pdcue said:
LOL!!! I think it is hilarious that you are so concerned about my silly little question.
But whatever you think of me, I don't care. The primary reason I am on this board is to learn, and to help others. Not to appeal to you.
Bank Pool rules question
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LOL!!! I think it is hilarious that you are so concerned about my silly little question.
But whatever you think of me, I don't care. The primary reason I am on this board is to learn, and to help others. Not to appeal to you.
Cameron Smith said:
It simply isn't sounding good Cameron. The quote from the rulebook does indeed answer your original question. If you're looking to clarify the wording for future rulebooks, that's fine. But if you're trying to score a bank by challenging the wording of the rules, then that is on the edge of cheating. That's my opinion.
I think you know better, and hope that you're simply looking for a different rule wording. The answer is no, you cannot simply shoot a ball at the pocket, and purposefully kiss the adjacent rail going in, and call it a bank. Isn't that the simple answer? If you try it in a serious bank game, don't expect to get away with it.
The bank rules say "no straight-in shots." Yes, another ambiguous rule, but the intent is clear and addresses your shot.
Steve Booths proposed bank shot rules also covers your shot:
"7.5 When a called ball contacts either the cushions or pocket points along the rails adjacent to the called pocket on its final approach toward the pocket, such contact does not count as a bank in defining the called shot. If an otherwise legal called bank shot is pocketed in such a manner, the ball counts as long as the shot conforms with the shooter’s called intentions, and no foul or scratch occurs."
That gets rid of the word "incidental," which I'm sure is the word that has you confused in my previous quotation.
Fred
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Cornerman said:
When I had looked at the rules before I kinda skimmed over them so obviously I wasn't very clear on them. However from that and the way they were explained to me, it was a little ambiguous.
Thank you for clearing things up for me. I was not looking for a loop hole, rather trying to close one. There isn't any point in playing bank pool if you do everything to avoid playing a bank.
I regret posting this thread I could never have expected the flack I have come under for asking a stupid question.
SkippyFL said:
I looked over my posts again and I can't see where I was argumentative and confrontational. The first couple of responses to the thread were very vague, stating that you could not contact the rail the rail connected to the pocket. That would make a number of shots that I know to be legal, illegal. So I responded because they were unable to provide an answer to my original question.
The only posts in this thread that are rude, arguementative and confrontational come from yourself and pdcue. I doubt there are many people who would disagree with that.
pdcue said:
Ok, quote a post that was out of line. Besides your own that is.
pdcue said:
Good. I will consider this matter closed and finished. Don't bother responding, I will not pay any attention.