Bank pool Totally Explained

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Bank pool is a Pocket billiards game that has as it most fundamental requirement, that all scoring shots in the game to be made by a called ball off a and into a called pocket. While the game has multiple variations, the predominant version through much of its history was played with a full fifteen-ball, of which the winning player was required to legally pocket eight balls. A shortened version of the game using nine balls of which the players must legally pocket five for the win, often called "nine-ball banks," gained popularity in the 1990s and 2000s and is the subject of international professional competition and televised matches.

Rules

Aim

The object of the game is simple: to be the first player to five balls in any order (or eight balls, when played with a full rack).

Rack

The balls are racked in nine-ball formation (or eight-ball formation if using a full rack), but in no particular order.

Play

The key rule is that all shots must be banked (to, then object ball to one or more on the way to the ).
Bank pool is one of the "cleanest" (no "") pool games — no (the object ball must be hit directly with the cueball, without hitting the rail first); no (shots must be cue ball to the object ball, then object ball to the called pocket, and the shooter must call both the ball and pocket); and the object ball can't hit another ball on the way to the pocket (no ).

Fouls

The shooter "owes" the table a ball if he/she fouls — a previously pocketed ball (if any) must be . Any ball pocketed on a is spotted in addition to the ball owed. If the cue ball is (pocketed or knocked off the table), it's a foul, and the cue ball must be behind the (for example, in the ""). Any balls that were sunk on that shot are spotted. If the shooter hasn't already legally pocketed a ball at the time of the foul, a ball is still owed, which must be spotted after the in which it was legally pocketed. If the shooter makes a legal bank shot and another ball goes in accidentally, it isn't a foul, but that extra ball is spotted after the inning. It is also a foul if the shooter doesn't hit the object ball and drive it or the cue ball to a cushion or pocket the object ball (this is similar to but different from nine-ball and standardized eight-ball, in which any ball may contact a rail after the object-ball hit to avoid fouling). In many areas, fouling three times during successive turns means a loss of, but that rule may often be ignored in local amateur play. A stricter variant preferred by some is that even three non-consecutive fouls is a loss of game. Players typically make sure the rules are clear and agreed-upon before play begins, especially when gambling.

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