NO BALL IN HAND RULES

FOLLOW THESE RULES FOR NO BALL IN HAND (NBIH). IS LIKE STRAIGHT 8 U CAN MOVE 8 BEHIND LINE ON BREAK.....ALSO ON SCRATCH...U MAY MOVE BALL BEHIND LINE BUT MUST SHOOT BALL TO THE RIGHT OF LINE NOT BEHIND.....ON FOULS.....YOU MAY NOT MOVE CUE...U PLAY FROM POINT OF FOUL. BASICALLY...THIS IS BAR STYLE. BUT CAN APPLY TO ANY AND EVERY TOURNEY JUST AD NBIH . PLZ REMEMBER TD HAS FINAL SAY.

PLEASE READ, THEY ARE ALL DIFFERENT
Tourney Styles!!!! PLEASE SPEAK TO TOURNEY DIRECTOR FOR SPECIALITY TOURNEYS AS EACH TOURNEY HAS DIFFERENT RULES. WE TRY TO PUT STIPULATIONS ON PAGE BUT THERE ARE TIMES WE DON'T GET THEM THERE. SO HERE IS A LIST AS I SEE IT AS OF TODAY

SPECIALITY TOURNEYS

.....K/Q......WINNER OF KING QUEEN DOESN'T NOT PLAY IN NEXT WEEKS TOURNEY . K/Q THEN PLAYS A LEAGUE GAME VS WINNER OF THAT TOURNEY.

......BOTS...."SHOULD" BE MALES VS FEMALES. THERE SHOULD BE A MALE TOURNEY, A FEMALE TOURNEY. WINNER OF EACH ONE WILL PLAY A LG GAME VS THE OTHER SEX. THE WINNER OF THIS LEAGUE GAME IS THE TOP DOG OF EITHER .........MALE OR FEMALE....NOTE: THERE ARE TIMES WE DON'T HAVE ENUF TO PLAY IN 2 TOURNEYS WE THEN PLAY ONE TOURNEY AND WINNER IS THE WINNER PERIOD.

ReRacks are allowed on Break & with with NO MORE than 4 balls in. Please invite Td. for rr. Cue ball Must be Moved on Break. Yahell Glitches are Part of the Game Sorry.
(PLEASE REMEMBER TD HAS FINAL SAY.)
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1v1 Single Elim.
1. Every game played on a "fresh" 8-ball/no timer, protected , rated tables.
2. Once you have a loss you are out of tourney.

1v1 Double Elim.
1. Every game played on a "fresh" 8-ball/no timer, protected, rated tables.
2. If you lose your first time, please wait for your second chance.

Normal 2v2 (Best of 3)
1. It is a team tourney, so you need a partner to play. You play one opponent and your partner plays the other on separate tables. Which ever team wins 2 games will advance, if there is a tie, then the two winners of each team play to decide
2. If your partner has vanished plz ask for a sub.
3. Every game played on a "fresh" 8-ball/no timer, protected ,rated tables. First listed is Capt.. so it should be Capt vs. Capt to start. TD will make two tables for finals and invite four players. Subs are allowed

Shoot till you Miss 2v2 (Bar Style)
1. It's a team tourney so you need a partner to play. All players play at same table, switch partners when you miss or scratch. If your partner vanishes plz ask for SUB.
2. Every game played on a "fresh" 8-ball/no timer, protected , UN-RATED tables. First listed is Capt.. so it should be Capt vs. Capt to start. . TD will make table for final and invite four players.
3.Coaching your partner is NOT ALLOWED in this tourney. Subs are allowed .

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Sit and Stand Alternate Shot

All tables are non rated non timed protected tables. All four players must be invited to the table. The Captain in each team take 1st seats. Players in each team take turns at shooting, regardless of missing or sinking a ball player must stand after every shot and give seat to team mate. So captain shoots once, stands to let player 2 sit and shoot once. The player 2 stands to let captain shoot once. This keeps going until one team wins and is declared the winner. If a player shoots out of turn they must tap the cue giving it to other team and stand. If your partner leaves and is times out, the other team will be declared the winner. One player can not keep going alone in this game.

Swiss
1. In Swiss tourney, you play every round regardless of winning or losing. You also can withdraw from tourney after each round.
2. Every game played on a "fresh" 8-ball/no timer, protected , rated tables.

