Snooker is a cue sport that is played on a large baize-covered table with pockets in each of the four corners and in the middle of each of the long side cushions. A regulation (full-size) table is 12 ft × 6 ft (3.6 m x 1.8 m). It is played using a cue, one white ball (the cue ball), 15 red balls (worth 1 point each) and 6 balls of different colours (worth 2–7 points each).^[1] A player (or team) wins a frame (individual game) of snooker by scoring more points than the opponent(s), using the cue ball to pot the red and coloured balls. A match consists of a previously agreed-upon number of frames. Illustration of a three ball pocket billiards game in early 19th century Tübingen, Germany, using a table much longer than the modern type. ... Baize is a coarse woollen or cotton cloth, often coloured red or green. ... Snooker table, drawn to scale // Dimensions A standard tournament snooker table measures 3569mm by 1778mm (11ft 8. ... A cue stick A cue stick or simply cue, is an item of sporting equipment essential to the games of billiards, pool and snooker. ... The following is a glossary of traditional terms used in the three main cue sport disciplines: pocket billiards (pool), which denotes a host of games played on a table with six pockets such as straight pool, eight-ball, nine-ball, one-pocket and bank pool; carom billiards referring to the... The following is a glossary of traditional terms used in the three main cue sport disciplines: pocket billiards (pool), which denotes a host of games played on a table with six pockets such as straight pool, eight-ball, nine-ball, one-pocket and bank pool; carom billiards referring to the... The following is a glossary of traditional terms used in the three main cue sport disciplines: pocket billiards (pool), which denotes a host of games played on a table with six pockets such as straight pool, eight-ball, nine-ball, one-pocket and bank pool; carom billiards referring to the... The following is a glossary of traditional terms used in the three main cue sport disciplines: pocket billiards (pool), which denotes a host of games played on a table with six pockets such as straight pool, eight-ball, nine-ball, one-pocket and bank pool; carom billiards referring to the... The following is a glossary of traditional terms used in the three main cue sport disciplines: pocket billiards (pool), which denotes a host of games played on a table with six pockets such as straight pool, eight-ball, nine-ball, one-pocket and bank pool; carom billiards referring to the...

Snooker is particularly popular in many of the English-speaking and Commonwealth countries,^[2] and in China,^[3] with the top professional players attaining multi-million pound career earnings from the game.^[4] The Commonwealth of Nations as of 2006 Headquarters Marlborough House, London, UK Official languages English Membership 53 sovereign states Leaders  -  Queen Elizabeth II  -  Secretary-General Don McKinnon (since 1 April 2000) Establishment  -  Balfour Declaration 18 November 1926   -  Statute of Westminster 11 December 1931   -  London Declaration 28 April 1949  Area  -  Total... “GBP” redirects here. ...

Playing a shot with a rest

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History

Main article: History of snooker

Illustration of a game of three ball pocket billiards in early 19th century Tübingen, Germany

The history and origins of the game of snooker are generally regarded as being in the latter half of the 19th century.^[5] Billiards had been a popular activity amongst British Army officers stationed in India, and variations on the more traditional billiard games were devised. One variation, devised in the officers' mess in Jabalpur during 1874 ^[6] or 1875,^[5] was to add coloured balls in addition to the reds and black which were used for pyramid pool and life pool.^[7] The word "snooker" also has military origins, being a slang term for first year cadets or inexperienced personnel.^[5] One version of events states that Colonel Sir Neville Chamberlain of the Devonshire regiment was playing this new game when his opponent failed to pot a ball and Chamberlain called him a "snooker".^[7] It thus became attached to the billiards game now bearing its name as inexperienced players were labelled as snookers.^[8] The game of billiards dates back to the 15th century but snooker is a more recent invention. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2590x1799, 2096 KB) Tuebingen Students playing billiards - Tübinger Studenten beim Billardspiel, frühes 19. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2590x1799, 2096 KB) Tuebingen Students playing billiards - Tübinger Studenten beim Billardspiel, frühes 19. ... Pocket billiards at a pub in Groningen, Netherlands 8 ball pool in Beijing, China Pocket billiards, most commonly referred to as pool, is the general term for a family of games played on a specific class of billiards table, having 6 receptacles called pockets (or holes) along the rails, in... Tübingen, Neckar front Tübingen, a traditional university town of Baden-Württemberg, Germany, is situated 20 miles southwest of Stuttgart, on a ridge between the River Neckar and the Ammer. ... Illustration of a three ball pocket billiards game in early 19th century Tübingen, Germany, using a table much longer than the modern type. ... The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British Armed Forces. ... , Jabalpur (Hindi: जबलपुर) is a city in the state of Madhya Pradesh in India. ... 1875 (MDCCCLXXV) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Pyramid Pool,also called Pyramids, was a cue sport mainly played in the 19th Century. ... Life Pool was a cue sport mainly played in the 19th Century. ... Slang is the use of highly informal words and expressions that are not considered standard in the speakers dialect or language. ... Sir Neville Francis Fitzgerald Chamberlain KCB KCVO (1856-1944) was a British soldier who is credited with the invention of the game of snooker. ...

