This guide was created from scratch by the Pool Legends staff. Any parts of this guide may not be re-used without the permission of the Pool Legends Head Admin.

Introduction

Becoming a staff member of Pool Legends is a great privilege. Pool Legends is a league that has grown tremendously since the league started on March 4, 2005. We wish to keep up all of the hard work that everybody, past and present, has put into Pool Legends.

We have high standards for our TD's and these standards are in effect for ALL TD's. Please read the "New TD Guide" if you have no previous experience running Cases/MyLeague tournaments. Experienced TD's should know what is on the TD guide but may want to look at it because you are responsible for it also!

These are the default rules and are to be used in all tournaments. TD rules should not vary by TD!!!

If a tourney type is not listed on here, you can NOT run it.

Tournaments may be combined as long as they are on the guide. For example, you can have a "Scratchless and Bank the 8/cue" tournament and the rules would be combined with you must bank the 8 or cue into the 8 and if you scratch at anytime during the game, you lose. PL is always open to learning new tournaments and adding them to our rules. However, there are a few that are banned. These include "Magic Bootem" and "Survivor". The reason for this is that players do not control their own destiny and we received too many complaints. Please see an Admin if you have a new tournament you wish for us to review and possibly add to our list of tournaments.

Pool Legends Tournament Setup

• Regular Tournaments
• Regulars may not be overlapped. This means that a regular can not start until the previous Regular has completed the final round and distributed bux.
• The next Regular may be spammed as soon as a current Regular begins. It is suggested that the next Regular be spammed as soon as possible after the current Regular begins to increase the chances of a bigger tournament. This means that a Regular and a Fast Four may be spammed at the same time.
• Before beginning a Regular tournament, please ask if there are objections to close or if anyone else would like in the tournament.
• A regular TD should be the only one using CAPITAL letters in the lobby.
• Fast Fours
• Fast fours can be hosted at ANY time.
• Fast Fours are to start immediately once 4 are in. There should be no waiting or asking for objections.
• Fast Four spams must be 4 lines or less.
• Fast Four tournaments must have "FF" labels in the tournament spam and title of tournament page.
• Only 1 Fast Four may be spammed at a time.
• You may have more than 4 people in a Fast Four if someone sneaks in. Do not remove extras.
• Fast Fours are on a first come, first served basis. If someone asks to have the next, please let them have it but generally speaking, the first person to spam a FF is the first person that gets to host it. You do not need to ask to make a FF.
• Please use lower case letters when hosting Fast Fours.

