6.1 Cue ball fouls only: When a referee is not presiding over the match, One Pocket may be played whereby disturbing a single object ball is not a foul, Variations of Billiards as long as there is no effect on the shot. If either is not in a playable position then the referee or opponent warns the shooter and they must adjust and/or agree on the playable position prior to the shot being taken. It is a foul upon the shooter to restore a ball without permission from the opponent. Once it is acknowledged that a ball or more was disturbed with no effect on the shot, then the opponent must be given the option to restore the position or leave the balls as they lie before play is resumed. I know that there is a lot more on the CD-ROM than what we use, but it is sure helpful when we are looking for Counties that the towns are located in. It is always a foul when two or more balls are disturbed. When multiple (3 or more) balls are disturbed it is considered a serious foul.

This game has multiple variations, so players ultimately get to choose which one they’d like to play. The game has numerous variations, mostly regional. The first player to legally score eight balls into their own pocket wins the game. The generic term pocket billiards is sometimes also used, and favored by some pool-industry bodies, but is technically a broader classification, including games such as snooker, Russian pyramid, and kaisa, which are not referred to as pool games. Unless clearly contradicted below, general pocket billiards rules of play and conduct apply to One Pocket, and complete General Rules & Regulations are available from the World Pool-Billiard Association (WPA) or the Billiard Congress of America. 11.2 Continuing to the wrong pocket: In the event that a player shooting into the wrong pocket is permitted to continue the same inning at the table (beyond what is entitled by legally pocketing a ball in their own pocket) by their opponent’s or the referee’s failure to notify them of their error, such failure of notification does not legitimize any additional balls pocketed in that inning, whether pocketed in the shooter’s pocket or their opponent’s pocket.

3.2 End of the game: In the event that a player pockets both their own game-winning ball and their opponent’s game-winning ball on the same legal stroke, then the shooting player wins. Players may play safe to the same rail as many times as they wish, as long as either the cue ball or at least one object ball is driven to a cushion after the cue ball contacts an object ball. One Pocket is a unique game for two players or two teams, in that each player or team can only score into one of the two corner pockets at the foot end of the table, while the other can only score into the other corner pocket at the foot end of the table. In that case, when a ball is pocketed in the opponent’s pocket with the cue ball driven off the table, the ball stays down and is counted for the opponent rather than spotting up; meaning under this optional rule, the only way to pocket a ball in the opponent’s pocket and have it spotted rather than counted for the opponent is to pocket scratch. It is not a foul to pocket a ball in a neutral pocket or in the opponent’s pocket, but doing so does not entitle the shooter to continue their inning, unless on the same stroke they legally pocket a ball into their own pocket.

There are no ‘ties’ and it does not matter which ball drops first, as long as they both drop as a result of the same stroke. Any balls pocketed either accidentally or intentionally into the opponent’s pocket are counted for the opponent, unless on the same stroke, the cue ball is pocketed or jumped off the table. 2.3.2 Modern re-rack option: When playing "rack your own", players may agree, or a tournament director may stipulate, that in the event the breaker scores a ball in their own pocket on the break, the breaker is to re-rack and break again, rather than scoring the ball and continuing their inning. There is no option to ‘call a safety’ in One Pocket; if a player legally scores a ball into their own pocket they must shoot again. The other four pockets are neutral pockets, and any balls pocketed in a neutral pocket are spotted rather than scored. 2.3.1: Traditional One Pocket: Regardless of who racks, when a ball is pocketed in the breaker’s pocket without a scratch or foul occurring, it is counted and their inning continues as with any legally scored ball.