Pool

Land the perfect shot and run the table in this extremely popular game of billiards.

Basics Rules Settings

Terminology

Cue Stick: The stick with which you strike balls.

Cue Ball: The ball that you strike with the cue. This is a solid white ball.

Pocket: The holes at the edge of the table in which you pocket object balls.

Object Ball: Every other ball on the table. These are colored and are either striped or solids. These are the balls that you must hit with the cue ball into a pocket.

Break: The break is the first shot of the game. The breaking player shoots the cue ball into the object balls which have been arranged in a pattern at the other end of the table.

Scratch: A scratch is a foul that occurs by a player pocketing the cue ball on their turn. This results in a turn change, with the next player able to drop the cue ball anywhere they like on the table.

Game Mechanics

Moving the cue ball: On breaks and after scratches, you can tap, hold, and drag the cue ball to move it around the table.

Aiming the cue stick: Tap an area of the table to immediately aim the cue stick at that location. You can also drag around the table to rotate the aim. There are also arrows on the lower right side of the screen that allow for fine control of aiming.

Shooting the ball: Pull back on the power bar located on the lower left side of the screen to determine the amount of power behind the shot, and release to shoot the cue ball.

Adding spin: You can add spin to the cue ball by tapping the icon of a cue ball located on the middle right edge of the screen and changing the spot at which the cue strikes the cue ball.

Aim lines: By default, there are aim lines displayed on screen that show you where your cue ball will travel and which direction the object ball it strikes will go. You can toggle these lines by tapping the "eye" icon above the cue ball icon on the right edge of the screen.