General Rules

• 2 players per team

• 2 balls per game

• 2 shots per side (except first toss)

• 10 cups per side: Initial formation is a tight triangle pointing forward

• Reformation (A.K.A Re-rack): Reform at 6, 3, and 1 cups remaining. Cups are to be reformed into tight

triangles pointing forward. Last cup must be pulled back to within 1” from table edge. Mid-turn reformation

will apply

• Rollbacks: Only 1 ball is returned when a team sinks both their shots in one turn, except during redemption

(See: End-game rules)

• First toss in the tournament will be decided randomly during scheduling.

• Balls are divided to start. One ball is thrown to start the game, and two shots per side are thrown

thereafter.

• Grabbing: Ball may be grabbed ONLY after it has hit a cup.

• Bounce shots are allowed but do not count for 2 cups.

• Cups knocked over by balls are reset & shot is replayed unless ball had clearly entered the cup before

falling, in which case the shot is counted as a hit cup.

• Leaning is allowed; however, no object may be used to support a player’s weight during a lean (this

includes the table and the shooter’s partner). Players may not move cups out of the way before shooting

to aid in their lean. Any cup knocked over while leaning is counted as a hit cup.

• Distractions are allowed, however the players may not cross the plane of play with ANY part of their

bodies while the other team is shooting.

• No player may intentionally disturb the air surrounding the cups in play, such as by fanning with

hands, hat, or any other objects.

• No player may take offense to anything said or done during a game, even if it involves their mother.

Threats will result in ejection with no refund. Comments that are either racist in nature or unreasonably

sexist will result in immediate expulsion from play

• Overtime games that run long may be moved to a side table.

• The beer remaining on a side at the end of a game is the property of that team. No player is under any

obligation to drink the remaining beer. Players do not have to play with beer, and can choose to play

with water at their discretion.

• Players who are visibly intoxicated must have their cups filled with water.

• Being late or absent to a match will result in match forfeiture. ‘Taking a nap’ does not constitute a valid

excuse, and will result in getting slapped.

• Fights result in permanent WSOBP blacklist.

• All rules and penalties are to be enforced by officials. Disputes must be brought to officials. All calls

made by officials are final.

End-game rules:

• There is always an opportunity for redemption (i.e. no lockouts). There are two scenarios possible:

o More than one cup per side remaining when the last cup is sunk. In this case, “Unlimited

1-Ball Redemption” is given. Either player may take the first shot, and the ball is rolled back

until a player misses. At this time, players must alternate throwers in the event of multiple hits;

one player may not take all the redemption shots

“Take as many shots as you have balls remaining on your side”

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