What number is the yellow ball in a numbered set of pool balls?
"the game of eight ball as ""the phrase predates the game ... by at least 20 years."" Two different kelly pool-based derivations for ""behind the eight ball"" are provided in diverse sources. As noted, in kelly pool each player is randomly assigned a specific ball of the fifteen ball rack, which must be made in numerical order. The game ends when any player makes his assigned ball. Based on these rules, one origin theory holds that when a large number of players are participating, players assigned balls numerically higher than 8—that is, balls that are ""behind the 8 ball in"
"are and . The yellow-and-red sets are sometimes commercially referred to as ""casino sets"" (they were formerly used for televised eight-ball championships, most often held in casinos). The use of such sets, however, predates television, as they were used for B.B.C. Co. Pool, the forerunner of modern eight-ball, at least as early as 1908. Ball sets for the sport of snooker look at first glance like a mixture of American- and British-style pool balls. There are twenty-two balls in total, arranged as a rack of 15 unmarked reds, six placed at various predetermined spots on the table, and a white"
"sized sets on the market are 2 inches and 2 inches (54 mm). Along with the single white cue ball, plain unnumbered (or sometimes ) and , seven of each colour, are used in lieu of the numbered and common to international eight-ball and other pool games. Many (especially North American) suppliers refer to the yellows-and-reds sets as ""casino"" balls, whether UK- or US-sized, because they were formerly used in US casino-hosted, televised, modified-rules eight-ball tournaments popular in the 1970s; the coloured rather than numbered sets were selected for their distinguishability on TV. The , however, still typically bears a"
"Blackball (pool) Blackball (sometimes written black ball), also known as reds and yellows and English eight-ball, is a pool (pocket billiards) game originating in the United Kingdom and popular across Europe, as well as in some former British colonies such as Australia. In the UK and Ireland it is usually called simply ""pool"". The game is played with sixteen balls (a and fifteen usually unnumbered ) on a small (6 ft × 3 ft or 7 ft × 3 ft 6 in) pool table with six . Blackball is an internationally standardised variation of the popular bar and club game"
"Seven-ball Seven-ball is a contemporary pool game with rules similar to nine-ball, though it differs in two key ways: the game uses only seven as implied by its name, and play is restricted to particular pockets of the table. William D. Clayton is credited with the game's invention in the early 1980s. At the start of the game, balls one through seven are in a hexagonal configuration, with the 1-ball placed at the rack's , centered over the table's , the 7-ball placed at the rack's center, and all other balls placed clockwise ""(see photo top right)"". Immediately following the"
"used. Some balls used in televised pool games are colored differently in order to make them distinguishable on television monitors. Specifically, the 4 ball is colored pink instead of dark purple, and the 12 is white with a pink stripe, to make it easier to distinguish their color from the black 8 ball, and similarly the 7 and 15 balls use a light tan color instead of a deep brown. Television was also the genesis of the cue ball with six red spots on its surface (known as a ""measle"" cue ball) so that placed on it is evident to"
"5 yellow and 2 red, arranged in a line. When released, the balls so that the balls spun around a funnel-like table and ended up in the center in a daisy-like pattern (one ball surrounded by the other six). The object was to have a yellow ball in the center. The contestant was originally spotted $5,000 - later reduced to $3,000 - and asked to pull a lever that released the balls down the table and into the daisy pattern. For the first pull, their money doubled if the center ball was yellow. For the second pull, one of the"
"body for pool including blackball in England. The hybrid game eight-ball rotation is a combination of eight-ball and rotation, in which the players must pocket their balls (other than the 8, which remains last) in numerical order. Specifically, the solids player starts by pocketing the 1 ball and ascends to the 7 ball, and the stripes player starts by pocketing the 15 ball and descends to the 9 ball. Eight-ball Eight-ball (often spelled 8-ball or eightball, and sometimes called solids and stripes, spots and stripes in the United Kingdom or highs and lows in Japan, is a pool (pocket billiards)"
"nine-ball, and for the last several decades ahead of straight pool. Eight-ball is played with cue sticks and 16 balls: a , and 15 s consisting of seven striped balls, seven solid-colored balls and the black 8 ball. After the balls are scattered with a , the players are assigned either the group of solid balls or the stripes once a ball from a particular group is legally pocketed. The ultimate object of the game is to legally pocket the eight ball in a called pocket, which can only be done after all of the balls from a player's assigned"
"pool balls are 57 mm ( in), are used in many pool games found throughout the world, come in sets of two of object balls, seven and seven , an and a ; the balls are racked differently for different games (some of which do not use the entire ball set). Blackball (English-style eight-ball) sets are similar, but have unmarked of (or ) and balls instead of solids and stripes, and at 56 mm ( in) are smaller than the American-style; they are used principally in Britain, Ireland, and some Commonwealth countries, though not exclusively, since they are unsuited for"
"after which, on coin-operated tables, a second game may then be played with the striped 9 to 14, and the solid seven as the money ball. No special equipment is required for play in pool halls or home pool rooms. As illustrated to the left, a regular set of pool balls and a nine-ball diamond rack turned sidewise are adequate. The original informal incarnation of seven ball led to a variant professional ruleset that enjoyed a brief heyday in the Sudden Death Seven-ball series of pro tournaments, broadcast on the American cable TV network ESPN from 2000 to 2005. Seven-ball"
