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The Russian pyramid is a complex billiards variant originating in Russia and other CIS countries. It’s notable for its extreme difficulty due to remarkably small pockets relative to the solid object balls. Players must precisely position shots to navigate around tight spaces and achieve specific com...

Dynamic pyramid is a regional variant of Russian pyramid billiards played on a large pool table with narrow pockets. The defining rule of the game is that any of the fifteen white balls can serve as the cue ball for a shot. After a stroke, the ball that was struck becomes the cue ball for the next t...

Straight rail billiards, also called straight billiards or the free game, is a form of carom billiards played with three balls on a pocketless table. A player scores when the cue ball contacts both object balls during the same stroke, without the cushion requirements used in games such as three-cush...

Released by Bally in 1981, Eight Ball Deluxe is a solid-state pinball machine that serves as the sequel to the highly successful 1977 game Eight Ball. The machine features a classic billiards theme where players aim to hit drop targets representing pool balls to advance through various gameplay mode...

English billiards is a traditional cue sport originating in England, played on a standard billiards table using only three balls: one red and two cue balls. Players accumulate points by executing specific shots, primarily cannons, winning hazards, and losing hazards. A cannon involves striking both...

18.1 balkline is a discipline within carom billiards played on a pocketless table using three balls. The playing surface is divided by straight lines drawn 18 centimeters parallel to each rail, creating nine regions known as balk spaces. A player is only permitted to score a single point before at l...

18.2 balkline is a carom billiards discipline played on a pocketless table, developed in the 1880s to counter the strategy of 'nursing'—keeping balls clustered together for prolonged scoring runs. Lines drawn 18 centimeters from each rail define rectangular regions called balk spaces. The '2' design...

Carambole billiards, commonly referred to as carom billiards, is a category of cue sport played on a pocketless table typically measuring 10 feet in length. The most basic form uses three balls: one red and two white cue balls, one of which is marked with a spot to distinguish it. Players score poin...

Goriziana is a traditional Italian carom billiards game played on a pocketless table with one red object ball, two white cue balls, and nine pins arranged in a diamond formation at the center of the playing surface. It is closely related to five-pin billiards but employs four additional pins, creati...

47.2 balkline is a discipline of carom billiards played on a pocketless table marked with lines drawn 47.2 centimeters from each rail, creating zones that restrict consecutive scoring. The balklines prevent players from using 'nurse' techniques that allow unlimited scoring from a single position, re...

71.2 balkline is an advanced discipline within carom billiards, characterized by straight lines drawn 71 centimeters from the table's edges to form rectangular spaces. A key restriction requires players to move at least one of the cue balls out of these defined zones after scoring a maximum of two p...

Four-ball is a carom billiards game played with two cue balls and two red object balls on a pocketless table. Each player uses a designated cue ball and scores by making it contact both red balls during the same stroke; contact with the opponent's cue ball can affect scoring under the applicable rul...

Five pin billiards is a carom billiards discipline that developed in Italy and is governed internationally within the framework of the Union Mondiale de Billard. It is played on a pocketless table with three balls and five small pins arranged at the center, rather than with only a cue ball and one o...

One-cushion billiards is a carom-billiards discipline played on a pocketless table with two cue balls and a red object ball. To score, a player’s cue ball must contact both object balls, with at least one cushion struck before the second object ball is reached. The game developed in the late 1860s a...

Artistic billiards is a carom-billiards discipline built around the performance of prescribed difficult shots. Players attempt figures from an official program, and referees or judges evaluate whether each shot is completed according to the rules. The discipline is played on a pocketless carom table...

Two-cushion billiards is a specialized carom game requiring the cue ball to contact exactly two table cushions before striking the second object ball to achieve a valid scoring shot.

Pyramid billiards, also called Russian pyramid or Russian billiards, is a family of pocket-billiards games played mainly in Russia, Eastern Europe, and former Soviet countries. It uses a large table, heavy balls about 68 millimetres in diameter, and pockets only slightly wider than the balls, making...

Bally Pool Sharks is a 1996 pinball machine with a billiards theme. Its playfield includes a lower mechanism designed to represent the action of shooting pool balls, connecting the pinball rules to the table-game subject. The machine uses a dot-matrix display and was produced by Bally during the 199...

Bar billiards is a cue sport and pub game that developed in England from the French game Billard Russe. It is played on a small table with holes used as targets rather than conventional corner and side pockets, and wooden mushroom-shaped pins obstruct parts of the playing surface. Players score by u...

Gottlieb Cue Ball Wizard is a dot-matrix pinball machine released by Gottlieb in 1992 with a billiards theme. Its playfield includes a mechanical pool-cue arm toy, and the rules involve shooting for color-coded pool-ball targets and completing related objectives. The machine is aimed at players and...

Kaisa is a traditional Finnish cue sport played on a billiard table with pockets. The game uses a white cue ball, a yellow object ball, a red object ball, and an opponent’s white ball, with players scoring by caroms and pocketing balls according to the rules in use. It is associated particularly wit...

Life pool is a historical form of pocket billiards associated with nineteenth-century Britain. It is played with a standard set of colored billiard balls, and participants typically contribute stakes before play begins. Each player has a limited number of lives, which can be lost through specified f...

Black pool, originally called everlasting pool, was a form of pocket billiards recorded from 1862 and played mainly in the late nineteenth century. Each player had a designated ball, and potting an opponent's ball removed one of that opponent's lives; potting the black ball made all opponents pay a...

Slosh is an informal variation of pocket billiards distinguished by its relaxed rules and casual approach to the standard game.