8 Ball is played with a cue ball, an 8 ball, and fifteen other balls from 1 to 15. Balls 1 through 7 are solid colors, and balls 9 through 15 are stripes of different colors. One player must hit the solid colored pockets while the other player must hit the striped balls. The first player to hit all of his balls plus the 8 ball wins.

There are four general phases to the game of 8-ball, setup, breaking, taking turns, and pocketing the 8-ball.

Startup

To start the game, all the balls except the cue are placed in the triangle (known as the rack) at one end of the pool table with the 8 ball in the middle of the rack and one solid and one striped at the two corners. other. corner, and everyone else goes to the shelf around that. Remove the rack and keep the balls in place now that you’re ready to play. Place the cue ball at the other end of the table. Now you are ready for phase 2 the break.

Rest

One player is chosen to break for perhaps the loser of the last game breaks, rock paper scissors, toss a coin, lag (each player throws a ball from one end of the pool table to hit the wall at one end and back to the other) The player who approaches the wall (or rail) wins the lag and has the option to break or pass the break to the opponent) etc…
For the opening shot to be legal, the breaker with the cue ball must pocket a ball or have four balls hit the back cushion, when the breaker fails to do so, it is a foul. When the foul occurs, the opponent has the option to re-place the cue ball anywhere on the table before the middle line and shoot from there. If the breaker pots a ball, his play continues until he misses a shot. The choice of stripes or solids happens during break or during shifts. The choice of stripes or solids is not determined on the serve, even if balls are pocketed because the table is open immediately after the serve. Pool choice occurs when a player legally pockets a ball after the break. Whichever group is chosen, the other player becomes the other group.

picking turns

A player will continue his turn until a foul occurs or he is unable to pocket a ball. Then it becomes the opponents turn. Play continues until your entire group has been pocketed and you legally pocket the 8-ball.

pocketing the 8 ball

When pocketing the 8 ball, one must call the shot. Which means the player must choose and tell their opponent which pocket the 8-ball will go into. If the 8-ball goes into the correctly called pocket, that player wins. If the ball does not go into a pocket, that player’s turn ends and it becomes the opponents’ turn. Once the 8-ball is pocketed correctly and that player has pocketed their group, the game ends.

faults

During the game fouls can occur. Here are some of the many. Scratch at halftime. The balls jump off the table. 8 Ball is pocketed during halftime or during turns before its group has been pocketed. If this happens, the player who pocketed the 8-ball illegally loses. If a foul occurs, the opponent can place the cue anywhere before the middle line of the table and play continues. If there is a crowd with the 8 ball game it is over.