Legal Shots
For a shot to be legal, the object ball must strike the cue ball before touching any other ball on the table.
The shooting player must also call the pocket where the object ball will drop.
As with straight pool, the object ball may strike other balls or cushions unintentionally before falling and still count, provided it falls in the called pocket.
When a player pockets one of his or her balls he or she shoots again. When all of the player's object balls have been pocketed, the 8-ball is the final object ball.
Read more about this topic: Chinese Eight-ball
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