Rules question

[overlord]

Was playing some one pocket and my opponent shot a ball at his pocket. The ball glanced off balls already in his pocket and left the table.

It obviously was a drop pocket.

I called it as a foul and he maintained it was pocketed and kept on shooting.

I've never had this come up before in One Pocket.

I thought it's incumbent on the player to remove balls from his pocket so this doesn't happen.

 

[MitchAlsup]

Balls can leave the table and remain in the pocket--good shot
Balls can leave the table and remain out of the pocket--foul

It all depends on where the ball stops moving.

 

[Bob Jewett]

Was playing some one pocket and my opponent shot a ball at his pocket. The ball glanced off balls already in his pocket and left the table.

It obviously was a drop pocket.

I called it as a foul and he maintained it was pocketed and kept on shooting.

I've never had this come up before in One Pocket.

I thought it's incumbent on the player to remove balls from his pocket so this doesn't happen.

In the old days, sending an object ball onto the floor was not a foul. It has been a foul by the standard rules of pool since about 1990.

A ball that goes onto the floor for whatever reason is not considered pocketed, normally. In very recent times, some organizers have forbidden sending a ball that is hung in your opponent's pocket off the table to avoid it being pocketed. That depends on the organizer. A ball that you clear from the opponent's pocket by driving it off the table might be considered pocketed. Ask before the shot.

Your opponent was making a pretty nasty move, maybe. It's possible he is just ignorant. I guess you have to have a rules discussion with him.

 

[overlord]

In the old days, sending an object ball onto the floor was not a foul. It has been a foul by the standard rules of pool since about 1990.

A ball that goes onto the floor for whatever reason is not considered pocketed, normally. In very recent times, some organizers have forbidden sending a ball that is hung in your opponent's pocket off the table to avoid it being pocketed. That depends on the organizer. A ball that you clear from the opponent's pocket by driving it off the table might be considered pocketed. Ask before the shot.

Your opponent was making a pretty nasty move, maybe. It's possible he is just ignorant. I guess you have to have a rules discussion with him.

Thx for your reply, I had to let it go because he was making a big deal about it.

 

[freds]

"I thought it's incumbent on the player to remove balls from his pocket so this doesn't happen."

Right, in any game - if the pocket you're shooting at is full of balls and you try to get one more to fit, it's on you.

(Of course, the situation determines how you want to actually handle it.)

 

[pt109]

If I’m playing ANY billiard game and my opponent knocks a ball off the table, he just fouled.

 

[sciarco]

That's right