8 ball open shot after the break

8 ball open shot after the break

At the start of a game of 8 ball when table is open,if I make a solid ball in the called pocket but also scratch(pocket the cue ball),is it a legal shot(establishing the "solids" as mine),and lose my turn? Or, is it an illegal shot with the table remaining open?

Smokeyjoe

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8 ball open shot after the break

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1. gibson on 5/16/2011 1:36:34 PM

   "On an open table, all illegally pocketed balls remain pocketed." The new shooter establishes his group by calling and making a legal shot. The ball he legally pockets establishes his group.

2. Fenwick on 5/16/2011 5:25:17 PM

   Unless it's bar rules in which case it's anyone's guess.

   New guy has shown up at the place I play. Comes from elsewhere and had all kinds of bar pool rules I never heard of.

   Just saying.

3. Mitch Alsup on 5/16/2011 10:19:49 PM

   There are a lot of different rule-sets in play, here.

   1. Open Table, Ball in Hand
   2. Open Table, Ball in Kitchen (behind string)
   3. you are solids, Ball in hand
   4. you are solids, Ball in Kitchen

   BCA is B, but only because a scratch on the break is 'special' other fouls are BIH.

   Without knowing which set of rules the establishment (or participants) have agreed to, it really does not mater. Pick one and stick with it. Thus, one should agree to a set of rules BCA, APA, VENA, WPA,... before starting off.

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8 ball open shot after the break

• Title: 8 ball open shot after the break
• Author: Smokeyjoe
• Published: 5/15/2011 3:45:53 PM