Preface; Yes, I did read a some of the "Official" rules I found online.
Tonight was my first night back playing pool after my accident three weeks ago. With my bridge arm in a past-my-elbow bent cast, I went down to shoot a few games at the local pub. I gotta admit, it was pretty fun having people on other tables and at the bar watching me play with my cast, making lots of good shots, and winning about 70% of my games.
FWIW, I'm an 8-ball player, but with the only open table having only 10 balls -(people stealing balls- F'n idiots!) me and a few of my former 8-ball league team mates opt for an evening of 9-ball. They were less familiar with the game than I me, so I did my best to explain at least what I knew to be the basics of BCA 9-ball.
Two items I wasn't 100%; the one I figured I was close to being correct was that with a Scratch on break = BIH for shot anywhere, even if the one ball is behind the headstring (vs. 8-ball where you have to shoot from behind the headstring at an OB above the Headstring.)
The last item, not so sure. Even though it was a bar table, they were open and free on Sunday nights, but we played "you need to call the 9". Any balls pocketed on a foul shot stayed down, except for the 9 which would get respotted.
So the end of one game, there is a reverse cut bank on the 9 to the near side pocket, 'cept the shot goes bad, and the 9 rolls two banks back into the far side pocket. Is the rule that if the 9 goes into a non-called pocket it is loss of game, or can the 9 be re-spotted on the foot spot and the opponent take over shooting on the 9-ball? If the opponent gets to shoot, is it from where the CB stopped on an otherwise legal hit, or would there be any reason for them to get BIH if there was no scratch?
My thinking now is that the 9 going into a non-called pocket becomes a loss of the game.
Since playing was just for fun, the opponent got to shoot at the re-spotted 9, but it'll be nice to know for next time.
Thanks in advance for helping me learn my 9-ball rules a little better.
Tonight was my first night back playing pool after my accident three weeks ago. With my bridge arm in a past-my-elbow bent cast, I went down to shoot a few games at the local pub. I gotta admit, it was pretty fun having people on other tables and at the bar watching me play with my cast, making lots of good shots, and winning about 70% of my games.
FWIW, I'm an 8-ball player, but with the only open table having only 10 balls -(people stealing balls- F'n idiots!) me and a few of my former 8-ball league team mates opt for an evening of 9-ball. They were less familiar with the game than I me, so I did my best to explain at least what I knew to be the basics of BCA 9-ball.
Two items I wasn't 100%; the one I figured I was close to being correct was that with a Scratch on break = BIH for shot anywhere, even if the one ball is behind the headstring (vs. 8-ball where you have to shoot from behind the headstring at an OB above the Headstring.)
The last item, not so sure. Even though it was a bar table, they were open and free on Sunday nights, but we played "you need to call the 9". Any balls pocketed on a foul shot stayed down, except for the 9 which would get respotted.
So the end of one game, there is a reverse cut bank on the 9 to the near side pocket, 'cept the shot goes bad, and the 9 rolls two banks back into the far side pocket. Is the rule that if the 9 goes into a non-called pocket it is loss of game, or can the 9 be re-spotted on the foot spot and the opponent take over shooting on the 9-ball? If the opponent gets to shoot, is it from where the CB stopped on an otherwise legal hit, or would there be any reason for them to get BIH if there was no scratch?
My thinking now is that the 9 going into a non-called pocket becomes a loss of the game.
Since playing was just for fun, the opponent got to shoot at the re-spotted 9, but it'll be nice to know for next time.
Thanks in advance for helping me learn my 9-ball rules a little better.
