9ball pool is less favored by amateur players than its fellow 8ball. But when it comes to TV broadcasts, professional tournaments and online games, 9ball rules! While an average 8ball game can drag on and on until either player reaches to the point where he can play the 8-ball and hopefully win the game, in 9ball, victory can be claimed even on the opening break shot.

Object of the Game
Opening Break Shot
Push Out
Fouls
Three Consecutive Fouls
End of the 9Ball Pool Game

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Object of 9Ball Pool

9ball pool is played with 9 object balls numbered 1 through 9. It is a rotation game, in which each player on his turn has to hit the lowest numbered ball on the table. The object of the game is pocket the 9-ball.

Opening Break Shot

On the opening break shot, the breaker (who is named randomly by play89 system) has to first hit the 1-ball with the cue ball and then either pocket any numbered ball or send four balls (or more) to the table’s rails. If a player pockets the 9-ball on the break, he wins the game (unless a foul was involved in the same shot).

Push Out

“Push Out” is a unique 9ball rule. It allows the player who shoots right after a legal break shot (and only then) to relocate the cue ball and by that improve its position for the next shot. A player must announce his intentions to play a “Push Out” prior to making the shot.

Fouls

In 9ball as in 8ball, the offending player has to give up his turn at the table and the incoming player gets the cue ball in hand. If any object balls have been pocketed during a foul, they will remain pocketed except the 9-ball, which will be re-spotted.

Three Consecutive Fouls

In 9ball, if a player makes three consecutive fouls on three different shots, he loses the game. To execute this rule, the incoming player must bring the subject to the offending player’s attention sometime between the second and the third fouls.

End of the 9Ball Pool Game

The 9ball pool game ends as soon as either player pockets the 9-ball legally. Alternatively, the pool game can come to its end with the loss of a player.