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The Pool Rules
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- Pool Rules can vary from one pool hall to another, but the pool
rules described here are the official rules goverened by the
Billiard Congress of America.However, a player must demonstrate his
or her good sportsmanship not only by following pool game rules but
by following pool table etiquette as well.
- If a table has a
set of house pool rules, one should abide by them.So, do not make up
rules after the pool game has begun.If any rules are questionable,
bring them up before the game has begun.
- Back To Top - Pool
Table rules
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- Billiards Home - Pool, Billiard, and Snooker Rules for the
various cue sports
- This section is all about the rules of
pool, billiards, and snooker.Whether you are a beginner pocket
billiards player, or an experienced billiard aficionado, you will
find the rules you are looking for here in the pool rules section.In
some parts, we have simplified and explained various rules of pocket
billiards and have re-written some in a way that is easy for the
novice billiard player to comprehend.We have also given some
variations of the official rules that can make the game more
enjoyable for you as you are learning to play.Also for the novice,
we have inserted some illustrations to give a clearer understanding
of the official rules.If there are any terms that you do not
understand, look them up in our Billiard Terms section.
- All
content ? 2007 billiardsforum.info - Pool Rules - unless otherwise
noted.
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- Rules Of The Game (8 Ball, 9 Ball, Straight Pool, 14.1
Continuous) - Brunswick Billiards
- Game Rules (for over a
dozen games: bank pool, seven ball, nine ball...) - Best Billiard
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Rules For Various Cue Games (cowboy, pocket billiards,
eight-ball...) - Billiards & Pool at New Mexico Tech
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- American-style eight-ball rules are played around the world by
professionals, and in many amateur leagues.The rules for eight-ball
may be the most contested of any billiard game.There are several
competing sets of "official" rules.The non-profit World
Pool-Billiard Association (WPA), with national affiliates such as
the Billiard Congress of America (BCA), promulgates the World
Standardised Rules[5] for amateur and professional play.The
for-profit International Pool Tour has also established an
international set of rules[6] for professional and semi-professional
play, used in major tournaments broadcast on television.Meanwhile,
many amateur leagues, such as the American Poolplayers Association
(APA) / Canadian Poolplayers Association (CPA), and the Valley
National Eight-ball Association (VNEA) / VNEA Europe, use their own
rulesets as their standards (most of them at least loosely based on
the WPA/BCA version), while millions of individuals play informally
using colloquial rules which vary not only from area to area but
even from venue to venue.
- Australian bar rules dictate that
if one loses the game with all seven balls remaining on the table,
one has been "pantsed" and must hobble one full lap around the pool
table, with one's pants around one's ankles, or even fully
naked.(See also related New Zealand variant.)
- There are
several colloquial blackball variations, which along with
differences between published blackball rules and American-style
eight-ball can be encountered by eight-ball players as a form of
culture clash when playing against opponents who are more accustomed
to UK pub pool, the two-shot rules being the most significant.
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Most league (i.e. more formal, "official" rules) players are also
bar pool players in other circumstances and will switch back and
forth between league rules and their local house rules, depending on
whom their opponents are.
- "World Standardised Rules", World
Pool-Billiard Association, 2005.
- "Official IPT 8-Ball Rules",
International Pool Tour, copyright 2006.
- World Pool-Billiard
Association (WPA) — the International Olympic Committee-recognised
promulgator of international rules for a variety of cue sports
including eight-ball.
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- Inability to abide by any of the above rules, and by any
requests or instructions by the Life Guards or Manager, will result
in revocation of pool privileges.
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- All Johns Hopkins University staff, including lifeguards, have
the authority and responsibility to enforce the rules of the
pool.Any user who elects to ignore staff requests regarding pool
regulations will be subject to expulsion from the facility.
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