Touching the 8 Ball With the Cue

1/22/2011 11:50:31 PM

I have a question about touching the 8 ball with the cue.

When the 8 ball is the last ball remaining, would someone lose if it was hit into the pocket with the cue?

jags on 1/23/2011 10:53:41 AM
If it is hit into the called pocket with the cue ball, you win. If it is hit into any pocket with the cue stick, you lose.

Mitch Alsup on 1/23/2011 11:27:22 AM
If you hit the 8-ball with the cue stick into a pocket intentionally, it is an unsportsman-like conduct foul, and can lead to being thrown out of a tournament (2nd infringement). It is loss of game.

If you hit the 8-ball with the cue stick into a pocket unintentionally, the 8-ball gets respotted as clost to where it was as possible and incomming player has Ball in Hand. On a bar table (pay machine) it is loss of game.

gibson on 1/27/2011 8:36:04 AM
Cue stick ... always lose. If you are in a league or tournament you lose for unsportsmanlike behaviour, so check the rules before you do it. In challenge games or races to a certain number of games, you will see it more; but that just boils down to a dramatic way of conceding. A lot of games will not end with the eight ball or nine ball being pocketed; the opponent just says "take it" or "give it to you" and the game ends and you don't have to finish. I have seen games where the opponent concedes with more than one ball left, since the out is so easy that he just wants to move on to the next game.