The game grew in the latter half of the 19th century and the early 20th, and by 1927 the first World Snooker Championship^[5] had been organised by Joe Davis who, as a professional English billiards and snooker player, helped move the game from a pastime activity into a more professional sphere.^[9] Joe Davis won every world championship until 1946 when he retired. The game went into a decline through the 1950s and 1960s with little interest generated outside of those who played. Things saw some improvement when in 1969 the BBC commissioned the snooker tournament Pot Black to demonstrate the potential of colour television, with the green table and multi-coloured balls being ideal for showing off the advantages of colour broadcasting.^[10] The TV series became a ratings success and was for a time the second most popular show on BBC Two.^[11] Interest in the game increased and the 1978 World Championship was the first to be fully televised.^{[12] [2]} The game quickly became a mainstream sport^[13] in the UK, Ireland and much of the Commonwealth and has enjoyed much success in the last 30 years, with most of the ranking tournaments being televised. In recent years the loss of tobacco sponsorship has led to a decrease in the number of professional tournaments, however new sponsors have been sourced^[14] and the popularity of the game in the Far East and China, with emerging talents such as Ding Junhui and Marco Fu, bodes well for the future of the sport in that part of the world.^[15][16] // The inaugural 1927 World Snooker Championship was organised by the snooker player, Joe Davis. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Joe Davis, OBE (born 15 April 1901 in Whitwell, Derbyshire, England; died 10 July 1978 in Hampshire, England) was an English professional player of English billiards and later snooker. ... A snooker table English Billiards is a form of billiards played on a 6 × 12 rectangular table with pockets in the four corners and in the middle of the long sides (see Snooker for markings and a diagram). ... A hobby is a spare-time recreational pursuit. ... For other uses, see BBC (disambiguation). ... Pot Black was a UK television snooker tournament that played a large part in the popularisation of the modern game. ... The History of television technology can be divided along two lines: those developments that depended upon both mechanical and electronic principles, and those which are purely electronic. ... For the BBC radio station, see BBC Radio 2. ... The event The competition took place at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield between the April 1978. ... The Commonwealth of Nations as of 2006 Headquarters Marlborough House, London, UK Official languages English Membership 53 sovereign states Leaders  -  Queen Elizabeth II  -  Secretary-General Don McKinnon (since 1 April 2000) Establishment  -  Balfour Declaration 18 November 1926   -  Statute of Westminster 11 December 1931   -  London Declaration 28 April 1949  Area  -  Total... Tobacco advertising is the promotion of tobacco use (typically cigarette smoking) by the tobacco industry through a variety of media. ... The far east as a cultural block includes East Asia, Southeast Asia, Northeast Asia and South Asia. ... Ding Junhui (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ; born April 1, 1987) is a Chinese snooker player, born in Yixing, Jiangsu (near Shanghai), and is now a resident of England during the snooker season. ... Marco Fu Ka-chun (Chinese name: 傅家俊; b. ...

