One Pocket
Draw: TBD
Players Meeting: 12:00pm
Match Play: Begins at 1:00pm
Purse: $52,500.00 based on field of 300 Players
(We reserve the right to go over these amounts if
our staff feels we can accommodate more players.)
Guaranteed Added: $15,000.00
Limited: First 500 Players- Sorry, but this must be enforced!
Entry: $125.00 + $6.25 "Convenience Charge"
Total: $131.25
Format:
One-Pocket Rules Summary:
Rules are evolving and will be further discussed at Players Meeting.
1. The winner of the lag has the first option to break. Thereafter, the break will alternate between the players. Players will rack their own balls, and the opponent may inspect the rack.
2. Either the cue ball or any object ball must be driven to a rail after contact, or it is a foul.
3. Cue ball fouls only, unless the cue ball comes into contact with ball(s) that have been disturbed.
4. Any scratch or foul results in loss of a ball. If a player has no ball to spot, then he will "owe one," and will spot a ball at the end of his next run. If a scratch is "slept" and subsequently remembered, it is to be spotted after each player has shot once.
5. The 3-foul rule applies. The opponent must notify a player before the third foul that the player is on two.
6. Players must sit down and be quiet while their opponent is shooting. However, players may converse with the audience during their inning provided nothing derogatory is said about their opponents.
7. Slow play will not be tolerated. Shot clocks will not be used, but repeated slow play will cause a warning to be issued. A second warning will result in ball in hand anywhere on the table. A third warning is loss of game. A fourth warning is loss of match. Latitude will be shown to all players. In general, it will be considered that one minute should be ample time for any shot.
8. If any ball is difficult to spot, a tournament official should be called.
9. A player may play safe to the same rail as many times as he chooses.
10. Disturbing object balls when a player thinks he is "out" will be loss of game. If a player says something to this effect to his opponent: "You need one..." or "You need two..." then that shall be exactly what the player needs, provided such a statement is loud enough for several people in attendance to hear.
11. "Frozen" balls must be called before the player who just finished his inning sits down.
12. There will be a five minute forfeit time. Should a player be five minutes late for his or her match, he will lose one game every ten minutes late for his match, with the first loss of game occurring at the initial five minute mark.
13. Should a ball be pocketed in a pocket not being one of the two pockets in play and not spotted, when said ball is remembered, it is to be spotted after each player has shot once, unless it happens to be the last ball on the table, in which case it is immediately spotted.
14. If a player scratches and all balls in play are behind the line, the closest ball to the line is spotted. If two or more object balls are the same distance from the line, the highest numbered ball is spotted.
15. Deliberate "double hitting" the cue ball or an object ball is not allowed. When taking a deliberate cue ball foul, player must use the tip of the cue, no tapping with side of the stick. Should this occur, the incoming player shall have the right to place all moved balls, including the cue ball, back to the original position on the table.
16. The cue ball may not be "wedged" in with an illegal double hit, "taking a scratch" in order to "corner hook" the incoming player.
17. The only time moving the cue ball is not a foul is when a player disturbs the cue ball which is very close to a pocket, while removing object balls from the pocket.
18. When spotting balls, an object ball may not be "frozen" to the cue ball. It should however, be placed as closely to the cue ball as possible, but not quite frozen. Spotted balls should be frozen to other object balls. If there is no room between the spot and the food rail, then spotted balls shall be placed forward of the spot on the centerline.
19. It is not a foul to accidentally touch one stationary object ball. However, it is an automatic foul to touch 2 or more balls. Also, it is a foul if the offending player attempts to restore the moved object ball before giving the seated player the option of leaving the moved ball in its new position, or asking a referee to restore it to its original position. (Note: There are exceptions if the moved ball changes the outcome of a shot. See a referee for advice.
The "One Foot On The Floor" Rule Is In Effect