CALL 9 vs WILD 9?

YOU CAN DOG IN 8 OTHER BALLS, BUT YOUR SUPPOSED
TO CALL THE NINE. NICE RULE!

HAVE NOT MET MANY PEOPLE THAT PLAY CALL NINE WHEN
GAMBLING. THAT WOULD JUST BRING UP MORE PROBLEMS.
 
sickening feeling to claw your way back into a race just to have your opponent slop the nine in 4 rails, 3 kisses later on the case game.....for any substantial wager, its GOTTA be call every shot, kinda like old school 8 ball, except ball in hand on scratches
 
since nine ball is such a gambling game and gambling includes some degree of luck, even in pool, wild nine only adds to the flavor
 
In my opinion:

The wild nineball takes the 'gamble' out of the game. Without it a lesser player would not have any incentive to play a better player - the only ones that want a call nineball format is the better player.

It sucks to lose to an opponent who rolled the cheese and it went in somewhere that no one expected...but that is part of the excitement of the game. Without it, you would not fill up the tournaments - at the amateur level anywayz - and it would be hard for anyone to get a proposition game with someone unless they wanted to play out of their level.

Anywayz....thats my humble opinion

Chuck
 
I played this guy one time and he was cheezin every chance he got and he had no idea where the nine might go. The game was a lot closer than it should have been and this guy was really thinking he was hot stuff. I asked him if he wanted to play call the nine and since he was on a high, he agreed immediately. I beat him to death! It really took the wind out of his sails.
I do agree with chucklez, though, if you want to gamble, you have to play the game with the nine wild. Sometimes the weaker players don't realize how big a difference there is between the two games.
 
I knew a guy that had:

"At all times keep your eye on the yellow stripe ball"

embroidered right on his shirt!

This guy would try any shot to slop the nine.

Most "entertaining" guy to watch at the hall.

P.S. There was always a line up to play this guy.

Also, it drove players nuts at how many times he would slop the nine.

Maybe it is an art?
 
it is true that there is usually a line to play these kind of whack-a-mole players....more often than not they end up broke, busted, disgusted, and not to be trusted after their initial lucky phase subsides....very good points by all, i feel fortunate to have stumbled upon this site
 
I am still looking for the answer to this question from the players that are in support of call nine.

What is, or what should the rule be, when the 9 is the only ball pocketed and it was not the called pocket?

PORTER
 
I just played in a league where it was call 9. If you call the 9 and it goes in the wrong pocket you lose. If you make the 9 and don't call it it gets spotted, loss of turn, other player plays CB where it stops. Jake
 
Ive played in a few cities and states and I have never yet been told the the rule of the house is call the 9ball. The only time it is ever even brought up is after a "better" player loses to someone that he believes he is not supposed to lose to on a "lucky" shot. So, in my experience, since you want an answer, is that the 9ball does not have to be called unless you want to make that rule prior to starting the match.

Chuck
 
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