Instant loss

An uncommonly required but serious consequences variant is that if one sinks all three object balls on the break but also scratches or otherwise fouls, this is an instant loss instead of a score of two, taking the form of the player receiving the maximum allowed score (see above),[citation needed] which is technically still tieable, so not truly an instant loss. This rule is an adaptation from nine ball and common North American eight ball, in which sinking the game winning target ball is an instant win unless one also fouls, yielding a (true) instant loss.