Consider this rule...
"If the cue leaves the table, into a pocket or over a rail, the next player has a shot from the kitchen (behind the toe line) and must first hit a ball that is beyond that line or bank off of a rail beyond the line."
It seems grossly unfair. If I scratch and your ball is froze against the kitchen end rail, I am not penalized in the least, but YOU are, as you have to kick at the frozen ball the length of the table.
Why is it this way? Why not ball in hand anywhere on the table like league/pro pool is? And has anyone seen ball in hand played in bar pool anywhere?
I mentioned this last night to a couple of friends at the bar and they both expressed over-the-top disagreement... "that will NEVER work around here." My point was mainly to just discuss the inequity but actually, what would be wrong having a sign on the wall that says here is how we play. Start a movement, lol. Or do you think not having ball in hand is a good rule?
"If the cue leaves the table, into a pocket or over a rail, the next player has a shot from the kitchen (behind the toe line) and must first hit a ball that is beyond that line or bank off of a rail beyond the line."
It seems grossly unfair. If I scratch and your ball is froze against the kitchen end rail, I am not penalized in the least, but YOU are, as you have to kick at the frozen ball the length of the table.
Why is it this way? Why not ball in hand anywhere on the table like league/pro pool is? And has anyone seen ball in hand played in bar pool anywhere?
I mentioned this last night to a couple of friends at the bar and they both expressed over-the-top disagreement... "that will NEVER work around here." My point was mainly to just discuss the inequity but actually, what would be wrong having a sign on the wall that says here is how we play. Start a movement, lol. Or do you think not having ball in hand is a good rule?