Skill Pool pinball rules and strategy
Strategy summary
The goal
Roll over the fifteen pool-ball buttons to complete racks and advance the backglass ball count. That progress lights the two holes and the center drop target for replays.
Complete a rack: Roll over all fifteen pool-ball buttons in the triangle at the center of the playfield to turn off their lights. Completing the rack relights the buttons and lights the next numbered ball on the backglass.
Qualify the holes: Complete racks until backglass ball 5 or 10 is lit, depending on the fitted card. The two holes beside the triangle then light alternately for one replay. Shoot whichever hole has its Special light on.
Qualify the drop target: Complete racks until backglass ball 10 is lit, then hit the drop target between the pop bumpers while Special is lit to win one replay.
Keep completing racks: Complete racks until backglass ball 15 is lit to win one replay. Each rack completed after that wins another replay.
Need to know
- Hole setting
- Card 283-4A lights the holes at backglass ball 5; card 283-4B waits until ball 10. Both light the drop target at ball 10.
- Tilt penalty
- Tilting voids the score.