What's right??

Paul Mon said:
I think it's clearly a foul to pick up the cue ball when you're not supposed to.

I'm not so sure about the point issue. Seems to be evenly divided. BTW, that same point compression can be used on the corner pocket. It happened yesterday during 9 ball. The cue ball drifted too far and it was unclear if the point was blocking the next shot. I brazenly pulled on the point, all the time saying "I'm really not sure if it's hooked or not, let me look closer".
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I'm left wondering Paul why you asked in the first place. In your OP you asked, "What do you do? Do you let him slide since it's a friendly game?" Now when several people have responded (one of whom I agreed with), you seem to now take the position that it's a foul and that's all there is to it. I'm just curious about what happened between the time you asked the original question and now.
 
jay helfert said:
I'm left wondering Paul why you asked in the first place. In your OP you asked, "What do you do? Do you let him slide since it's a friendly game?" Now when several people have responded (one of whom I agreed with), you seem to now take the position that it's a foul and that's all there is to it. I'm just curious about what happened between the time you asked the original question and now.
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Just to be clear Jay I did not let him slide. I called the foul and he got upset, mostly with himself for picking up the cue ball. IMO, if we play cue ball fouls only we are already bending the rules a little. So I called him on it. Like you I grew up in the era of all ball fouls and it's a lot tougher game that way.
 
From what I have learned by experience and from what most fellow members told me, unless it is a competition/ tournament, the keyword is "friend". Take it easy and have a good time. Tell him to put the CB back, it wasn't BIH and go from there. Before, I was anal as heck shooting with my friends, taking it as a competition and everything has to be right. No one would have fun because I was the party pooper, so now, I take it easy, and everyone is having a good time and a good laugh. That's what we have friends for, good time and good laughs. If I want to take it a bit serious, I'd just go practice by myself, because it is no fun to be around me when I am trying to concentrate and take it serious. It also has to do with whether or not your friends are shooting for fun, or they take it as serious as you do. If you are both on the same page, a foul should be called, because he understands what the rules are. Have a good one.

Happy shooting! :)

Chino
 
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It depends which friend I am playing with on the first one. I have known one guy for 40 years and he used to regularly kick my ass in pool. He couldn't beat me in any other sport growing up, but I could never beat him in pool until now. If he did, I would call it on him, and we would laugh our asses off. Anyone else I would have them replace it.
 
It's not your decision

Paul Mon said:
You make the call?

You’re playing a good friend, no money just bragging rights. You play this friend often and you kind of know their strengths and weakness’s. Playing one pocket and only cue ball fouls. OK. Regardless of the score you’ve just fouled by not driving a ball to a rail or striking a ball and contacting a rail. You are upset with yourself because you’ve left your opponent (friend) an easy shot. He has a brain fart and picks up the cue ball to relocate it like he has BIH. You immediately call foul.

What do you do? Let him slide? Tell him to put the cue ball back to where it was? Reminder, you’re playing cue ball fouls only and he picked up the cue ball.



One more call to make.

You’ve got a shot and are almost corner hooked (doesn’t matter what corner). You look over the shot and as innocently as possible you yank on the obstructing corner while pretending to line up the shot. Regardless of whether you were able to push in the point of the cushion or not. Is it a foul to try and change the point?
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About the first ? I as a player would not let you make the decision. Once I realized that I had fouled it would be over. I lose my shot and you can put the CB where you think it should be. That way I will remember what I did. I didn't know the rules. Next time I will know the rules. JMO
 
friends

whatever you do will be forgotten eventually
 
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Once you've established that we're talking about just between good friends, the only real question is skill level/familiarity with the game.

Be anal about the rules with a guy who has played for years and should know better.

Let it slide with the teenage kid who's just getting into the game and still plays bar rules on quarter tables because he doesn't know better (yet).

Especially let it slide with the cute bar girl.
 
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