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How to play Eight-Ball

Cue sport on a six-pocket table. A match is best of three frames, with the break alternating.

Setup

Fifteen object balls — solids 1 to 7, stripes 9 to 15 and the black 8 — racked in a triangle, plus the cue ball.

On your turn

  • The breaker opens by hitting the rack.
  • After the break the table is open: the first player to legally pot a ball takes that group.
  • Keep shooting while you legally pot your own balls. A miss or a foul passes the turn.

Special rules

  • Fouls — potting the cue ball, hitting the wrong group first, or hitting nothing — give the opponent ball-in-hand.
  • After clearing your group, call a pocket and pot the 8-ball. Potting it early, or with the cue ball, loses the frame. If it drops on the break, the balls are re-racked.

Winning, draws and losing

  • Win a frame by legally potting the 8-ball. Take the majority of frames to win the match.

Online rules and fair play

  • The server runs the physics: your phone sends only aim, power, spin and cue-ball position, so both players see exactly the same shot.
  • A shot clock stops stalling, and unnaturally perfect accuracy is flagged.
  • A disconnected player has 60 seconds to return before forfeiting.
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