Yes, if you are playing BCA 8 Ball rules.
No, if you are playing APA 8 Ball rules, except the 8 Ball which must be called.
Yes. If you are playing Straight Pool.
Maybe. If your are playing in a bar, they usually have House Rules which usually only require calling the 8 ball in the US.
If someone in a game of straight pool hits another person's ball and then hits the eight ball into the pocket, they do not win the game. In order to win in pool, you must be the first to get all of your balls into the pockets, and you must also get the eight ball into a pocket without touching another person's ball.
The 8 ball
That depends on which pool game you're playing. In 8-ball, you choose either the solid balls or the stripe balls and must pot those before attempting the 8-ball for the win. In 9-ball, you must pocket the balls in numerical order starting with the lowest numbered ball--potting the 9-ball on a legal shot wins the game. In 14.1, you shoot at anything. In one-pocket, when playing without handicaps, you shoot for any ball and the first player to make 8 balls in his/her designated pocket wins.
There are many pool games that can be played on a pool table. Some pool table games include eight-ball, nine-ball, three-ball, one-pocket, and bank pool.
The blue ball in the game of pool is the #2.
The word "pool" means a collective bet, or ante. Many non-billiard games, such as poker, involve a pool but it was to pocket billiards that the name became attached.
Under most rules, no.
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Anyone that regularly plays any of the pocket billiards games, usually 8 ball or 9 ball, can be called a pool player.
Under most pool game rules, if the cue ball fails to hit the object ball, or it hits and a ball then does not go in a pocket or hit a rail it is a foul. The other player will get ball in hand.
A magnetic ball pocket is used on many pool tables, especially ones that charge per play. It will ensure that the balls are collected after they are sunk.