Killer
Killer is a great game that is perfect for a group of people playing pool. Now, depending on who you ask you’ll probably get a different set of rules off different people for this game. But I think there are two main ways you can play this game, one is for fun and the other is for money!
The Rules are fairly straightforward;
• Everybody has three lives, if you miss a pot or foul then you lose a life and if you pot the black you get an extra life.
• It doesn’t really matter in which order you go in, so the first person breaks and they get two shots in which they must pot.
• Then going round the group everyone gets one shot to pot a ball or they lose a life.
• In the event of all the balls being potted and players still have lives left, you can just re-rack the balls and carry on.
• The winner is the last player with a remaining life.
If you want to play for money, the rules are exactly the same, just decide the amount you want to play for (usually a coin 20p, 50p etc) and throw your coins into a glass or saucepan (literally anything). Then place the glass or saucepan in the middle of the table, follow the same rules as before but this time you can’t hit the glass or saucepan otherwise you lose a life!
Cutthroat
A game of cutthroat works best with three or five people, you will also need American pool balls which are numbered. If you are playing with three people then For three people, the balls are split into three groups 1-5, 6-10 and 11-15 and for five people they are split into 1-3, 4-6, 7-9, 10-12 and 13-15. The aim of the game is to be the last player with your allocated balls on the table, so if you have balls 1-5 you would want all balls from 6-15 potted whilst keeping your 1-5 balls on the table.
• The balls are racked and broken normally, with the person who breaks deciding which set of numbers they want after breaking, the next player then decides which numbers they want, until the last player takes the remaining set.
• A player’s go is over when they fail to pot a ball or a foul is made, in the event of a foul each player make take one of their pocketed balls an return it to the table.
• When a player has all of their balls pocketed, they are out of the game unless someone else fouls then they can return one of their balls to the table.
• The winner is the player who has only their balls remaining on the table.
Three Ball
This game is good with any amount of players, only one person plays at a time but it’s quite a fast game so you don’t have to wait too long for your go!
• First decide the order the players will play, this can be done however you like, drawn at random, youngest first etc.
• Three balls are racked in a triangle, the aim is to pot them in the least amount of shots possible, with the break counting as one shot.
• Each time a foul is made an extra shot is added to the score.
• Each player plays until all three balls are potted, the winner is the player with the lowest score after everyone has had their turn.
• In the event of a tie you can either play a play-off between the tied players or consider the whole round as a tie and play again!
These games are perfect to play with a group of mates, and you’re guaranteed to have a good laugh! You can also play these games over and over so by investing in a folding pool table you’ll end up saving money, rather then spending a load of money on a pub pool table.
Do you enjoy playing these pool games with your mates? Or do you have any other games you like to play? Let us know your favourite pool games!
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