The game

Snooker table with balls placed in their starting positions

Main article: Snooker rules

The object of the game is to score more points than the opponent by potting balls in a predefined order. At the start of a frame the balls are positioned as shown and the players take it in turns to hit a shot, their aim being to pot one of the red balls and score a point. If they do pot a red ball then the red remains in the pocket and they are allowed another shot - this time the aim being to pot one of the colours (points value, 2 points for the yellow, 3 for the green, 4 for the brown, 5 for the blue, 6 for the pink and 7 for the black). If successful, then they gain the value of the colour potted. It is returned to its correct position on the table and they must try to pot another red again. This process continues until they fail to pot the desired ball, at which point their opponent comes back to the table to play the next shot. The game continues in this manner until all the reds are potted and only the 6 colours are left on the table; at that point the aim is then to pot the colours in the above order. When a colour is potted in this phase of a frame, it remains off the table. When the final ball is potted, the game is over and the player with the most points wins.^[1] Image File history File links Snooker_table_drawing_2. ... Image File history File links Snooker_table_drawing_2. ... Snooker table, drawn to scale // Dimensions A standard tournament snooker table measures 3569mm by 1778mm (11ft 8. ... Snooker table, drawn to scale Snooker is played on a rectangular table, 6 feet by 12 feet (1. ...

Points may also be scored in a game when a player's opponent fouls. A foul can occur for numerous reasons, such as hitting one of the colours first when the player was attempting to hit a red, potting the cue ball, potting a colour when it was not "on" (i.e. the player was not attempting to pot it). The points gained from a foul by the players opponent can vary but will always be at least 4 points, and can be 5, 6 or 7 points if the colour ball of that value is fouled.^[1]

One game, from the balls in their starting position until the last ball is potted, is called a frame. A match generally consists of a predefined number of frames and the player who wins the most frames wins the match overall. Most matches tend to consist of a relatively small number of frames, although longer matches exist to test all aspects of a player's game. The final of the World Championship, for example, is 35 frames in length (first to 18), and is played over two days.^[17] This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ...

An extended spider, which can be used to bridge over balls obstructing a shot

Other terminology used in snooker includes a player's "break", which refers to the total number of consecutive points a player has amassed (excluding fouls) when at one visit to the table. A player attaining a break of 15, for example, could have reached it by potting a red then a black, then a red then a pink - the player then missed the next red and so the break ended at 15 points. The traditional maximum break in snooker is to pot all reds with blacks then all colours without missing a pot, which would yield 147 points, often simply known as a "147" or a "maximum".^[18] See also: Highest snooker breaks. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1165x1181, 222 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Snooker User:SFC9394/WIP3 ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1165x1181, 222 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Snooker User:SFC9394/WIP3 ... The following is a glossary of traditional terms used in the three main cue sport disciplines: pocket billiards (pool), which denotes a host of games played on a table with six pockets such as straight pool, eight-ball, nine-ball, one-pocket and bank pool; carom billiards referring to the... In snooker, a break is the total score achieved by a player in a single visit to the table. ... In snooker, a break is the total score achieved by a player in a single visit to the table. ...

   

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Accessories used for snooker include chalk for the tip of the cue, rests (often needed due to the length of a full-size table), a triangle to rack the reds, and a scoreboard. The principal drawback of snooker on a full-size table is the size of the room (22 ft x 16 ft) required to hold the large table with adequate room for cueing on all sides.^[19] This limits the number of locations in which the game can easily be played. While pool tables are common to many pubs, snooker tends to be played either in private surroundings or in public snooker halls. The game can also be played on smaller tables using fewer red balls. The variants in table size are: 10' x 5', 9' x 4.5', 8' x 4', 6' x 3' (the smallest for realistic play) and 4' x 2'. Smaller tables can come in a variety of styles, such as fold away or dining-table convertible. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The following is a glossary of traditional terms used in the three main cue sport disciplines: pocket billiards (pool), which denotes a host of games played on a table with six pockets such as straight pool, eight-ball, nine-ball, one-pocket and bank pool; carom billiards referring to the... A rack is the name given to a frame (usually wood or plastic) used to organize billiard balls at the beginning of a game. ... 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. ... Pub redirects here. ... A pool halll is a place where people get together for playing pool, snooker or billiards. ...

