RIVER CITY AMUSEMENT COMPANY
THURSDAY OPEN POOL LEAGUE INFORMATION
ALL RIVER CITY LEAGUE PLAYERS MUST BE 21 YEARS OF AGE
*** RIVER CITY AMUSEMENT NON-BALL IN HAND RULES WILL BE USED
FOR ALL MATCHES ***
1. Thursday Open Pool League is scored by match wins and losses using a 16 game total games
format. Game wins/losses determine the match winner. In the event of an 8 to 8 tie each team
selects one player for a one game playoff to determine the match winner. ONLY PLAYERS
WHO HAVE PLAYED 3 OR MORE WEEKS WILL BE ALLOWED TO PLAY A TIE
BREAKER GAME. FLIP A COIN FOR BREAK, SPLIT QUARTERS.
2. Home team captains are responsible to make sure both teams have paid their dues for the
match. Please fill out dues envelopes completely to assure proper leagues get credit for their
league funds. $5 per player league fees will be due each week. The league envelope should
then contain $40.
3. $15.00 player’s fee will be paid for any players participating 3 weeks or more for the same
team. This fee will be taken out of the end of the year paybacks. It is a one time charge per
person.
4. All matches begin at 7:30 p.m. (Actual time, not bar time). Line-ups must be filled out by
7:45 p.m.
5. DROP LOCATIONS FOR THURSDAY OPEN POOL LEAGUES: HOME
LOCATION
6. FORFEITS: There will be a 15 minute grace period. Games must be made up within 2
weeks. Let River City know when these make up matches are scheduled.
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7. THE RULE REGARDING MAKE-UP MATCHES IS AS FOLLOWS:
Any teams that can’t make their scheduled league match need to call the opposing team
captain at least 1 ½ hours before the scheduled time to play. There is a Captain’s phone list of
all team captains and co-captains in every team packet. Do not use sponsor’s phone numbers.
All make-up matches will have a one month window to be scheduled/completed. If matches
have not been scheduled/completed after 1 month, River City will try to help schedule the
match. If teams cannot agree, then the match shall be split using whichever format your
league is: wins, round points, etc. Match wins/losses leagues will be determined by a coin flip.
After the final night of league in a season, all outstanding matches must be completed within
two (2) weeks of the final night. River City reserves final judgment in all matches.
8. All league members will be qualified for any tournaments on the River City Calendar of
Events according to tournament specifications.
**** 9. PLAYERS WILL RACK THEIR OWN BREAKS. ****
RIVER CITY AMUSEMENT
STRAIGHT POOL RULES
(NON BALL IN HAND)
THE BREAK & SHOOTING AFTER THE BREAK
Players rack their own break.
Pocketing the 8 ball on the break is a win. Pocketing the 8 ball and scratching the cue ball is a
loss.
On the break, one object ball must be pocketed or at least three balls (not including the cue ball)
must be driven to a rail for it to be a legal break. If this doesn’t occur, the opponent will receive
the break.
After the opening break the table is still considered an open table, regardless of what is made on
the break. The first legal ball made after the break will determine the suit of the balls the players
are shooting. All balls including the 8 ball are considered neutral and may be used to pocket a
ball after the break. Once the suits are determined you must hit your suit first for a legal shot.
Call pocket only. Obvious shots do not need to be called. Any non obvious shots should be
called but it is always the opponents’ responsibility to ask if they are unsure where the shot is
going. Kisses, caroms, and rails touched do not need to be called before a shot. As long as a
player makes contact with his suit of balls first and the called ball ends up in the called pocket it
is considered a legal shot.
Masse shots and jump shots are legal. Jumps are legal as long as the cue ball is hit from above
center. It is not legal to jump by “digging under” the cue ball.
FOULS
Cue ball fouls only. Miscues, scratches, accidental moving of the cue ball, and the cue ball
leaving the field of play constitutes a foul and loss of turn. All fouls that do not result in the cue
ball leaving the field of play (jumped completely off of the table or scratched) – the opponent
will shoot the cue ball as it lies.
Object balls accidentally moved by hand or by cue are not fouls. The opposing player shall have
the option to leave the balls where they lay or to move back to the original position, or as close
as possible.
*EXCEPTION* (IF A MOVED OBJECT BALL IS POCKETED IT SHALL REMAIN
DOWN AND DOES CONSTITUTE A FOUL AND LOSS OF TURN) **IF THE EIGHT
BALL IS ACCIDENTALLY POCKETED IT WILL RESULT IN LOSS OF GAME**
Jumping the cue ball completely off of the table and on to the floor is considered a scratch just as
the cue ball falling in a pocket. As long as the cue ball comes to rest on the playing surface the
shot is considered legal.
All scratches result in your opponent receiving ball in hand inside of “The Kitchen”
“The Kitchen” is defined as the area from the second diamond across on the breaking end of the
pool table.
You must shoot at an object ball outside of “The Kitchen”. The ball must be completely outside
of “The Kitchen” to be playable. The cue ball must be completely inside “The Kitchen”. It is the
opponents’ responsibility to stop a player whom is shooting at a ball that is questionable. If you
concede the shot it is considered legal.
*EXCEPTION* (IF ALL OF THE PLAYERS BALLS ARE WITHIN THE KITCHEN WHEN RECEIVING A
SCRATCH, THE BALL CLOSEST TO THE RACK SPOT SHALL BE PUT ON THE RACK SPOT, OR AS
CLOSE TO THE RACK SPOT AS POSSIBLE --- IF THE EIGHT BALL IS THE ONLY BALL REMAINING
IT SHALL BE PUT ON THE RACKSPOT)
LOSS OF GAME FOULS
- Scratching while shooting at the eight ball is a loss of game. Any shot resulting in the eight
ball being jumped off the table is a loss of game.
- Accidentally moving and pocketing the eight ball is a loss of game.
- Making the eight ball on the same stroke as your last object ball is a loss of game. The eight
ball must be made alone with the final shot.
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Pocketing the 8 ball and scratching the cue ball on the break is a loss of game.