Also, what is "Pocket Pool" or "Pocket Billiards"?
2006-12-19 01:58:32 · 9 answers · asked by Cook C 2 in Sports ➔ Snooker & Pool
The game of billiards is played on a 10 foot table with no pockets and only 3 balls. Each player has a cue ball (one slightly off white or yellow) and there is an object ball (usually red) , your opponents cue ball is also an object ball when you are shooting and vice versa. You score points by hitting rails and object balls , thus the name "billiards". Pool is usually used to describe all the pocket pool games , 8 ball , 9 ball , 1 pocket , etc. etc. Pocket pool is just another name for pool. And pocket billiards is just a fancy term for pool used mostly in the European countries. It all sounds a little confusing but I look at it this way, POOL (with pockets) or BILLIARDS (without pockets). I guess it just depends on how you look at it. Some people , including myself , consider the word billiards to include all cue games.
2006-12-19 11:54:12 · answer #1 · answered by eightbraker 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
There is a difference between Pool and Billiard , Firstly depends on where you came from. In my experience I have found in Australia ,New Zealand ,America and most part of Asia the game of 8 ball is called Pool and in most part of Europe it is called Billiards.
8 ball - Pool
Pocket Billiard - also known as Pool or 8 ball
Billiard - 3 ball game ( red , yellow and & white ball) played on a 12 ft snooker table.
Carom Billiard - 3 ball game played on a 10 ft table with no pocket.
Pocket Pool - its a game played with normal Pool ball and a pack of cards. ( its a money game)
Note : pending on where you come from it might be a different name used.
2006-12-20 03:40:57 · answer #2 · answered by mc_691 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Both are the same game. Some places they call it pool and some billiards. I think billiards is a higher class name the pool.
2006-12-19 10:08:57 · answer #3 · answered by Texan 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Eightbraker said it all. He's the man. I also use "billiards" as a blanket-term for all cue sports, including Snooker, Carom games, and Pocket Billiards (Pool). M.D.-BCA Instructor/Referee.
2006-12-19 22:46:48 · answer #4 · answered by straight_shooter526 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Interesting question. I've heard 'pool' used mainly in America and Billiards in the UK. I wonder if that has anything to do with it.
Maybe cause you "shoot pool" and you "play billiards"?
2006-12-19 10:07:44 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Same thing just different names used in the uk (billiards) and usa (pool)
2006-12-19 13:15:13 · answer #6 · answered by Brian.P 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Billiards is usually played with bigger tables and with smaller balls. Calls for more precision. Also, if you learn on a larger billiards table, once you adjust your shot to the smaller tables, you are usually at a supreme advantage.
Peace.
2006-12-19 10:10:19 · answer #7 · answered by -Tequila17 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
If you look it up in the phone book, they are used as the same term.
2006-12-20 03:30:20 · answer #8 · answered by de_skater 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
check this site for the differences!
2006-12-19 10:09:25 · answer #9 · answered by CaptCanuck23 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