• GENERAL RULES
• All TD's must have a working TD email account. We frequently send out TD letters that are MANDATORY to read. You are responsible for knowing what are in the emails.
• You need to be available to members especially to new members. If you are unable to help someone, then have another staff member help them.
• We encourage you to have a league spam that has our league address and some helpful information. This could include how to sign up, a slogan, and/or facts about us. When a person asks what league is in the room, anyone can spam their league spam.
• All TD's must have tournament rules on their rules page. We have made this very simple for you by putting all the rules together. Copy and paste the html of rules at the bottom of this page into your rules (Customize Tournament Rules) on your TD page and click the box that says save as your default.
• You need to be professional in what you do at all times. We still encourage you to be yourself at the same time. Try not to push members away or be derogatory at other staff members.
• Treat everybody the same and treat everyone how you wish to be treated.
• If you report a tournament match incorrect and close your tournament you need to do 2 things. First, in your TD menu, click "Tourney Support" and fill out the information. This will be sent to Cases and they will adjust the tournament ladderbux. Secondly, you need to contact an Admin and inform them. Only Admins can fix the ladderstats. If ladderbux are not involved in the tournament, you just need to contact an Admin. Once everything is corrected, it will not change on your tournament page, only in the individual player statistics.
• Try to avoid canceling tournaments. Cases frowns upon canceling tournaments. If you can not get enough players, please postpone your tournament instead of canceling. To postpone all you do is announce in lobby its postponed, remove the players in it already, and close check-in. Then when you want to host a tournament in the future, go to "administer" tournaments instead of create and use that jump. If you have at least 4 in a tournament and have to leave the room, simply find a HTD to take over for you.
• Always ask in the lobby if anyone has the next tournament. When you want to host, you should be aware of what is in progress at the current time so you know what is best to make (regular or fast four). Of course sometimes, it is nice to ask what type of tourneament members want but for the most part, you should just make what you wish to run. Also, you should ask the current TD of the regular tournament if it is ok to spam. If the TD has not responded, an admin or HTD may tell you that you may spam.
• Pool Legends encourage good sportsmanship but at the same time we do not force it. As a TD, you should never request, demand or hint that someone rerack due to an early 8 or failure to follow the tournament rules. If they make the 8 early or, for example, don't bank the 8 in a bank 8 tournament, they lose! Reracks are only available if the player that wins offers one. The person that lost should not ask or request one or make the winner feel guilty about taking a win. There is no limit to the amount of re-racks a player can offer in a tournament. You may decide to make 2 players rerack in your tournament if there is a problem and the only fair thing to do is to re-rack. Please note that we as a league feel that that taking a early 8 is NOT bad sportmanship because it is part of pool.
• In the event our room is unable to be played in, you MUST ask an Admin before changing rooms. TD's who do not get permission, will be penalized. Remember, often times the admins are invisible on Yahoo Messenger.
• We do not allow offensive material of any kind of tourney pages. This includes full nudity, partial nudity and pictures depicting anything involving sex, alcohol or drugs.
• Due to TD's representing PL with their actions, admins reserve the right to box a TD for something that may only get a warning a regular (non-td) member. For example, typically an "F-bomb" gets a warning the first time and the 2nd time it is said, they are boxed. TD's could be boxed the first time.
• If you are boxed as a TD, you are NOT allowed to host while you are in the box. You will be placed on Vacation status as TD.
• We ask that all TD's stay under 30 days idle. This is very leniant compared to other leagues. You may ask an admin to place you on vacation at any time and then you will not be removed. We just need to be informed of what is going on. If you are over 30 days idle, we will send you an email giving you a certain amount of days to inform us of why you need vacation or to make a tournament. This may vary. A TD with 5 tournaments would not get as much time to respond as a TD with 200 tournaments. Finally, a TD that gets accepted and makes no attempt to contact an Admin to get activated or host their first tournament within 2 weeks of acceptance, will be removed.

• GENERAL TOURNAMENT RULES
• Ensure games are played on rated, protected tables. (Unless a tourney requires it as something else)
• If a player is not in the room, idle in the room, or gets booted during their match, timers are assessed at the request of the opponent. The opponent must invite you to a table (to prove they tried to invite opponent). An example of a timer is "@05 on sexxxy_luckydog17" with the minute it is given on and the player id. Try to find that player if possible (on YM or something) during the timer. Timer lengths vary for each tourney. They are the following:
  • Regular tournaments - 7 mins
  • Regular tournament finals - 10 mins
  • All boot'em tournaments - 5 mins
  • All fast fours - 5 mins
  • In the event two people playing each other time out, the person who registered for the tournament first advances. They are then put on another timer next round.
  • Timers are non-continuous meaning that if someone is put on a timer a 2nd (or more) time it starts over and they are given the full amount of time to get back.
  • Timers may be assessed at any point in the tournament. One can be put on someone in round 2 even though there is a round 1 match in progress in the tournament.
• If you’re invited by a player that is in your tournament, please accept and attend to that player.
• It is strongly suggested that TD's watch your finals table. You can either invite your players to finals or have them invite you if you wish.
• "Good game" (gg) may not be said before the 8 ball is potted. Also any forfeiting (a player forfeiting opponent or a player forfeiting themself when opponent is about to win) is against the rules. If done, please give a warning to a player. If repeated, that player faces a penalty from an Admin.
• Players in your tournament should not shoot if their opponet is on a timer or not present unless they have asked you to witness it. If they have an easy run or are on the 8 ball, they may ask for you to witness so they have proof when the opponet returns. Finishing a game with opponet missing and without the TD requested to witness results in a re-rack of the game. Players should keep in mind that sometimes when they are booted, their avatar and name remain in the room and it is not known they are not present.
• No "subbing" is allowed in PL team tournaments. If your partner has to leave, you are all alone. Also, no coaching at the table/lobby is allowed in PL team tournaments. In all "best of" team tournaments, a timer will be applied each round to the missing person. If they do not return, that team starts 0-1 but is allowed to continue. This includes bigger team tournaments. In "Shoot til Miss" or "Shoot and Stand" 2v2 tournament, if one partner is not present, the team gets a timer and is NOT allowed to continue with one person. If the opposing team is nice enough to allow it, the one person may continue. If this is the case, each opponet must be asked before each round. In bigger teamers (3v3, 4v4, etc.) that are "Shoot til Miss" or "Shoot and Stand" you are allowed to continue as long as you have OVER 50% of your players there. For example, in a 3v3 you would need 2 players present, in a 4v4 you would need 3 players present, in a 5v5 you would need 3 players present, and in a 6v6 you would need 4 players present.

