Looking for Three person pool games

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8Ball48043

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Okay, we've done Cut-Throat (player 1 has balls 1 thur 5, player 2 has ball 6 thru 10, player 3 has balls 11 thru 15), the player with his balls only left on the table wins.

And, we've played the 9-ball ring game: Three players alternate turns, the 5 ball gets you one point, the 9 ball gets you 2 points. Race to 10 or 25, or whatever is agreed.

Any other games that three players can play ???

Thanks in advance.
 
Pill Pool

Use 10 balls..
Each player takes 2 pills ,1for where you shoot in rotation .
The other becomes you ball ... If someone makes you'r ball you pay them if
you make you'r ball everybody pays you .If you make the 10 ball everybody pays you again..
Fun GAME
 
The fargo driil can be played as a game with 3 players. (I just recently found this and like it)

a modified version of cribbage can be played with 3 playes

there is also a pretty cool golf game that is similar to 3-ball the holes vary between 2 and 4 balls 2-ball = par 3 3-ball = par 4 and so on its harder than it sounds as the balls are set in differnt configurations with in the rack.

Good luck and have fun
DR
 
3-ball (for 3+ players)

Also, the following games are described in the BCA rule book:

Golf - usually played on a snooker table with regular size (i.e., 2 1/4") pool balls but can be played on a regular table (9' preferred).

Bowlliards - Rack 10 balls and each player takes a turn at the table. Scored like bowling. Also, www.pool300.com is a similar game.

Bottle Pool

FourtyOne

Equal Offense

Cowboy
 
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8Ball48043 said:
Okay, we've done Cut-Throat (player 1 has balls 1 thur 5, player 2 has ball 6 thru 10, player 3 has balls 11 thru 15), the player with his balls only left on the table wins.

And, we've played the 9-ball ring game: Three players alternate turns, the 5 ball gets you one point, the 9 ball gets you 2 points. Race to 10 or 25, or whatever is agreed.

Any other games that three players can play ???

Thanks in advance.
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Here in Japan in a ring game we have a few more rules to it that you may want to add.....

1 pt for the 5 in a corner pocket/2 pts if made in the side
2 pts for the 9 in a corner/ 4pts in the side

If the 5 or 9 are made on the break you get double the points for them.

After making the 9 ball the cue ball must end up in the kitchen. If the cue ball doesn't get to the kitchen you only get 1 point for the 9 and the next person breaks. If you do get to the kitchen you get your points and continue to break. An optional rule we play with sometimes is, if the cue ball gets to the kitchen, that you break from wherever the cue ball stops. You're not allowed to pick it up and move it to your comfort zone. If it stops dead center on the end rail, well, feel sorry for you, but that's where you're breaking from, good luck. hehe!!

Break run out doubles all points.

If the 5 or 9 are made out of rotation, on a legal shot, you get the points for whatever pocket it was made in and it spots back up.

Fouls are the same as regular 9-ball as far as not hitting the lowest number ball first, jumping off the table, scratching etc... The down side is this....

No ball in hand. If you scratch, for example, the cue ball goes to the kitchen and the incoming player has 3 choices 1) leave the object ball where it's at 2) Foot spot 3) center spot.

If you fail to hit the lowest number ball first the incoming player has 4 choices 1) accept table as is 2) Take cue ball in hand in the kitchen, object ball remains in it's position 3) move the object ball to the foot spot, cue ball stays where it's at 4) move object ball to the center spot, cue ball stays where it's at. The only time you can move the cue ball and object ball at the same time is if you choose taking the cue ball to the kitchen and the lowest ball is in the kitchen. At that time you can choose foot or center for the object ball.

Also, when you foul, the other players get one point each from you.

We play all ball fouls too. None of that nudging a ball and putting it back crap. If your shaft nudges a ball during your stroke it's a foul.

Another rule we play by is that you're not allowed to play a safety. If the ball gets hooked, so be it, but don't hook someone on purpose, you gotta go for the shot.

We play 6 games per set. The third and last games are automatically double the points on everything, including fouls.

If I think of anything that may have been left out I'll add to it later.
MULLY
 
WoodyJ said:
3-ball (for 3+ players)

Golf - usually played on a snooker table with regular size (i.e., 2 1/4") pool balls but can be played on a regular table (9' preferred).

Cowboy
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Okay, who can tell me what 'Golf' is. Never heard of it. Never played it. Might be fun.

Also need help with Cribbage, Forty-one, and Equal Offense. Thanks.
 
mullyman said:
Here in Japan in a ring game we have a few more rules to it that you may want to add.....

1 pt for the 5 in a corner pocket/2 pts if made in the side
2 pts for the 9 in a corner/ 4pts in the side

If the 5 or 9 are made on the break you get double the points for them.

After making the 9 ball the cue ball must end up in the kitchen. If the cue ball doesn't get to the kitchen you only get 1 point for the 9 and the next person breaks. If you do get to the kitchen you get your points and continue to break. An optional rule we play with sometimes is, if the cue ball gets to the kitchen, that you break from wherever the cue ball stops. You're not allowed to pick it up and move it to your comfort zone. If it stops dead center on the end rail, well, feel sorry for you, but that's where you're breaking from, good luck. hehe!!

Break run out doubles all points.

If the 5 or 9 are made out of rotation, on a legal shot, you get the points for whatever pocket it was made in and it spots back up.

Fouls are the same as regular 9-ball as far as not hitting the lowest number ball first, jumping off the table, scratching etc... The down side is this....

