4 CORNERS

Rated Table

All balls including your 8 must be potted in the corner

pockets only. If you pot your 8 in a middle pocket

it will result in a loss.

4 CORNERS TWISTED

Rated Table

Played the same as 4 corners, but you must pot the 8 ball

into either the top middle or bottom middle pockets only.

Potting 8 in a corner pocket will result in a loss.  

 ANYTHING GOES

Rated Table

Played like Reg 8 with one exception. Anything Game Desire

allows is allowed in this tourney,which includes

snookers/safeties and taking BIH(ball in hand).

BANK ROBBERY

Rated Table

No bank shots are allowed at any time including the cue

ball being banked into a ball  Accidental banks do not count as banks

and you have to tap and give BIH to opponet if this occurs. 

However, if you make a regular shot and another

ball falls in after hitting a rail it is allowed

BANK 8 ONLY  

Rated Table

Bank the 8 ball into the pocket. Failure to do so is a loss. 

Short banks do not count (must bank off an opposite rail). 

 BANK 8 OR Q

Rated Table

Bank either the 8 ball into the pocket or the cue ball into the 8

(and into the pocket). Failure to do so is a loss.

Short banks do not count (must bank off an opposite rail). 

BANK 8 IN LAST POCKET

Rated Table

Bank either the 8 ball or the cue ball into the 8

(and into the pocket)into the pocket

your last ball went into.  

BOTTOMLESS

Rated Table

The break does not count. 

You may only shoot the balls in the top pockets. 

If you pot one in the bottom pockets, tap

the cue and give BIH to your opponent.

CALL OPPONENTS 8 BEFORE BREAK

Rated Table

Before the break, each person will call what pocket the other

has to make the 8 ball into. 

That is the pocket they must pot the 8 into.

CALL YOUR 8 BEFORE BREAK

Rated Table

Before the break, each person will call the pocket they

will pot the 8 into. That is the pocket they must pot the 8 in.

DEFAULT 8

Rated Table

Regular 8 except the 8 ball must be pocketed into the default

Yahoo pocket. (Top middle where the arrow is by default).

FIRST POCKET

Rated Table

Shoot the 8 ball into the pocket your first ball went into

(whether you shot it or not). 

Make sure to call your pocket right after your first ball is sunk so

there is clarity between you and your opponent.

FLAWLESS

Unrated Table

Cancel the game if needed. 

First person to give BIH to opponent loses

(by scratching or hitting their ball first). 

The match is played like a regular 8 ball

game if a flaw does not occur.  Breaks do not count.

Re-rack if you scratch on the break.

FLIP FLOP

Rated Table

Regular 8 Ball Rules.

The Twist To This One Is That If you

sink A Ball In The Top pockets, Your Next Ball

Must Be Potted Into A Bottom Pockets.

Continue This Way Until All

Balls Are Potted. If You Pot A ball

Into The Wrong Pocket, You Must Tap

The Cue And Give Opponent Ball In Hand.

FORBIDDEN POCKET

Unrated Table

The Object of this game is to clean the table along the Regular 8 rules 

The difference is the TD will announce a pocket at the beginning of the

tourney that you are not allowed to

shoot at If you do so - on accident or on purpose - You Lose! 

The cue ball scratching in the forbidden pocket does not count

as an auto-loss unless of course it's with the 8 ball.

FULL POWER

Rated Table

You must use full power on all shots. 

That is the power bar at maximum power allowed. 

Please make sure your opponent sees your power bar before shooting. If you

forget, you must tap and give opponent BIH. 

INVITER'S CHOICE

Player in the top bracket on tournament standings gets to

choose the game format.  2 MINUTE FLIP - AFTER PAIRINGS ANNOUNCED,

IF INVITER HASN'T INVITED AFTER 2 MINUTES, INVITE & CHOICE

GOES TO OPPONENT! THIS GOES FOR ALL ROUNDS.

LAST POCKET

Rated Table

Shoot the 8 ball into the pocket your last ball went into

(whether you shot it or not).  Make sure to call your pocket right

after your last ball is sunk so there is clarity between you and

your opponent.   If you cannot remember it or agree with

your opponent on the correct pocket, the td will give you

a random pocket to shoot into.

MYSTERY POCKET

Rated Table

1. All games must be played on Rated tables.

2. Played as a Regular 8 game until a player is on the 8-ball. pocket.

 3. When on the 8-ball, a player must ask the TD in the lobby for a pocket

to sink the 8-ball into. This remains his or her pocket the remainder

of the game. 4. The pocket will change for each new game played.

NO CORNERS

Rated Table

All balls must go into the Side (middle) pockets. 

No balls allowed in corner pockets (including on break). 

A ball made in a corner pocket (including the break)

is BIH to the other player.

PICK YOUR POISON

Rated Table 

Played as regular 8, until on the 8 ball.

The player with stripes plays BT8/Q. 

The player with solids play last pocket.  

POSTER BED

Rated Table

Play like reg 8 but, the 8 must go into corner pockets only.

If 8 ball goes into a middle pocket you lose.  

REGULAR 8

Rated Table

Normal game of pool, as per Cases.  

REGULAR SWISS

All in the tourney will play all rounds win or

lose until there is one person undefeated.  The number of

rounds played will be determined by how many people are

in the tournament and how many rounds it takes to have

only one undefeated player.  If you have to leave or want to

be removed before a swiss is over, you must notify the

TD to take you out before they advance to the next round. 

This way you will not lose your next round games. 

 REVENGE

Rated Table

Played as regular 8 ball game until shooting your 8

Opponent calls where you are to sink 8 each shot.

Opponent may not call same pocket twice in a row.

REVERSE

VERY FAST GAME

Unrated Table

1 GAME ONLY 

The FIRST player to pot the 8 ball wins, NO BALLS have

to be determined.  Ball in Hand ALWAYS allowed unless

specified NBIH by TD.  If you SCRATCH when you

sink the 8 it is still a WIN.  You should play this like a

normal game to strategically place the balls for a shot

on the eight, to WIN the game. If you sink the

8 ball on the break it is a WIN

(EITHER PLAYER CAN EXIT TABLE N FORFEIT). 

SAVE A SPECIFIC COLOR BALL FOR LAST  

Rated Table

Played just like regular 8 (Unless Specified Otherwise). 

You MUST SAVE THAT colored ball until the last shot before the 8 ball. 

Making that colored ball early results in an automatic cancellation

of that game and the opponent advancing.  

SCREW YOUR NEIGHBOR/OPPONENT

Rated Table

Played as regular 8 ball game until shooting on 8 ball. 

Opponent calls the pocket where you have to make the 8.

This remains the designated pocket for the remainder of the game.

TOPLESS  

Rated Table

You may only pocket the balls in the bottom pockets. 

If you pot one in the top pockets, tap the cue and give

BIH to your opponent. 

The break does not count. 

TIMER

Rated Timed Table

Consult the TD for the correct amount of time. 

TRUE SWISS

There are a set number of rounds and all players play all those

rounds win or lose. If it is set for five rounds, you play 5

rounds even if there is only person undefeated after 4 rounds. 

TWISTER

Rated Table

Play like regular 8 ball. 

When it gets down to the 8 you must try to pot it in the top left corner. 

 If you miss the next shot you pot it in the top middle pocket. 

If you miss then you go clockwise until you pot the ball.