• SPECIAL EVENT RULES
  • Fast Fours
    • Fast fours are quick 4 person tourneys that help members stay active and not be bored. PL's rule is that fast fours can be made at any time in the day with a few rules in regards to that. Only ONE fast four may be spammed at a time. You may make as many as you can fit in but only one is allowed to be spammed at a time to give all TD's a chance to host some. Please see the Fast Four rules listed above.
  • Marathon Days
    Pool Legends host a "Marathon Day" on the last Saturday of each month. The purpose of these are to challenge the TD's to see how many tournaments we can host in one day. To help with this, we limit the rules for these days. We currently hold the all-time Cases record for tournaments in a day with 522 set on May 26, 2007.
    • Each TD is only allowed to spam up to 2 tourneys at a time (Example: 3 td's could spam at a time with 2 each having 6 spammed tourneys). This does not mean you can only have 2 open tourneys, it only means that 2 can be spammed at at time.
    • We only allow ONE line spams for Marathon Day. If you have 2 tourneys to spam they both must fit on that one line! We do this so the lobby is open for reports.
    • League address spams may be your normal ones in length.
    • Please be courteous to all your fellow TD's! If another TD needs jumpers help them out! You can't expect for people to jump your tourneys if you do not jump theirs.
    • TEAMWORK IS THE KEY TO MARATHON DAY!!!!

• SPECIFIC TOURNAMENT RULES
• Weeklies
• If you are interested in hosting a weekly, contact an admin to get on the waiting list. If you are a TD that is lucky enough to be in charge of one of PL's weeklys please make sure your tourney is made at least 24 hours in advance. For weeklies, we ask that you arrive at least 30 minutes before your weekly is supposed to start. If you can not make it or will be late please try to notify a HTD or admin or post on the tagboard so it can still be run for you. Real life stuff happens and you can not always make it but there is NO reason that your tourney should not be on the calender because you can make your tourney 6 days in advance if need to. We ask that the tourney be on the calender so that no tourneys are made in this time slot instead of the weekly and everybody is aware that it will take place every week. Also, it is easier for a HTD to run it than have to make it and run it. If you fail to not make your tourney 3 times or more you are subject to losing your weekly unless you've notified an admin of a problem. Finally, please update the weekly page with the winner and runner-up that we have given you when you get your weekly!

• 10 Shot
• Played on training tables
• First person listed in parings breaks and shoots first
• You get 10 shots to sink as many balls as you can
• Break counts as first shot
• Ball potted during scratch does not count
• Balls can be shot in any order.
• Be sure to keep score of your shots and ball count
• Score is to be kept on table where opponent can see

• 2 vs. 2 (Best Of 3)
• Played on separate tables as player 1 (listed on "teams" on tournament page) from each team play each other. Player 2 from each team play each other also.
• If the score is tied at 1-1, the winners play each to decide which team advances.
• No substitutions are allowed. Nobody can "fill in" for you or your partner.
• No coaching is allowed in partner tournaments.
• In all "best of" team tournaments, a timer will be applied each round to the missing person. If they do not return, that team starts 0-1 for each timer but is allowed to continue.

