Last Pocket 8 Ball Both Players Have Same Last Pocket

4/4/2017 6:28:51 PM

In last-pocket 8 ball, can both players have the same last pocket?

billiardsforum on 2/17/2018 7:33:36 AM
In short, most last-pocket 8-ball rules say that you can not have the same last pocket as your opponent. The first player to take a pocket as their last pocket is considered to "have that pocket". If the opponent pockets their last ball in the same pocket, the first player gets to nominate any other pocket for the opponent's last pocket.

However, there are two more variations on the rules to resolve two players having the same "last pocket" as opponent. The same question was asked and answered in a previous post. The full details and a more complete answer lives there.