If you hit your opponent's ball into the pocket along with your own ball in pool, it is considered a legal shot and you continue your turn.
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When playing pool, scratching on the 8 ball means hitting the 8 ball into a pocket along with the cue ball. This results in an automatic loss of the game.
in valley league rules it is legal if you hit any of your balls first but other leagues may differ and barroom rules are specific to each bar. when in doubt ask your opponent first
Under most rules, no.
As soon as you hit your opponents ball it is a foul. Under most rules, this results in ball in hand. However, under other rules, knocking the 8 ball in when it is not the object ball is loss of game.
In 8-ball pool, the black ball rules state that players must pocket all of their designated balls (stripes or solids) before attempting to pocket the black 8-ball. If a player pockets the black 8-ball before all of their designated balls, they lose the game.
If you struck the 8 ball first as a legal shot, and the cue ball or eight ball pockets the opponents ball, this is not loss of game under league play and typical local rules, regardless of whether the 8 ball goes in or not. However, under some local rules, if you failed to call this as a part of your shot, it is may not be allowed, resulting in either spotting the 8 ball or loss of game.
Rule #22 in The Rules of Golf says when the ball interferes or assists an opponents ball.
Yes, each time the shot is made to pot, or pocket, the 8 ball, the pocket must be identified. Under some Rules, this requires a marker to be placed. Under these Rules, the marker must be placed or replaced prior to the shot - a marker left in place from a previous shot and not touched is not a valid marker.
The 8 ball must be the first ball struck to be a legal shot in 8 ball. The 8 ball is allowed to carom or deflect off another ball afterwards, although some local rules, not tournament rules, require that this be called as part of the shot.
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.
Athletes may score points based on the rules of the game. Example like football were players have to score by getting the ball to the opponents end zone with passion of the ball.
In pocket billiards, a scratch is a slang term to refer to a foul where the cue ball either goes into a pocket or leaves the table. After a scratch, the next player gets "ball-in-hand" with the cue ball. This allows them to place the ball anywhere on the table, or, depending upon house rules or if the scratch occurred on the break, placing it behind the head string. In 8 Ball, if the scratch occurs and the 8 ball is pocketed as well, it is a loss of game - under some House Rules, a scratch when shooting the 8 ball is automatic loss of game.