The guy you were playing was making his own rules by the sound of it. Combining "bar rules" and "valley rules"... If playing bar rules you cannot "kiss" or bounce off another ball before going in the pocket. Valley it doesnt matter....as long as you call the pocket it doesnt matter how it gets there.
Scratch rule for bar - ball must be behind the line and make contact at or ahead of the line.
Scratch rule for valley is "ball in hand" and ball can be placed anywhere on the table.
Not hitting last ball is either back to the line - bar rules or "ball in hand" valley rules. The guy you played looks like he was conveniently picking which rules to play depending on how the game went.
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Originally Posted by Jayems
Only in 9 ball, imo, is that acceptable. But since he's playing 8, I've always had to call my shots. Unless it's and obvious straight in shot, you have to call banks off other balls, no matter how small the contact is
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