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Blackball Pool

Blackball pool is a pool-billiards variant using red and yellow object balls plus the black eight. Compared with other eight-ball rules, baulk rules, group choice, fouls and safety decisions shape play.

LevelVariant FamilyPrecision Sport CategoryPrecision sport

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Classification

Category Precision sport

Family Precision Sport

Level Variant

Getting started

Kurzbeschreibung Blackball pool is a red/yellow pool variant around the black eight.

Geeignet für Suitable for people who want pool to be social, tactical and clear on foul consequences.

Cost Low: table time and a house cue are enough for first racks. Table time, league/club night and possible own cue by ambition. Billiards room, pub league, pool club or blackball group. Clarify before each match whether blackball, international rules or local house rules apply.

First progress The basic idea is playable quickly; fouls, safeties and pattern play need practice.

Fitness level easy

Was du brauchst

pool table
cue
red and yellow balls
black eight
triangle
chalk
rule sheet

First steps

set rule variant
explain break and baulk
practise group choice
play safeties not only pot attempts
play short racks

Billiards room, blackball/pool league, pub team, university sport or club night with red/yellow balls.

Handle cues carefully, respect table equipment and keep space around the table.

Weitere Angaben

Aliases Blackball, Blackball singles, Blackball doubles, Blackball Singles, Blackball Doubles

Tags precision, table, cue, indoor, pool, strategy, blackball-pool, precision-sport

Rules and format

Die Grundlagen

Ziel

Pot your own group and then legally pot the black eight.

Teilnehmer

Singles, doubles or teams.

Teamgröße

1v1 or 2v2; team leagues possible.

Spielfeld

Six-pocket pool table with baulk line and red/yellow object balls.

Dauer

Rack, set or match format by event.

Wertung

Rack/frame win by legally potting the black after your group.

Gewinnbedingung

Win more racks/frames or the required set.

Ausrüstung

pool table
cue
red/yellow balls
black eight
triangle

Wichtige Regelpunkte

foul stroke
wrong group
illegal pot
cue ball pocketed
black ball too early

Regelquellen

Federations and sources

Federations

World Pool-Billiard Association (WPA)

Black Ball Rules WPA / CueSight · rules-guide · high
Blackball Rules McDermott Cue · rulebook-pdf · medium
The Official WPABB Blackball Pool Rules SAM Leisure · rules-guide · medium
Beginners Guide - Black Ball Rules vs International Rules Cue Sports YouTube · beginner-video · medium