much :grin-square:
No I mean, I don't even like taking the ball in hand, Even when they foul.
I have a question about Texas Express rules. I played this summer for the first time under Texas Express. I noticed a lot of players catching the cue ball when it's about to scratch or when missing the intended object ball and stopping it before it comes to rest. Is this one foul or two. The second foul if there is one could be unsportsmanlike conduct. I don't want to be a nit so I never called it. I did warn them not to touch the cue ball while in motion.
So what's the ruling.
So what's the ruling.
I have a question about Texas Express rules. I played this summer for the first time under Texas Express. I noticed a lot of players catching the cue ball when it's about to scratch or when missing the intended object ball and stopping it before it comes to rest. Is this one foul or two. The second foul if there is one could be unsportsmanlike conduct. I don't want to be a nit so I never called it. I did warn them not to touch the cue ball while in motion.
So what's the ruling.
Local tournaments are often very lenient about this kind of thing and don't consider it a foul. In regional or major tournaments it wouldn't be allowed. I'm curious, what rules did you play before this summer??
Old rules. No push outs per say and no ball in hand. I'm a straight pool and 1 pocket player. Last time I played 9 ball was in around 1967-68.
I started playing seriously in '74 or '75 and push out was all we played until around 1978 when ball-in-hand-anywhere on any foul became the tournament game. Most heads up games were push out for several years after that.
Sigh.
As I said above, I play almost no 9 Ball at all, anymore. The bullshit about the break, jump shots, jump cues, ball in hand, etc. have turned me off to the game almost entirely. Too bad, it was once a good, strategic game but no more.
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You can still play "push out". Nobody said that you had to play those modern day rules. We still have a "push out" game in Dallas once and a while....SPF=randyg
Randy is one of the guys (along with Big John and Fat Robin :grin
who invented Texas Express. I loved the old rules where we could push out on any shot and all balls spotted up. 9-Ball was a more skilled game with those rules. But Texas Express was what got pool to work on TV. It would never fly with guys pushing out over and over again and the opponent having to come and look at the table each time. Good call Randy! I only hated you for a minute. :wink:I remember arguing with Richie about using Texas Express at Lake Tahoe. We went back and forth about it almost coming to blows. I was the TD and he was the promoter. I finally relented grudgingly. Turned out Richie knew best. He was a GREAT promoter, the best I've ever seen. And he could play a little too!
Getting anybody who even knows the rules is just about impossible. I am back to concentrating on Straight Pool, Six Pocket with friends who aren't really players, and One Pocket. When I left New York State for South Carolina twelve years ago this month, One Pocket was pretty much all I played. Here, I think I've played less than half a donzen games. And, strangely enough, have bet very little money.
What planet you from??? texas express is ball in hand on all fouls!!!!!
I don't understand your question. My statement was that I don't like ball in hand on fouls.