Meaning Of Behind The Eight Ball

Eight ball is played with 16 different balls. One of the balls is the white cue ball, while another one is the black eight-ball. It is generally played as a call shot game, which means that before you hit a ball, you must call the shot. First you pick your shot, then you say it aloud so your opponent can hear you: “Five ball in the corner pocket” or whatever the shot is that you're about to make. It is the most common game played socially, even if you don't know it by its name, it's likey what you think of when you think of playing pool.

Eight ball is one of American-style pool, which is commonly played by professionals and also in many amateur games. It evolved around 1900 but been popularized in 1925. Eight Ball is a classic game with pool themed play and featuring Happy Days characters. Odd numbered players shoot for the solid balls while the even numbered players shoot for stripes.

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rack

Racks are sometimes called simply "triangles" (most often by amateur shooters) based on the predominance of this form. Triangular-shaped racks are used for eight ball , straight pool , one pocket , bank pool , snooker and many other games. Racking is also typically done solid-stripe-solid-stripe-solid along the two sides of the rack, resulting in solids being on all three corners. This is not a legal rack in World Standardised Rules, nor any other notable league ruleset, because it gives an automatic, strong statistical advantage to solids.

player

Players must use the cue ball to strike the lowest-numbered ball on the table. The game is won when a player pockets number nine. Players must pocket balls of the group numbered 1 through 15. One player must pocket balls of the group numbered 1 through 7 (solid colors), while the other player has 9 through 15 (stripes). Players don't need to call shots and a match ends when a player has won the required number of games.

Players of differing abilities may play each other by the better player 'spotting' an opponent several balls or by playing 'heads up' as equals. Many pool halls were notorious places, filled with characters of uncertain reputation and shady pasts as depicted in fiction and films like The Hustler with Paul Newman, and the Colour of Money with Newman and Tom Cruise.