Mike Haines
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There was an argument in the pool hall recently, and it will take a one pocket guru to give an answer.
Pick a pocket behind the spot in a one pocket game. That is your opponents pocket. He has just shot a ball at his hole but did not make it. It buried itself deep in the pocket, however, and cant be dislodged. The cue ball ended up on the long rail toward the head string on the same side of the table.
Now it is your turn, and you shoot the cue ball either to pocket the ball or follow it in the pocket. Before the cue ball reaches your opponents ball, the ball falls into the pocket, and your cue ball also scratches right behind it without making contact. The ball fell into your opponents pocket and then you scratched in the same pocket. The two players begin to squabble over what the solution might be.
Is there an answer that is covered in the official one-pocket rule book? If not, what would your opinion be as to how this is handled?
Everyone thinks they have an answer.
Mike Haines
Pick a pocket behind the spot in a one pocket game. That is your opponents pocket. He has just shot a ball at his hole but did not make it. It buried itself deep in the pocket, however, and cant be dislodged. The cue ball ended up on the long rail toward the head string on the same side of the table.
Now it is your turn, and you shoot the cue ball either to pocket the ball or follow it in the pocket. Before the cue ball reaches your opponents ball, the ball falls into the pocket, and your cue ball also scratches right behind it without making contact. The ball fell into your opponents pocket and then you scratched in the same pocket. The two players begin to squabble over what the solution might be.
Is there an answer that is covered in the official one-pocket rule book? If not, what would your opinion be as to how this is handled?
Everyone thinks they have an answer.
Mike Haines