Rules for 15-Ball rotation?

[Icon of Sin]

I heard the rules for this game are something like each ball is assigned a point value that is the balls number and you play to a predetermined score. The rest is like nine ball?

Racking is 1 in front, 15 in middle and 2 and 3 on the back row ends correct? Normally what is the game played to?

 

[stick8]

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I heard the rules for this game are something like each ball is assigned a point value that is the balls number and you play to a predetermined score. The rest is like nine ball?

Racking is 1 in front, 15 in middle and 2 and 3 on the back row ends correct? Normally what is the game played to?

racking is correct, each ball is the value that is on the ball[2-2points,9-9points, ect] first player to get 61 points is winner, and yes played simular to nine ball ,make a good hit on o,b, and any thing that goes counts. played it as young boy growing up, that and snooker is all we played .no nine ball or eight ball. front table was open table any one could play as ayoungster if ihad 2 bucks iwas in good shape, but if on open table and five guys were playing loser or low point man payed for everyone, amagine what that would do to your 2bucks!!!!!! STICK

 

[Icon of Sin]

racking is correct, each ball is the value that is on the ball[2-2points,9-9points, ect] first player to get 61 points is winner, and yes played simular to nine ball ,make a good hit on o,b, and any thing that goes counts. played it as young boy growing up, that and snooker is all we played .no nine ball or eight ball. front table was open table any one could play as ayoungster if ihad 2 bucks iwas in good shape, but if on open table and five guys were playing loser or low point man payed for everyone, amagine what that would do to your 2bucks!!!!!! STICK

Thanks!!!

61 seems awful qucik though

Also. is the rack over if someone legally sinks the 15 off a lower ball and you rerack, or do you continue to play the table for the rest of the points? and I assume if you make a ball and scratch on the same shot then that ball stays down but you dont get the points?

 

[Cardinal_Syn]

Thanks!!!

61 seems awful qucik though

Also. is the rack over if someone legally sinks the 15 off a lower ball and you rerack, or do you continue to play the table for the rest of the points? and I assume if you make a ball and scratch on the same shot then that ball stays down but you dont get the points?

well the game ends when a player reaches 61. if you make the 15 ball then that will give you 15 points added to your score. if you scratch and make a ball the ball is respoted and the cue ball goes behind the line. unlike 9-ball there is no ball in hand. so if your opponent makes a foul it's either you take the shot on where it is or ask for a respot. i hope that made sense,

 

[Tennesseejoe]

well the game ends when a player reaches 61. so if your opponent makes a foul it's either you take the shot on where it is or ask for a respot. i hope that made sense,

What is a respot?

 

[Cardinal_Syn]

What is a respot?

a respot or a spot is when you shoot behind the line and you put the object on the (whats that thing called)....is it the headstring? it's that spot where you rack the one ball i'm sure i got the name wrong

 

[acedotcom]

61

In the hispanic pool room where I grew up the game was actually called "61." That number wasn't snatched out of the air. When one player or one team has 61 points, that assures that even if the other team gets all the remaining balls they won't be able to surpass your total. I'm lazy but you can add up all the balls and see what you come up with.

 

[Andrew Manning]

In the hispanic pool room where I grew up the game was actually called "61." That number wasn't snatched out of the air. When one player or one team has 61 points, that assures that even if the other team gets all the remaining balls they won't be able to surpass your total. I'm lazy but you can add up all the balls and see what you come up with.

120. Thus if you have 61, there are only 59 left on the table.

Heath, it's not really like 9-ball except that you shoot the balls in sequence. Fouls don't get you ball in hand; you shoot it where it lies or tell the player who fouled to shoot again. After a scratch you shoot from the kitchen. Balls sunk on a foul get spotted. The 15 ball has no special significance except that it's worth more points than anything else.

So 61 points (or three-fouling your opponent) wins the rack, and you play to a certain number of racks. Spots are given out as points, not balls, so instead of playing 61-61 (even), you might play 75-46 or 68-53.

-Andrew