• 2 vs. 2 (Shoot and Stand)
• Play on unrated tables.
• Take one shot and stand (even if u make a ball) and your partner sits and shoots.
• Keep rotating each shot.
• Break counts as a shot.
• No substitutions are allowed. Nobody can "fill in" for you or your partner.
• No coaching is allowed in partner tournaments.
• If one partner is not present, the team gets a timer and is NOT allowed to continue with one person. If the opposing team is nice enough to allow it, the one person may continue. If this is the case, each opponet must be asked before each round.

• 2 vs. 2 (Shoot until you miss)
• Play on unrated tables.
• Shoot until you miss.
• Then stand, so your partner can take a seat.
• No substitutions are allowed. Nobody can "fill in" for you or your partner.
• No coaching is allowed in partner tournaments.
• If one partner is not present, the team gets a timer and is NOT allowed to continue with one person. If the opposing team is nice enough to allow it, the one person may continue. If this is the case, each opponet must be asked before each round.

• 3 vs. 3, 4 vs. 4, 5 vs. 5
• Same as 2 vs. 2, just with more players.
• No substitutions are allowed. Nobody can "fill in" for you or your partner.
• No coaching is allowed in partner tournaments.
• In all "best of" team tournaments, a timer will be applied each round to the missing person. If they do not return, that team starts 0-1 for each timer but is allowed to continue. This includes bigger team tournaments.
• In bigger team tournaments that are "Shoot til Miss" or "Shoot and Stand" you are allowed to continue as long as you have OVER 50% of your players there. For example, in a 3v3 you would need 2 players present, in a 4v4 you would need 3 players present, in a 5v5 you would need 3 players present, and in a 6v6 you would need 4 players present.

• Alphabet
• All games played on rated & protected tables
• You must sink your balls in this order, Blue, Green, Orange, Pink, Purple, Red, and Yellow. (Alphabetical order)
• If you sink the wrong ball, give opponent ball in hand
• If you sink one ball in the right order and another goes in, it is still your turn.
• 8 ball is still to be sunk last

• Arabian Pool
• Played on rated / protected tables
• When you get to the 8 ball, your opponent will call the pocket that you have to make the 8 in
• This remains the designated pocket for you for the remainder of the game

• Banks & Combos
• Every ball you make must be made by a bank shot or a combo shot.
• A bank shot is when you bank the ball off an opposite rail of the pocket it is going into or bank the cue ball off an opposite rail of the pocket you are making a ball.
• A combo is when you use another ball to make a ball. The ball you make must not be the initial ball you hit. Example: You hit the cue ball into the orange ball and the orange ball hits the blue ball and sinks the blue.
• If a ball goes in without doing either of these, you must tap and give opponent BIH.

• Bank A Specific Colored Ball
• You must bank the color ball the TD specifies.
• If your opponent makes that ball for you or you make that ball on the break then you do not have to bank. Otherwise, you must bank or you lose!
• Cue banks do NOT count on the color ball you must bank
• If you scratch while banking your ball in - it still counts and your bank is legit.

• Bank One Ball (And Call It)
• You get to choose which ball you want to bank in this tourney.
• You MUST CALL the ball and pocket before banking for it to count. Example: Red, top right.
• You can change the ball you want to bank if you miss as many times as you want.
• Cue banks do NOT count.
• Your bank still counts if you scratch unless it is the 8 ball

• Bank Robbery
• Play On Rated & Protected Tables
• No bank shots are allowed at any time including the cue ball being banked into a ball
• Accidental banks do not count as banks and you have to tap and give BIH to opponent if this occurs. However, if you make a regular shot and another ball falls in after hitting a rail it is allowed

• Bank the 8 Only
• Bank the 8 ball into the pocket. Failure to do so is a loss.
• Short banks do not count (must bank off an opposite rail).

• Bank the 8/Cue
• Bank either the 8 ball into the pocket or the cue ball into the 8 (and into the pocket). Failure to do so is a loss.
• Short banks do not count (must bank off an opposite rail).

• Bank the 8 and Last Pocket
• Bank either the 8 ball or the cue ball into the 8 (and into the pocket) into the pocket your last ball went into.