"Eight-ball Eight-ball (often spelled 8-ball or eightball, and sometimes called solids and stripes, spots and stripes in the United Kingdom or highs and lows in Japan, is a pool (pocket billiards) game popular in much of the world, and the subject of international professional and amateur competition. Played on a pool table with six pockets, the game is so universally known in some countries that beginners are often unaware of other pool games and believe the word ""pool"" itself refers to eight-ball. The game has numerous variations, mostly regional. Standard eight-ball is the second most competitive professional pool game, after"
"red balls and 60 other balls that are either black or yellow. It is unknown how many black or how many yellow balls there are, but that the total number of black balls plus the total number of yellow equals 60. The balls are well mixed so that each individual ball is as likely to be drawn as any other. Given a choice between two gambles: Also you are given the choice between these two gambles (about a different draw from the same urn): This situation poses both ""Knightian uncertainty"" – how many of the non-red balls are yellow and"
"straight pool, fifteen balls are racked in a triangular rack, with the center of the apex ball placed over the foot spot; the 1 ball is placed on the rack’s right corner, and the 5 ball on left corner from the racker's vantage point. This rule developed because the color and pattern of the 1 and 5 balls are thought to provide maximum contrast with the end rails and are the balls targeted on straight pool's exacting standard break. All other balls are placed at random. Straight pool is played to a specific number of points agreed on prior to"
"Kelly pool Kelly pool (also known as pea pool, pill pool, keeley, the keilley game, and killy) is a pocket billiards game played on a standard pool table using fifteen numbered markers called peas or pills, and a standard set of sixteen pool balls. Gameplay involves players drawing peas at random from a , which assigns to them the correspondingly numbered pool ball, kept secret from their opponents, but which they must pocket in order to win the game. Kelly pool is a game, which means that players must contact the lowest numbered on each shot first until the opportunity"
"Three-ball Three-ball (or ""3-ball"", colloquially) is a folk game of pool played with any three standard pool and . The game is frequently gambled upon (typically for a twenty dollars (or equivalent) ante per round). The goal is to () the three object balls in as few shots as possible. Theoretically, any number of players can participate, in rotation, but more than five can become unwieldy. The game involves a somewhat more significant amount of luck than either nine-ball or eight-ball, because of the disproportionate value of pocketing balls on the shot and increased difficulty of doing so. In some"
"captain of the team draws a number, and that number's rod gets removed from the playfield. If a yellow ball splashes down into the water, the team wins $5,000. If no balls splash down, the team wins $500. The only way the game ends (besides the captain saying ""I'll stop"") is if a red ball splashes down. If the red ball splashes down, either by itself or with other colored balls, the team loses half their winnings. If the green ball splashes down without either red ball, the team's total is bumped to $50,000 on the Special, or $75,000 on"
"randomly from the pool and add it to their rack. Players may play tiles by amending sets already in play. The only limit to the length of a run is the extremes of the tile values. Groups are limited to four because colors may not repeat within a group. All tiles in play must be arranged in sets of at least three tiles. The two valid set types are called runs and groups. A ""run"" is composed of three or more, same-colored tiles, in consecutive number order. (A 1 may not follow a 13.) A ""group"" is made from three"
"Rotation (pool) Rotation, sometimes called rotation pool or 61, is a pocket billiards game, requiring a standard pool table, and triangular rack of fifteen pool balls, in which the lowest-numbered on the table must be always struck by the cue ball first, to attempt to () numbered balls for . Rotation is somewhat similar to nine-ball, but its scoring system is based on points, similar to that of straight pool. However, unlike straight pool, rotation is not a ""call-pocket"" game. As with nine-ball and other similar-format games, some attractions of rotation include performing unconventional or difficult shots to reach the"
"a cue stick, one white ball (the cue ball), fifteen red balls and six colours: a yellow (worth two points), green (three points), brown (four points), blue (five points), pink (six points) and black ball (seven points). At one end of the table (the ""baulk end"" ) is the so-called , which is 29 inches from the baulk end cushion. A semicircle of radius 11.5 inches, called , is drawn behind this line, centred on the middle of the line. On the baulk line, looking up the table from the 'baulk end', the yellow ball is located where the ""D"""
"two ball machines: one containing the white balls and the other containing the red Powerballs. Five white balls are drawn from the first machine and the red ball from the second machine. Games matching at least three white balls or the red Powerball win. Two identical machines are used for each drawing, randomly selected from four sets. The model of machine used is the Halogen, manufactured by Smartplay International of Edgewater Park, New Jersey. There are eight ball sets (four of each color); one set of each color is randomly selected before a drawing. The balls are mixed by a"
"James R. Smith James Roy (""Jimmy"") Smith (1904-1986) was California water polo player and coach. He developed many of the modern rules which are used in competition today, including the use of the yellow rubberized ball adopted by FINA in 1956. Smith authored several books on aquatic coaching and the mechanics of play. His 1936 book, ""Playing and Coaching Water Polo"", was the first text on the sport. At the same time, Smith developed a water polo ball made with an inflatable bladder and a rubber fabric cover, which improved performance. In 1990, the United States Water Polo Award was"