Bank the 8
1. This tournament is played on RATED PROTECTED TABLES.
2. The cue ball must hit the 8 ball into a rail and bounce off the rail and drop into the selected pocket.
3. Another option is to hit the cue ball into a rail and have it bounce off to hit the 8 ball, then the 8 drops into the selected pocket.
4. Hitting the 8 ball to barely touch the corner of a pocket and then fall in is not a bank. (adjacent)

Power Ball
1. This tournament is played on RATED, PROTECTED, NO TIMER tables.
2. Each and every shot must reach the top of the "RED ZONE" on the power bar.
3. Sometimes you don't see your opponents power bar move, however you can tell if the shot was done at full power by how the ball moves

Killer-1v1,1v1v1,1v1v1v1
1. All games to be played on Protected TRAINING tables.
2. This is a 2or more player bracket per round top of bracket makes table protects it and invites in order of the bracket from top to bottom.
3. Players take turns shooting 1 time the order of shooting is done in order of top to bottom of the bracket.
4. The player that breaks gets 2 shots ONLY if they fail to pot a ball off the break.
5.Any scratch on break is a RE-RACK. Any other scratch during game is loss of life.
6.As soon as a player shoots they stand up and the next player sits to shoot.
7.When a player misses a shot they lose 1 life. Each player gets 2 "or 3 depending on td" lives to begin each round.
8. As soon as a player loses 2(or 3) lives in a round they are eliminated. The round is over when only 1 player has any lives remaining.
9. If a player shoots out of order they will automatically lose a life. The player whose turn it was will then get the ball in hand.
10. Moving of white ball at any time is loss of life unless it is after a SCRATCH.

Rack-n-Run
1.Played on a fresh protected TRAINING table w/ no timers. First name listed invites and sits first in this tourney.
2. Player 1 breaks from behind the line(if you scratch on break rr)If 0 balls are made on break you still have one shot to make one.
Player then shoots until they miss, or scratch. Then stand & announce your points for that rack.
3. Player 2 does the same until each player has shot 2 or 3 racks.
4. Once player 2 has finished their 2nd/ 3rd turn , player with most points wins.
5. If you make a ball AND Scratch that ball is NOT counted.
SCORING AS FOLLOWS: 8=2 points all others 1 point. Full rack +5 giving a total for full rack of 21.

Suicide Reg or Best of 3
( Best of 3: winner of 2 out of 3 advances)
1. Matches are to be played on protected, UN-RATED tables.
2. If the eight ball is sunk on break it is a restart.
3. The aim of this tourney is to sink the black FIRST, before your opponent so if you sink the eight ball the turn after the break or whenever else you get a good shot, you win.
4. You may combo balls, into the eight to sink it.
5. Just remember the aim of this game is to LOSE.
6. Only way you EVER get ball in hand is by a SCRATCH ,NEVER by a foul.
7. If you sink 8 and cue you do NOT win.

Last Pocket
1. This tournament is played on rated , protected tables.
2. The pocket where your last solid/stripe went in, is the pocket the 8 ball MUST be pocketed.
3. Failure to do this, results in a loss, no matter if Yahoo registers it as a win.
4. NOTE If your oppt.'s ball is hanging in "Their" LP you have a choice.A. Mark your pocket and make an attempt to make it in your pocket. b. tap and give your oppt bih. NO MARKING YOUR OPPTS POCKET TO GET YAHOO WIN AND TAKE OPPT.S POINTS.

Call your pocket
1. This tournament is played on rated , protected tables.
2. Players must call each and every shot they take after suits are chosen.
3. Failure to call a shot will result in a scratch.
4. To call a shot, a player must name the color of the object ball and the desired pocket, i.g, Red BR = Red bottom left. Stripe/solid is irrelevant as you will only have one suit.
5. A player does NOT have to call his/her shot on a break or if suits have not yet been chosen.
6. If a player misses a called shot but sinks another ball, they must tap ball back to opponent and pass their turn.

Surprise Tourney
Each round of this tourney will be a different format and the TD will announce what each round consists of before posting matches of each round.
No rules will be posted before hand to keep this tourney a *Surprise*
Example: Round 1 could be "Bank the 8" Round 2 could be Power ball... Round 3 could be Tables with Timers.
Be brave y'all!!

BANK AND COMBO
1.All tables are rated non timed protected tables. 2. Each shot must either be a combo or a bank shot. (COMBO = cue ball hits one ball into another ball. Must use at least 2 balls not including the cue)(BANK = hitting cue off rail, or hitting the cue into another ball that is hit off a rail). 3. When on the 8 ball player must bank shot. (Please remember NO adjacent rail shots allowed). 4. If you fail to bank or combo on any shot, 1st time is warning and tap of cue handing it to opponent. 2nd time is disqualification. 5. If you do not bank on the eight you will not be declared the winner. (TD has Final Say!)

