went to the fair twice in the last 2 weeks....

they had that game i've seen before where you try to sink 4 balls in 4 shots. the break doesn't count as a shot, but whatever you make stays in. basically you have to make a called shot each time beyond the break and no scratches (balls going in wrong pocket, another non-called ball goes in)

so basically they cue 4 balls, you break. and then you have to make a called shot every time until there are no balls left.

saw one success out of 40-50 tries. some people (myself included) came pretty close.

obv a rigged game, although thinking it's not that easy non-rigged.

i figured over time... hit break fairly lightly keep balls near those far pockets.... hit shots fairly hard. fewer worries about warped table..... banks don't play true seem to come back more square than expected.... not sure this is the rigged game, but extreme cuts seemed hard.

cues didn't seem really terrible. not good either.

how easy should this be for someone who is reasonably profiicient (friday night bar: "hey that guy is good" type level.

thanks in advance!!... killed me spectators thought i was stupid not always going for easy balls first. i figured the goal is to sink all balls, not get a couple of balls thru.

I could probably do this 9 times out of 10 on my home table. On a questionable table, I really couldn't tell you.

I havnt been to a midway in years, so I havent seen this game since I was young.

The thing that would make sense to me for what makes the game to be in the advantage of house is;
the table wont be level, there will be regulation sized billiard balls with the table having rounded snooker pockets and rail. With snooker pockets, any ball within an inch off any rail will make that ball considerably harder to pocket.

Key would be soft break to keep the balls contained with in an area close to the break spot and pot the balls in the corner pockets.

thanks for the feedback

i agree on hitting the break fairly softly to keep balls down at one end, but i did find you have a risk of 2 object balls ending up almost touching

would you suggest underspin or overspin on break? i'm thinking overspin, although i was doing underspin or square.... i think overspin as it gives more opportunity for your object balls to scatter without moving too far.

gonna go to a pool hall and try this myself. i'm nowhere near as good as one responder. i will be happy with 3 out of 10 success rate.

At the fair I used to go to, I would usually win two of the first 3 or four tries and get banned. They gave away pretty big stuffed animals. This was about 2 or 3 years in a row. I told the GF I was not playing games till the end of the night because I didn't want to haul those things around.

Break softly, obviously.
Don't try to play a lot of spin with those bad tips.
Anything stuck to the rails is almost unpottable due to drifting so if that happens, you need to try to move them with an earlier shot.
Also I found it a little easier with a loose rack than a tight one, FWIW (limited sample).

On a normal table or bar box, this is extremely easy.