What other games can be played on a pool table?

What other games can be played on a pool table?

Other Games to Play on a Pool Table

• Full rules & history of one pocket pool. Cut-Throat. The game of Cut-Throat is unique, allowing 3 players to compete in a game.
• Cut throat pool gameplay & rules. Straight Pool.
• Straight Pool history & rules. Bumper Pool.
• Bumper pool gameplay & rules. Table Tennis.

What does dog the nine mean?

dog the nine: In nineball, to have a simple shot on the nine, but to miss it due to the pressure.

What are the rules of billiard?

Scoring is achieved by “potting” balls, by “cannons”, and by going “in off”. A ball is “potted” when the cue ball knocks it into a pocket. A “cannon” is when the cue ball strikes first one ball and then the other. A player’s ball goes “in off” when it falls into a pocket having first “kissed” (struck) another ball.

What is the 3 foul rule in billiards?

If a player fouls three consecutive times on three successive shots without making an intervening legal shot, he loses the game. The three fouls must occur in one game. The warning must be given between the second and third fouls. This rule is optional for local league and tournament play.

How do you play Kelly pool?

The first player to pocket the ball on the table with the number corresponding to his alley wins the pool and the game is over. A player may pocket any ball on the table other than the cue ball, and continues his/her play until he/she misses pocketing a ball or plays a foul shot.

How do you play cutthroat pool?

Cut throat is a casual pool game played with three people. Each person is assigned five balls to protect (1 through 5, 6 through 10, or 11 through 15). The objective of the game is to pocket your opponents’ balls. The last person with one or more balls remaining on the table wins the game.

What is a pool shark?

noun. informal US. An expert pool player; a person who makes money by winning at pool, a hustler.

What is a good pool player called?

Most billiard players are called exactly that – “billiard players”, or sometimes “pool players” or even “players” when the context is understood. A really good pool player, however, is often referred to as a “pool shark”.

Is table scratch a real rule?

A table scratch happens when you hit the cue ball or object balls in a way that isn’t legal, but don’t actually pocket the cue ball. This is sometimes called a “foul”. These are the rules for a legal shot: The cue can strike the cue ball only once.

Are masse shots Legal?

JUMPING BALLS AND MASSE SHOTS WILL NOT BE ALLOWED. 5. LEGAL BREAK SHOT. To execute a legal break, the breaker (with the cue ball behind the head string) must either (1) pocket a ball, or (2) drive at least four numbered balls to the rail.

What is a slop in pool?

Billiards Forum notes that “a slop shot is a billiard shot that was not called, and that results in a ball being pocketed via luck or via fluke. Slop shots are legal when playing a slop version of various billiard games, but are illegal when playing any game in its no-slop version.