FEATHER'S FLAWLESS
1. All games are played on protected training tables. 2.The point of this game is to win without making any fouls. 3. A foul is doing anything that gives opponent ball in hand. 4.Scratching on break does not count. 5. First person to foul and give opponent ball in hand loses. 6. TD will Indicate number of Racks, at the start of tourney. AND show you how to set table. (TD has Final say!!!)

10 SHOT

1. All tables are Protected Training Tables 2. One player sits and shoots a total of 10 shots. (Break does not count as one of your 10 shots, count begins first shot after break) 3. The other player must count out the shots one by one, so no one loses count. 4. If the player scratches, they get ball in hand (shoot behind the line) 5. Every time there is a scratch, one ball will be removed from the final total. (If you have 10, scratch twice 10-2=8) 6. At the end of the 10 shots, all balls pocketed are counted. ALL balls are fair game, even the 8. 7. After player one does his 10 shots, they switch, and player 2 does his 10 shots. 8.This is done 2 times. So each player gets two changes to make balls. 9. After all 20 shots are counted, the player with the most balls made, advances. (TD has Final Say!!)

Boot'em

1. Td invites all players to a Private training table 2.Td breaks ALL RACKS. Players take turns to SIT . 3.IF a player misses, scratches, or shoots out of turn they get BOOTED!! 4.Players shoot in alphabetical order and can shoot any ball they wish. 5.Ball in hand (td will place), behind line only, AND td moves all yahoo glitches. Be brave Y'all!! Try Something New!!!

Mole bootem is played same as reg bootem except with a lil twist. When you miss you don't get booted you get in the hot seat. Next person that misses is also on the hot seat. Td Then messages his/her mole (someone at the table) they decide who is to be booted. If the person chosen can guess who the mole is, the mole is booted instead.

Crazy 8 bootem is played exactly like regular bootem with a twist. If you sink the 8 you get to choose who is to be booted. Remember.....what goes around comes around.

Black and blue bootem: played like regular bootem with a twist. IF you sink the "8" you pick someone to be booted. IF You sink either BLUE BALL it is a "LIFELINE" it protects you from getting the boot. ONLY During first rack. Td has final say.

"PLEASE TELL HOST IF YOU WANT TO LEAVE TABLE ON YOUR OWN DUE TO PUTER PROBLEMS"TIMERS ON BOOTEM IS 3 MIN.

"TDS PLZ ASK ALL BEFORE STARTING TOURNEY."

4 CORNERS
1.All tables are protected, rated, non-timer tables. 2.Every shot must go into a corner pocket, no shots are allowed to be potted in the center pockets. IF on break ball goes in center continue 3. If you pot "YOUR"ball in center pocket , you will give your opponent BIH .(tap cue gently) even if you make one in corner along with one in middle. 4. IF you pot "YOUR OPPTS" ball in the side pocket you continue as if it never happened. 5. If you sink the 8 (black) into a center pocket, you are disqualified automatically. (TD has Final Say!)

Feather's Down On The Farm

1.All tables are protected, rated, non-timer tables. 2.This tourney is a 3-5 round Swiss 3. Its played as a Swiss tourney with only one twist loser makes the sound of the farm animal. 4. If your opponents is booted or discontinues playing you MUST REQUEST that the Tourney Director Put them on Timer. 5. If your opponent does not return in time you will be awarded the win .You MUST NOT Force Forfeit or Cancel the game if your opponent is booted unless instructed by a TD after the timer has ran down. 6.Once you enter a tournament and it has begun you may not be removed unless in case of emergency. So keep this in mind when entering one. You will sustain losses for any games missed whether it be due to being booted and not returning in time or leaving a tournament in progress (TD has Final Say!)

Green Eyed Brat
1.Played as normal 1v1, rated, protected tables.
2.In Green Eyed Brat you must sink your Green , before you go for the 8 ball
3.If you sink your Green ball while you have other balls on the table, you lose the game.
4.Cancel the game and opponent gets the tourney win .
5.If you sink your opponents Green ball at any time game is over.
Game must be cancelled, your oppt. gets the win.
If you sink Green ball on the break you must re-rack.
Gl, and have fun, remember don't let that Green Eyed Brat gettcha!!!
Td has final say,plz invite for problems .

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