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  1. 21st January 2007, 09:08 AM #1
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    Default What's The Difference Between A Pool Table & Snooker Table & Billiard Table

    I want to build one.
    Whats the differences?
    Are American table dimensions the same as Aussie or UK table dimensions
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  2. 21st January 2007, 09:16 AM #2
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    Same table for each game, just different balls.

    The little tables are 6x3 and the pub size is generally 7x3.5 or 8x4

    we had a 9 x 4.5 at Mum & Dad's - it's good size if you have the room.

    full championship size is size is 12x6

    Billiards is with 3 balls. Two red, one white

    Snooker is with the reds (15) and the coloured balls (green yellow, brown, blue, pink,black)

    and the numbered balls are for 8-ball or Kelly Pool
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    Thanks Gumby ,I thought so, but better to check than be sorry.
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    Glad Gumby knows his balls.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Gumby
    and the numbered balls are for 8-ball or Kelly Pool
    Also for the extremely popular 9 ball
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    Quote Originally Posted by Grunt View Post
    Glad Gumby knows his balls.
    Oh you think so???

    Billiards with two reds and a white??

    I don't think so!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Eddie Jones View Post
    Oh you think so???

    Billiards with two reds and a white??

    I don't think so!
    ooops,

    One red, one white, one white with black dot. (It's been a while since I played that one)
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    Sounds like Grunt's dancing condoms got it right
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    I thought they were bananas (really)
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    bananas don't come in that colour range
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    There is one other difference that I am aware of.

    A pool table has pockets with straight sides where they join the cushion or rail.

    A snooker table has pockets with curved sides where they join the cushion or rail.

    Putting a ball in the pocket on a snooker table requires better accuracy and a soft touch.
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    Quote Originally Posted by echnidna View Post
    bananas don't come in that colour range
    They do when they've got condoms on.
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    Also, a billiard table has no pockets. Scored by number of caroms only. (Pool is also known as pocket billiards.) Also, also, IIRC a snooker table is somewhat larger than the others. And ditto rrich, those round corners are sumbishes.

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    Oh, so when the guys say they're going to play pool, maybe they're not really going to play po....??
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    All I know is that seeing that I don't play it much (though do enjoy it) I'm crap for the first 7 or 8 games of pool after a long spell.

    And then I play like a man possessed
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