3.15     COMPLETION OF STROKEA stroke is not complete (and therefore is not counted) until all balls on the table have become motionless after the stroke (a spinning ball is in motion). (A ball that drops out of a ball return system onto the floor is not to be construed as a ball that has not remained pocketed.) Also refer to Rule 3.39). 3.42      DEVICESPlayers are not allowed to use a ball, the triangle or any other width-measuring device to see if the cue ball or an object ball would travel through a gap, etc. If with cue ball in hand behind the head string, the shooter causes the cue ball to hit an object ball accidentally, and the cue ball does not cross the headstring, the following applies: the incoming player has the option of calling a foul and having cue ball in hand, or having the balls returned to their original position, and having the offending player replay the shot. All the balls must be lined up behind the apex ball and pressed together so that they all have contact with each other. Skip to content. Created with Sketch. When a referee is presiding over a match, it is a foul for a player to touch any ball (cue ball or object ball) with the cue, clothing, body, mechanical bridge or chalk, before, during or after a shot. 3. General Description – Eight Ball is played with a cue ball and normal rack of 15 object balls. Even if you successfully pocket an object ball, you scratch if the cue ball drops into any pocket and you lose your turn. DISCLAIMER: This file contains property copyrighted by the Billiard Congress of America. If such an accident occurs, the player should allow the Tournament Director to restore the object balls to their correct positions. When an inning ends free of a foul, the incoming player accepts the table in position. Incoming player has cue ball in hand. A ball that rebounds from a pocket back onto the table bed is not a pocketed ball. 3.5       FAILURE TO POCKET A BALLIf a player fails to pocket a ball on a legal shot, then the playerís inning is over, and it is the opponentís turn at the table. Standardized World Rules Except ... SCRATCH ON A LEGAL BREAK. Dave”) billiards.colostate.edu. OBJECT OF THE GAME. The incoming player may place the cue ball anywhere behind the head string. If the cue stick strikes the cue ball more than once on a shot, or if the cue stick is in contact with the cue ball when or after the cue ball contacts an object ball, the shot is a foul. This rule also applies to ìact of Godî interferences, such as earthquakes, hurricanes, light fixture falling, power failures, etc. The lagged ball must contact the foot cushion at least once. (See Rule 2.20 for judging this kind of shot.) 3.43     ILLEGAL MARKINGIf a player intentionally marks the table in any way (including the placement of chalk) to assist in executing the shot, it is a foul. (b) Chalk - The player may apply chalk to his tip to prevent miscues, and may use his own chalk, provided its color is compatible with the cloth. He may use his own bridge if it is similar to standard commercial bridges. are considered jumped balls. While such contact is automatically a foul under the provisions of Rule 3.19, if the referee deems the contact to be intentional, he shall warn the player once during a match that a second violation during that match will result in the loss of the match by forfeiture. The primary purpose of this game is for one player to pocket the solid balls numbered from 1 to 7 or the striped balls numbered from 9 to 15, and then mark and pocket the 8-ball before his opponent. The player must nominate a ball and a pocket. 3.35     NON-PLAYER INTERFERENCEIf the balls are moved (or a player bumped such that play is directly affected) by a non-player during the match, the balls shall be replaced as near as possible to their original positions immediately prior to the incident, and play shall resume with no penalty on the player affected. 14.1 is a nomination game. (Exception: 9-Ball, see rule 5.3: "cue ball in hand anywhere on the table"). 3.33     JAWED BALLSIf two or more balls are locked between the jaws or sides of the pocket, with one or more suspended in air, the referee shall inspect the balls in position and follow this procedure: he shall visually (or physically if he desires) project each ball directly downward from its locked position; any ball that in his judgement would fall in the pocket if so moved directly downward is a pocketed ball, while any ball that would come to rest on the bed of the table is not pocketed.

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