From 0% to 50%. There are many factors that determine the chance of sinking the 8 on the break.
First, table size. A 7 foot table has more pocket opening space to rail space as a ratio than an 8 foot, and 8 foot more than 9 foot. So, the smaller the table, the higher percentage of succes, all else being equal.
Second, player skill. A break has to be fast and accurate to get the necessary ball action on all the balls to even give the 8 ball a chance of making it to a pocket.
Third, hitting the "pocket" in the rack that has the highest percentage of getting the 8 ball in good play, and use of cue ball control in that shot.
Fourth, is just plain luck.
On a 7 foot table, experienced amateur players will typically pocket the eight ball on the break once every 50 games. So, 2% of the time. Professional and highly skilled players can do better even on a 9 foot table.
No, the 8 ball must be potted on it's own, potting it with another ball is a foul. ADD: Technically correct, but not complete...potting it with another ball is a foul, but as the rules state, pocketing the 8 ball on a foul is loss of game.
The person who sunk the cue ball and the eight ball off the break loses.
The person potting gets nothing and the opponent will get 7 points, as the foul happened when potting the black.
If you have a free ball situation, you pot any ball, then a colour, from there if you clear the table as in red black red black etc, then all the colours, you would have a break of 155. The biggest break possible.
Potting the brown ball in snooker earns you 4 points.
I assume you are referring to potting a free ball then black, then 15 reds with blacks and then all the colours. In this situtation the break would be a 155.
There are no points for pocketing a particular color ball in billiards. However, snooker awards 1 point for potting (the term used for pocketing by snooker players) a red ball.
an eight ball usually goes for around $170 - $200. Are they talking about an eight ball - dope (i.e. crack?) or an eight ball in pool? An eight ball in dope was about $150 - $175. I have NO idea how much a pool eight ball is.
who invented eight ball billiards
The easiest way to rack in 8 ball is by number. Start with the one followed by the nine then the two and ten then three and eleven. When you get to the five and thirteen put the thirteen first. The reason is tournament rules state "not to have a solid in either corner to reduce the odds of having multiple solids going in off the break" place the eight ball in the middle and break!
Eight-Ball Andy was created in 1948.
Sinking the Eight Ball was created in 1998.