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Golf billiards (also referred to as simply golf in clear context, and sometimes called golf pool or golf pocket billiards) is a pocket billiards game usually played for money. Unlike the majority of such games, it allows more than two people to play without compromises or rule changes. The game borrows from the outdoor game of golf, which is ...
Rotation, sometimes called rotation pool, 15-ball rotation, or 61, is a pool game, played with a pocketed billiards table, cue ball, and triangular rack of fifteen billiard balls, in which the lowest-numbered object ball on the table must be always struck by the cue ball first, to attempt to pocket numbered balls for points.
Pack of reds, not touching the pink. Snooker balls, like Billiard balls, are typically made of phenolic resin, and are smaller than American pool balls.Regulation snooker balls (which are specified in metric units) are nominally 52.5 mm (approximately 2 + 1 ⁄ 15 inches) in diameter, though many sets are actually manufactured at 52.4 mm (about 2 + 1 ⁄ 16 in).
Three-cushion billiards is a very difficult game. Averaging one point per inning is usually national-level play, and averaging 1.5 or more is world-class play. An average of 1 means that for every turn at the table, a player point success rate is 50%. An average of 2 means a success rate of roughly 67%. Result sheet of Jérémy Bury's run of 24
Rack (billiards) A rack (sometimes called a triangle) is a piece of equipment that is used to place billiard balls in their starting positions at the beginning of a pocket billiards game. Rack may also be used as a verb to describe the act of setting billiard balls in their starting positions (e.g. "to rack the balls"), or as a noun to describe ...
Carom billiards, also called French billiards and sometimes carambole billiards, is the overarching title of a family of cue sports generally played on cloth-covered, pocketless billiard tables. In its simplest form, the object of the game is to score points or "counts" by caroming one's own cue ball off both the opponent's cue ball and the ...
Three-ball. Racking a game of three-ball with the standard fifteen-ball triangle rack. Three-ball (or "3-ball", colloquially) is a folk game of pool played with any three standard pool object ball s and cue ball. The game is frequently gambled upon. The goal is to pocket ( pot) the three object balls in as few shots as possible.
Baseball pocket billiards is a call-shot game, meaning a player must call the ball to be hit and the intended pocket on all shots but for the break. Any incidental balls pocketed on a successful called shot count in the player's favor but must be spotted to home plate if unsuccessful. Each player is allowed nine inning s at the table, played in ...