10-ball pool is a pocket billiard game very similar to
snooker. In 10-ball pool, your goal would be to score more
points than your opponent did by potting the red balls and
the colored balls alternately. In 10-ball pool, you would
score one point for potting a red ball legally. The first
colored ball that has been potted legally determines the
value of potting all colored balls throughout the game.
The lowest value colored ball in this pool game is the green
ball=3 points. The highest value ball is the yellow ball=10
points. Before the pool game begins, the 15 red balls are
racked in a diamond shape; the 10-ball is placed on the
centre spot, the black ball on the black spot, the pink on
the pink spot, the blue on the green spot and the green ball
on the yellow spot.
According to the 10-ball pool rules, the opening break shot
requires the breaker to cause the cue ball to hit the apex
red ball and then cause at least four reds to contact the
pockets or the cushions of the table. Failing in doing so is
a foul. Additionally, pocketing a cue ball or a colored ball
on the break shot is a foul.
Unless the breaker had committed a foul, he may continue
shooting until the stroke or the break is done; but this
time he must nominate a colored ball and pot it. The value
of the first colored ball potted determines the value of
every potted colored ball during the current break. However,
once the shooting player fails in potting a ball, the
colored balls return to their original value. When there are
no longer any red balls on the table, the shooting player
has to pot the colored ball in ascending order.
In order to complete a legal shot, the 10-ball pool player
is required to either pot a ball or cause it to contact a
cushion. When a red ball sinks into a pocket legally, it
remains there but a colored ball would be returned to its
original position after it has been potted legally.
When a player commits a foul, the balls will remain in there
current position, unless they were either potted or jumped
off the table. The incoming player can choose between
receiving 10 points and having the cue ball in hand, unless
the foul has been committed on the break shot.
The winner of the 10-ball game is the player who has the
highest score at the end of the frame. If the scores were
even, the players would perform a shoot out, which will
determine the winner of the 10-ball pool game.
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