Billiards,
Pool, and Snooker all the three games come under cue sports. Cue sports
refer to a wide variety of games played with a cue stick which is used to
strike the cue balls. Actually the word "billiards" is the most
familiar term known and used for cue games. Billiards is a series of cue
games, and pool & snooker are its closest variations. These three
variations almost resemble each other, slightly varying in rules and number
of balls. We will take a close look at these games and try to know the main
differences between them.
Billiards
Billiards alone is played on a pocketless table, it is also popular as
Carom billiards. It is played with three balls: two cue balls and one object
ball. Scoring is done by striking the object balls with cue ball in
specified ways. Carom billiards balls are larger than pool balls.
Pool
Pool is not a single game but it is series of many games which are played
on tables with pockets. So it became popular as pocket billiards. Pocket
billiards is the general name for a family of games resembling to billiards.
Some famous version of this game is eight-ball, and nine-ball. Pool has now
become the representative name for pocket billiards game. It is more famous
than carom billiards.
Snooker
Snooker is played on a large rectangular table of 12ft x 6ft or 3.6m x
1.8m, having six pockets to collect the balls. It is played using a cue
stick and 22 balls, 15 red balls (with one point each), 6 balls of different
colors (2-7 points), and a white cue ball. Points are scored by putting the
balls in the pockets. It is particularly popular in
English speaking regions, Commonwealth countries
and in far east.
History
The origin and roots of snooker is related to India. During latter half of
nineteenth century, billiards had been very popular among the British army
officers stationed in India. As it was the evolution period of billiards,
many other variations of the game was emerging. Snooker, pool, and carom
billiards more popular than other versions. The first Snooker championship
was organized by 1927, by Joe Davis, a professional billiards and snooker
player. These type of championships helped the game to change from a pastime
activity to a competing sport.
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Billiards / Pool / Snooker Sports Accessories:
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