Offical Itp Rules

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8-ball bernie

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man i'm dieing to know some answers to questions regarding the itp offical rules, these answers will dictate on how i go about my business, for instance:

1-your on the 8-ball, but snookered, suppose you miss it completly? is it ball in hand? ball stays where it ends up? ball in hand behind the headstring?

2-is there a 3 foul in a row you lose rule, or no such thing?

3-you sunk solids on the break, are you solids, or is it open until you shoot your first shot?

4-can the 8-ball go in sloppy, or must it be clean?

5-are we calling ALL balls or the 8-ball only?

6-is it cue ball fouls only, or all ball fouls?

7-how many innings must go by before a stale mate can be decided?

8-can we miss on purpouse?

i hope the rules will be posted very, very soon, so we can practice our strategy.
 
8-ball bernie said:
man i'm dieing to know some answers to questions regarding the itp offical rules, these answers will dictate on how i go about my business, for instance:

1-your on the 8-ball, but snookered, suppose you miss it completly? is it ball in hand? ball stays where it ends up? ball in hand behind the headstring?

2-is there a 3 foul in a row you lose rule, or no such thing?

3-you sunk solids on the break, are you solids, or is it open until you shoot your first shot?

4-can the 8-ball go in sloppy, or must it be clean?

5-are we calling ALL balls or the 8-ball only?

6-is it cue ball fouls only, or all ball fouls?

7-how many innings must go by before a stale mate can be decided?

8-can we miss on purpouse?

i hope the rules will be posted very, very soon, so we can practice our strategy.
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What rules did they use in the so-called 8-Ball World Championship in Vegas? Anyone know?
 
Str8PoolMan said:
What rules did they use in the so-called 8-Ball World Championship in Vegas? Anyone know?
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They used the IPT rules, everyone knows that :-))

John
 
3. Someone asked this question to Kevin on the CCB interview 2 months ago. His reply was "Open table. The player will not be penalized by sinking a ball on the break."
 
8-ball bernie said:
man i'm dieing to know some answers to questions regarding the itp offical rules, these answers will dictate on how i go about my business, for instance:

an we miss on purpouse?

i hope the rules will be posted very, very soon, so we can practice our strategy.
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I have been checking their site from time to time to see if they posted the rules so I can print them out and use them where I live. Hopefully they will come up with a set of rules that will become "the standard" for the game.

It might be good PR for the IPT to print out a set of rules and pass them out to the people who buy VIP seats.
 
Any body Ever Tell You That You Have a Mean Streak?

onepocketchump said:
They used the IPT rules, everyone knows that :-))

John
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Anybody ever tell you that you had a mean streak?

Made me laugh out loud!

Hu
 
ShootingArts said:
Anybody ever tell you that you had a mean streak?

Made me laugh out loud!

Hu
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Yeah, glad I make you chuckle.

John
 
as a player on the ipt, i NEED these rules as soon as humanly possible, they will dictate my strategy, and will increase my odds of winning. come in deno, come in!
 
8-ball bernie said:
as a player on the ipt, i NEED these rules as soon as humanly possible, they will dictate my strategy, and will increase my odds of winning. come in deno, come in!
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Bernie,

Just use the BCA rules. Believe me, whatever the rules are they are not going to be SO different that you shouldn't be able to adjust within an hour.

I sense that you are very apprehensive about this. My advice to you would be to get off this board and start practicing like a madman. I would go Bruce Lee on 8 Ball if I were you and forgo all human contact until December.

:-) John
 
onepocketchump said:
Bernie,

Just use the BCA rules. Believe me, whatever the rules are they are not going to be SO different that you shouldn't be able to adjust within an hour.

I sense that you are very apprehensive about this. My advice to you would be to get off this board and start practicing like a madman. I would go Bruce Lee on 8 Ball if I were you and forgo all human contact until December.

:-) John
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My feelings also, I think he's getting a little anal about the whole thing instead of concentrating on playing and getting in stroke. He's going to give himself a stroke.

He's not going to be playing until the end of January so there's PLENTY of time.


Bernie, take it easy and don't let your BP get up. Just play and let it happen, if you aint ready after all these years, 2 months aint going to do it. Good Luck.
 
no, no, you didn't get the point, the point being, knowing the rules will enhance your chances of winning dramatically. in 9-ball the rules are the same worldwide, same as in straight pool, 3-cushion and just about every cue sport, you could think of, however, rules in 8-ball are dramatically different, from bar to bar, town to town, and tournament to tournament, thus my point being, as ipt players, we NEED to know, our plan of defense, or attack as the case may be. and by the way, i'm ready to rumble!
 
