I have a question reguarding one pocket rules

Bishop

Bishop

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I'm really not big rookie but I've never played One Pocket before so lets say I'm breaking and I designate a pocket. Does that mean thats the pocket I'm going for or am I shooting at my opponents pocket for points.

See bold: but how I read the rules are I designate a pocket and try to sink 8 balls accordingly.

Someone want to put this in dumbs--t terms for me. Also if there is a scratch is it ball behind the headstring or BIH?

Also how is this played in tournament style.....simple race to 5..8..9 and so forth?

SCORING
A legally pocketed ball is scored as one ball for shooter. Any ball pocketed in opponent's target pocket counts, unless the cue ball should scratch on the same shot. If the shot constitutes a foul other than a scratch, the opponent is allowed to keep the ball. A shooter's inning ends on a scratch or foul and any balls pocketed in the shooter's pocket don't count on a foul or scratch. In addition, the shooter is penalized one ball for a foul or scratch
 
Bishop said:
I'm really not big rookie but I've never played One Pocket before so lets say I'm breaking and I designate a pocket. Does that mean thats the pocket I'm going for or am I shooting at my opponents pocket for points.
The pocket you designate is your pocket, the pocket you want to make the balls go into
See bold: but how I read the rules are I designate a pocket and try to sink 8 balls accordingly.

Someone want to put this in dumbs--t terms for me. Also if there is a scratch is it ball behind the headstring or BIH?
Ball in Hand, behind the line

Also how is this played in tournament style.....simple race to 5..8..9 and so forth?

Race to 3 is scheduled for 2+ hours in a tournament


SCORING
A legally pocketed ball is scored as one ball for shooter. Any ball pocketed in opponent's target pocket counts, unless the cue ball should scratch on the same shot. If the shot constitutes a foul other than a scratch, the opponent is allowed to keep the ball. A shooter's inning ends on a scratch or foul and any balls pocketed in the shooter's pocket don't count on a foul or scratch. In addition, the shooter is penalized one ball for a foul or scratch
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There is a great website dedicated to the discussion of One Pocket at www.onepocket.org with all the rules and standard breaks and shot diagrams.
 
Bishop said:
I'm really not big rookie but I've never played One Pocket before so lets say I'm breaking and I designate a pocket. Does that mean thats the pocket I'm going for or am I shooting at my opponents pocket for points.

See bold: but how I read the rules are I designate a pocket and try to sink 8 balls accordingly.

Someone want to put this in dumbs--t terms for me. Also if there is a scratch is it ball behind the headstring or BIH?

Also how is this played in tournament style.....simple race to 5..8..9 and so forth?

SCORING
A legally pocketed ball is scored as one ball for shooter. Any ball pocketed in opponent's target pocket counts, unless the cue ball should scratch on the same shot. If the shot constitutes a foul other than a scratch, the opponent is allowed to keep the ball. A shooter's inning ends on a scratch or foul and any balls pocketed in the shooter's pocket don't count on a foul or scratch. In addition, the shooter is penalized one ball for a foul or scratch
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Any ball you make in your opponents pocket counts for HIM! BIH behind the line on CB in pocket scratches. Races usually 3-5.
 
Basically, prior to the break, you pick one of the two corner pockets at the bottom of the table. Then, you try and sink 8 balls in your pocket before 8 balls go into your opponants pocket.

Notice I did not say "Before your opponant sinks 8 balls in his pocket" because any ball that goes down in either of the two designated pockets belongs to the owner of that pocket! In other words, you sink a ball in the side pocket... it gets spotted. You sink one in your pocket, its a point for you. You sink one in your opponent's pocket, its a point for him.

Generally, one rack of one pocket can take a while so people will play a race to three. Sounds short but it can and often does take longer than a race to 7 in 9-ball!

Scratches are behind-the line fouls AND reult in you losing a point. Thus, you have to then pull a ball out of your pocket and spot it!

Hope this helps.
 
Nostroke said:
Any ball you make in your opponents pocket counts for HIM! BIH behind the line on CB in pocket scratches. Races usually 3-5.
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Hey Davey! Long time no see! You should swing by Jim's or Orangetown this weekend and we can shoot a little.

-Brian
 
They need to add the word him/her/opponent that would be easier to read lol
Any ball you make in your opponents pocket counts for HIM!
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Thanks guys that cleared up and rather quickly.
 
Another thing worth noting about pocketing balls in the wrong pocket is that balls pocketed on a scratch (cue ball ends up in pocket or off table) don't count for either player.

Sometimes games end up tied 7-7 and your opponent leaves you the table with the last ball hanging in the jaws of his pocket. Sometimes all you can do is pocket it and follow the cueball in. The pocketed ball doesn't count and spots, along with one of your balls because you scratched. So it ends up 6-7 with two balls lined up on the spot and your opponent shooting from behind the headstring.

-Andrew
 
pharaoh68 said:
Hey Davey! Long time no see! You should swing by Jim's or Orangetown this weekend and we can shoot a little.

-Brian
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Been a little lethargic lately
Ill try to do that--Thanks for the invite.
 
Nostroke said:
Any ball you make in your opponents pocket counts for HIM! ....
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Yes, but if you either pocket scratch or drive the cue ball off the table on the shot that pockets one for your opponent, the ball does not count for him and it spots up. You might commit some other foul, such as touching a moving object ball, on the shot but those other fouls don't bring your opponent's ball back onto the table.
 
One more quick question.....If you hit a object ball and that ball doesn't hit a rail and the cue ball doesn't hit a rail its a foul, but is BIH behind the headstring and loss of point or just change of turn. Can someone clarify on this situation.
 
Bishop said:
One more quick question.....If you hit a object ball and that ball doesn't hit a rail and the cue ball doesn't hit a rail its a foul, but is BIH behind the headstring and loss of point or just change of turn. Can someone clarify on this situation.
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The cueball stays where it lays, and the shooter owes a ball. The only time the cueball is placed in the kitchen (behind the headstring) is after a pocket scratch, or after it's knocked off the table.

Doc
 
OK, here's one. If I'm shooting a combo (say 11-3). The 3 accidently is pocketed in my opponents hole. The 11 rebounds off a rail and comes back and hits my hand. What's the call?
 
TX Poolnut said:
OK, here's one. If I'm shooting a combo (say 11-3). The 3 accidently is pocketed in my opponents hole. The 11 rebounds off a rail and comes back and hits my hand. What's the call?
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Your opponent keeps the ball. As stated above, the only fouls you can commit that cause the ball you made for your opponent to be spotted are pocketing the cue ball or driving it off the table. If you want to deny your opponent such a ball, it must be by a "clean" cue ball foul, and not by some other kind of foul.

A problematic situation is: The cue ball is nearly frozen to a ball and blocked from a ball hung in your opponent's pocket. You intentionally double-hit the cue ball (using, for example, the two-times-fuller system to aim) and you pocket your opponent's ball. How should this be treated? In any case, your opponent will get to keep object ball. Some people treat this as a normal foul and some think it's unsportsmanlike conduct. An additional wrinkle would be if the cue ball followed the hung ball into your opponent's pocket.
 
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