Governance and tournaments

Snooker tournaments

World Championship

Ranking tournaments

UK Championship

Grand Prix

Welsh Open

China Open

Shanghai Masters

Northern Ireland Trophy

Other tournaments

Masters

Premier League

Pot Black

Withdrawn tournaments

See: Snooker tournaments

The World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA, also known as World Snooker), founded in 1968 as the Professional Billiard Players' Association,^[20] is the governing body for the professional game. Its subsidiary, World Snooker, based in Bristol, England, organises the professional tour. Over the years the board of the WPBSA has changed many times, which some argue is an indication of in-fighting within the sport.^{[21] [22] [23]} The amateur game is governed by the International Billiards and Snooker Federation (IBSF).^[24] Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... The UK Championship is a professional snooker tournament, generally regarded as the second most prestigious tournament after the World Championship. ... The Grand Prix is a professional snooker tournament. ... The Welsh Open is a professional snooker tournament. ... The China Open was a professional snooker tournament. ... Shanghai Masters is a professional snooker tournament. ... The Northern Ireland Trophy is a professional snooker tournament. ... The Masters, formerly the Benson & Hedges Masters, is a professional snooker tournament. ... The Betfred Premier League, formerly the Dr. Martens Premier League is a professional snooker tournament. ... Pot Black was a UK television snooker tournament that played a large part in the popularisation of the modern game. ... This is a list of snooker tournaments. ... The World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA, also known as the World Snooker Association), founded in 1968 as the Professional Billiard Players Association, is the governing body for the professional game. ... This article is about the English city. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... IBSF logo The International Billiards & Snooker Federation (IBSF) is the organisation that governs non-professional Snooker and English billiards around the world. ...

Professional snooker players can play on the World Snooker ranking circuit. Ranking points, earned by players through their performances over the previous two seasons, determine the current world ranking.^[25] A player's ranking determines what level of qualification they require for ranking tournaments. The elite of professional snooker is generally regarded at the "Top 16" ranking players,^[26] who are not required to pre-qualify for any of the tournaments.^[27] The World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (also known as the World Snooker Association or the WPBSA) is the governing body of world snooker. ... The snooker world rankings are a system of ranking professional snooker players. ...

The most important event in professional snooker is the World Championship,^[28] held annually since 1927 (except during the Second World War and between 1958 and 1963). The tournament has been held at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield (England) since 1977, and was sponsored by Embassy from 1976 to 2005.^[14] Because since 2005 tobacco companies are not allowed to sponsor sporting events in the United Kingdom, the World Snooker Championship had to find a new sponsor. It was announced in January 2006 that the 2006–2010 world championships would be sponsored by online casino 888.com ^[29]. The status of winning the World Championship is great, and it is the most highly valued prize in professional snooker,^[30] both in terms of financial reward (£200,000 for the winner)^[31] as well as prestige. The World Championship is televised extensively in the UK by the BBC^[32] and gains significant coverage in Europe on Eurosport^[33] and in the Far East. This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ... The Crucible Theatre, located in the city centre of Sheffield, England is known for being a producing theatre, meaning shows are designed and rehearsed in-house. ... For other uses, see Sheffield (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... Imperial Tobacco Group PLC (LSE: IMT) is the largest tobacco manufacturer in the UK (the second largest UK-based tobacco company by global sales after British American Tobacco). ... 888. ... For other uses, see BBC (disambiguation). ... Eurosport is the largest European sports satellite and cable network available in 54 countries and broadcasting in 18 different languages. ...

The group of tournaments that come next in importance are the ranking tournaments. Players in these tournaments score world ranking points. A high ranking ensures qualification for next year's tournaments, invitations to invitational tournaments and an advantageous draw in tournaments.^[26] Third in line are the invitational tournaments, to which most of the highest ranked players are invited. The most important tournament in this category is The Masters,^[34] which to most players is the second or third most sought-after prize.^[35] The snooker world rankings are a system of ranking professional snooker players. ... The Masters, formerly the Benson & Hedges Masters, is a professional snooker tournament. ...

