🎱 Chinese 8-Ball Rules (Chinese Pool)
Objective: Players must choose between Solids (Numbers 1–7) or Stripes (Numbers 9–15) as their target group. The first player to pocket all their group's balls and then legally pocket the Black 8-Ball into a designated pocket wins the frame.
📜 Basic Rules
The Break: The game starts with balls racked in a triangle. The player hits the white cue ball to break the rack.
Selecting Your Group: After the break, players determine their target group (Solids or Stripes) according to the rules based on the first legally pocketed ball.
Sequence: You must pocket all 7 balls of your group before you are eligible to shoot the 8-ball.
Winning: Successfully pocketing the 8-ball after clearing your group wins the game.
🕳️ Pocketing & Fouls
Legal Hits: For every shot, the cue ball must strike one of your own target balls first.
Scratch (Cue Ball in Pocket): If the white cue ball enters a pocket, it is a "scratch." The opponent receives "Ball-in-Hand" (they can place the white ball anywhere on the table).
Standard Fouls: A foul occurs if you fail to hit your target ball, the cue ball is pocketed, or you strike the opponent's ball first. In these cases, the opponent is awarded an opening.
⚠️ Instant Loss Conditions (The 8-Ball)
You automatically lose the game if any of the following occur:
Premature Pocketing: Pocketing the 8-ball before clearing all other balls in your group.
Scratched 8-Ball: The cue ball goes into a pocket (scratch) during the same shot that the 8-ball is pocketed.
Off the Table: The 8-ball is knocked off the table surface (except during the initial break).
Wrong Pocket: The 8-ball enters a pocket other than the one designated.
🚀 The Break Shot
If any ball is pocketed during the break, the breaking player continues their turn and chooses their group.
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