I was playing in an 8 ball tourney this week-end and my opponent shot a ball close to the rail and the cueball jumped up on top of the rail and rolled about 12 inches along the top and hit the plastic pocket liner back onto the playing surface. I thought it was a foul as the ball left the playing surface but everyone else said it came back on so no foul, who is right, thanks.
foul or not ?
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No foul unless it hit something like a hand or chalk cube while it was rolling across the rail.
I thought a ball leaving the playing surface is considered a foul...
me too!
I thought the same, so I called a foul for leaving the playing surface
I thought the same, so I called a foul for leaving the playing surface
No foul here
I think the top of the rail is considered part of the table and if the ball returns to the bed it is considered legal as long as it doesn't hit anything like chalk on the rail.
From the BCA rules
3.28 BALLS JUMPED OFF TABLE
Balls coming to rest other than on the bed of the table after a stroke (on the cushion top, rail surface, floor, etc.) are considered jumped balls. Balls may bounce on the cushion tops and rails of the table in play without being jumped balls if they return to the bed of the table under their own power and without touching anything not a part of the table. The table shall consist of the permanent part of the table proper. (Balls that strike or touch anything not a part of the table, such as the light fixture, chalk on the rails and cushion tops, etc., shall be considered jumped balls even though they might return to the bed of the table after contacting items which are not parts of the table proper). In all pocket billiard games, when a stroke results in the cue ball or any object ball being a jumped ball off the table, the stroke is a foul. All jumped object balls are spotted (except in 8 and 9-Ball) when all balls have stopped moving. See specific game rules for putting the cue ball in play after a jumped cue ball foul.
From the BCA rules
3.28 BALLS JUMPED OFF TABLE
Balls coming to rest other than on the bed of the table after a stroke (on the cushion top, rail surface, floor, etc.) are considered jumped balls. Balls may bounce on the cushion tops and rails of the table in play without being jumped balls if they return to the bed of the table under their own power and without touching anything not a part of the table. The table shall consist of the permanent part of the table proper. (Balls that strike or touch anything not a part of the table, such as the light fixture, chalk on the rails and cushion tops, etc., shall be considered jumped balls even though they might return to the bed of the table after contacting items which are not parts of the table proper). In all pocket billiard games, when a stroke results in the cue ball or any object ball being a jumped ball off the table, the stroke is a foul. All jumped object balls are spotted (except in 8 and 9-Ball) when all balls have stopped moving. See specific game rules for putting the cue ball in play after a jumped cue ball foul.
great answers
thanks for the info, as always the correct answer is found!
thanks for the info, as always the correct answer is found!
The cue ball leaves the playing surface every time we strike it.
No foul.
randyg
No foul.
randyg