What happens if you pocket the 8 ball?

Pocketing the 8 ball If the player knocks the 8 ball off the table, the player loses the game. If the player pockets the 8 ball and commits a foul or pockets it into another pocket than the one designated, the player loses the game.

What is considered a foul in 8 ball?

If a player fails to hit the 8-ball while shooting at it, it is a foul and the game continues. When the 8-ball is the legal object ball, a scratch or foul is not a loss of game if the 8-ball is not pocketed or jumped off the table.

Is there a 3 foul rule in 8 ball?

The opponent legally pockets the 8-ball. IMPORTANT: This rule is not utilized in amateur league play. If a shooter commits a foul three times in a row without making an intervening legal shot, the result is a loss of game. The three consecutive fouls must occur in the same game.

Can you scratch after the 8 ball goes in?

You only lose if you succeed to knock in the 8 ball and then scratch. While this is not the way most people who are playing for fun play the game, these are the official rules. You only lose the game by actually scratching after you succeeded to hit in the 8 ball.

Is the 8 ball Neutral?

The 8-ball is not neutral. A player is credited with all balls he legally pockets. When a player does not pocket one of his balls but pockets an opponent’s ball, he loses his turn. The opponent gets credit for the pocketed ball.

Can you hit 8-ball in another ball?

Combination shots are legal shots, but you can never use the 8-ball as the first contacted ball. In other words, you can use the 8-ball in combination with another object ball to pocket an object ball, as long as you don’t strike the 8-ball first.

What happens after a foul in pool?

A scratch, foul, or illegal shot results in ball-in-hand, where your opponent can place the cue ball anywhere on the table in preparation for the next shot. The only exception to this is the break (see the 8-ball and 9-ball differences that follow).

What is considered a foul in pool?

If the cue stick contacts the cue ball more than once on a shot, the shot is a foul. If the cue ball is close to but not touching an object ball and the cue tip is still on the cue ball when the cue ball contacts that object ball, the shot is a foul.

Does the 8 Ball have to go in clean?

a) It is never necessary to specify details such as the number of banks, kisses, caroms, rails, etc. My reading of this is that as long as your 8-ball went into the pocket you called it was legal. Pocketing the 8-ball isn’t treated differently than pocketing any other ball in this respect.

Is it a foul to accidentally move the 8-Ball?

Even dropping the chalk on the cue ball is a foul. It is not a foul, however, to accidentally move any other balls (including the 8-ball) unless, during his turn at the table, a player moves a ball and it in turn comes in contact with the cue ball.

What happens if you pocket the 8 ball on the break?

Legally pocketing the 8-ball on the break (no foul committed) wins the game for the breaker. The table is always open immediately after the break shot. The player’s designated group (solids or stripes) will not be determined until a player legally pockets a called object ball.

What happens if you pocket the 8 ball in snooker?

NOTE: If the 8-ball was pocketed the result shall be a loss of game. Pocketing the cue ball or driving it off the table is a ball in hand foul. Scratching on the 8-ball is not a loss of game as long as the 8-ball was not pocketed.

What happens if you take the 8 ball off the table?

NOTE: If a player removes the 8-ball from the pool table, it results in a loss of game. 7.6 Foot on the Floor Failure to have at least one foot on the floor at the moment the cue tip strikes the cue ball is a ball in hand foul. 7.7 Jump Shot