Many pool players progress from playing casual EIGHT-BALL with friends to playing in organized leagues. The next most probable step is to play NINE-BALL, and specifically NINE-BALL tournaments. This book is aimed at the EIGHT-BALL player that wants to become proficient at the game of NINE-BALL. ? UPSCALE NINE-BALL is intended for intermediate to advanced pool players. The majority of this book is devoted to those shots and strategies associated specifically with the game of NINE-BALL. ? UPSCALE NINE-BALL is the last in series of pocket billiard books by the author Jack H. Koehler. Included in the list of Koehler?s books is the extremely highly regarded book titled THE SCIENCE OF POCKET BILLIARDS.