8-ball bernie said:
no, no, you didn't get the point, the point being, knowing the rules will enhance your chances of winning dramatically. in 9-ball the rules are the same worldwide, same as in straight pool, 3-cushion and just about every cue sport, you could think of, however, rules in 8-ball are dramatically different, from bar to bar, town to town, and tournament to tournament, thus my point being, as ipt players, we NEED to know, our plan of defense, or attack as the case may be. and by the way, i'm ready to rumble!
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I got the point. You didn't. Bernie, I have walked into poolrooms all over the world and played 8-ball under more rules than you can imagine. I have played carom games with pins on tables with pockets, without pockets and other games with pool balls. I have managed to win a lot of money playing by different rules. The point is YOU adapt. If you think that you are going to get very far by exploiting any particular rule you are sadly mistaken. Whatever strategy you think you will be able to use because of the rules will be available to your opponents as well and so will be nullified, leaving you back to superior skill being the deciding factor. You are not going to be able to outhink your opponents on this tour. You are going to have to outplay them as well.

I will play you for your spot on the IPT. You write down the rules and I'll play you for the spot. If I lose then I will pay your expenses on the tour for the coming year. If I win you abdicate your spot in favor of someone else.

Please stop coming with these amateurish posts. I am sorry to sound mean but your posts have become annoying. It is great that you were chosen. You are also, unfortunately, among the small group of players that most of us feel are unqualified to be there. So please just try and keep it to yourself.

If you want the rules, then email the IPT. Get the point?

John
 
8-ball bernie said:
no, no, you didn't get the point, the point being, knowing the rules will enhance your chances of winning dramatically. in 9-ball the rules are the same worldwide, same as in straight pool, 3-cushion and just about every cue sport, you could think of, however, rules in 8-ball are dramatically different, from bar to bar, town to town, and tournament to tournament, thus my point being, as ipt players, we NEED to know, our plan of defense, or attack as the case may be. and by the way, i'm ready to rumble!
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I realize you're asking here just in case someone here knows, but if you don't know, how would we know?

Only a small amount of posters would know. Deno foremost, and then the handful of IPT-accepted players. If the IPT players don't know, then certainly the non-IPT players know less.

Deno isn't a pool player, so he may not be familiar with what rules are exected from 8-ball players. But, he certainly knows of the BCA. I suppose that there is a conflict if Deno/Kevin simply say "we're using WPA or BCA rules" since "governing bodies" aren't part of their equations. Copying them down and calling them IPT rules is a copywrite infringement, I'd guess.

So, I'm with John Barton. They'll be close enough to BCA rules (the meat of it). However, since Mike Sigel is from the old school of pool (as are many of the HOFers, etc.), he might influence the rules committee to "no call shot," which was standard in the 70's and 80's for pro 8-ball events.

Fred
 
take a sedative.

8-ball bernie said:
as ipt players, we NEED to know, our plan of defense, or attack as the case may be.
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LMAO!! :p

I,m really starting to doubt if you have ever played at all because it seems that you do not have a clue at what level pro players play at.
YOUR tactics are very simple,
1, Prey that its alternate break, so at least you get a shot.
2. If you break, make a ball and run out.

I hate to say it but I agree with onepocketchump.

Gabber
 
8-ball bernie said:
man i'm dieing to know some answers to questions regarding the itp offical rules, these answers will dictate on how i go about my business, for instance:

1-your on the 8-ball, but snookered, suppose you miss it completly? is it ball in hand? ball stays where it ends up? ball in hand behind the headstring?

2-is there a 3 foul in a row you lose rule, or no such thing?

3-you sunk solids on the break, are you solids, or is it open until you shoot your first shot?

4-can the 8-ball go in sloppy, or must it be clean?

5-are we calling ALL balls or the 8-ball only?

6-is it cue ball fouls only, or all ball fouls?

7-how many innings must go by before a stale mate can be decided?

8-can we miss on purpouse?

i hope the rules will be posted very, very soon, so we can practice our strategy.
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Of these questions, what has been your experience at the 8-ball tournaments you've played recently?

Fred
 
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