Bank Pool Rules

I did a google search for bank pool rules and came up with the results below (in red). I have a few additonal questions:

1. If a player fouls without scratching (eg. doens't hit a rail, complettely missses the object ball, etc.) does the incomming player have ball in hand? Or do they play from where the balls lay? If they play from where they lay, does the incomming player have the option to pass the shot back to the fouler?

2. If a ball drops on the break is it spotted immediately or after the inning?

3. All banks have to go in clean, correct? In other words, no combo banks, no caroms into a bank, no playing the object ball off of a big ball near your hole, etc., even if you call it.

4. Can you kick into the ball, then have the ball bank and count (if called)?

5. Are there any specific gambling rules?

Thanks.

TYPE OF GAME: Bank Pool is a game where legally pocketed balls must be banked into the pocket (using one or more banks). Any ball on the table can be selected and the game is call ball-and-pocket.

PLAYERS: Two individuals, or two teams.

BALLS USED: Object balls numbered 1-15, plus the cue ball.

THE RACK: Standard triangle rack. Balls can be in any order.

OBJECT OF THE GAME: To be the first player, or team, to legally sink eight balls.

OPENING BREAK: The break shot is "free". If anything is made on the break it spots and the breaker is still at the table. If nothing is made the breaker's inning is over.

RULES OF PLAY: All shots, except opening break, are call ball-and-pocket. A player continues with his inning so long as he makes legal shots. ILLEGALLY POCKETED BALLS Are spotted. If a foul was committed the player must spot an additional ball from those he previously sank, or owe the table a ball (to be spotted immediately after the end of the inning in which he is first able to pay the table).

JUMPED OBJECT BALLS: Are spotted without penalty.

CUE BALL AFTER JUMP OR SCRATCH: Is put in play from the kitchen. The cue ball coming to rest off of the table bed is considered a foul.

PENALTIES FOR FOULS: The player must pay the table a ball. In addition to this any balls sunk on the foul stroke must be spotted.

SUCCESSIVE FOUL PENALTIES: If a player fouls in three successive innings he looses the game.

iusedtoberich said:

... I have a few additonal questions:

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1. If a player fouls without scratching (eg. doens't hit a rail, complettely missses the object ball, etc.) does the incomming player have ball in hand? Or do they play from where the balls lay? If they play from where they lay, does the incomming player have the option to pass the shot back to the fouler?

Incoming player must play from where they lie. The only exception I can think of is if the offending player used some kind of illegal maneuver to get the balls there -- like directing it with the stick or something else that would fall under the poor sportsmanship category.


2. If a ball drops on the break is it spotted immediately or after the inning?

At the end of the breaker's inning. The same rule applies to balls knocked off the table or into a neutral pocket, or penalty balls you already owe when you make your first called ball -- they all spot up after you finish your inning.

3. All banks have to go in clean, correct? In other words, no combo banks, no caroms into a bank, no playing the object ball off of a big ball near your hole, etc., even if you call it.

Right -- all clean. In fact, if you call a one rail shot, but the ball goes three rails and then falls cleanly into the same pocket you called, it ain't no good unless you called the three rails. In other words, when you call your shot you are calling the ball and the pocket and the route to the pocket. This is why Banks has descriptive names for many shots, like "straight back" "twice across" etc. Of course, adjacent rails you graze on the way in to the pocket do not count as a rail.


4. Can you kick into the ball, then have the ball bank and count (if called)?

No -- always ball first.

5. Are there any specific gambling rules?

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Thanks.