ever see this game ?

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jackpot

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Just came from the pool room and two guys were playing a game I had not seen in
40 yrs. Don't know if it has a name. They racked 9 ball and broke the balls then
they played just like regular 9 ball but shot the object ball into the cue ball to try
to make the object ball off of the cue ball, (like a scratch on the OB). They played
the balls in rotation just like 9 ball and even made combinations, and caroms. If
the cue ball went in that was a foul and the upcoming player had cue ball in hand.
Foul also if lowest number ball did not hit cue ball first. Incoming player usually
put the cue ball close to a pocket so it was an easy shot to make the ball, but
sometimes they set it up for a combination or carom on the nine. And sometimes
they even broke and got out. I tried it on the diamond 9 ft I was playing on and it
was real hard. You have to like scratch and try to control the cue ball for your next
shot. Anyone ever see this.
jack
 
Actually I played that a lot in the 80's, it had no name other than "Mexican 9-ball" please don't flame me on the name that's what the guy who taught me was taught! Any way it was used as a way to practice and learn carom angles! I haven't seen it myself in 20 years lol
 
jackpot said:
Just came from the pool room and two guys were playing a game I had not seen in
40 yrs. Don't know if it has a name. They racked 9 ball and broke the balls then
they played just like regular 9 ball but shot the object ball into the cue ball to try
to make the object ball off of the cue ball, (like a scratch on the OB). They played
the balls in rotation just like 9 ball and even made combinations, and caroms. If
the cue ball went in that was a foul and the upcoming player had cue ball in hand.
Foul also if lowest number ball did not hit cue ball first. Incoming player usually
put the cue ball close to a pocket so it was an easy shot to make the ball, but
sometimes they set it up for a combination or carom on the nine. And sometimes
they even broke and got out. I tried it on the diamond 9 ft I was playing on and it
was real hard. You have to like scratch and try to control the cue ball for your next
shot. Anyone ever see this.
jack
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Kiss Pool. Willie Jopling
 
Lol, French pool, Irish pool, and I was taught Mexican pool. I'm going forward with Kiss pool with cornerman for the win! I always thought it was fun in small doses, but looking back on it I think I taught me how to thin hit a ball without moving the object ball (just graze it) for a safety type game.
 
if+ your opponet scatched and you put the cue ball to make the 9 ball dead
would you win
this game is too confusing
which hole is yours
 
I play this with a buddy of mine a couple times a week. We just call it "carom 9-ball". It has helped my game tremendously. It gets a lot of weird looks. The occasional random at the pool hall will flag me down mid-shot to let me know that I'm doing it all backwards. Heh....all these years.....
 
mvp said:
Lol, French pool, Irish pool, and I was taught Mexican pool. I'm going forward with Kiss pool with cornerman for the win! I always thought it was fun in small doses, but looking back on it I think I taught me how to thin hit a ball without moving the object ball (just graze it) for a safety type game.
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It was known as Irish Pool - possibly a derogatory notation at one time based on the fact
that it encompasses only one of the many ways to score in the noble game of English Billiards.
Tho it wasn't played like 9 Ball. All 15 balls were used, shot in any order.

"Scratching" your ball off one of the other two balls also known as an 'in-off' or,
more formally a 'Losing Hazard'.

As opposed to a 'Winning Hazard' which is 'Potting' a ball or making a shot as we say
over here in the Colonies.

Dale
 
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yeah that's right

deanoc said:
if+ your opponet scatched and you put the cue ball to make the 9 ball dead
would you win
this game is too confusing
which hole is yours
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Yeah don't know why they didn't set it up dead. I'm going back tomorrow and try
to trap them. I was across the room and I didn't see them do that, they set up for
caroms, I saw that. Thank goodness you're the brains of this team. Maybe there
is a rule against that. I'll challenge the game tomorrow. You're in. Don't worry I'll
ask "what happens if the cue ball goes in" if they say ball in hand then the cash
is ours. I'll either come home with all the dough or a black eye, either way you're
in.
jack
 
jackpot said:
Yeah don't know why they didn't set it up dead. I'm going back tomorrow and try
to trap them. I was across the room and I didn't see them do that, they set up for
caroms, I saw that. Thank goodness you're the brains of this team. Maybe there
is a rule against that. I'll challenge the game tomorrow. You're in. Don't worry I'll
ask "what happens if the cue ball goes in" if they say ball in hand then the cash
is ours. I'll either come home with all the dough or a black eye, either way you're
in.
jack
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Damn! He just has to think about it to become a Player.
 
Kiss Pool. Never heard of it being played with 9 balls, though. All fifteen. First heard of this in the book "How to Hustle Your Friends at Pool" by Art Tully.
 
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CElliottH18 said:
I play this with a buddy of mine a couple times a week. We just call it "carom 9-ball". It has helped my game tremendously. It gets a lot of weird looks. The occasional random at the pool hall will flag me down mid-shot to let me know that I'm doing it all backwards. Heh....all these years.....
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We (me & Clyde) used to play this in Bartlesville, OK. It's a great game for having some fun. We ended up shooting off the CB & going two rails to pot the object ball. It was some game & it got a lot of remarks from the onlookers, especially when you make several shots in a row.
 
Isn't this also called Philadelphia? Among the long list of names here, I could have sworn it was Philadelphia as well, but with all 15 balls instead of 9.
 
Ive seen a few people play this over the years. I havent played it, but from what i understand people use it to help themselves study and practice carom shots.(at least thats what i always thought, i could be wrong?)
 
The game was called many things....depending what part of the country and what room you were in. Johnnyt
 
Always heard it as Irish pool.....
Fun for a variant


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