Bar rules are the first rules that I ever learned. In the Billiard Rules arena, bar rules pretty much pertains to 8 ball. The rules are much the same as your general 8 ball rules. One difference is, that if you make a ball on the break it will designate the table solids or stripes). The major differences are in your call pocket rule.Bar rules are the first rules that I ever learned. In the Billiard Rules arena, bar rules pretty much pertains to 8 ball. The rules are much the same as your general 8 ball rules. One difference is, that if you make a ball on the break it will designate the table (solids or stripes). The major differences are in your call pocket rule.

Normal rules state that if you call your pocket and ball and that particular ball ends up in the called pocket it is a good shot.

The bar rules version require a player to call banks into the rail and caroms off other balls. This means if you call the eight in the corner clean and it touches a ball or rail on the way in you lose the game. As for any object ball besides the eight it would result in loss of turn.
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