8-Ball rule question......

[PrimeTime]

I personally had a new an unusual situation come up while playing 8-Ball late this afternoon and we could not find a rule covering it.

I was down to simply making the eight ball which was only about 9 inches from an end pocket. My opponet had several balls left on the table and one was hung in the pocket supposedly blocking the end pocket above.

So, I called the eight ball in the pocket and simply made the eight ball by following his ball in. A "difference of opinion" arose about this but we could find nothing in the rules that said it wasn't a legal shot. FWIW......I called the shot as well as the pocket.

Does anyone know of any rule covering this?

IMHO if there isn't something to the contrary then it was a legal shot.

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[PrimeTime]

I checked today with a local tournament director AND he verified that the only requirement regarding the referenced shot was to have called the pocket for the eight-ball.....it was not necessary to call the shot......in my case......I had done both which is fine.

[Buddy]

Primetime,
You win in most sets of rules. That's something that needs to be specified. I only know one league where the 8-ball needs to go in "clean". If you don't know ahead of time, you probably aren't playing those rules.

[Kokopuffs]

It should be okay as long as the called ball goes into the called pocket. Some people play CALL POCKET others play CALL SHOT.