Play your best straight pool is the most comprehensive course on the game ever published. I plan to use play your best straight pool to continually improve my play in straight pool by taking it to the billiards room with me and practicing the different scenarios presented in the book until i can master them with confidence and successfully play against more advanced players of this awesome game. Fifteenball is a game where shooters play for points and scratches make for a dramatic turn of the tables. Pool rules for apa league and tournament play billiard rules. We carry the best pool playing books and billiard books written by the masters phil capelle, mike massey, robert byrne, freddy the beard bentivegna and more. The game is played with a cue ball the white ball and fifteen object balls numbered 115. In straight pool, the shooter may attempt to shoot at any object ball on the table. In his book the new illustrated encyclopedia of billiards, mike shamos wrote that many believe straight pool also known as 14. The games of pool billiards are played on a flat table covered with cloth and bounded by rubber cushions. The official rules and records book, published by the billiard congress of america. These rules will be used to resolve any area of conflict during games but will not be the sole determining factor. This is a beginners explanation of eight ball pool rules. Traditionally, the 1 ball is placed at the racks right corner, and the 5 ball placed at the racks left corner, although this is not an official rule. It was the common sport of championship competition until fasterplaying games like nineball and to a lesser extent eightball became more popular.
Browse the rules of 8 ball on pool table 911 for more direction on how to play the game. The texts, images and visual representations on any part of may not be republished, retransmitted, reproduced, downloaded or otherwise used, except for personal, noncommercial use. The billiard congress of america bca and the world pool and billiard association wpa announced the 20172018 edition of the. Each ball pocketed on a legal called shot counts one point and the first player to reach the required score wins the match. Ninh explains the rules of 8 ball pool a popular cue sports table game from the usa. Please direct questions regarding interpretation of the following, or information on how to receive the current bca billiards the official rules and records book to the billiard congress of america.
The various trademarks presented on this website are held by their respective owners. Each ball pocketed on a legal called shot counts one point and the first player to. The shooters group of seven balls one through seven or nine through fifteen must all be off the table before he. The following general rules apply to all the games covered by these rules except when contradicted by specific game rules. Straight pool is a grand and glorious game, the king and queen of all pool games. So my theory is that straight pool was the dominating game, coin operated tables required a single rack based game become popular, and when straight pool rules surrounding fouls got switched over to 8ball, the rules werent fit to the actual game well, but because 8ball was a. Also see rule 39 in the general rules of pocket billiards 16. Pool billiards the rules of play effective 15316 contents. Here are the rules of the game, and some general information about the. The following general rules apply to all the games covered by these rules except when.
Get the apa pool rules including the official team manual, rule booklet, videos and materials on how to keep score as well as membership applications and other information on how handicap information is calculated. During the 1940s and 1950s, the pocket billiards game most often played in competition was called straight pool, or 14. With diagrams on controlling the cue ball and a big chapter on pattern play that shows you how to read the table and plan your runs. The game is also sometimes called 61pool for the number of points that determines the winner. The definitive work on pool and billiards national billiard news by champion player robert byrnenow updated throughout and expanded with new material on strategy in eight and nineball, trick shots, and billiard memorabilia, byrnes new standard book of pool and billiards is the classic guide to cue gamescomplete with detailed diagrams and photographs to help improve play at every. Byrnes new standard book of pool and billiards robert byrne.
In the initial rack in straight pool, the fifteen object balls are racked in a triangular rack, with the center of the apex ball placed over the foot spot. There are different billiards games that use the 15ball set. Ball differences one key difference is in the number of balls used. The history of pool, billiards, english billiards, snooker. What is the difference between billiards, pool, and. Teams that try to gain an advantage by creating their own interpretation of rules are subject to sportsmanship violations. This book provides you with illustrations that make it easy to learn the games shots and strategies. Theoretically, one need never leave the table, running 14 and breaking again and again. He won the world straight pool championship an unmatched fifteen times between 1941 and 1957. Rules and specifications billiards congress of america. The player uses a stick pool cue to strike a cue ball which in turn strikes object balls. Record high runs and averages this is a collection of pool and billiards record high runs consecutive successful shots made.
Byrnes new standard book of pool and billiards by robert. A player is said to be snookered when the cue ball has no straight, direct path to hit at least. The play area and equipment are the same as featured for general billiards. The games of pool billiards are played on a flat table covered with cloth and. Scf billiards will use the official rules provided by the billiard congress of america bca. The official rules and records book billiards congress of america. Some of these records are official, others are unverified and probably unverifiable, such as magnificent runs during practice sessions. Whether its breaking, banking, position play or safety play, we have the instructional pool books. Pocket billiards after he pioneered and employed numerous trick. It was known as french caroms, french billiards, or the french game in early times, taking those bygone names from the french. While carom billiards and pool are often played with similar equipment, each game is different and thus has different rules. Mosconi set the officiallyrecognized straight pool high run world record of 526 consecutive balls in 1954. Pool and billiards record high runs the hypertexts.
Except when clearly contradicted by these additional rules, the general rules of pocket billiards apply. The goal is to drive object balls into six pockets located at the cushion boundary. The book gives complete, easytofollow rules to a variety of games. In addition, the regulations of pool billiards cover aspects of the game not directly related to the game rules, such as equipment specifications and organization of events. One point is scored for each ball pocketed where no foul is made. Rules of play wpa pool world pool billiard association. American professional pool and pocket billiards player william joseph mosconi holds the third place in our list of top 10 pool players of all time. The object is to reach a set number of points 15 by default. Top 10 best pool players of all time greatest pool players.
Eight ball eight ball is played with fifteen numbered object balls and the cue ball. New worldstandardized rule book for poolbilliards pool. The following are rules that are referred to within the general rules of pocket billiards above. This is the largest governing body for these in the us. Click the link to learn more and order your copy n. Find the billiard book of your choice and get better today. Straight pool was adopted as americas first official tournament game in 1912, experienced a huge resurgence with the release of the movie the hustler, and remained the barroom and home game of. Eight ball rules except when clearly contradicted by these additional rules, the general rules of pocket billiards apply. Formats billiards rules pool games rules 8 ball, 9.
For the complete world standardized rules, please consider billiards. Press and hold left mouse button, then move mouse to aim. Other balls are placed at random and must touch their neighbors. You score 14 balls from the rack and the 15th remains on the table, the rest reracked, to be shot at in an attempt to break the nextand the next. The general rules for pocket billiards are followed for this game. Id have to offer a correction to the previous answer that was given continuous pool, straight pool, 141 are all names for the same game. The most popular game today in the world of pocket billiards. Rules of 8 ball pool table rules nj pool table movers.
The play your best straight pool book has one of the most comprehensive courses on the game to ever be published. Standardized world rules except when clearly contradicted by these additional rules, the general rules of pocket billiards apply. In the us, whether you are referring to 8 ball, 9 ball, or straight pool you most likely need the american poolplayers association apa rules. A guide to healing the feminine body, mind, and spirit. In his book the new illustrated encyclopedia of billiards, mike shamos. Learn how to play straight pool, one of the purest forms of pocket billiards. The bca uses the same rules supplied by the world poolbilliard association. Likewise, snooker is also a game played with similar equipment, yet has its own set of rules. Eight ball is a call shot game played with a cue ball and fifteen object balls, numbered 1 through 15. The shooter remains at the table as long as he continues to legally pocket called balls or wins the game by scoring the required number of. Straight rail from which the balkline games derive, sometimes called carom billiards, straight billiards, the threeball game, the carambole game, and the free game or libre in europe, is thought to date to the 18th century, although no exact time of origin is known. This is because the callpocket rule includes the break shot.
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