8-Ball Rules
8-Ball is played with a “cue ball” (white) and fifteen balls which are divided into three groups:
- Solids - seven balls with numerical symbols lower than Eight which are Solid in color (but are not black);
- The Black - one ball with numerical symbol of Eight which is colored Black;
- Stripes- seven balls with numerical symbols higher than Eight which are dyed with Stripes.
At the beginning of the game, all the object balls are racked in a triangle and the 8-Ball (black) is in the center. At least four balls must hit cushions on the first strike (unless a ball was legally pocketed), otherwise balls will be re-racked and game will restart. If the 8-Ball is pocketed on the break, the shooter wins the game.
Players will be assigned with a group to shoot when the first ball is pocketed. The first ball pocketed by a player defines the group which is assigned for the player. In a case where the shooter pockets balls from both groups on the break, he will get another consecutive shot. He will be assigned with the group to which belong the ball he hits first on that second shot.
Players should pocket all the balls in the selected group and only then they should pocket the 8-Ball, to win the game.
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