The Games
9-Ball Bank – January 24, 2020
- Players Meeting, Noon; Draw immediately following
- Match Play begins at 1:00 pm
- Total Purse: $85,000* approximate
- Guaranteed Added $25,000
- Entry Fee $160**
- Buy-In Option $100
- Single Elimination w/ 1 Buyback
- Race to 3
- Foul results in loss of ball
- Spouse wrist band $50
*Total Purse based on the field of 400 players (max 400)
** Entry fee includes a $10 registration fee.
- Race to 3
- Single Elimination
- Buy-In Option
- Scratch or foul results in loss of ball
9-Ball Bank Rules
Race to 3; single elimination; one buy-back option.
Winner of the lag decides who breaks first.
Winner of previous game decides who breaks the next game.
A legal break requires you to strike the head ball first and drive at least one object ball past the side pockets. If your break is illegal, the opponent may either accept the table in position or require you to break again.
You must call the intended pocket and exact number of cushions before shooting.
A ball is illegally pocketed if it: goes into other than the called pocket; contacts other than the exact number of cushions called; caroms off any other object ball before being pocketed; is pocketed by a combination; contacts the cue ball more than once on the same shot. All illegally pocketed balls are spotted.
Kick shots are not allowed.
Any scratch or foul results in loss of a ball. If you have no balls to spot, you “owe” a ball. You must spot what you owe at the end of your inning in which you have balls available to spot.
The incoming player has cue ball in hand behind the head string after a scratch or cue ball jumped off the table.
Should this occur, the ball closest to the head string is spotted. If 2 or more balls are the same distance from the head string, the shooter will designate which ball to spot.
The first player who legally pockets five (5) balls wins the game.
The "One Foot On The Floor" Rule Is In Effect
ONE-POCKET – January 26th, 2020
- Players Meeting, Noon; Draw immediately following
- Match Play begins 1:00 pm
- Total Purse, $70,000* approximate
- Guaranteed Added $25,000
- Entry Fee $160**
- Buy-In Option - $100
- Single Elimination w/ 1 Buyback
- Race to 3
- Standard Rules
- Spouse wrist band $50
*Total Purse based on field of 300 players (max 400)
** Entry fee includes a $10 registration fee.
Format:
- Race to 3
- Single Elimination
- Buy-In Option
- Standard One-Pocket Rules
- Alternate Breaks
One Pocket Rules
Race to 3; single elimination; one buy-back option.
Winner of the lag decides who breaks first.
Players will alternate the break.
A legal break requires you to pocket a ball or drive at least one object ball or the cue ball to a cushion after contact. Failure to do so is a foul.
Any scratch or foul results in loss of a ball. If you have no balls to spot, you “owe” a ball. You must spot what you owe at the end of your next inning in which you have balls available to spot. If a scratch or foul is “slept” and subsequently remembered, the ball is spotted after each player has shot once.
It is a foul if you deliberately trap or wedge the cue ball in the jaw of the pocket. In addition to the foul penalty, your opponent receives cue ball in hand behind the head string.
If you wish to take a deliberate cue ball foul, you must use your cue tip to strike the cue ball. If you strike the cue ball with anything other than the cue tip, in addition to the foul penalty, your opponent receives cue ball in hand behind the head string.
If a player shoots into the wrong pocket and continues to shoot because their opponent failed to notify them of the error, any additional balls pocketed in that inning do not count, whether pocketed for the shooter’s or the opponent. The first shot to the wrong pocket in a given inning is the shooter’s responsibility, and the opponent is entitled to any balls pocketed on that first stroke. However, any other pocketed balls in the wrong pocket in the same inning are to be spotted as illegally pocketed balls.
If you commit 3 successive fouls in one game you lose the game. Your opponent must notify you that you are on 2 fouls immediately before your next inning
Slow play will not be tolerated. Tournament officials will issue a warning if they feel you are delaying the progress of the match. A second warning will result in ball in hand anywhere on the table. A third warning is loss of game. A fourth occurrence is loss of match.
Should this occur, the ball closest to the head string is spotted. If 2 or more balls are the same distance from the head string, the shooter will designate which ball to spot.
The "One Foot On The Floor" Rule Is In Effect
9-Ball – January 29th, 2020
- Players Meeting, Noon; Draw immediately following
- Match Play begins at 1:00 pm
- Total Purse, $77,500* approximate
- Guaranteed Added $25,000
- Entry Fee $160** • Buy-In Option - $100
- Single Elimination w/ 1 Buyback • Race to 9
- Pro-Express Rules • BCA Points Event
- Spouse wrist band $50
*Total Purse based on the field of 350 players (max 400)
** Entry fee includes a $10 registration fee.
- Race to 9
- Single Elimination
- Buy-In Option
- Pro Express Rules
- 2020 Derby City 9-Ball Now a Race to 9
The Billiard Congress of America and Diamond Billiard Products are pleased to announce this year's Derby City Classic 9-Ball Tournament will be a BCA points ranking event. In support of BCA requirements for points-ranking events, the match race will be increased from 7 to 9 games.
Additional Rules For 2020:
- The outsville template will be used in place of the traditional triangle.
- The 9-Ball is to be positioned on the spot when racking.
- Once balls are placed inside the template, do not touch them.
- If the template is not perfectly straight, call for a re-rack.
- A minimum of 3 balls must cross the head-string, less pocketed balls.
- There will be an 18” break-box.
9-Ball Rules
Race to 9; single elimination; one buy-back option.
Winner of the lag decides who breaks first.
Winner of previous game decides who breaks the next game.
A legal break requires you to contact the one ball first and either pocket a ball or drive at least 4 object balls to the cushions. Failure to do so is a foul, and counts as the first foul of the 3-foul rule.
You may push out on the shot immediately after the break.
It is a foul if you deliberately trap or wedge the cue ball in the jaw of the pocket. In addition to the foul penalty, your opponent receives cue ball in hand behind the head string.
Any scratch or foul results in cue ball in hand.
If you commit 3 successive fouls in one game you lose the game. Your opponent must notify you that you are on 2 fouls immediately before your next inning.
You must not concede the 9-Ball. The penalty is loss of game PLUS one additional game. Unscrewing your playing cue while your opponent is at the table is loss of match.
The "One Foot On The Floor" Rule Is In Effect