What is the significance of the 8 ball in pool?

The phrase behind the eight ball refers to a position in a game of pool in which a player cannot make a direct shot at the target ball because the black eight ball obstructs the cue ball—as explained by Harold Hadley in Behind The Eight Ball, a short story published in the Daily News (New York City, N.Y.)

What are the rules for playing 8 ball pool?

Eight Ball is a call shot game played with a cue ball and fifteen object balls, numbered 1 through 15. One player must pocket balls of the group numbered 1 through 7 (solid colors), while the other player has 9 thru 15 (stripes). THE PLAYER POCKETING HIS GROUP FIRST AND THEN LEGALLY POCKETING THE 8-BALL WINS THE GAME.

Is 8 ball pool Famous?

Miniclip has announced that their enduringly popular game, 8 Ball Pool, has earned itself a Guinness World Record for the Most Downloaded Mobile Pool Game. The game was first released on Miniclip’s website in 2010 and brought 20 million monthly visits.

What are the rules for American pool?

The objective of the game is to pot either the spot or striped balls using the cue ball. If none of them end up in the pockets following the break, then the two players exchange shots until one of them drops. If a player pots a stripe, then the striped balls are now allocated to that player.

What happens when you scratch on the 8 ball?

In 8-ball, if you’re trying to pocket the 8 ball, it’s loss of game. If you pocket an object ball and scratch, you lose your turn but the object ball you pocketed stays in, so scratching becomes part of the game strategy since usually a pocketed object ball is worth loss of turn.

What happens when you foul in 8 ball?

If a player fails to hit the 8-ball while shooting at it, it is a foul and the game continues. When the 8-ball is the legal object ball, a scratch or foul is not a loss of game if the 8-ball is not pocketed or jumped off the table. Incoming player has cue ball in hand. The third infraction will result in loss of game.

What is 8 ball pool called?

Blackball
Blackball is a standardized version of the English version of eight-ball. The two main sets of playing rules are those of the World Pool-Billiard Association (WPA), known as “blackball rules”, and the older code of the World Eightball Pool Federation (WEPF), often referred to as “world rules”.

Who invented 8 ball pool?

It was started in 2001 by Robert Small and Tihan Presbie on a budget of £40,000 and quickly grew.