When playing pool and you have a free table, can you win by playing your opponents ball into the black?
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I have lost a lot of respect for the rules of pool.  There are too many different types of rules for different pubs.  It's impossible nearly to have a friendly game with a stranger in a pub you don't often visit.\n\nA lot of friends seem to have their own rules, it's stupid.\n\nI am a very good pool player but stop enjoying the game because I realised that the official rules are NEVER played by anyone.  I am the type of player who will be happy to play the opponent's rules - but still they get confused with THEIR rules.\n\nSo stick with snooker!  It improves your pool, it also only has one rule and you can not get beat by lucky drunk youngsters.  Snooker is a  man's game.  Pool is anyones game from my experience.\n\nTo be in a pool team, you're generally like to drink in that pub.\n\nTo be in a snooker team, you're generally known to be good!
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its billiard\n\nmain objective is taking one point on each shot how ?\n\nThere are white yellow and a red ball\n\nyou and your opp chose white or yellow\nif you chose white\n\nyou will use it as  q ball and while shot you will try to strike to yellow and red ball, when ure white touch that other two balls you get one point and continue shoting if not its ure opponent turn he/she will hit yellow and will try to touch white and red
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I am assuming you mean 8 ball - no slop - no last pocket - in other words basic bar pool.  For me it is the "nip" the side of the ball when it is against a side rail to a corner pocket at least half way between the side pocket and corner one.  I tell you I can bank - double bank (side or corner) cross side or corner - up and back etc., but when the ball is against the rail (and I'm not talking straight shot down the rail) I have the hardest time hitting the ball and rail simultaneously to make the corner pocket!!!!
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You would be far better off getting a cue to play billiards. A cue is longer and straighter then glasses so will will stand a far better chance of actually hitting something.
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yeah! playing ping-pong against the wall. who won? lol. the wall ALWAYS win. lol haha. \neither i cannot return it after a while or did not hit hard enough to reach the wall.
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Pool if you knock in the strip or solid then thats what you are during the whole game until you are going for the 8 ball. 9 ball is just using the balls 1 through 9 and you have to knock them in order and saving the 9 ball for last. Who ever knocks in the 9 ball out of order loses.
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Hello this is thinkpink4u101,\n I guess you can as long as you know what your doing!\n\nLike you can't get caught eatting your cake!\n\nSo therefore, Yes you have to know how to play your cards!
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You should play a breakout just the same as you would play getting shape on any other ball.  You need to see the best angle to use to get shape on you next shot and then play the break out that way.  I know a lot of people who play BCA rules and use the ball in hand to make break outs because they can make a ball an create the angle that they want.  As far as cue ball speed you need to use the situation to determine what you will need to break out the cluster.  I try to only use the speed I need to make the object ball and get the break out.
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I'm assuming that you are referring to Yahoo! Pool. If you have a two button mouse, you hold down the right button and pull back the cue then let go to hit. If you have a one button mouse *most mac users* hold shift down while you click to hit the cue.
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No bet!\n\nENIGMA! ENIGMA! ENIGMA! ENIGMA!\n\nI now have one of your questions figured out, that I was originally wrong about, before the voting started. LOL\n\nYou asked:\n\nWhat happens in 8 ball (world standard rules)?\nYour opponent shoots at and successfully sinks one of YOUR stripes, then shoots another stripe and misses the pocket. \n\nWhat do you do? \n\nI say:\nYou shoot solids now, since he has now taken over stripes, because you failed to claim a foul when your opponent pocketed your stripe and then also shot a stripe.\n\nYeah, I know! too late.  LOLOLOLOL
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It depends on what kind of game you are playing.  Limit, no-limit, ring game, tournament.\n\nIn a single table sit n go poker tournament I would play conservatives at first.  When there is 4 or 5 players left I would play aggressive and steal the blinds a lot.\n\nGood Luck!
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if you play by the rules, you can play the game...
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It is always a good idea to know the house rules before you play any game. Here in the midwest we play mostly just call pocket. The reason being there is a lot less room for arguement that way. As you know the argueing can lead to big problems , especially in a money game. And most of the time if you called your pocket the shot was way you intended it to be anyway. So we just save ourselves a lot of trouble that way. So remember to always check the house rules and have a good time !
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don't knock the 8-ball in until last, unless you're playing straight pool........ keep your eye-level as low as possible, use a smooth stroke.
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Under BCA rules for 8-ball, the table is always open after the break shot, regardless of what gets pocketed.  The upcoming player must designate a ball and a pocket and successfully complete the shot to determine stripes or solids.  On an open table, any combination of balls can be used to make the shot, including the 8-ball.  It doesn't matter what was contacted first or if other balls were pocketed on the shot, as long as the called shot was made.  Simple.  Happy shooting.  M.D.-BCA Instructor/Referee.
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Yes and No it dependes on how you are playing. What you are talking about is called "clearing the ball" you don't have to play clears if you don't to.
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Look down below, and that should give u a starting point..\nA cue and 2 balls.