TAP 8-Ball is a call pocket, open after the break game. The shooter must call the pocket where intending to make the object ball. No slop pool is permitted.
Open after the break - After the break, the table is still open, even if a ball or balls are made on the opening break. If the opening break shooter makes a ball on the break, that player can choose the balls he wants, stripes or solids. The table is open after the break until a shooter makes a skilled, called-pocket shot.
TAP-exclusive rules - TAP 8-Ball allows shooters to use jump cues for jump shots, to break down a cue for any shot, and switch out their cue for a different cue at any point during a match.