The Object of Billiards

Video Transcript

"Ok, so the object of 8 ball, just before I even get into the object of the game, I'm going to get into all the intricacies of 8 ball. I'm going to tell you that were in a pool hall today, but most of the time 8 ball is more of a common game to play on a bar table. It's smaller and because of the way it's set up they have a money situation. You pay a dollar for a game, that's why 8 ball is the most common played game in bar rooms. In bars, not in the pool hall. Pool hall is more for straight pool, nine ball. That will be a later video. Today I'm just going to tell you the object of the game for 8 ball is very simple. You have fifteen balls in the rack. From 1 to 15. 1 through 7 are solids, and those will be one opponents object balls. You also have 9 through 15 which are stripes that would be your other opponents. The object of the game is to sink your stripes first or your solids first. Then simply, legally sink the 8 ball. That's the rules of 8 ball that?s the object. Were gong to go over all the rules of course, were going to go over all, I'm even going to get into strategy, I'm going to try to teach you the game from my standards. Playing it all my life considering my dad had a bar, we used to just play hours of 8 ball. So come back and were just going to go over every little detail of 8 ball. You ready? Let's play some 8 ball."