How to play · 15 balls

One Pocket

The chess game of pool. Each player owns one corner pocket, and only balls in your pocket count.

The One Pocket rack

Balls: All 15 plus the cue ball
Rack: Triangle, any order
Pockets: The breaker picks one of the two foot corner pockets. The opponent gets the other.
Goal: First to 8 balls in your pocket

The break is usually soft and defensive, steering balls toward your pocket and leaving your opponent nothing to shoot.

Any ball can be played on any shot. Only balls in your own pocket score for you.
Balls that go in your opponent's pocket count for your opponent, even on your shot.
Balls that fall in any of the other four pockets are spotted back on the table.
You keep shooting as long as a ball goes in your pocket.

A foul costs one ball: spot one of the balls you've already made. If you have none, you owe one.
Scratches, missing all balls and no cushion after contact are fouls.
Three fouls in a row usually loses the game.

The first player to get 8 balls in their own pocket wins.