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Except when clearly contradicted by these additional rules, the General Rules of Carom Billiards apply.
18.2 Balkline, which is a variant of carom billiards, evolved from Straight Line or straight rail billiards in the late 19th century. Balkline plays much like Straightline carom billiards, though it partitions the billiard table into sections into baulks using balk lines, into which the ball must travel. The 18.2 balkline rules were meant to make billiards a more challenging game for the players, and more entertaining for spectators. Since the invention of balkline rules, balkline billiards has become the generic term for many different forms of carom billiards.
The 18.2 Balkline Rules call for the game of 18.2 balkline to be played between either two individuals, or between two teams with an even number of players.
Standard 18.2 Balkline Rules call for the use of a regulation/standard set of balls, and a standard carom billiard table. In addition to the normal markings found on the table the following areas shall be marked:
See the image of the 18.2 billiard table balk lines below:
Here is an image of a guy playing 18.2 Balkline rules, on a table with white balk lines:
In the second image, "The Mighty Atom of the Billiard World", Kinrey Matsuyama of Japan is playing on a billiard table marked specifically for 18.2 balkline billiard play. He was nicknamed as such because of his extraordinary play in the World's Championship 18.2 Balkline Billiard Championship (shown in the image)...
To reach a predetermined point count before your opponent.
In 18.2 Balkline Rules, one point is scored each time a legal count is made, subject to the restrictions of the balk and anchor areas as described in the next section.
According to 18.2 Balkline Rules, the red ball must be the first object ball contacted on the break shot.
A legal counting stroke entitles the shooter to continue at the table until he or she fails to legally count.
The shooter, or an object ball, is said to be "in balk" or "in anchor" if both of the object balls lie within the same balk or anchor area on the billiard table. The player may score without regard to the balk areas at the beginning of the shooter's inning, or when one, or both, of the object balls come to rest in a new balk area.
If both of the object balls rest in the same balk area where the previous point was scored then the shooter is required to drive at least one of the object balls from that balk area in order to legally count.
One must note that if the shooter drives an object ball out of balk as required and it comes to rest in the same balk area it was just driven from (along with the other object ball) then the shooter is still in balk and must again drive at least one of the object balls from balk to legally count.
The anchor areas are played in the same manner as the balk areas. Note that one, or both, of the object balls may be driven out of balk but still be in anchor (the reverse can also hold).
A player may go for the count, or play safe as decribed in the General Rules of Carom Billiards. (See Above for link)
One point will be deducted from the offender's score for each foul. Any point made on a foul stroke will not count as it is not a legal count.
The 18.2 balkline article was posted on 4/15/2009 9:54:00 AM and updated on 4/15/2009 9:54:00 AM. The 18.2 balkline article was edited by Billiards Forum Editor.
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Brunswick Balke Collender Co. Used to publish it's own official rules, since it held tournaments.
The 18.2 balkline are predominently observed in North America.
The governing body for 18.2 balkline is the Nobody at the moment..
18.2 Balkline belong to the carom billiards category of cue sports. Carom billiards is a class of cue sport games played on a pocketless carom billiard table.
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