Pool / Billiards RulesĮight-ball, sometimes called stripes and solids, or pocket billiards, is the most common game of pool played today.
To set up a 9-ball rack, use only the balls numbered 1-9.The most widespread game of pool, also known as, stripes and solids, pocket billiards, and 8 ball pool. There are two boards (The WEPF and BCA) who have come together to decide the rules, but some specifics may depend on the tournament (which will be covered below). 9-Ball can be played with a set 2” spots and stripes on an English table, but the regulation game played in tournaments is always on an American style table with the larger 2 1/4” balls. The player must clear all of their colour balls from the table, before then potting the black or 8-ball to win the frame.ĩ-Ball is a hugely popular game over in America, and the rest of the world, but is surprisingly a generally lesser known table sport in England! The game is very fast paced, and you will play through frames quickly making for a very exciting game to play.
Once a coloured ball is potted, whatever colour that player potted becomes that player’s colour, and it is then a ‘race to the black’. Players take it in terms taking shots with the cue ball from the baulk line to break and to pot any ball (excluding the black/8-ball). The balls are arranged in a triangle, with the point pointing back up the table. It can be played on any kind of table, either on an English table with 2” balls, or an American table with 2 1/4“ balls. The game is played with either english reds and yellows, or American spots and stripes. The respective rule sets can be found on their respective websites if you want to read the finer specifics, but for the sake of this guide, here is a very basic outline on the game.Ĩ-Ball Pool is very much just the game you will know from playing casually at home or even at the local pub or arcade. The main bodies being the World Pool-Billiard association, The EBA (European Blackball Association) and finally, the WEPF (World Eight-Ball Pool Federation) who cover the international rules of the sport. There are a number of bodies that govern 8-ball rules. They are very different games to play, but both are excellent fun. The two most popular games you can play on a pool table is either 8-Ball, or 9-Ball.
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