• Black Jack
• Played at training tables.
• You each alternate taking a shot. Take one shot, stand, opponent shoots one, etc.
• Break counts as a shot.
• The only BIH allowed is if your opponet scratches.
• Yellow Solid = 1 point, Blue Solid = 2 points, Red Solid = 3 points, Pink Solid = 4 points, Orange Solid = 5 points, Green Solid = 6 points, Purple Solid = 7 points, Black = 8 points.
• All stripes = 3 points.
• Bank ANY ball = 1 point (Banks are one point ONLY - not an additional point). Example: Banking red solid = 1 point.
• Cue banks do not count as banks. Example: Cue banking red solid = 3 points.
• The winner is defined as the first person to get to 21 points. If you go over 21, you automatically lose.

• Boot’em
• This is played at a training table whereby the TD will invite all the players to the table.
• The rotation goes in alphabetical order.
• The TD breaks and then its player 1's turn.
• They sit at table, click the cue, and shoot.
• Shoot Once then stand, if you miss you are booted.
• Do not move the cue unless someone scratches then you place cue to the left of the line and shoot to the right.
• After a scratch, the next players shot must have the cue go to to the right side of the line before sinking a ball. If the only ball(s) left were to the left of the line, you would have to bank off a rail first to get the cue to the right of the line before making a ball!
• It is common courtesy to type "shot" after you shoot so everyone knows who is next.

• Boot’em - BOMB NEW!!
• Played the same as a regular bootem (miss or scratch = you're out) with the exception being you can not touch the 8 ball.
• If the 8 is touched in any way, you are eliminated.
• After all other 14 balls are made, the 8 can be made by the next person.

• Bootem - Reverse
• Same as a regular boot'em except the shooting order is backwards (last person alphabetically)

• Call a Friend
• Played like a regular 8 tourney, until finals
• The 2 players must choose anyone from the current tourney who was already eliminated to play for them (top bracket chooses first)
• They must report it as a league game as soon as game is over

• Call All Shots
• You must call all shots (red - bottom right) in order for them to count
• If you do not call a shot or make it in wrong pocket, you must tap and give BIH to opponent.

• Call Opponents 8 Pocket Before Break
• Before the break, each person will call what pocket the other has to make the 8 ball into. That is the pocket they must pot the 8 into.
• You may call the same pocket if desired.

• Call Your 8 Before Break
• Before the break, each person will call what pocket the other has to make the 8 ball into. That is the pocket they must pot the 8 into.
• You may call the same pocket if desired.

• Cue Control
*There are 3 different table setups allowed by the TD. They are Regular, Square and X. The following 3 links show these setups the TD's can do.
Square
X
Reg
• Played on training tables
• Everyone is invited by the TD and stays at one table.
• You get one turn to make as many balls as you can without missing or hitting another ball.
• Each ball is worth 1 point.
• No combo shots allowed. Must be cue and ball you make touching only.
• If you clear a rack, your turn is over and your score is 15.
• If there is a tie there will be a playoff with the tied players going again.
• Player may move cue anywhere to start.

• Default 8
• Regular 8 except the 8 ball must be pocketed into the default Yahoo pocket. (Top middle where the arrow is by default)

• Dynamite
• Played at rated protected tables.
• Game is played as Regular 8 with the exception that on EVERY shot you must use FULL POWER and FULL ENGLISH.
• Full English is defined as english being at 12 o’clock position (absolute very top of english ball).
• It is common courtesy to hold your shot before letting go to show your opponet your power bar.

• Elimination
• Played on unrated protected tables.
• The object is to clear your opponets balls aka "backwards pool".
• You may not pot your own balls.
• No ball in hand is allowed. Do not move the cue!
• After opponets balls are cleared, you must sink 8 for the win.

