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Encyclopedia > Billiard room

A billiard room is a room with a billiard or pool table. It is best when such a room has enough space around the table to accommodate the range of a stroke of the pool cue from all angles. Billiards is a family of games played on a table, with a stick, known as a cue stick, which is used to strike balls, moving them around the table. ... A billiards table with 6 pockets A billiards table (sometimes improperly called pool tables, which are specific for pool games) are tables where billiards games are played on. ... A pool table with a cue stick at the right A cue stick or simply cue, is an item of sporting equipment essential to the games of billiards, pool and snooker. ...


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The Room Sizing page has the definitions of the play area, or the amount of room that is required around the table for safe unobstructed movement of the player and his cue stick.
If the room is new construction, check with your builder to be sure there are no poles, columns or other elements that will become a surprise and obstruction in your billiard room.
Billiard chairs, also called spectator chairs, should be high enough for his view to be downward onto the table.
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