Call 9-ball shot

[DirtyJersey]

Got a question about a situation that came up during a money match last night. If

you're playing call the 9 in a money game and the 9 drops early due to luck the 9

comes back up but does the person who made the 9 lose his turn or no? If the

person continues shooting while there are other balls on the table does that

rule change if the 9 is the last ball on the table. The way it was played was the

person who shot and lucked in the 9 or made the 9 in the wrong pocket lost his

turn no matter when it happened in the rack. Is this how it's played around the

country? The reason I have a question about is because if another ball is

pocketed that isn't the 9 the shooter stays at the table.

 

[jsp]

My understanding is that pocketing the 9-ball unintentionally, other than re-spotting it, is essentially a non-event. IOW, it doesn't count as a legally pocket ball.

So, as long as another ball is pocketed besides the unintentional 9 ball, then you stay at the table. If only the 9 ball is pocketed unintentionally, then you lose your turn.

 

[PaulieB]

That's how I play it as well. This way if the 9 gets lucked in when successfully shooting another ball you don't lose anything. Also, when shooting the 4, for example ... if the 4 doesn't go in, but the 9 does, you don't keep shooting. You can't use the 9 to extend your run.

 

[Txstang1]

what jsp said !!!!

 

[Bambu]

In 9 ball if the 9 drops early due to luck, the lucky shooter wins. To play call 9 would involve different, varying rule sets. It's like 8 ball, its best to agree on basic rules before the game. (The way I've seen it played, the shooter keeps shooting if he lucks the 9 in.)

 

[DAVE_M]

I'm partial to a variation of 10-ball that I've seen. A player can shoot a combination, carom, or billiard making the 10-ball. The 10-ball is spotted and the player continues shooting.

The same could be applied to 9-ball.

 

[iusedtoberich]

That's how I play it as well. This way if the 9 gets lucked in when successfully shooting another ball you don't lose anything. Also, when shooting the 4, for example ... if the 4 doesn't go in, but the 9 does, you don't keep shooting. You can't use the 9 to extend your run.

This is the way I gamble and have seen others gamble also "when playing call the 9" in the Philadelphia area.

Of note, when we play with a handicap, let's say "called 7", if the shooter lucks in his money ball under any legal hit circumstance he does not win the game but he keeps shooting.

Edit to add, you *always* clarify these rules before the first break.

 

[StraightPoolIU]

As others have said you're playing a rule variant so there really is no accepted way to play. It's what you agree to before striking the first ball. If it was me who was making the game my preference in your scenario would be that the person who slopped the 9 does not get to continue shooting. Logically that makes the most sense to me. If you have to call a ball, and you make that ball without calling it the shooter doesn't get to keep shooting. That would be the case I would make at least, but odds are if you didn't agree to it prior you might have to replay the rack.

 

[Ralph Kramden]

In 9 ball if the 9 drops early due to luck, the lucky shooter wins. To play call 9 would involve different, varying rule sets. It's like 8 ball, its best to agree on basic rules before the game. (The way I've seen it played, the shooter keeps shooting if he lucks the 9 in.)

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