Game Variations: One Pocket

The following website lists the rules for a variation of a pool game that looks fun if you can decipher the rules correctly. Click here to visit it. The rules are re-listed in proper format for clarity below.

TYPE OF GAME

One Pocket is a form of pocket-billiards in which the opposing sides each have one of the foot pockets in which to sink their balls. They can not have the same foot pocket as their pocket. The winning player is the one to first score eight balls in his pocket (any eight balls).

PLAYERS

The game may be played by two individuals, or by two teams.

BALLS USED

The standard set of object-balls numbered 1-15, plus cue-ball.

THE RACK

A triangle rack with the apex on the foot spot. There is no particular order to the position of the balls in the rack.

OBJECT OF THE GAME

To win by getting any eight balls in your pocket.

SCORING

A player scores a ball in his pocket when he legally pockets a called ball in his pocket, or when his opponent shoots a ball(s) into his pocket (whether the opponent's stroke was legal or not).

OPENING BREAK

The player winning the lag has choice of breaking, or assigning the break to his opponent. The starting player, called the breaker, will choose which one of the foot pockets will be his pocket. His opponent will have the remaining foot pocket. The starting player must then either pocket a called ball in his pocket, or cause a ball from the rack, or the cue ball (after hitting an objet-ball), to make contact with a cushion. Failure to do so is a foul, and the player's inning is ended and a 1-point penalty is applied.

For the actual RULES OF PLAY, WINNING and FOULS, visit the link and check it out.

Except when clearly contradicted by these additional rules, the General Rules of Pocket Billiards apply.

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