G A M E S

POOL

Most popular today is 8 ball and 9 ball.  These two games are more quickly played in tournaments.  They are more suitable for television coverage.  7 Ball was added to the short games, but has not been as popular.

Straight pool, or 14.1 was the more popular game for tournaments in the past. 
Other games include One Pocket, Rotation, Chicago, and dozens of other games.  Special balls have been made for other games including Poker and Baseball.


SNOOKER

The basic Snooker game take longer to play than most pool games and the scoring is sometimes a little tricky, so a score board is used to keep track of the points.

Snooker is the most common game, but is not the only game played on snooker tables.  Life Pool, Golf, Chase the Green, Cricket, Crash and Russian Pool.  Some snooker games use only the colored balls.  Up to 6 players may participate in several of the games.

POOL

Table Size

Officially sanctioned pool tables are 8 (regulation) and 9 feet (tournament).  Bar and coin op tables come in 6 and 7 feet.We offer 7, 8, 8 plus, and 9 foot pool table sizes in our pool table plans for your flexibility.

SNOOKER 

Table Size

The official sizes are 10' (American) and 12' (British) foot tables.
Snooker tables are sometimes referred to as English Pool tables.
We offer 7, 8, 8 plus, 9 and 10 foot in our snooker table plans.  American Snooker tables use the same size slate as pool tables.  British pool tables use 11/2"- 2" slate.

Our 9 foot Mission Pool Table is shown with Snooker Rails.  It requires about 2 hours to change the rails to switch between Pool and Snooker.

 
POOL

21/4" are the standard size balls.

On coin op tables when a mechanical system is used, the cue ball is larger in order it be returned when scratched.
In pool most games, 15 balls plus the cue ball are used, except for 7 and 9 ball.

SNOOKER

Ball sizes are most commonly 21/16" (English) and or 21/8" (American).

In most snooker games, 15 red balls PLUS numbered balls 2 through 8 and a cue ball are used.
English snooker balls do not have numbers on the "colored" balls.  American balls are numbered as well as colored.  Both sizes are available in both styles. 

 Left:  21/4" #1 Pool ball

Right:  21/8" #2 Snooker ball