"to eight ball, straight pool and other major competition games. In recent decades, nine-ball has become the dominant tournament game in professional pool, in the World Pool-Billiard Association, Women's Professional Billiard Association and United States Professional Poolplayers Association. Matches proceed quickly, suitable for the time constraints of television coverage, and the fast-paced games tend to keep the audience engaged. The game is played on a pocket billiards table with six pockets and with ten balls. The , which is usually a solid shade of white (but may be spotted in some tournaments), is struck to hit the lowest numbered ball"
"game continues in this manner until all the reds are potted and only the six colours are left on the table. At this point the colours must be potted in the order from least to most valuable ball – that is, yellow first (two points), then green (three points), brown (four points), blue (five points), pink (six points) and finally black (seven points), the balls not being returned to play. When the final ball is potted, the player with more points wins. If the scores are equal when all the balls have been potted, the black is placed back on"
"awarded, see below). If a player fails to pot a ball ""on"", whether a red or a nominated colour, the other player will come into play and the balls ""on"" are always the reds, as long as there are still reds on the table. The alternation between red balls and colours ends when all reds have been potted and a colour is potted after the last red, or a failed attempt to do so is made. All six colours have then to be potted in ascending order of their value (yellow, green, brown, blue, pink, black). Each becomes the ball"
"yellow balls was replaced with a red ball, and their money tripled if the center ball was yellow. They didn't lose anything if a red ball came up in the center for these first two pulls. The contestant could then stop with their winnings, or opt for a third pull after another yellow ball was replaced by a red ball. For this final pull, they quadrupled their money if the center ball came up yellow, but lost half their money if the center ball came up red. Maximum payout is $72,000 (or $120,000 under the original payoff system). Vortex debuted"
"of 3.5m to 5m and goals (heavy metal buckets with a diameter of about 40 cm) at the bottom of the pool. Two teams (blue and white), each with six players (plus six substitutes), try to score a goal by sending the slightly negatively buoyant ball (filled with saltwater) into the opponents’ goal. It is a fast and exhausting game; therefore, the subs replace their players on the fly. The ball may be passed in any direction but must not leave the water. It ""flies"" about 2m or 3m before water resistance stops it. This makes good tactics and good"
"before any balls are potted, and leaves the player a free ball, the player can then nominate a colour and play it as a red for one point, then nominate a colour and pot it for its normal value. It is thus possible to score for 16 reds and blacks (16 * 8), plus the values of all the colours (27), resulting in a break of 155. Under tournament conditions, Jamie Burnett achieved 148 points. The highest possible score, as distinct from the highest possible break, is unlimited and depends on the value of points scored from the opponent's foul"
"The six ""colours"" (a term referring to all balls except the white and the reds) are placed on their own spots. On the baulk line, looking up the table from the baulk end, the green ball is located where the ""D"" meets the line on the left, the brown ball in the middle of the line, and the yellow ball where the ""D"" meets the line on the right. This order is often remembered using the mnemonic ""God Bless You"", the first letter of each word being the first letter of the three colours (Green, Brown, Yellow). At the exact"
"Bank pool Bank pool is a pool game that has as its most fundamental requirement that all scoring shots in the game must be made by a called ball off a and into a called pocket. While the game has multiple variations, the predominant version through much of its history was played with a full fifteen-ball , of which the winning player was required to legally pocket eight balls. A shortened version of the game using nine balls of which the players must legally pocket five for the win, often called ""nine-ball banks,"" gained popularity in the 1990s and 2000s"
"2-out-of-three), as in other types of pool. Points are scored by pocketing the object balls on the table; the number of points awarded is equal to the number printed on the ball pocketed; for example, pocketing the 4 ball scores the player 4 points. In a two-player or -team game, the frame is over when a player or team has 61 or more points, although frames tied (drawn) at 60 points can occur (in which case the player who last legally pocketed a ball ""is credited with a bonus point"" and declared the winner). More than two players or teams"
"pool and pyramid pool. Life pool involved several colored balls used as both cue balls and object balls. In pyramid pool, there were 15 red balls and a white cue ball, and each player received one point per red ball potted. Along with the new games being developed, the table was taking steps toward its current state. Black pool was the next version created. Black pool was similar to pyramid pool, except that the black ball from life pool was added to the game and could be potted for more points. In 1875, at the British Army Officer's Mess in"
"has been merged into one 5 meter line since the 2005–2006 season. Along the side of the pool, the center area between the 5 meter lines is marked by a green line (if marked at all). The ""five meters"" line is where penalties are shot and it is designated by a yellow line. The ""two meter"" line is designated with a red line and no player of the attacking team can receive a ball inside this zone. At the start of each period, teams line up on their own goal line. The most common formation is for three players to"