Difference between revisions of "Pocket billiards"

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'''Pocket billiards''' is a pastime popular throughout the [[United Kingdom]].
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'''Pocket billiards''' is the term for a collective of games played on a billiard table having 6 pockets along the cushions, in which the aim is to knock the balls into.
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The term Pocket billiards is now general not used, instead ‘pool’ is used to describe billiards many forms.
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There are numerous different types of pocket billiards games, for example eight-ball, nine-ball and straight pool.
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The game [[snooker]] is played on a table with pockets just like billiards, but is considered to be its own discipline of cue sport.
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It bears a similarity to [[billiards]] but involves only two balls. The cue is known as a tadger. The object of the game is to place ones own ball using the opponent's ball into each of the pockets around the table without sinking the opponent's ball. Games are timed and the player who can accumulate the highest score in fifteen minutes is deemed the winner. The pace of the game is faster than conventional billiards and often results in an exciting climax.
 
  
  
 
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Revision as of 02:24, May 2, 2007

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Pocket billiards is the term for a collective of games played on a billiard table having 6 pockets along the cushions, in which the aim is to knock the balls into.

The term Pocket billiards is now general not used, instead ‘pool’ is used to describe billiards many forms.

There are numerous different types of pocket billiards games, for example eight-ball, nine-ball and straight pool.

The game snooker is played on a table with pockets just like billiards, but is considered to be its own discipline of cue sport.

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