Billiard ball
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A billiard ball is a small, hard ball used in cue sports, such as carom billiards, pool, and snooker. The number, type, diameter, color, and pattern of the balls differ depending upon the specific gam
Cue balls from (left to right): Russian pyramid and kaisa—68 mm (2+11⁄16 in) Carom—61.5 mm (2+7⁄16 in) International pool—57.15 mm (2+1⁄4 in) Snooker and English billiards—52.5 mm (2+1⁄16 in) British-style pool—51 mm (2 in)
Standard modern carom balls
Pool balls in a rack
Setup for blackball
Snooker
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Snooker is a cue sport played on a rectangular billiards table covered with a green cloth called baize, with six pockets: one at each corner and one in the middle of each long side. First played by Br
Billiard ball
…A billiard ball is a small, hard ball used in cue sports, such as carom billiards, pool, and snooker. The number, type, diameter, color, and pattern of the balls differ depending upon the specific game being played. Various particular ball properties…
Four-time world champion Mark Selby playing at a practice table during the 2012 Masters tournament
A full-size snooker table set up for a game
A sliding scoreboard, some blocks of cue-tip chalk, white chalk-board chalk and two cues
A shot using a rest, allowing the player to reach farther down the table