• Fewest Shots Possible
• Games played on Protected Training Tables
• Cue ball must be moved on break
• Make all balls in the fewest shots possible.
• Win by sinking the most balls in the fewest shots
• Scratch counts as 2 shots Ball in hand only after a scratch
• opponent should type the number of shots taken after each shot at table

• First Pocket
• Your first pocket is defined as the first pocket YOU shoot your ball into AFTER the initial break. For example, if you make a solid and stripe on break and make a solid on your next shot. Your first pocket would be where the 2nd solid ball was made.
• Make sure to call your pocket right after your first ball is sunk so there is clarity between you and your opponent.

• Flawless
• Played on a rated protected table, cancel the game if needed.
• First person to give BIH to opponent loses. (by scratching or hitting their ball first)
• The match is played like a regular 8 ball game if a flaw does not occur.
• Break counts!

• Forbidden Pocket
• This game is played on rated protected tables
• As soon as the tournament is closed, the TD will announce which of the pocket is forbidden
• The object of this game is to clean the table along the Regular 8 rules
• If you make a ball in the forbidden pocket - on accident or on purpose - You Lose! (Break counts!)
• If you do so - on accident or on purpose - You Lose!
• The cue ball scratching in the forbidden pocket does not count as an auto-loss unless of course it's with the 8 ball.

• Four Corners
• You must pocket all balls into the 4 corner pockets. In other words, you cannot use the two middle pockets!
• If you make one in the middle, you must tap to your opponent and give them Ball In Hand. If you make one in the middle while making one of yours in the corner, then you can continue shooting.
• Break counts! If you make one in a middle pocket on break, tap and give opponent ball in hand.

• Full English
• You must use full English on all shots.
• English must be set at 12 o’clock. At the very top.
• Then you may shoot.
• Failing to have correct English, will result in you giving BIH to your opponent by slightly tapping the cue.

• Full Power
• You must use full power on all shots.
• Full English is defined as english being at 12 o’clock position (absolute very top of english ball).
• Failing to have correct English, will result in you giving BIH to your opponent by slightly tapping the cue.

• Kill A Specific Colored Ball NEW!
• This game is played on unrated tables. BIH is allowed.
• The object of the game is to "kill" (make) your opponets colored ball that the TD specifies.
• You can not pot the specific colored ball until stripes/solids has been determined by Yahoo.
• Making the specific colored ball (including yours) on the break is a rerack.
• Potting your own specific colored ball (after break) is a automatic loss.
• Potting the cue ball with specific coloured ball is a loss.

• Killer
• Played on a protected training table. Each player starts with 3 lives.
• If there is nothing made on the break, you get one more shot.
• Take only one shot per turn.
• You may hit any ball or combination of balls or banks.
• If no ball is potted on your turn, then you lose 1 live.
• Then stand and allow your opponent to sit.
• Missing a shot is a loss of a life; a scratch is the loss of 2 lives.
• BIH only on scratches.
• Do not move the white any other time.
• The only player with 1 or more lives left wins and advances to next round.

• Last Pocket
• Shoot the 8 ball into the pocket your last ball went into (whether you shot it or not).
• It is highly suggested that you call your pocket right after your last ball is sunk so there is clarity between you and your opponent. However, there is no penalty or disqualification if you do not.

• Last Pocket - Reverse
• Played with the exact rules as Last Pocket. (listed above)
• Played at rated protected tables.
• You play as you would for a regular last pocket game. When it gets down to your last pocket, it is reversed.
• The only exception is, when it gets down to your last pocket, it is reversed. Bottom left = Top right, Top Left = Bottom Right, Top Middle = Bottom Middle and vice versa.

• Low Power
• You must use 4 bars or less (yellow or less) power on all shots.
• Please make sure your opponent sees your power bar before shooting.
• If you forget, you must tap and give opponent BIH.
• Invite TD for problems.

• Make A Specific Colored Ball First
• Played at rated protected tables.
• You MUST MAKE THAT colored ball FIRST (break does not count).
• After making that ball, the rest is played as Reg 8.
• Making another ball first (after break) results in an automatic loss.
• If you opponent makes your ball in, you are just lucky, and do not have to make it first (They still have to make theirs first).
• Making that ball on break counts!

