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setting up pool balls (8 ball pool)

  • 30-09-2004 03:22PM
    #1
    woosaysdan
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    can someone please clear this up for me please, what is the proper way to set up pool balls? i searched a few pages in google and even theyseem to be slightly different so can anyone clear this up for me please?


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  • #2
    gerire
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    The Snooker/Pool Links sticky at the top should answer any questions you have


  • #3
    woosaysdan
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    oh right i didnt see that there thanks


  • #4
    silvercub
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    i have a snooker table (not full size)but i play pool on it because i dont know how to set up snooker balls. how


  • #5
    Jackobyte
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    gerire wrote: »
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    The Snooker/Pool Links sticky at the top should answer any questions you have
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    I thought this was the set up? This was how I alway played...


  • #6
    omb0wyn5ehpij9
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    Jackobyte wrote: »
    BAE6453972BF472581490049049F4A87.jpg

    I thought this was the set up? This was how I alway played...

    That's always been the way I have played aswell


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  • #7
    ArmaniJeanss
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    Jackobyte wrote: »
    BAE6453972BF472581490049049F4A87.jpg

    I thought this was the set up? This was how I alway played...
    Bryn wrote: »
    That's always been the way I have played aswell

    This is the traditional setup that I was brought up with, and its probably the way you would be expected to do it in a lot of Irish pubs (known for their archaic rules sadly).
    The major flaw with it is that the 2 corner balls are the same colour (and these are the two most likely to be potted) and this often leads to a very uneven break. So the 'new setup' in gerires diagrams above you was brought in maybe 20 years ago to address this flaw.


  • #8
    Ccliff
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    World_Rules_Rack.jpg

    This is how we do it at the Irish Pool Association - World Rules :)


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