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Eight-Ball Pool: instructions and practice
Try Eight-Ball Pool at your own pace and keep its objective in view. Clear your assigned group, then legally pocket the eight. Keep the game area visible while you use its controls. Read the objective before making your first input. Use the example below to understand a decision.
Play casual eight-ball with the rules shown here. Called pockets and special tournament break rules are not used.
Practice with a purpose
Read one step at a time and try it on the playing area. Match the instruction to the control you use. Make the next step deliberately.
The purpose of your moves
Clear your assigned group, then legally pocket the eight. Keep that objective in view throughout the round. Follow this game’s rules rather than another version’s.
Work through the instructions
- Break the rack.
- First legal group pot assigns solids/stripes.
- Hit your group first and pocket a ball or contact a rail.
- Fouls grant ball in hand.
- Play the eight after your group was cleared.
Using the playing area
Touch to aim/place cue ball; set angle and power; Shoot. A careful first action helps you become familiar with the layout. Contact us with the game and device if a control does not respond.
One way to understand the rules
Pocketing eight before clearing your group loses. Apply the same reasoning to the position in your own round. Look for the relevant detail.
Avoid this misunderstanding
No object-ball contact is a foul. Take a moment to reassess the position before continuing. When a decision goes wrong, compare it with the common mistake described below. Start again only when you intend to leave the current round.
Questions about this game
For my first round, what is the goal of Eight-Ball Pool?
For clarity: Clear your assigned group, then legally pocket the eight.
How do I control Eight-Ball Pool?
Here is the relevant explanation: Touch to aim/place cue ball; set angle and power; Shoot.
For my first round, what example helps explain Eight-Ball Pool?
Here is the relevant explanation: Pocketing eight before clearing your group loses.
For a quick reminder, what should I watch out for in Eight-Ball Pool?
For clarity: No object-ball contact is a foul.
When I return, what format does Eight-Ball Pool offer?
Play casual eight-ball with the rules shown here. Called pockets and special tournament break rules are not used.
As a new player, which play mode does Eight-Ball Pool use?
Here is the relevant explanation: The mode on this page is Local two players. Same-device play uses one screen; this game library does not provide internet matchmaking.