new ten ball rules??

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I was going to try to have a ten ball tourny on wed to replace my 9ball. but after prenting copy of rules and talking over with players. they came up with so many, questions and dislikes for it i am staying with 9ball, to much disaprovel with the saftey play,ect, ect, to much !!!!:mad: :mad: :mad: :confused: :confused: :confused:
 
I don't play rotation games very often, so I'm curious about the rules differences between 9-ball and 10-ball. Could you could highlight them? I always assumed they were the same. Thanks.
 
DarkArtist said:
I don't play rotation games very often, so I'm curious about the rules differences between 9-ball and 10-ball. Could you could highlight them? I always assumed they were the same. Thanks.
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The new rules are, um, interesting to say the least. Here's a thread about them:

http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=87807

"Call shot" is the major change. I can't remember if there were any others.
 
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Cuebacca said:
No need to stick to 9-ball if everyone wants to play 10-ball. You can start with the 9-ball rules and add an extra ball, making changes to the rules where appropriate. For example, I really like a lot of the changes made in this rule set:

http://propoolvideo.com/pool-and-billiards-features/seminole-florida-pro-tour---10-ball-rules.html
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Thanks for the thread pointer!

I think the person that wrote those rules slept through more than a few English classes. However, I do like the rules. I think they're an improvement over 9-ball and make each game potentially more competitive. I like that it seems to put more emphasis on a powerful break and penalizes the soft break tactic.
 
Cuebacca said:
The new rules are, um, interesting to say the least. Here's a thread about them:

http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=87807

"Call shot" is the major change. I can't remember if there were any others.
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It seems the intention is to create a game more difficult than 9-ball and I like that.

When I first learned 9-ball in the '70s, there was no such thing as "golden breaks", a 9-ball downed on the break was spotted and there was no such thing as "ball-in-hand" anywhere on the table, only from behind the headstring. In those days, you had to be better at shooting spot shots from behind the headstring.

I like Texans, but the advent of Texas Express 9-ball and Texas Hold 'Em poker seems to have diluted both games, heheh. ;)
 
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