• Musical Chairs
• Played at unrated protected tables.
• Played as Regular 8
• At anytime the TD will come to your table and say 'Switch' and you and your opponent switch seats and continue playing.
• Once the TD says "switch" you may not shoot anything until switching seats.
• Attempting a shot after TD has called "switch" will result in a Disqualification.
• The TD may show up more than once, or not at all, you never know.

• No Ball In Hand
• Ball in hand is not allowed at any point in the game
• This includes on break, after a scrach or a foul
• If you use Ball in Hand, you automatically lose

• No English
• Do not use any english for all shots including the break
• If you use it by accident, you must tap and give opponent BIH
• If you use it on the 8 ball, you lose!

• No Corners
• All balls must go into the Side (middle) pockets. No balls allowed in corner pockets (including on break).
• A ball made in a corner pocket (including the break) is BIH to the other player.

• One Shot
• Play on protected training tables.
• You and your opponet alternate shots (take one shot, stand, opponet shoots one, etc.).
• Top bracket person on pairing is stripes. Bottom bracket person on pairing is solids.
• The winner is the first person to make all of their balls and the 8 ball.
• The only BIH is when your opponet scratches.
• The 8 can go in any pocket and scratching on the 8 is a loss.

• Players Choice
• Before the matches the two players choose what kind of match they both want to play. Match has to be agreed on by both players.
• If you have any problems invite the TD.

• Rack Runners
• All matches are played on training tables. It does not matter who goes first but if you can not decide the player with higher yahoo rating chooses who shoots first.
• Player 1 sits and breaks as normal (random, from the left of the line). Continue shooting until the player misses or scratches (EXCEPTIONS: Continue shooting after a miss on the break. If a player scratches on the break, rerack with no penalty).
• The total number of balls sunk is the players score for that turn. Both players get a certain number of turns (could be 1, 2 or 3 depending on the TD's choice) and the player with the higher score advances.
• If you run a full rack, you shoot another rack (You do not have to make one on break to continue).
• In a 2 or 3 rack tournament - if the person who goes first is leading by 10 or more balls going into the final rack - the losing player goes first in the final round. This is to potentially save time and not make the winning player go unless needed. Example: If player 1 shoots first and is winning 35-24 after 2 racks, the players switch and player 2 goes first in rack 3 to try to tie/take lead to force player 1 to shoot.

• Rack Runners - Prison
• Same as regular RR except you can only pot stripes!
• Break does not count as a shot
• If you dont make a stripe, your turn is over
• Once you make all 7 stripes and the 8, you may start a new rack

• Regular 8
• Normal game of pool.

• Rodeo
• Play On Rated & Protected Tables
• Pocket your stripes or solids like normal, all rules are regular until the 8 ball
• First attempt on 8 ball for both players is the top left corner. If missed, the next attempt is the top middle pocket. This goes in rotation til it is made (Top Left, Top Middle, Top Right, Bottom Right, Bottom Middle, Bottom left
• Please note that you each must shoot at a pocket before you shoot at the next. Its possible someone, for example, is on their 3rd attempt and is on the top right and you are making your first attempt at the top left pocket.
• A safety or tap on the 8 ball is considered a shot and your pocket moves to the next.

• Rotation
• You must pot your balls by rotating the pockets clockwise.
• For example, you pot your first ball in the top right pocket; you must pot your second ball in the bottom right pocket, third ball in bottom middle pocket and so on until you have made all of your balls and the 8 ball in a clockwise pattern.
• Failure to advance to the next pocket clockwise will result in giving BIH to your opponent.
• Play continues until winner pots 8-ball in the correct rotated pocket.

• Save A Specific Colored Ball For Last
• Played at rated protected tables.
• Played just like regular 8 except that You MUST SAVE the colored ball (that the TD spams/annouces/is on tourney page until the last shot before the 8 ball.
• Making your own colored ball early results in an automatic cancellation of that game.
• If you opponent makes your ball in, you are just lucky, and do not have to save a ball for last. (They still do).
• Making the colored ball on break is an auto rerack.

