M. Serious Fouls.
Serious Fouls are to be called by the referee as soon as they occur
and the fouled player immediately loses control of the table. The referee will
replace the balls as near as possible to the positions they were in before the
Serious Foul was committed and award two visits to the opponent.
- Playing a shot out of turn (accidentally
or deliberately). A player who plays a shot at any time during a frame when
the right to do so does not exist has played out of turn. (For
example, A player who plays a shot immediately after playing a foul or
immediately after the referee has called a foul on that player, has played
out of turn.)
- Deliberately striking a ball other than
the Cue Ball with the tip of the cue.
- Deliberately causing any ball or balls to
be moved in a manner other than that which may result from playing a normal
shot.
- Deliberately striking the Cue Ball with
other than the tip of the cue.
- Causing the Cue Ball to jump over any
ball. (If the Cue Ball leaves the bed of the table and misses an Object Ball
that would have been struck had the Cue Ball not left the table on an
otherwise identical shot, the Cue Ball is deemed to have jumped over that
Object Ball.)
- Deliberately interfering, by word or
action, so as to disrupt an opponents play.
