Pool 8-Ball Tally
Mark balls pocketed on a 1-15 grid, record how the 8-ball (or 9-ball) fell — made, scratched, or pocketed too early — and this pool tally tracks racks won in a race-to-N match for two players.
Built by the AbraCalc team
How to play
- Enter both player names, choose 8-ball or 9-ball, and pick a race target (3, 5 or 7 racks), then tap Start Match.
- During a rack, tap balls on the grid as they're pocketed to keep a running visual record — the money ball has its own marker and isn't toggled on the grid.
- When the rack ends, select how the money ball fell (made legally, scratched, or pocketed too early) and tap the winning player, then Submit Rack.
- The grid clears and the break passes to the other player automatically; the match ends the instant a player reaches the race target, and Undo reverses the last rack completely if needed.
Casual pool games rarely need a full referee, but they do need a clean way to remember who's actually ahead after five racks in. This tally gives you a tappable 1-15 ball grid to mark what's been pocketed during a rack, then asks the one question that actually decides it: how did the money ball fall — made legally, scratched on it, or pocketed too early. Whichever way it went, you pick the rack winner and the tool adds one rack to their total, clears the grid, and flips the break to the other player automatically. Choose 8-ball or 9-ball and a race target of 3, 5 or 7 racks before you start, and the match locks the instant someone reaches it. Undo pulls back a misrecorded rack completely, including the grid state.
Frequently asked questions
- Why does the tool ask how the money ball fell instead of just tapping a winner?
- In 8-ball and 9-ball, the money ball (the 8 in 8-ball, the 9 in 9-ball) decides the rack three different ways — a legal pocket wins it outright, but a scratch on that shot or pocketing it before the table is cleared both lose the rack for whoever committed the foul. Recording which of the three happened keeps an accurate history of how each rack actually ended, not just who won.
- Does the ball grid affect who wins the rack?
- No. The 1-15 grid is a visual tracker for which balls are already pocketed during play, useful for keeping the table straight mid-rack — the money ball's own marker is shown separately since its fate is recorded through the outcome picker, not by tapping it on the grid. The rack winner is always the player you explicitly select when you submit the rack.
- What happens to the grid and the break between racks?
- The moment you submit a rack, the ball grid clears completely for the next rack and the break automatically passes to the other player, matching standard alternating-break play. If you use Undo, both the grid marks and the breaker from before that rack are restored exactly as they were.