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Eight-ball (also spelled 8-ball or eightball, and sometimes called solids and stripes, spots and stripes, [1] big ones and little ones, [2] or rarely highs and lows [3]) is a discipline of pool played on a billiard table with six pockets, cue sticks, and sixteen billiard balls (a cue ball and fifteen object balls).
In 1998, the EPA adopted "World Rules", as published by the World Eightball Pool Federation (WEPF). These rules were used at all levels in EPA and WEPF tournaments until 2022, when both organisations adopted "International Rules". In these rules, for a fair break the player must pocket a ball or cause at least 4 object balls to hit a cushion.
Artistic billiards final at the 2013 European Carom Billiards Championship. Artistic billiards is a cue sport played on a billiard table.A discipline of carom billiards, players aim to recreate a portion of 76 pre-set shots of varying difficulty against an opponent.
WEPF logo. The World Eightball Pool Federation (WEPF) is an international pool governing body overseeing international tournaments and rankings in the British-originating variant of eight-ball pool played with red and yellow unnumbered balls instead of the stripes and solids numbered balls.
Carom balls are 61.5 millimetres (2.42 in) in diameter and weigh the same, between 205–220 grams (7.2–7.8 oz). [2] Internationally standardized pool balls come in sets of 16, including two suits or groups of numbered object balls, seven solids (1–7) and seven stripes (9–15), a black 8 ball and a white cue ball. Standard pool balls are 2 ...
Cutthroat or cut-throat, also sometimes referred to as three-man-screw, is a typically three-player or team pocket billiards game, played on a pool table, with a full standard set of pool balls (15 numbered object ball s and a cue ball); the game cannot be played with three or more players with an unnumbered reds-and-yellows ball set, as used ...
The Internacional Ball Game Federation established rules to make an international sport by making him play on a ground used for the Balle pelote. When a team gets two "lines", or the score is "40 and 1 line", both teams must change their respective midfields. The point may be attain directly or postponed. Direct points are obtained:
The IPT World Open Eight-ball Championship was an eight-ball pool tournament held between 3–9 September 2006 at the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, Nevada, by the International Pool Tour. It was the third and last event of the tour It was the richest event in the history of cue sports. The total purse was $3M where $500K was offered to the ...