Combination called shot?

Question

If someone calls a combo shot and the opposite goes in first is it a legal shot. eg. 7 ball infront of a corner pocket and the 5 ball in front of the 7 and was called as 5, 7 combo. The 5 ball was hit first as called but the 7 ball pulled away some enough to allow the 5 ball to enter the corner pocket and the 7 ball was then pulled in the same pocket. I say it was illegal since the shot was intended for the 7 ball to enter and my brother

says it doesn't matter. which is the legal shot? Thanks, Denise

Answer 1

I'd call that slop, or illegal.  Sure he called a combo, but the intended ball didn't go in.  That's about the same as if he hit the 5 into the 7, and the 4 ball was struck by chance and landed in a pocket, slop.

Answer 2

Are you saying that both the 5 and 7 made it into the same pocket?  Your wording is a little odd.  Under BCA rules, you never need to indicate combination shots.  As long as the ball you called goes into the pocket you called and you made a legal shot, it doesn't matter how it got there.  If the 7 ball bounced around 6 cushions and still made it in the pocket that you designated, it counts.  M.D.-BCA Instructor/Referee.

Answer 3

All that matters is ball and pocket. How the balls get into the pocket doesn't generally matter (unless there is a a foul from other means).

Your brother made a legal shot.

Answer 4

CALLING SHOTS

For games of call-shot a player may shoot any ball he chooses, but before he shoots, must designate the called ball and called pocket. He need not indicate any detail such as kisses, caroms, combinations, or cushions (all of which are legal). “Any additionally pocketed ball(s) on a legal stroke is counted in the shooter’s favor.”

Answer 5

Yes you are correct and your brother is wrong.  If it was called the 5, 7 combo, then the seven has to fall first and actually doesn't even matter if the 5 is pocketed at all.  The first ball called just has to be hit first.

Answer 6

Your question is making me dizzy trying to read it if the seven went in called pocket it was a legal shot

7 in corner called 7 goes in corner  ( done deal )