Nine-ball (or 9-ball for short) is an alternative version to the traditional 8-ball game in playing billiards. This is the type of pool game that I am not too experienced in playing with. I tried to play it at one time, and I never played it ever since. Maybe I had fun, then again, maybe

Now, here’s a version of billiards that I just saw today (well not in person). I was trying to find another type of game relating to billiards, and I found this. It’s called Carom Billiards also known as “The Pocketless Pool” as the table has no holes on the table to sink any of the

I know that we are responsible people, but there are some times that we aren’t careful for whatever reason. Some common courtesy are quite simple to follow such as cleaning up after oneself by putting the cue sticks back on a cue rack after finishing a game. Here are some common pool room etiquette that

I have always wanted to know about the history of pool (billiards) for quite some time. Yes, the game is fun and can be challenging at times. Yet, there’s a history to how the game of pool “came to be”. Like, I was thinking to myself, “Where did the word ‘billiards’ come from?” As it

Needing a visual aid to practice shooting pool? In the video below, “Fargobilliards” shows what you need to do to play the game of billiards properly in ten minutes. I have seen this video before conducting this post, and I can say that I have learned few maneuvers in hitting the cue ball. What I

Here’s a player that I’m sure you’ve heard about in the professional billiards world, Jeanette Lee. She is known as being called “The Black Widow” among those closest to her because of how, in spite of her sweet demeanor, she would “eat people alive” when she got to a pool table. I have seen Jeanette Lee

I’ve read on Wikipedia and talking to people while playing billiards that there are different ways of playing solids vs. stripes in pool. The style I played it was after someone breaks the rack, and both a stripe and a solid drop in the hole, then he would make a decision to either go for

Snooker Billiards Game – A Different Version of Pool for You to Play Here’s a different of pool that may be of interest to you: Snooker. Though I have never played this game, I would almost be certain that I would enjoy playing this as I was fascinated with playing pool at a young age,

Brunswick, which is one of the most popular and respected billiards company, is a brand name that I highly recommend to play on and to have for your game room. If memory serves me right, I first broke a rack on a Brunswick brand billiards table. This company has been around for as long as

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