[jd]

The other day a friend and I were playing slop and I was under the impression that although we were not calling any shots that you ALWAYS have to call the 8 ball.

So my question is when not calling shots do you have to call the 8 ball to win??

Any help would be greatly appreciated!!
Thanks

[9BallroadPro]

Yes, that is the rule most play by, you can slop in any ball without calling it but you must call the 8. If you don't you lose.

[Pelican]

Like in APA, you have to put a marker by the pocket you are going to make the 8 in. That way there is no doubt as to which pocket you have called.

Pel

[billiardspoolnet]

Unfortunately there are some unethical people out there who will steal a win from you if they can.

To prevent this, no matter who and where you are at, always mark the pocket 3 ways. If the league does not give you a marker, usually a bar napkin up to a nice leather circle with an 8 ball on it, walk behind the pocket you intend to make the 8 into and take a piece of chalk and loudly slam it into the top of the pocket 2 or 3 times so it makes noise and leave it there. Assume your shot, then say out loud, in a loud voice, 8 ball in the: call the exact pocket like left corner, then take your cue and point to that pocket. Then shoot it in and claim your victory. If any one is stupid enough to challenge you after you did that you did not call your pocket, like they did not hear it, the juke box was too loud, you say, dude, you are deaf, dumb, blind and stupid, I won, rack em up, no more of your bull-s****.

It was called 3 ways and I don't want to hear no more from you on this.

This no one rule book everyone plays by so just establish the main rules before your game begins.



[ Edited by billiardspoolnet on 2007/8/8 17:39 ]

[GeorgeAllen]

This is a very interesting subject. I go into our senior citizens center to play pool for free and am a very young 50, but most of the players are much older from another generation and their group of rules which can be quite strange. Most seem to be from their youth in the 40's and 50's.

I asked them, what rule book do we play by and they showed me two, BCA and APA, so I made them choose one which was APA.

During a tight set, I shot a ball that hung very deep into the pocket. One could see it would have to fall during the game as we were on a very light and cheap table and the floor vibration would later topple it in. The problem was it was blocking 3 of their balls and if it fell, it insured their victory. The opponent is shooting and it falls in during his run and a full debate took place. Some said it spotted, others it stayed down. Nobody could find a ruling in the APA book. I realize they can't have them all in there and some must be called into LO or called on the spot by the leading captain or authority in place at the time. The room was almost equally divided, but the majority ruled it stays down.

So my question is?

Under Apa rules, what this correct?

And I realize BCA could have a totally different ruling?
When he could not find it in the Apa book, he found it in the BCA book and I said, no, we are not playing by that rule book, so put it down, I do not want to hear it.
If you can not prove by the book it spots up, then it must stay down.

[ Edited by GeorgeAllen on 2007/8/8 19:56 ]

[Pelican]

I feel sure that it stays down. Reason, most APA is played on coin-op tables so you have no ball to spot.

Pel