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Eight Ball is the One of the most popular tournament style billiards game. Eight Ball is the ripe with billiards game played with a cue ball and 15 billiard balls on a pool table with six pockets. But commonly it is played with 8 balls. In eight ball billiards you are to split the balls into two halves for each player, one plays balls 1-7 while the other plays balls 9-15, the first player to pocket all his/her balls and then legally pocket the eight ball wins the game.
Here are a few rules to keep in mind: 1. A player will continue to shoot until he/she makes a fault or fails to pocket one of the object balls. Then, the other player takes his/her turn. Play alternates like this for the remainder of the game.When calling shots in this type of billiards it is not necessary to indicate the pocket and ball when the shot is clear 2. The shot became a foul if a ball that is the object of shot jumps off the table. Then a choice is given to opponent to accept the table and take a shot or shoot after taking the cue ball in hand and getting behind the head string. 3. There is strict rule that the first shot has to hit a group of the shooters billiard balls and either pocket a numbered ball or cause the cue ball or a numbered ball to end up in a pocket. Except the break shot, this is applicable for all shots after the table is declared open. 4. It is necessary to have a break shot that did not result in groups being determined for a billiards table to be declared open. In fact it is hard to determine who is a stripe and who solids by this the break shot. A game may be acknowledged as a stalemate when six turns are taken consecutively and the next shot will result in a loss of game. At this point the game would be re racked with the original breaker taking the break shot again. These are the rules to play eight-ball billiards game, you have to follow and learn if you are interested in eight ball billiard. You can also go for official rulebook to ensure your confidence, although these are not sufficient.
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