Things You'll Need:
- Pool cue
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Step 1
Firstly decide where you want to play. If you are playing in a pub you will need to insert a coin into the coin slot and the balls will roll out. However, if you are playing at a club it is more likely they will give you the pool balls and you will pay for your time spent at the table.
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Step 2
Set the balls up. There should be a picture near the table showing how to do this, but basically the black goes in the middle, and from the top of the triangle the colours alternate.
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Step 3
Toss a coin to see who starts. After the initial toss, it is whoever wins the game that breaks off first.
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Step 4
Hit the pack of balls as hard as you can. When you break you are allowed to pot either a red or yellow or even both off the initial shot.
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Step 5
Choose which balls you want to be. If a ball has not been potted, or if two have been potted from the break, you can choose to be either reds or yellows.
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Step 6
Try not to foul. If a foul does occur, for example you pot the white, then the opposing player has a free shot. With that free shot he can hit any ball and pot any ball except for the black. The white ball can be moved, but only to behind the line at the top of the table. From this position it is illegal to pot a ball that is behind the white.
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Step 7
Pot all your colors. If you are reds you need to pot all the red balls before you can have a go at the black.
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Step 8
Be the first to pot the black and you win the game. Be careful because if you pot the black and the white together you actually lose and all that hard work is for nothing.
