Pool rules | Sahrat

These are Sahrat’s default rules. Where tables differ from one majlis to another, the difference is a table option, and every option is free.

Pool in Sahrat is 8-ball, one against one: pot your balls (solids or stripes) and then the black 8.

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6 pockets: four in the corners and two in the middle.
15 numbered balls plus the cue ball.
Solids are 1 to 7, stripes 9 to 15, and the black ball is the 8.
The rack is broken from behind the head string, and the first player takes the break.

The table is open after the break: the first ball you pot with a legal shot decides your group, solids or stripes.
Pot one of your own balls: shoot again.
Pot nothing, or only the opponent's balls: the turn passes, and the balls the opponent potted stay down.
Only the 8 needs a called pocket. Every other ball counts in any pocket.
The turn timer is 30 seconds, starting when the last shot has finished moving. When time runs out, the game plays the shot for you.

The cue ball must first hit one of your own balls. While the table is open, any ball. Once your group is cleared, only the 8.
Then a ball must be potted, or any ball must touch a cushion.
The 8 is not a legal first hit while the table is open and balls of either group are still up.

The cue ball is potted.
The cue ball hits nothing.
The wrong ball is hit first.
No ball touches a cushion after contact (and nothing is potted).
The 8 is potted early or in the wrong pocket (this loses the game, see below).
After any foul: your opponent places the cue ball anywhere on the table. If the cue ball was potted, it is placed by hand, not on a spot.
A shot with a foul assigns no group, even if it potted a ball, and the balls it potted stay down.

Only the 8 is called: you must name the pocket before you shoot, and only once your group is cleared.
On the break: if the 8 is potted it goes back on its spot, with no loss.

You win: pot the 8 in the pocket you called after clearing your group, with a clean shot.
You lose: pot the 8 early, in the wrong pocket, or together with a foul (such as the cue ball going in with it).
A legal break (a ball is potted, or a ball touches a cushion) that pots a ball lets the breaker shoot again, with the table still open.

Cues, cloth and ball sets are looks only: the same aiming line, the same physics and the same results for every player.
Every player starts with the Majlis cue and the green cloth.