No
Under most rules if you fail to hit your object ball it is a foul, not a scratch. The foul will mean ball-in-hand to your opponent.
English spins the cue ball in a manner that can place it in a specific place.
The blue ball in the game of pool is the #2.
The lowest numbered ball in pool is the 1 ball. Pool does not assign points to the balls, so they are all of equal value.
The fifth ball in a pool ball triangle will dpend upon the game being played. In Straight Pool, it can be any of 13 different balls. Only the 1 and the 5 cannot be located there. In 8 Ball, the 5th ball must be the 8 ball.
No, you do not lose. When you scratch on the break, your opponent has ball in hand behind the head string. == If a player scratches on a legal break shot, (1) all balls pocketed remain pocketed (exception, the 8-ball: see rule 4.8), (2) it is a foul, (3) the table is open. Please Note: The incoming player has cue ball in hand behind the head string and may not shoot an object ball that is behind the head string, unless he first shoots the cue ball past the head string and causes the cue ball to come back behind the head string and hit the object ball."
There are many pool games that can be played on a pool table. Some pool table games include eight-ball, nine-ball, three-ball, one-pocket, and bank pool.
A ball in hand is a circumstance in the game of pool or billiards in which a fault by another player permits the competitor to take the cue ball in hand and place it behind the baulk line.
The 8 ball.
Krylon
there is not anyway to illegally break in 9 ball pool!!