Overview
Offense and defense are key in this three person game. Each player is assigned 5 object balls from the rack upon entering the game. Players must defend these 5 balls from being sunk by an opponent while trying to sink the 10 balls belonging to his/her opponents. It's every man for himself! When a player scratches, a ball from each opponent is brought back into a game. When a player's 5 balls are sunk, he is out of the game.

Number of Players
3

Tournament types supported
Head-to-head

Balls used
Standard Rack (1-15) plus Cue ball

Ball Allocation
Starting player is allocated the group of balls 1-5, the second player in gets 6-10, and the third 11-15.

Object of the Game
To legally pocket your opponents balls before the opponents legally pocket your group of balls.

Scoring
Group balls have no point value. The player with a ball(s) still on the table, when all other groups' balls are legally pocketed wins the game.

Opening Break
Starting player must make an open break. If failing to do so, incoming player may:

1. accept the table in position and shoot, or
2. require that the balls be re-racked and shoot the opening break himself. All balls are pocketed on a legal break remain pocketed.

Rules of Play

1. Players must decide prior to the game whether they are playing call shot or not.
2. A legal shot requires that the cue ball's first contact be with any object ball. On all shots, player must cause the cue ball to contact an object ball and then either;
1. Pocket a numbered ball, or
2. Cause any numbered ball or the cue ball to contact a cushion. Failure to meet these requirements is a foul. Any legally pocketed ball entitles shooter to continue at the table until failing to pocket an object ball on a shot.
3. If player pockets any opponents' balls on an illegal shot, they are spotted; but if he pockets his own group balls on an illegal shot, they remain pocketed. If player pockets the last ball of his own group, whether or not a legal shot, it remains pocketed and his inning ends.
4. When a player's last group ball is legally pocketed, he is eliminated from the shooting rotation. He remains eliminated for the duration of the game unless a foul is committed by a player still in the game; when a player is reinstated due to a foul, he resumes his normal position in the original order of play.
5. When a player has the cue ball in hand behind the head string (as after a scratch), and all balls of all opponents' groups are behind the head string, the object ball nearest the head string may, at the shooters request, be spotted on the foot spot. If two or more balls are an equal distance from the head string, the player may designate which of the equidistant balls he desires to be spotted.

Illegally pocketed Balls
Opponents group balls are spotted, no penalty. Shooters group balls remain pocketed, no penalty.

Penalty for Fouls
Shooters inning ends. In addition, one ball from each of the opponents' groups that is off the table is brought back into play. Players who had been eliminated can be reinstated at any time until the game is over. If a player's group has no pocketed balls at the time of a foul by one of his opponents, then the penalty has no effect on that group or player.