In an attempt to answer criticisms that televised matches can be slow or get bogged down in lengthy safety exchanges and that long matches causes problems for advertisers,^[36] an alternative series of timed tournaments has been organised by Matchroom Sport Chairman Barry Hearn. The shot-timed Betfred Premier League was established, with the top eight players in the world invited to compete at regular United Kingdom venues, televised on Sky Sports. Players have twenty-five seconds to take each shot, with a small number of time-outs per player. While some success has been achieved with this format it generally does not receive the same amount of press attention or status as the regular ranking tournaments. Matchroom Sport is a promotions company founded by the English entrepreneur Barry Hearn. ... Barry Hearn (born 1949, Dagenham, Essex) is an English sports entrepreneur, the founder and chairman of promotions company Matchroom Sport. ... The Betfred Premier League, formerly the Dr. Martens Premier League is a professional snooker tournament. ... Sky Sports is the brand name for a group of 9 channels. ...

There are also other tournaments that have less importance, do not earn world ranking points and are not televised. These can change on a year-to-year basis depending on calendars and sponsors. Currently the Pontin’s International Open Series^[37] is organised as one of these additional tournament series by World Snooker.

Action from The Masters Tournament in 2007

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Notable players

Main article: List of notable snooker players

In the professional era that began with Joe Davis in the 1930s and continues up until the present day, a relatively small number of players have succeeded at the top level.^[38] The most notable are those who have had the ability to win ranking tournaments consistently and perform at the highest level. In the modern era the financial rewards for reaching these high levels are significant, with career earnings in the multi-million pound territory for the top professionals.^[4] Reaching and maintaining a place amongst the snooker elite is a tough task, with the standards of the game being such that it requires many years of dedication and effort as well as natural ability.^[39] This is a list of champion snooker players. ... Joe Davis, OBE (born 15 April 1901 in Whitwell, Derbyshire, England; died 10 July 1978 in Hampshire, England) was an English professional player of English billiards and later snooker. ...

Certain players have tended to dominate the game through the decades. Ray Reardon is generally regarded as the principal player through the 1970s, Steve Davis through the 1980s and Stephen Hendry through the 1990s, winning 6, 6 and 7 World Championships respectively. In the 2000s no one player has dominated; however, at the beginning of the 2000s, Mark Williams and Ronnie O'Sullivan won 4 of the first 5 world championships, but have so far been unable to continue winning towards the end of the decade.^[40] Ray Reardon is a retired Welsh snooker player. ... Steve Davis OBE (born August 22, 1957) is an English professional snooker player who was born in London and lives in Brentwood, Essex with his wife and two sons. ... The tone or style of this article or section may not be appropriate for Wikipedia. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... This does not cite any references or sources. ... Ronald Antonio Ronnie OSullivan (born December 5, 1975 in Wordsley, West Midlands)[1][2] is an English professional snooker player, nicknamed The Rocket due to his rapid playing style, with other monikers including The Essex Exocet and The Magician. He grew up and still lives in Chigwell, Essex, although...

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This is a list of professional snooker players: A Hugh Abernethy Shokat Ali Ian Anderson Pankaj Advani B John Bear Simon Bedford Bernard Bennett Mark Bennett Stuart Bingham Jon Birch Nigel Bond Alfie Burden Jamie Burnett Craig Butler C John Campbell Marcus Campbell Tammy Cantoni Allister Carter Bob Chaperon Eddie... This is a list of champion snooker players. ... Snooker world championships winners, from 1927 to the present. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The following is a glossary of traditional terms used in the three main cue sport disciplines: pocket billiards (pool), which denotes a host of games played on a table with six pockets such as straight pool, eight-ball, nine-ball, one-pocket and bank pool; carom billiards referring to the...

