2.1 Straight Pool
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This article is from the Pool & Billiards FAQ, by Bob Jewett with numerous contributions by others.
2.1 Straight Pool
(or 14.1 continuous pocket billiards)
Rack all 15 balls on the foot spot, cue ball behind the head string.
The break must send two balls and the cue ball to a rail. Failure to do
so is -2 points, and the opponent has the choice of accepting the table
or having the breaker break again.
You need only name the ball and the pocket in calling a shot. How it
gets there is immaterial, and anything else that goes down counts.
Scoring: 1 point for sunk balls, -1 for fouls (i.e. scratching, not
driving a ball to a rail, etc.), -2 for not driving 2 balls and the
cue ball to a rail on the break, and -15 for 3 fouls in a row (tacked on
the the -1 for the 3rd foul). After the third foul the offender must
break as in the start of the game.
When one object ball is left, rerack the other fourteen with the front
ball missing, and continue play.
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