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9-BALL Rules in Billiards

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9-BALL Rules in Billiards

9-BALL Rules in Billiards

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POOL BILLIARDS:

The Rules of Play


Nine Ball
Nine ball is played with nine object
balls numbered one through nine and
the cue ball. The balls are played in
ascending numerical order. The player
legally pocketing the nine ball wins the
rack.
Determining the Break

The player who wins the lag chooses who


will break the first rack. (See 1.2 Lagging
to Determine Order of Play.) The standard
format is to alternate the break, but see
Regulation 16, Subsequent Break Shots.

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Nine Ball Rack
The object balls are racked
as tightly as possible in a SPOT
diamond shape, with the one
ball at the apex of the
diamond and on the foot
spot and the nine ball in the
middle of the diamond. The
other balls will be placed in
the diamond without
purposeful or intentional
pattern.

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Legal Break Shot
The following rules apply to the break shot:
• the cue ball begins in hand behind the head string;
• if no ball is pocketed, at least four object balls must be
driven to one or more rails, or the shot is a foul
• additionally, and only when Three Point Break Rule is
used, if no ball is pocketed, three balls must cross the
head string, or the break is considered ‘dry break’. (See
Regulation 18, Three Point Break Rule.)

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Second Shot of the Rack – Push Out
If no foul is committed on the break shot,
the shooter may choose to play a “push
out” as his shot. He must make his intention
known to the referee, and then rules 6.2
Wrong Ball First and 6.3 No Rail after
Contact are suspended for the shot. If no
foul is committed on a push out, the other
player chooses who will shoot next.
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Continuing Play
If the shooter legally pockets any ball on a shot
(except a push out, see 2.4 Second Shot of the
Rack – Push Out), he continues at the table for
the next shot. If he legally pockets the nine ball on
any shot (except a push out), he wins the rack. If
the shooter fails to pocket a ball or fouls, play
passes to the other player, and if no foul was
committed, the incoming player must play the cue
ball from the position left by the other player.

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Spotting Balls

If the nine ball is pocketed on a foul or push


out, or driven off the table, it is spotted.
(See 1.4 Spotting Balls.) No other object ball
is ever spotted.

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Standard Fouls
If the shooter commits a standard foul, play
passes to his opponent. The cue ball is in
hand, and the incoming player may place it
anywhere on the playing surface. (See 1.5
Cue Ball in Hand)

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The following are standard fouls at nine
ball:
• 1. Cue Ball Scratch or off the Table
• 2. Wrong Ball First The first object ball contacted
by the cue ball on each shot must be the lowest-
numbered ball remaining on the table.
• 3. No Rail after Contact
• 4. No Foot on Floor
• 5. Ball Driven off the Table The only jumped object
ball that is spotted is the nine.
• 6. Touched Ball
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• 7. Double Hit / Frozen Balls
• 8. Push Shot
• 9. Balls Still Moving
• 10. Bad Cue Ball Placement
• 12. Cue Stick on the Table
• 13. Playing out of Turn
• 15. Slow Play
• 16. Ball Rack Template Foul

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Serious Fouls

For 6.14 Three Consecutive Fouls, the penalty is


loss of the current rack.
For 6.17 Unsportsmanlike Conduct, the referee
will choose a penalty appropriate given the
nature of the offense.

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Stalemate

If a stalemate occurs the original breaker of


the rack will break again. (See 1.12
Stalemate.)

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Thank You.

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