9-Ball Pool: Play Free Online With Real Physics
Play 9-ball pool free: hit the lowest ball first and pot the 9 to win, with real spin, combinations and cushion physics, against the computer, a friend or online. 10-ball is included too.
Options
The video plays in a small player in the corner and keeps going between shots, in 2D and 3D, Fill window and full screen. Turn the game's own sounds off in Options if you like. Only you hear it; nothing is shared with the other player.
Drag on the table to aim, then press on the cue stick, pull it back and let go to shoot (or use the power bar). With ball in hand, drag the white ball to place it. Keys: ← → aim (Shift = bigger steps), ↑ ↓ power, W A S D spin, J / Shift+J raise / lower the cue (jump shots), Space shoot, R replay, U undo, N new game, V 2D / 3D, K camera, Page Up Page Down tilt the 3D view, M music, G guide full / short / off, F full screen. Your games and settings stay in this browser.
Play someone online as a guest
No account needed. Make a game and send the link to a friend, or pick an open game from the list below. Every shot is worked out by the same physics on mes.fm's server and in both browsers, so you both see exactly the same table.
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Play on Hive
Every shot is signed with your Hive account (the Hive Keychain extension or the Keychain phone app) and kept on the Hive blockchain for good. No mes.fm server decides anything: both browsers read the shots from the chain and run them through the same physics, which is written so every browser gets exactly the same result, so the whole game and its result are public and can't be changed. A shot takes about 3 to 6 seconds to reach the other player and costs no HIVE (only a little of your account's free Resource Credits).
Game: · who breaks: the setting above.
Empty = an open game anyone on Hive can join from the list below (it stays open for an hour). With a name, only that account can join: send them the link.
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Guest online games are kept on mes.fm's server for a few hours, then deleted. Only the game itself and the names you type are stored. Hive games and saved results are public and permanent, like everything on Hive; mes.fm only keeps a short list of open and recent Hive games so players can find each other.
Set shots to practise the skills that win games: straight pots, cuts, banks, combinations, draw and follow. Pot the ball (or balls) within the shots allowed without the cue ball going in. Your best results stay in this browser.
Kept in this browser only (nothing is uploaded), per game and level. Games left unfinished are not counted.
9-ball pool, free and with real physics
9-ball is the fast rotation game of professional pool. Nine balls are racked in a diamond with the 1 at the front and the 9 in the middle. You must always hit the lowest numbered ball first, but any ball that goes in keeps you at the table, and the 9 going in on a legal shot wins straight away, even in a combination or on the break. 10-ball (ten balls in a triangle, pot the 10 to win) is in the game list too. Play the computer at four levels, a friend on one device, or someone online; the MES Billiards page has 8-ball, snooker and practice challenges.
The rules used here
- Lowest ball first
- The cue ball must touch the lowest numbered ball on the table before any other ball.
- Cushion rule
- After the hit, a ball must go in or some ball must touch a cushion (except on the break).
- Fouls
- The cue ball going in, missing, hitting the wrong ball first or no cushion: the other player gets ball in hand anywhere. A 9 potted on a foul goes back on its spot.
- Not used
- The push-out after the break and the three-fouls-in-a-row loss are not part of this version.
9-ball tips
- Look for the 9 combination
- When the lowest ball sits near the 9 and the 9 is near a pocket, playing the lowest ball into the 9 is often the best shot on the table.
- Position, position
- You can't choose your next ball, so every shot is about where the cue ball stops for the next number. Use the spin control: follow to go forward, draw to come back, side spin to change the angle off a cushion.
- Ball in hand is huge
- After a foul you may put the cue ball anywhere: give yourself a straight-in shot with an easy angle to the next ball.
More: 8-Ball · Snooker · All billiards games · All MES tools