• Scrambled Eggs
• Tables are to be set as Training Tables and Protected
• The cue ball can be placed anywhere on the table to start (including to the right of the line)
• No BIH (ball in hand) after your break (first shot)
• Object of the game: To Make all the balls 1 by 1 without ever touching another ball.
• If another ball is touched at anytime during your shot, your turn is over. Count the amount of balls you sunk MINUS the one you made when another ball was touched
• The next player re-sets the table and has their turn. The player that pots the most balls, wins!
• This can be 1, 2 or 3 rounds (determined by TD)

• Scratchless
• This is just like regular 8 ball except if you scratch you automatically lose. A Scratch is when the cue (white) ball goes into a pocket. Break Counts!!! Cancel the game if a scratch occurs.

• Screw Your opponent
• Played as regular 8 ball game until shooting on 8 ball
• Opponant calls where you are to sink 8
• Opponent may not call same pocket twice in a row

• Speed Pool
• All games are to be played on a training table that the TD hosts.
• When given to the ok to start, clear your rack as fast as possible.
• Scratches are a 5 second penalty, and the cue must then be shot from the left of the line and towards the right side of the table.
• The faster time of a pairing advances.

• Speed Pool - 1 Minute Timed
• All games are to be played on a training table that the TD hosts.
• When given to the ok to start, make as many balls as you can within 1 minute.
• Scratches, other thank the break, end your turn. If you scratch on the break, the cue must then be shot from the left of the line and towards the right side of the table.
• The person who pots the most balls in the minute advances.
• If there is a tie, each player will go again and get 30 seconds to make as many balls as possible.

• Suicide
• All games played on UNRATED PROTECTED tables.
• The first person to make the 8 is the winner. Other balls can be made before the 8 to help clear the table.
• Solids/Stripes must be determined prior to sinking the 8. Failure to do this will result in a LOSS.
• You may use any Ball In Hand EXCEPT when the opponet goes for the 8 and misses.
• If you scratch when you sink the 8 it is a LOSS.
• If you sink the 8 ball on the break it is a rerack, no exceptions.

• Suicide - Bank 8
• Same rules as a regular suicide except you have to bank the 8 ball or the cue into 8 ball to win

• Swiss - Regular
• All in the tourney will play all rounds win or lose until there is one person undefeated.
• The number of rounds played will be determined by how many people are in the tournament and how many rounds it takes to have only one undefeated player.
• If you have to leave or want to be removed before a swiss is over, you must notify the TD to take you out before they advance to the next round.
• This way you will not lose your next round games.

• Swiss - True
• There are a set number of rounds and all players play all those rounds win or lose.
• If it is set for five rounds, you play 5 rounds even if there is only person undefeated after 4 rounds.

• Timer
• All games are to be played on protected table with a set timer.
• Consult the TD for the correct amount of time.

• Top Bracket Chooses
• Player in the top bracket on tournament standings gets to choose the game format.
• TD must approve if it is not a common format.

• Tops and Tails
• All stripe balls must be potted in the top pockets.
• All solid balls must be potted in the bottom pockets.
• If you are stripes, the 8 goes top also and if you are solids the 8 goes in the bottom also.
• If you pot a ball in the wrong pocket, please tap to your opponent and they get Ball In Hand.
• If you make one in the wrong pocket on the same shot that you pot one in the right pocket, you keep going with your shooting.

• Traffic Lights
• All games played on unrated protected tables.
• You must pot the Green, Yellow, and Red balls in that order then pot the 8. The first to do these 4 in order will win.
• If wanted, you may make other balls also.
• If you make one of your balls out of order - you automatically lose!
• If an opponent makes one of those balls for you, you can skip it. (Example: if opponent makes yellow, you go green, red, black).
• The rest of the game is regular 8 ball rules. For example: A scratch on the 8 is a loss.

• V Shape Tourney
• Played at rated protected tables
• You may only make balls in the Top Left, Bottom Middle and Top Right pockets ( V Shape)
• If a ball goes into a wrong pocket (without one going in the V also), you must tap and give opponent BIH

Rules For Tourney Pages
Please copy all of the text below and paste it into your "customize tourney rules" in your td menu. Save it as your default and you will never have to worry about editing the rules again. All TD's MUST have rules on their page.