ex. If no balls have been pocketed, and I strike the one ball with the cue ball and the cue ball travels on and pockets the 5 ball, is the ball spotted or does it count?
2007-03-04 12:25:10 · 13 answers · asked by Kendal 1 in Sports ➔ Snooker & Pool
Yes indeed. As long as you hit the next ball in rotation first, anything that falls after is a good shot. It is a legal shot and you get to keep shooting. Pockets do not need to be called in nineball.
In nine-ball, on all shots, a player must cause the cue ball to contact the lowest numerical ball on the table first before the cue ball strikes any other ball (excepting when a push-out has been invoked; see push-out); otherwise a foul has been committed. This does not mean that object balls have to be pocketed in order; any ball may be pocketed at any time during the game, so long as the lowest numerical ball is contacted first. Because nine-ball is not a call shot game, the 9 can also be made in this manner for a win. A player also wins the game if the 9 ball is pocketed on the break (a "golden break").
Players alternate innings at the table, meaning play continues by one player until he or she misses, commits a foul or pockets the 9 ball for the win. The penalty for a foul in nine-ball is that the player's inning ends and the opponent comes to the table with ball in hand, which means the opponent may place the cue ball anywhere on the table prior to shooting.
2007-03-05 01:09:33 · answer #1 · answered by bribri75 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The cue ball can hit any ball if it hits the intended ball first. So, yes, you may sink the 5 ball after the 1 and keep shooting.
2007-03-04 12:30:41 · answer #2 · answered by Byron_Nichols 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In 9-ball, so long as the cue ball hits the intended/object ball FIRST, it can then hit and pocket any other ball...
... thus, your 5 ball counts!!!
2007-03-05 18:21:43 · answer #3 · answered by DC Fanatic 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The shot is good providing that in the rules discussed prior to the game you do not have to call your shot. If you play by calling the shot then the ball you attempt ot make has to fall and anyothers made with that shot have to be spotted. There are several variations of 9 Ball and rules..........I hope this will help
2007-03-04 12:31:37 · answer #4 · answered by fred b 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, the 5 stays in or any other ball....exception being the cue ball.....even if you miss the object ball and knock in another ball it stays in.....unless it was the 9 ball....it gets spotted......around this area these rules are called "Texas-Express" nine ball rules.....to speed up the game...especially for TV.....hope this helps.....good luck on the tour!
2007-03-05 05:02:31 · answer #5 · answered by Mickey Mantle 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the ball counts and u get to keep shooting. if you pocket the 9 ball after hitting a lower numbered ball u win depending on the special/custom rules of the game
2007-03-05 15:15:14 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think you actually have to make the lower one in first....so if the 1 ball goes in...and then the 5 goes...it should count. 9 ball doesn't start up for a little while yet, so I'm not positive!
2007-03-04 12:28:12 · answer #7 · answered by tadreams95 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The numbers labeled on the ball don't mean anything. They are just a convenient way for you and your golfing buddies to know which balls belong to who. That way the game will progress more faster and with less confusion.
2016-03-28 23:41:46 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
in 9 ball if u r shooting at the 1 or what ever if it is it first any balls that goes in counts if 9 goes game is over
2007-03-04 12:29:54 · answer #9 · answered by catfisherman46 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It counts. It think you can combo any ball as long as your useing the lowest ball on the table to combo with.
2007-03-04 12:32:48 · answer #10 · answered by c_sperat 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