🎯 OBJECTIVE

Pocket all your balls (solids 1-7 or stripes 9-15), then the 8-ball to win.

🔄 THE BREAK

• Cue ball must hit the rack first
• 4+ balls must hit cushions, OR a ball must be pocketed
• Scratch on break: opponent gets ball-in-hand

🎱 BALL ASSIGNMENT

• Table is "open" until a ball is legally pocketed
• First legally pocketed ball determines your group
• Solids: Balls 1-7 · Stripes: Balls 9-15

✅ LEGAL SHOT

• Cue ball must first contact your ball type
• After contact, a ball must hit cushion OR be pocketed
• Pocket your ball = continue shooting

⚠️ FOULS

• Scratch: Cue ball pocketed
• No hit: No ball contacted
• Wrong ball first: Hit opponent's ball first
• No rail: No cushion contact after hit (nothing pocketed)

⚡ Penalty: Opponent gets ball-in-hand

💀 INSTANT LOSS

• Pocketing the 8-ball before clearing your group
• Scratching while pocketing the 8-ball