7/16/2023 0 Comments Billiards game rules![]() ![]() On the opposite side of the dim view of pool/billiards as a loser’s vocation, a luxurious pool room was often a nice accoutrement in the mansions of the super-rich. Other than small bets with the dodgiest sectors of society, how could one feed oneself, let alone a family, by being a full-time pool/billiards hustler? Boxing was judged only a little better since, at least in its earlier days, it was more schematically organized and offered some chance of monetary remuneration in lieu of a regular livelihood for practitioners who could not pursue a traditional route via college. Looking at it from, say, the “proper” world of Manila’s high society or traditional de buena familias’ perspective, pool used to be viewed as a lower-class diversion, often associated with the kanto boy (literally, “corner kid”/wastrel) trope. Pinoys, on the other hand, ex-stepchildren of America, generally stick to the 8-, 9-, 10- to 15-ball billiards, which are more popular in the USA. Devised by British army officers on their tour of duty in India during the Raj, it is an even more devilishly complicated version and would take a whole afternoon to explain. The latter, snooker, is the Anglo-Saxon reply to carom. The table itself is the “pool,” i.e., as in a “swimming pool.”Īmong the less popular pool variants are carom and snooker-the former originated and is popular in France wherein just three balls are used however, you must hit at least three rails (the sides) in the execution, on a heated table no less. There are various kinds of billiards games (the traditional 15-ball the sequential 8-, 9- or 10-ball games Russian pyramid, snooker, carom (pocketless pool), one-pocket, etc. “Billiards” is the overall term for games played with cue sticks and spherical, resin-baked balls on a flat, felt surface. Interchangeable Use of “Billiards” and “Pool”īilliards and pool are terms that can be used interchangeably and fall under the cue sports category. ![]()
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