Rules | Break Club

It's your shot...

Break from anywhere behind the baulk line.
If you pot multiple balls off the break, select your set and continue.
If you foul off the break (miss all the balls or pot the white) your opponent receives 2 shots.

A foul will give your opponent two shots. This is achieved by:
- missing all balls from a shot,
- potting the white,
- hitting an opponent’s ball directly with the white, or
- touching any ball with your person.
When the white is potted, place it anywhere behind the baulk line and shoot in any direction.
2 shots are carried over onto the black.
A foul on the black (other than in-off) is not an immediate loss, it gives the opponent 2 shots.
If you make a foul and snooker your opponent (where they can’t hit both sides of any of their balls) in the same shot, it is considered a foul snooker.

If you are foul snookered, you receive 2 shots as per a normal foul
To get out of the snooker, you can nominate any ball on the table to hit with the white ball.
If you pot the nominated ball, your 2 shots continue.
If you miss the nominated ball, you have 1 shot remaining.
You will lose the frame if you nominate the 8 ball and pot it.

The above rules are from the World Eightball Pool Federation (WEPF) and should be adhered to.