Billiards in a nutshell is playing pool, but there are a lot of different types of games to be played in billiards. Some of the most famous of these are 9-ball, 8-ball, snooker, One Pocket and Cut Throat. Depending on where you are from will determine the most popular for your region, I think 8-ball and 9-ball has the others beat though.
One type of billiards game that used to be popular is a game called Straight Pool. Its popularity has dropped over the years, as the game takes a lot longer to complete compared to 8-ball and 9-ball, which are much newer billiards games then Straight Pool.
Eight Ball has became a very popular billiards game due to the bar scene, as most sports bars have a pool table or two, sometimes more. There are many different rules to Eight Ball depending on where you are from but the basics is you have fifteen balls, the last one being the eight ball, one person gets stripes the other gets solids.
One of my favorite billiards games to play is nine ball. This is a game that is very fast paced and the object is to sink the nine ball in at any time. The trick is that the cue ball must hit the lowest ball first.
Hardcore pool players like to play One Pocket for money. This is definitely a game of strategy. The game uses all fifteen balls and each player has one of the bottom corner pockets. The game ends when a player legally pockets 8 balls in his or her pocket.
If you want to play a billiards game where three can play at once, than Cut Throat is the game for you. Each player has five balls that are theirs, and the objective of the game is to hit in any ball but your own, the last person that has one or more of their balls on the table wins the game.
There are many other games in pocket billiards. You could visit Wikipedia and do a search for billiards game for a pretty complete list. These are just some of the more popular ones that you will find. At Wikipedia you will find details and rules of every game. - 31485
One type of billiards game that used to be popular is a game called Straight Pool. Its popularity has dropped over the years, as the game takes a lot longer to complete compared to 8-ball and 9-ball, which are much newer billiards games then Straight Pool.
Eight Ball has became a very popular billiards game due to the bar scene, as most sports bars have a pool table or two, sometimes more. There are many different rules to Eight Ball depending on where you are from but the basics is you have fifteen balls, the last one being the eight ball, one person gets stripes the other gets solids.
One of my favorite billiards games to play is nine ball. This is a game that is very fast paced and the object is to sink the nine ball in at any time. The trick is that the cue ball must hit the lowest ball first.
Hardcore pool players like to play One Pocket for money. This is definitely a game of strategy. The game uses all fifteen balls and each player has one of the bottom corner pockets. The game ends when a player legally pockets 8 balls in his or her pocket.
If you want to play a billiards game where three can play at once, than Cut Throat is the game for you. Each player has five balls that are theirs, and the objective of the game is to hit in any ball but your own, the last person that has one or more of their balls on the table wins the game.
There are many other games in pocket billiards. You could visit Wikipedia and do a search for billiards game for a pretty complete list. These are just some of the more popular ones that you will find. At Wikipedia you will find details and rules of every game. - 31485
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