Live or Dead

[ZORRO]

I`m wondering if the ref would call a foul, if you touch one of the colours while placing the cue ball in the `D` after an In-off?
The table is `Live` in normal play, but is it `Dead` when you have cue ball in hand?

Just a thought.

`Z`

[SquaredCue]

Hi,

This is not a simple yes/no question. This is the relevant part of the official rules (Section 3 Rule 10 paragraph (j)):

If an object ball in play is disturbed by the striker
while the cue-ball is in-hand, the referee shall call
FOUL and the cue-ball will remain in-hand for the
next stroke, unless the foul is committed involving
the cue-ball while it is not in the striker’s possession.

In my understanding, if the white ball is resting on the table when the foul is committed, the white ball will not be in-hand for the next player. Obviously, if the white ball is in the player's hand when another ball is disturbed, the white ball will be in-hand for the next player, too.

[ZORRO]

That clears that up.
TY Csaba.

[Wizard]

Just need a clarify on this one. Question was if a colour was disturbed whilst placing white after an in-off. Surely the colours are therefore not "object" balls? I reckon the ref would just replace the colour on its spot in this instance.

[SquaredCue]

Hello Wizard,

I think the colours are indeed object balls. White is the cue ball and all other balls are object balls.

the ref would just replace the colour on its spot

Why would they? The disturbed object balls, according to the rules, stay where they come to rest unless they leave the bed of the table.

[Wizard]

My interpretation of the object ball (as in the objective) is the ball that is next to be hit (maybe I got that wrong). In this instance I would see a red as the object ball unless they have all been pocketed and therefore the player has not disturbed the object ball merely slipped up whilst replacing the white. I'll give you that one though as you would have a better grasp of the current rules than I do.