Bank pool

Bank pool?is a?pool (pocket billiards)?game that has as its most fundamental requirement that all scoring shots in the game must be made by?banking?a called ball off a?cushion?and into a called pocket. While the game has multiple variations, the predominant version through much of its history was played with a full fifteenball?rack, of which the winning player was required to legally pocket eight balls. A shortened version of the game using nine balls of which the players must legally pocket five for the win, often called nineball banks, gained popularity in the 1990s and 2000s and is the subject of international professional competition and televised matches.