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.