How do you rack pool balls?

Washout

just wondering what the standard was and if i was right in doing it the following way

not sure how this gonna turn out
where Y= yellow R =red and B =black



----Y
---R Y
--Y B R
-R Y R Y
Y R R Y R



ARRRGGHHH IT DODNT CARRY OVER SPACES

Kali

Rabies

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Y
---R R
--Y B Y
-R Y R R
Y R Y R Y

usualy rack them like that.

Lafortezza

it has to be a nice tight rack as well...


apparently the resulting break is better

henbane

Originally posted by lafortezza
it has to be a nice tight rack as well...

Owwwriiight! giggity, giggity, giggity!

tuxy

http://www.arseweb.com/rupe/pool/rack2.gif

Washout

Originally posted by tuxx
http://www.arseweb.com/rupe/pool/rack2.gif

this is the way i do it...only its oppisite

thegills

The easiest way to remember is starting at the top of the triangle and moving around the edge just keep alternating the colours (or spot / stripe). Then put the black in its usual position and throw in the last 2 balls in any order.

angelofdeath

ive always used

----Y
---R R
--Y B Y
-R Y R R
Y R Y R Y

never used the other one cos i see no order or pattern to it

red vex

that link is slightly wrong but it doensnt matter as long as there not a ball of the same colour in each corner

---

r
----y-r
---r-b-y
--y-r-y-r
-r-y-r-y-y

easy way to remember is: arc of yellows on the right and two pinning the red on the left

Makaveli

Originally posted by angelofdeath
ive always used

----Y
---R R
--Y B Y
-R Y R R
Y R Y R Y

never used the other one cos i see no order or pattern to it

Yeah I use this one, but it can be the opposite too. Whichever goes in first basically I work off.

DMT

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    or

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eirebhoy

Originally posted by DMT

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    or

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Jaysus it must have took you a while to change the colour of each @.:o

angelofdeath

totally dedicated or just way to much time on his hands...:rolleyes:

Thorbar

Or he knows what ctrl-c and ctrl-v do.

tuxy

still he must of had a bit of time to kill since he could of just said its the same as the link kali posted

The Rooster

I used to rack 'em like angelofdeath and makavelli, until I discovered that this method wasnt used by any official pool body.

There are two official pool tours or circuits in the UK. One uses the "World" rules, the other uses the Bapto (also called EUKPF) rules. The Irish Pool Association uses the World rules.

The link posted by tuxx is correct according to the World rules.

The rack posted by DMT is correct according to the Bapto rules.

Interestingly the US rules are far more relaxed. You just rack them randomly, the only conditions being that the black must be in the middle as usual, and a stripe must be on one corner and a solid (or "spot" as it was called in my local before it changed to yellows and reds) on the other corner.

DapperGent

Originally posted by angelofdeath
ive always used

----Y
---R R
--Y B Y
-R Y R R
Y R Y R Y

never used the other one cos i see no order or pattern to it

I use that one too.

DMT

Originally posted by angelofdeath
totally dedicated or just way to much time on his hands...:rolleyes:

Too much time? I did that in under two minutes...
It's easy when you know how and have the balls* to do it.




* bad pun intended....
:ninja:

Dave!

DMT you sly dog, your sig had me confused!

legologic

The Rooster wrote:

I used to rack 'em like angelofdeath and makavelli, until I discovered that this method wasnt used by any official pool body.

The link posted by tuxx is correct according to the World rules.
The rack posted by DMT is correct according to the Bapto rules.

:eek:

Hmmmmmm. Damn! I was always an oul' "alternate the outsides" kinda guy.