How to Play Cutthroat in Pool

Cutthroat is a great three-player game and a sure-fire way to make your friends despise you, or vice versa, depending on who wins.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Billiard Lighting
• Bridges For Pool
• Cue Stick Chalk
• Pool Balls
• Pool Cue Carrying Cases
• Pool Cues
• Pool Table Covers
• Pool Table Horsehair Brushes
• Pool Tables
• Pool Triangles

1. Determine the order in which the three players will shoot.

2. 
    

   Rack and break.

3. 
    

   Choose your set of balls when you get a ball in. Choose either 1 through 5, 6 through 10, or 11 through 15. These are your balls now, and you want them to stay on the table.

4. Continue playing as long as one of your balls remains on the table.

5. 
    

   Try to sink all of your opponents' balls.

6. Continue shooting each time you successfully sink a shot.

7. Win when you are the only player with at least one ball left.

Tips & Warnings

• Try to situate your balls in unsinkable positions. In cutthroat, the best offense is often a good defense.
• When you have no balls on the table, do not shoot.
• When you scratch, return one of each of your opponents' balls to the table even if one had none before.
• When it's not your turn, help the shooter locate your other opponent's easily sinkable balls.

on 6/30/2006 In Cutthroat, you need to make one ball from your wanted group first, before you can claim a group and start shooting your opponents balls down.
This first ball you shoot to "declare" your group, comes back up and is spotted on the foot string spot (or as close to the spot as possible in a line to the lower rail, if there is already a ball on the spot).

The same happens when your opponents make their first ball to declare their group also, until everyone has declared their group. The last person to declare a group does not automatically get the only remaining group after the other two have declared, they must also sink one ball from that group first to declare it as theirs.

This game is a great 3 person game, and taking turns ganging up on your buddies is highly recommended and encouraged! All in good fun of course.