Comments on: How to Play Cutthroat Pool? A Simple Guide

By: KEVIN DECKER

KEVIN DECKER — Wed, 04 Sep 2019 03:44:19 +0000

In reply to Will. For the easier way to play for example if player one has declared their group but player two and player three have not. Does player one get to remove a sunk ball if player two or three scratch; even though not everyone has declared?

By: Thomas Kistler

Thomas Kistler — Sun, 21 Jul 2019 19:21:00 +0000

If i go for a cutthroat and shoot my ball in for position, but miss my ball, is it a foul since i hit my ball first and didnt do the cutthroat?

By: RANDY M

RANDY M — Sat, 27 Apr 2019 04:23:56 +0000

In reply to Will. This is not what the above rules state. Why do you define "ball in hand" differently?

By: BG 101

BG 101 — Thu, 21 Mar 2019 16:41:08 +0000

In reply to George. Here's one way to handle this.. If it was a legal shot (i.e. hit the opponent's ball first and caused any numbered ball or cue ball to hit a cushion) then your own ball that was pocketed gets spotted, and due to the scratch, next player gets cue ball in hand behind the head-string. If your shot was not a legal shot (i.e. hit your ball first) then your ball stays in the pocket and next player gets cue ball in hand behind the head-string. Hope that helps!

By: George

George — Wed, 20 Mar 2019 16:19:40 +0000

What happens if I shoot my opponents ball then knock my ball in when called and scratch at the same time does my ball come back up to or does it stay down

By: Rahul

Rahul — Tue, 05 Mar 2019 12:47:37 +0000

In reply to Will. Where to spot the balls?

By: Rahul

Rahul — Tue, 05 Mar 2019 12:44:20 +0000

Down to two players, my two balls and one opponent’s ball are left on table, I pocket his last one ball but my cue ball get scratched so who will win the game?

By: Rahul

Rahul — Tue, 05 Mar 2019 12:41:45 +0000

Down to two players, my two balls and one opponent’s ball are left on table, I pocket his last one ball but cue ball get scratched so who will win?

By: BG 101

BG 101 — Tue, 29 Jan 2019 19:05:31 +0000

In reply to Dewey. Good question.. The official rules don't address this. My preference would be for option one - the next player to sink a mid can claim highs and the other is out.

By: Dewey

Dewey — Sat, 26 Jan 2019 16:42:00 +0000

We don’t verbally claim sets. You are automatically assigned based on what you pocket. So here’s the scenario. Player 1 breaks and knocks in a mid but then does not sink another ball. Because he only sinks one he isn’t assigned a set. Player 2 runs the table on lows and also knocks in a high so he is assigned mids. Only thing left on the table is mids and highs but no one was assigned lows. So who is out? One player says the next of player 1 & 3 that sinks a mid can claim highs and the other is out. Another player says player 1 stays because he already sank a mid. Someone else mentioned that player 2 just won because there is no rule for this scenario. Any thoughts?