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But I have no idea what it's officially called, I think it's World Rules pool. The US version on the big tables where a ball has to hit a rail after contact, nominate pocket on black and after any foul the incoming player has ball in hand anywhere on the table is the best version of pool I've played. The main difference for me in the pool I play is the tables, the UK pool tables with the small white, red and yellow balls is the pool I have no time for, especially with the 2 turns after a foul rule. Oh right, I thought Hendry was promoting the one where you pot your balls off the white. To confuse the issue, there is an American pool variant called 'Chinese Eight Ball' played on a normal pool table, where the object balls are hit into the cue ball and have to be potted by playing a carom off the cue ball.Īnyone know more about the rule differences and politics involved in this? And how badly is the split affecting ordinary players in the UK? I gather there are big differences between counties on this. The prize money Potts got for winning the Chinese Eight Ball Masters was 50,000 US dollars, so attractive for players I'd guess. They are promoting the game as Chinese Eight Ball, but it's sometimes known as 'Black Eight'.
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Anyone know?Ĩ ball pool is very popular in China, with big TV audiences, lots of players etc - but they are playing their own version which uses a snooker table and American style balls - they've signed Stephen Hendry and Gareth Potts to promote the game over the next several years. I thought the version played at the World Games this year was the American version, but am now wondering if it was actually Blackball.
I tried to get my head round the two sets of rules on the WPA website (8 ball and blackball) but just got confused, think I'll have to watch different games on youtube sometime. I understand from their website that the WPA are promoting both '8 ball pool' (the US version) and 'Blackball' in North America and elsewhere - I wonder if this is just theoretical or actually happening? And apparently (per Wikipedia!) the American Poolplayers Association and something called the Valley National Eight-ball Association have variations from the WPA rules for the US version. The EPA are members of the World Eight Ball Federation and the rules they play to are often called 'World rules', whilst the English Blackball Pool Federation are affiliated to the World Pool-Billiard Association (WPA), and via them to the World Confederation of Billiard Sports (who also have the IBSF and World Snooker as members) and the Internationall Olympic Committee.
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Pro players in the IPA have recently moved to Blackball rules, splitting them from the English Pool Association (EPA) who now ban anyone from playing in their competitions if they've played Blackball at county level or above. In the UK, Europe and elsewhere 'English 8 Ball' is divided by two sets of rules, one of which calls the game 'Blackball' to distinguish it from American 8 Ball. Hoping someone knows more about this than me! I started thinking about this as I saw something about pool in Malta now being affiliated to European Blackball, and due to host the European Nations Cup in November.Įnglish 8 Ball and American 8 Ball are somewhat different games, and I've always thought the tables have a different pocket shape?
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