Miscue On Break

Adam Brown

Adam Brown

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Good Morning,

I was wondering about what is the rule if you miscue on the break. Is that considered a foul or do you line it back up and try again? Does the opponent have the option to take the break or what? I was just wondering.

Thanks, Adam
 
Technically its a foul and the incoming player can either except the table in position with BIH (9 and 10 ball) or you can re-rack and perform the opening break yourself. In most cases I give it back to the shooter but in tournament play or money games I would take the break :grin-devilish:
 
In most league rules the game is not considered as being started until there is a legal break. For example four balls must be pocketed or driven to a rail in 8 ball. So usually a miscue is not a legal break in which case you get to break again.....unless you happen to fulfill the legal break requirements when you miscue.
 
Thanks for some clarification. I tried to give the break to my opponent but he didn't want it after I miscued.

So let me get this straight. If my opponent miscues then I have the option to rerack and break my own rack?
 
Adam Brown said:
Thanks for some clarification. I tried to give the break to my opponent but he didn't want it after I miscued.

So let me get this straight. If my opponent miscues then I have the option to rerack and break my own rack?
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Only on 9 or 10 ball that is.
 
Adam Brown said:
Thanks for some clarification. I tried to give the break to my opponent but he didn't want it after I miscued.

So let me get this straight. If my opponent miscues then I have the option to rerack and break my own rack?
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Yes but in your case since he gave it back to you it would only be right to return the favor. Again you should only take the break after a miscue if its a league match, money game or tournament. It really depends on the setting or how you feel about it. If its a low entry kick around tournament I would give it back to the guy who mis-cued. If it was a big tournament with 1k for first I would take it. Hope this helps :smile:
 
Yes that helps a lot thanks. If I is a small tournament them I would just leave it up to the opponent.

Thanks, Adam
 
As a gentleman, I always let the guy that miscued break. Some rules say, once the cue ball crosses the head string, it is considered a shot.

Rules are different everywhere and they change all the time. Just depends who you are playing sometimes.
 
poolguy4u said:
As a gentleman, I always let the guy that miscued break. Some rules say, once the cue ball crosses the head string, it is considered a shot.

Rules are different everywhere and they change all the time. Just depends who you are playing sometimes.
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I guess I'm not a gentleman.
I don't take 'mulligans' at golf either.
If I make a mistake on the break, I accept full responsibility....
...and I will not accept charity from my opponent.
I messed up, I'm sitting down.
 
Adam Brown said:
... I was wondering about what is the rule if you miscue on the break. Is that considered a foul or do you line it back up and try again? Does the opponent have the option to take the break or what? I was just wondering. ...
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You don't say which rules you are using. If the TD is making up his own set, then it is what the TD says. The official rules are here: http://www.wpa-pool.com/web/the_rules_of_play and the break procedure depends on the game.

Lots of people have never heard of and never play by any written set of rules.
 
Many moons ago I was playing Big Ed a 1pocket set, race to four for $200.

It was hill-hill, 3-3, his break, and he miscues. I call it a foul but he claims the game hadn't started. (Of course like every other pool room in the country, there's never a rule book laying around.) So after some back and forth (and giving due consideration to the fact that it was his pool room) I relent. And of course -- proving once again that no good deed ever goes unpunished -- he makes a ball on the break, runs a few, puts me in a death trap, and wins the game, set, and bet.

At the time the only authoritative work on the game was WOP and as I recall, when I looked it up, the only applicable reference was words to the effect that the CB is considered to remain BIH until "struck with the cue in an attempt to execute a shot."

An expensive but memorable rules lesson :-)

Lou Figueroa
 
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