one fifteen
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not what i was looking for but thanks anyway
That's the same game I remember playing. Actually, a very hard way to play Eight Ball. Turned it into a little bit of One Pocket.
By the way the pocket for the one and fifteen ball is designated before the game starts, usually with a mark in front of the pocket.
That's the way I remember it also.
IIRC - it's sorta up-and-down rotation. You hit either the 1 or 15 first,
then the 2 or 14.
Dale
yes. up or down rotation.
http://www.billiardsforum.info/pool-rules/one-fifteen-billiard-rules.asp
I for one agree with Jay in naming which pocket the one and fifteen must be made in. You will see a tendency after the break in where the one and fifteen will sttle on the table.
I for one agree with Jay in naming which pocket the one and fifteen must be made in. You will see a tendency after the break in where the one and fifteen will sttle on the table.
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Shooting 1 or 15 Into Other Pocket
Jay,
Okay, the one and fifteen balls have designated side pockets prior to the start of the game. But now what happens if the one or the fifteen is pocketed in a different pocket? Agreed, the ball is spotted but do you spot it immediately and do you keep shooting or do you wait until your inning is over to spot the ball? This makes a big difference in strategies. I've seen it played both ways. In fact, over at the 'OPH' it is spotted immediately and you continue to shoot.
Gerry S
Jay,
Okay, the one and fifteen balls have designated side pockets prior to the start of the game. But now what happens if the one or the fifteen is pocketed in a different pocket? Agreed, the ball is spotted but do you spot it immediately and do you keep shooting or do you wait until your inning is over to spot the ball? This makes a big difference in strategies. I've seen it played both ways. In fact, over at the 'OPH' it is spotted immediately and you continue to shoot.
Gerry S
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We played it as loss of game unless the opponent made it for you.
Basicly the game is 8-ball.
However, the 1 has to go in the left-hand side pocket (as you look towards the rack from the breaking position.)
The 15-ball has to go in the right hand side pocket.
If you sink your key-object ball in a pocket other than the designated side pocket, you loose.
If the opponent sinks you key-object ball (1 or 15), this relieves you of having to make the ball in the designated pocket.
If the shooter causes the opponents key-object ball to move, loss of turn. If you are playing BIH rules, it is also BIH.
Winner breaks.
Your rules make the game even more challenging! But where I play eight ball this way is at the local senior center (OPH) and it would be too stiff for them.
I gather from your rules above it appears that if your opponent pockets your key-object ball it is BIH for you also. The rule concerning movement of your opponents key-object would defintely not sit well with the older folks since they normally will try to kiss it away from its side pocket if they get the opportunity.
Gerry S
We play where the 1-15 go into the side pockets , and they are wracke opisite there pockets . If the 1 goes in the right pocket it is wraked on the left behind the head ball and the 15 next to it . If either is downed in the wrong pocket they are spoted and the player continues to shoot .
I also play pedistal pool , where the 8 is spoted on a piece of chalk , pedistal , anyone knocking off looses , game over . makes you shoot real careful .
I also play pedistal pool , where the 8 is spoted on a piece of chalk , pedistal , anyone knocking off looses , game over . makes you shoot real careful .
Hey, Jim,
That's essentially the way the game is played here on the other side of sound at the OPH. I find it more challenging but still not too difficult.
OMG, pedestal pool. That does bring back some memories, but we played where extra points were given for hitting the chalk or pea bottle.
Gerry S
That's essentially the way the game is played here on the other side of sound at the OPH. I find it more challenging but still not too difficult.
OMG, pedestal pool. That does bring back some memories, but we played where extra points were given for hitting the chalk or pea bottle.
Gerry S
no.
up or down rotation, whoever makes the 1 and whoever makes the 15 are partners.
61 points wins.
The bar where we play is not a BIH set of rules. Your observation shows keen insight to the issues invovled.
This is the reason why that rule was invented. It is hard enough to migrate the key-object ball to the point it can be pocketed. It is also easy enough to leave the CB on the end of the table where there are no shots on the KOB, either. If there were no penalty for knocking their KOB from the pocket, the game could last forever, or end with KIA.
As it is, his game generally has 2X the inning count as a regular 8-ball game.
In any event, we attempt to play a gentleman's game
Give it up git... your thread has been hijacked by the guys who want
to talk about a version of 8 ball that is even more torture than the
common one.
As for 1 and 15 - I wasn't even for sure it was Rotation. There might
be a game where it is just who(or which partners) make 8 balls first.