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Five-pins

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description Five-pins Overview

Five-pins, or five-pin billiards, is a carom billiards discipline associated especially with Italy and governed internationally within cue-sports competition. The table has no pockets and carries five small pins arranged in a cross at its center, while players use a cue ball, an opponent's ball, and a red object ball. Points are awarded through prescribed caroms and by legally knocking down pins, so successful play combines precise cue-ball control with defensive positioning.

help Five-pins FAQ

Is five-pins a form of pool?

Five-pins is a carom billiards discipline rather than ordinary pocket pool. The table has no pockets, and play is associated especially with Italy.

What is placed in the middle of a five-pins table?

Five small pins are arranged in a cross at the center of the pocketless table. Players use cue-ball caroms and controlled shots to interact with the pins.

How are points made in five-pins?

Scoring comes from legal carom shots and from knocking down the central pin arrangement. Unlike pool, the goal is not simply to send an object ball into one of several pockets.

Where is five-pins most strongly associated?

Five-pins is especially associated with Italy and also appears in international cue-sports competition. Its five-pin cross and pocketless carom table define the discipline.

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