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If a stalemate occurs (see 1.12 Stalemate), the players will lag again to determine who will shoot an opening break. For an opening break shot, the fifteen balls are racked in a triangle with the apex ball on the foot spot. Pocketing the eight ball on a legal break shot is not a foul. If no called ball is pocketed, the cue ball and two object balls must each be driven to a rail after the cue ball contacts the rack or the shot is a breaking foul. 14.1 is continuous in that after fourteen balls are pocketed, they are re-racked and the shooter continues. If both balls interfere, all fifteen balls are re-racked and the cue ball is in hand behind the head string. When the cue ball is in hand behind the head string, and the first ball the cue ball contacts is also behind the head string, the shot is a foul unless the cue ball crosses the head string before that contact.

If only the cue ball interferes, then it is placed as follows: if the object ball is in front of or on the head string, the cue ball is in hand behind the head string; if the object ball is behind the head string, the cue ball is spotted on the head spot, or on the center spot if the head spot is blocked. When the cue ball is in hand and restricted to the area behind the head string, it is a foul to play the cue ball from on or below the head string. 6.1 Cue Ball Scratch or off the Table The cue ball is in hand behind the head string (see 1.5 Cue Ball in Hand). It is a foul to touch, move or change the path of the cue ball except when it is in hand or by the normal tip-to-ball forward stroke contact of a shot. It is a foul to touch, move or change the path of any object ball except by the normal ball-toball contacts during shots. The fifteen object balls are racked as tightly as possible in a triangle, with the apex ball on the foot spot and the eight ball as the first ball that is directly below the apex ball.

The pockets are wider and more forgiving compared to snooker tables. The table is open after the break shot and remains open until the shooter pockets balls from only one group on a legal normal shot, which means not a break shot and not a free shot. If the breaker pockets a ball and does not foul, he continues at the table, and the table remains open. A push shot is when the cue remains in contact with the ball longer than the brief moment needed to hit it. When the cue ball or fifteenth object ball interferes with racking fourteen balls for a new rack, the following special rules apply. If the cue ball or object ball is barely outside the marked rack area and it is time to rack, what is billiards the referee should mark the position of the ball to allow it to be accurately replaced if it is accidently moved by the referee when racking. In any case a position of balls needs to be amended it is solely the referee’s duty and responsibility to perform this task. On a free shot Rule 6.2 Wrong Ball First is suspended and the player may take the cue ball in position or in hand in baulk.

Baulk is the rectangular area of the table that is bordered by the baulk line and the three cushions at the head of the table. The baulk line is parallel to the head rail and one fifth of the length of the playing surface away from the head cushion. Playing away from a frozen ball does not constitute having hit that ball unless specified in the rules of the game. The procedure for a stalemate is specified under the rules for each game. This game goes back to the 18th century, where players enjoyed the game in pool rooms as horse gamblers pool money that they would bet with on the races. As the game evolved, to propel the players made use of the opposite side of the stick to get better results which came to known as "cue." As the tip of the cue were, generally, very smooth, it was difficult to control where the ball went once it was struck.