Billiard Ball Set, 2 1/4" | 2.25" Diameter balls Set of 16 Balls | 167-170 grams, 56.8-57.2mm diameter (3% tolerance rate)| Premium Quality

• Mix up your game with this ASKA Poker Ball Set. This ball set is the standard 2-1/4" in diameter and made to full ASKA standards
• Included are 4 yellow "A" balls, 4 purple "K" balls, 4 red "Q" balls and 4 blue "J" balls. Poker Pool is a fun alternative billiard game, combining the luck of the cards with the skills of pool for a great strategy exercise that requires you to think on your feet.
• This is the perfect game to play when you have an odd number of players and can become a really technical game depending on the skill levels involved. Generally, players are dealt a hand of cards; each card represents a different ball on the table. The object of the game is to run your hand out by pocketing the balls that match the cards you are given.
  
  
  
  
  

  Poker Pocket Billiards – Rules Overview

  Racking the Balls
  In Poker Pocket Billiards, the object balls are racked randomly with no specific order, using a 16-ball diamond-shaped rack. The rack is placed in the standard position, with all balls touching before the break. Below is an illustration showing the proper rack setup.

  
  
  

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  • Start of the Game
    Players may lag or draw lots to determine the order of play. The starting player begins the game with ball-in-hand.

    Objective & Scoring
    The objective of Poker Pocket Billiards is to finish the game with a stronger poker hand than your opponent, based on the balls you have legally pocketed.

    Poker Hand Rankings (Best to Worst)
    Four of a Kind (e.g., four Aces), Full House, Three of a Kind, Two Pairs, Straight (Ace, King, Queen, Jack), One Pair.

    Pocketed balls remain off the table. A player may score no more than five balls per inning.

    Break Shot
    The player performing the break is credited with all legally pocketed balls, provided no foul is committed. The player continues shooting until a shot is missed or the five-ball per inning limit is reached.

    Incoming Player
    The incoming player accepts the balls as they lie and continues shooting until missing a shot or reaching the five-ball limit for that inning.

    End of the Game
    The game ends when all object balls have been legally pocketed.

    Game Progression Example
    One player may have five balls, another four, another three, and another two. If two balls remain on the table, a player with five balls may continue shooting by spotting one ball from their hand for each ball pocketed, attempting to improve their hand. A player with four balls may pocket a fifth ball and continue shooting for the final remaining ball, spotting one ball after each score. A player with only three balls ends the game if they pocket the last two balls, as they reach the five-ball maximum and do not spot any balls.

    Determining the Winner
    Once all balls are pocketed, players form the best possible poker hand from their collected balls. For example, a player with three Kings defeats a player with five balls forming only two pairs. A player with one ball defeats a player with none. A player with no balls finishes ahead of a player with none who owes a ball due to a foul.

    Deliberate Misses
    A player may deliberately miss a shot if they already have five balls and no remaining ball can improve their hand. On a deliberate miss, the player must either drive an object ball to a cushion or cause the cue ball to contact a cushion after striking an object ball. Failure to do so is a foul.

    Fouls
    A foul occurs if a player fails to hit an object ball, causes the cue ball or any object ball to leave the table, does not keep at least one foot on the floor while shooting, touches the cue ball with anything other than the cue tip on a legal stroke, touches any object ball illegally, or fails to comply with the deliberate miss rule.

    Wild Poker Pocket Billiards (Optional Variations)
    By mutual agreement, players may introduce wild cards. Wild Jacks allow any “J” ball to be declared as any card when hands are shown (e.g., three Aces plus one Jack may be declared as four Aces). In the Single Wild Rank (Shake Bottle) variation, one number is drawn secretly and, when revealed, all balls of that rank become wild. In Individual Wild Cards, each player draws a number, and any balls of that number they score are wild only for that player.