Honolulu

Honolulu, also known as banks, kisses, and combinations or indirect, is a pocket billiards game. Players must all shots in an indirect fashion to reach a set number of points. The game shares some similarities with other cue sports, played on tables and with balls used for pool, but differs with foul points being awarded for regular direct shots. Rules Honolulu is generally played between two competitors or teams. The game is played on a traditional pool table, with fifteen . The object of the game is to score eight points by pocketing balls in a legitimate manner. What is and what is not considered legitimate is where the game diverges from more common pool game objectives. In Honolulu, a ball directly is a foul shot. Points can, however, be scored by completing , , or . In addition, players may not play kicks, or kick from cushions into adjacent pockets. Every shot must be . Before a shot, players have to designate both the ball and target pocket. Players may elect to more than one ball on a single shot, but all balls called must be correctly potted, or there is no score. At the start of a game, the balls are racked on a pool table's , with a set of fifteen balls, placed in random order, and a cue ball. On the opening , the player must either call a ball out of the rack and an intended pocket, or cause two object balls and the cue ball to strike a rail. The failure to do so is a foul. Unlike other games of pool, there is no concession of a game after conceding three successive fouls.