It was a tournament with guaranteed 500 for first regardless of number of entries. There were 32 players. So no I wasn't just playing for fun
Worst rule I've ever heard of
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It was a tournament with guaranteed 500 for first regardless of number of entries. There were 32 players. So no I wasn't just playing for fun
I've never played this rule in 8ball, we don't have that rule in here where I live, or even in big 8ball tournaments that I've seen, this rule is new to me, but here's the thing to focus on when playing pool.
Rules can be changed and redesigned for each tournament, this is usually the case in every tournament and I've seen this happen for many many years in every country. It's not a new thing, it's been in pool for decades now.
Usually tournament director and tournament creator can change few tiny rules here and there in every game, but he should have those set of rules written somewhere.
Lets be honest, in pool there isn't ONE RULE FOR THE WHOLE WORLD, because you can see few tiny changes here and there from country to other, from tournament to other. as I said in previous paragraph, usually TD & the guy who made the tournament will say the rules.
Sometimes you can find 9ball tournament, where TD tells you in the start of tournament, 9ball on spot for breaking, touching balls is foul, or touching balls is not foul, or if you break and made the cueball with balls, all balls spot, or not, then on 10ball you can find so many different rules that can be played, depends on guy who made the tournament.
Anyway the point i'm trying to make here, is i've never personally played that rule, but if the TD says it is the rule of that particular tournament, then yes, you lost the match, but sorry that you didn't know or ask about the rules prior to playing in that tournament.
But if they lied to you and it wasn't a real rule, then sorry that it happened to you and these guys are jerks.
Rules can be changed and redesigned for each tournament, this is usually the case in every tournament and I've seen this happen for many many years in every country. It's not a new thing, it's been in pool for decades now.
Usually tournament director and tournament creator can change few tiny rules here and there in every game, but he should have those set of rules written somewhere.
Lets be honest, in pool there isn't ONE RULE FOR THE WHOLE WORLD, because you can see few tiny changes here and there from country to other, from tournament to other. as I said in previous paragraph, usually TD & the guy who made the tournament will say the rules.
Sometimes you can find 9ball tournament, where TD tells you in the start of tournament, 9ball on spot for breaking, touching balls is foul, or touching balls is not foul, or if you break and made the cueball with balls, all balls spot, or not, then on 10ball you can find so many different rules that can be played, depends on guy who made the tournament.
Anyway the point i'm trying to make here, is i've never personally played that rule, but if the TD says it is the rule of that particular tournament, then yes, you lost the match, but sorry that you didn't know or ask about the rules prior to playing in that tournament.
But if they lied to you and it wasn't a real rule, then sorry that it happened to you and these guys are jerks.
What an assclown-rule! Around her last-pocket 8-ball is only played by bangers, anyway, but I believe the rules are somewhat similar to what the op suggsted. which is one of the reasons why I rarely play it. I've never met a decent player who insisted on playing by these rules.
Paul,
Had this exact setup at a BCAPL National years ago. My opponent was playing the solid. I had the eight. HE called the ref. Unintentionally ran the cue ball directly into the eight ball. The ref called GOOD HIT and walked away. I about pooped in my pants. Told HER my ball was the eight. SHE told the chief ref it was a split hit. I rarely and I mean rarely ever call an amateur ref to my table.
Lyn
I'm not sure that's the worst rule because there are so many terrible ones, but that's pretty bad. I have heard even otherwise fairly savvy players get lost in the weeds of "which ball goes in first." Is there ever a situation where that matters? I can't think of one.
ERIC MOREMAN
Banned
Dude that is on all levels man!!!
that wrong man go get your money back man and don't do that again.
that wrong man go get your money back man and don't do that again.
Could you play safe or did you have to shoot to make it?
Great post!
I could have played safe but I was in the zone and knew I would make it. It was an all Spanish speaking bar and I only speak English so the rules were announced in Spanish and the tournament director explained them to me personally after but never mentioned this rule. Just found out today there was a few grand riding on me to win too so that muddied the waters even more. That being said I still believe it was a real rule for the tournament and they weren't lying to me.
Where was this place?
I'd rather not give specifics but let's just say it's not the best place in town.
Gotcha. Did you get any money for second place? What were the races?
Was single elimination best out of 3 and wasn't for second place yet.
Unfortunately, I have not just heard of this rule, but had to suffer under it for years. In the Virgin Islands and elsewhere in the Caribbean that I know of, the traditional rules of eight-ball, including last pocket, were that if the opponent's ball fell first it was a loss of inning. Thus, if it occurred when making the eight it was a loss of game. Thankfully, we've led the players here out of the dark ages and anyone who is into the game now plays BCA rules.
BTW, in last pocket, as we play it, if you make the opponent's last ball (without, of course, making the eight), s/he gets to choose a pocket.
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This^!! Never happen, though.