One pocket is a special pocket billiard game in which each
of the players can target the object balls into only one of
the six pockets of the table. Therefore, the one pocket pool
players are required to have variant of shooting techniques,
an excellent shot making and cue ball control, a smart
defensive strategy and lots of patience.
If you want to learn how to play one pocket, here is an
introduction to the game rules:
The pool game of one pocket takes place on a standard pocket
billiard table with a set of 15 numbered balls and the cue
ball. Before the opening break shot, the balls are racked in
a random order inside a triangle rack.
The object of one pocket is to score a total of 8 points.
The first player who pockets legally 8 object balls into his
selected target pocket, wins the game. If a player who
commits three successive fouls, he loses the game.
Each time a player pockets a ball legally, he scores one
point. Pocketing a ball into the opponent's target pocket
adds points to the opponent's score, unless a scratch
occurred on the same shot. When a player scratches or
commits a foul, he ends his inning and he is penalized with
the addition of a ball per a scratch or a foul.
The breaking player chooses a target pocket from one of the
corner pockets of the table before committing the opening
break shot. His opponent gets a corner pocket on the other
foot end corner of the table as a target pocket.
The one pocket pool game begins with an opening break shot,
in which the player is required to pocket a ball into his
target pocket legally. Another option to complete a legal
opening break shot is by causing the cue ball to contact an
object ball and then cause one object ball or more to
contact a cushion. If the breaking player fails in meeting
those requirements, then the opening break shot is a foul.
Whenever a player pockets a ball into his target pocket
legally, his inning at the table continues until he fails in
doing so. In order to complete a legal shot, the player must
cause the cue ball to first contact an object ball and then
pocket a numbered ball, or cause the cue ball or a numbered
ball to hit a cushion. To fail in completing a legal shot is
a foul.
When any of the numbered balls are pocketed into one of the
four non-target pockets, they are considered as illegally
pocketed balls. According to one pocket rules, illegally
pocketed balls are spotted.
The one pocket game ends with the first player who has
legally pocketed 8 object balls into his target pocket or
when a player who has committed three consecutive fouls had
to forfeit the game.
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