No ball in hand. If you scratch, for example, the cue ball goes to the kitchen and the incoming player has 3 choices 1) leave the object ball where it's at 2) Foot spot 3) center spot.

If you fail to hit the lowest number ball first the incoming player has 4 choices 1) accept table as is 2) Take cue ball in hand in the kitchen, object ball remains in it's position 3) move the object ball to the foot spot, cue ball stays where it's at 4) move object ball to the center spot, cue ball stays where it's at. The only time you can move the cue ball and object ball at the same time is if you choose taking the cue ball to the kitchen and the lowest ball is in the kitchen. At that time you can choose foot or center for the object ball.

Also, when you foul, the other players get one point each from you.

We play all ball fouls too. None of that nudging a ball and putting it back crap. If your shaft nudges a ball during your stroke it's a foul.

Another rule we play by is that you're not allowed to play a safety. If the ball gets hooked, so be it, but don't hook someone on purpose, you gotta go for the shot.

We play 6 games per set. The third and last games are automatically double the points on everything, including fouls.

If I think of anything that may have been left out I'll add to it later.
MULLY
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Here in Miyagi we also have a rule where, if the points remain the same in one rack, the next rack is double. Don't know if other places have that, though. Also, we play in sets of 5 (without the double at 3 and 6 rule), and after the 5 racks, the order is reversed. This game is also played with scotch doubles.
 
8Ball48043 said:
Okay, who can tell me what 'Golf' is. Never heard of it. Never played it. Might be fun.

Also need help with Cribbage, Forty-one, and Equal Offense. Thanks.
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First off all the games I mentioned are described in the BCA rule book that can be had at many places:

http://www.billiardclub.net/shop/official-rules-records-book-p-947.html

As for golf, this link describes the general game I'm used to (but we played it a little differently -- never used hickies, instead 3 fouls in a row means you go back a hole):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golf_(billiards)

As for the other games I mentioned (scroll down to the bottom of the following link):

http://www.billiardsvillage.com/billiard-games.html

Note: game of golf described above is unlike anything I've seen played but perhaps good for a regular pool table.
 
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14.1 can always be played with 3 players.

Howabout cowboy? Places the 3 ball on the footspot, the 1 ball on the headspot and the 5 ball on the centre spot (assuming there was a centre spot, but it can be approximated). You score five points for potting the 5, three points for 3 ball and one point for the 1 ball. You also score one point for a carom. Every time a ball is potted it is respotted.

The game is played to 101 points. The first 90 can be scored in any way you can, however you must score 90 exactly or else it is a foul and you lose however many points you accumulated in that turn. The next 10 points can only be accumulated through caroms. The final point gained by scoring a in off (intentionally potting the cueball of an object ball.)

All fouls result in losing all points accumulated from that turn. A foul is a result of any scratch (with the exception of the final point), potting a ball within the last 11 points, scoring more than 90 points.

The rule on the fouls can be very annoying when you've run 98 points and an errant 1 ball goes in a pocket after a carom :mad:.
 
Cut Throat Kiss Pool

In this game, you try and get rid of your balls by playing kiss pool. If you have never played kiss pool, basically, you shoot your object ball into the cueball and make your ball. Should prove to be an interesting game.

Enjoy!
 
We used to play Razzle, also know as Chicago, or 61..

play with 2, 3 or 4 players..Money balls are the 5,8,10,13,15...For 4 player you split into teams using who ever makes the 1 and 5 as partner balls.

Scratches go into a kitty pot and cost whatever you set the amount per ball at usually a buck, $2 , $5, money balls are set as the same amount

you have to move the lowest # rd ball on the table so you can combo the 1 into a money ball carom the cue off the proper low ball or play in rotation. Failure to hit the lowest ball on a legal shot is a scratch

you pull pills or flip to determine break order..

if someone runs all 5 money balls he gets paid in full by the other 2 players and he gets the Scratch kitty. If 2 players end up tied with 2 money balls they split the kitty and get paid by the 3rd player.

Sound complicated but I think it is in the BCA book. playing for $2 bucks or $5 bucks some good money can change hands quickly
 
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The best game for 3 players is widow one pocket.

Rotate partners. One person vs the other two each game. The person playing by themself gets the break. The one person covers the bets of the other two. For example, if you are playing $10 a man - the person playing by himself is actually playing for $20 that game.

If all players are of equal speed, then the game is obviously played even or you can adjust and add weight if one player is of greater skill level than the other.
 
widow 1-pocket

watchez said:
The best game for 3 players is widow one pocket.

Rotate partners. One person vs the other two each game. The person playing by themself gets the break. The one person covers the bets of the other two. For example, if you are playing $10 a man - the person playing by himself is actually playing for $20 that game.

If all players are of equal speed, then the game is obviously played even or you can adjust and add weight if one player is of greater skill level than the other.
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It appears to be the same game as grandpa? Any differences?
 
DRW said:
It appears to be the same game as grandpa? Any differences?
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I apologize - was grandpa mentioned in this thread. If so, I missed it when I scanned thru it. p.s. I have never heard of grandpa.
 
watchez said:
The best game for 3 players is widow one pocket.

Rotate partners. One person vs the other two each game. The person playing by themself gets the break. The one person covers the bets of the other two. For example, if you are playing $10 a man - the person playing by himself is actually playing for $20 that game.

If all players are of equal speed, then the game is obviously played even or you can adjust and add weight if one player is of greater skill level than the other.
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Does the person playing by himself get to shoot as if he is his own partner or does he only get one turn and the partners get to shoot after their partner "misses"?
 
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