Results

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References

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External links

• World Snooker Association
• IBSF — International Billiards & Snooker Federation
• BetFred Premier League — snooker tournaments
• UK National Amateur Snooker Leagues

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Other games	Snooker • English billiards • Russian pyramid • Bumper pool • Bagatelle • Carrom • Novuss • more
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Illustration of a three ball pocket billiards game in early 19th century Tübingen, Germany, using a table much longer than the modern type. ... Pocket billiards at a pub in Groningen, Netherlands 8 ball pool in Beijing, China Pocket billiards, most commonly referred to as pool, is the general term for a family of games played on a specific class of billiards table, having 6 receptacles called pockets (or holes) along the rails, in... A correct nine ball rack Nine ball is a contemporary variation of pocket billiards, with historical beginnings rooted in the United States and traceable to the 1920s. ... Eight ball players Eight ball is a billiards game played with a cue ball and 15 billiard balls on a pool table with 6 pockets. ... Please wikify (format) this article as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... A straight pool rack, right before the opening break. ... Bank pool has been gaining popularity in recent years. ... A kick shot in action. ... Woodcut detail from A Little Pretty Pocket-Book (1744), providing the first known reference to baseball. ... The leather shake bottle used as a carom target in bottle pool. ... Chicago is a money ball pocket billiards gambling game. ... A pocket billiards game, circa 1800s Germany Cowboy pool, sometimes just called cowboy, is a hybrid pool game combining elements of English billiards through an intermediary game, with more standard pocket billiards characteristics. ... Vincent Van Goghs The Night Café Cribbage, sometimes called cribbage pocket billiards, cribbage pool, fifteen points and pair pool, is a two player pocket billiards game that, like its namesake card game, has a scoring system which awards points for pairing groups of balls (rather than playing cards) that... Golf is a pool game usually played for money. ... A leather shake bottle and plastic pills or peas as used in Kelly pool. ... Rotation (or rotation pool) is a pocket billiards (pool) game played using a standard pool table and standard triangular rack of fifteen (solid/stripe) billiard balls. ... 10-Ball is basically 9-Ball with the number 10 ball added to the game. ... Three Ball is a gambling game of pocket billiards, playable by any number of persons in rotation. ... “Billiards” redirects here. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (2272 × 1704 pixel, file size: 2. ... Carambole billiards (or carom) is a billiards game possibly developed in the 18th century in France, though the exact date of invention is not clear. ... Carambole billiards (or carom) is a billiards game possibly developed in the 18th century in France, though the exact date of invention is not clear. ... Paul Gauguins Night Café at Arles (1888) Artistic billiards, sometimes called fantasy billiards or fantaisie classique, is a carom billiards discipline in which players compete at performing 76 preset shots of varying difficulty. ... Five-pins (Italian cinque birilli), also known as five-pin billiards or Italian billiards (It. ... Inset from School of Recreation, 1710. ... Jacob Schaefer, Sr. ... There are two similar yet distinct carom billiard games known as 4-ball. ... Illustration of a three ball pocket billiards game in early 19th century Tübingen, Germany, using a table much longer than the modern type. ... A snooker table English Billiards is a form of billiards played on a 6 × 12 rectangular table with pockets in the four corners and in the middle of the long sides (see Snooker for markings and a diagram). ... Russian Billiards pyramid. ... Bumper pool is a casual billiards game played on an octagonal or rectangular table with one pocket centered on each end. ... Bagatelle (from French by way of the Italian bagattella, a trifle) is a game, the object of which is to get a number of balls past pins (which act as obstacles) into holes. ... For the games with billiard balls, see Carom billiards, or Cue sport more generally. ... The introduction of this article does not provide enough context for readers unfamiliar with the subject. ... Illustration of a three ball pocket billiards game in early 19th century Tübingen, Germany, using a table much longer than the modern type. ... The following is a glossary of traditional terms used in the three main cue sport disciplines: pocket billiards (pool), which denotes a host of games played on a table with six pockets such as straight pool, eight-ball, nine-ball, one-pocket and bank pool; carom billiards referring to the... Illustration from Michael Phelans 1859 book, The Game of Billiards Cue sports techniques (usually more specific, e. ... Larger tables may require multiple lamps to properly light the playing surface. ... A close-up picture of American-style pool balls Billiard balls are used in cue sports, such as carom billiards, pool, and snooker. ... A cue stick A cue stick or simply cue, is an item of sporting equipment essential to the games of billiards, pool and snooker. ... A rack is the name given to a frame (usually wood or plastic) used to organize billiard balls at the beginning of a game. ...