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Kaisa or karoliina is a cue sport mainly played in Finland. The game originated in Russia , where it is still played to some extent. Kaisa equipment is similar to Russian pyramid from the 68 mm ( 2 + 11 ⁄ 16 in) balls, small pockets barely large enough for a ball to enter, and the long and heavy cue sticks .
Billiard balls vary from game to game, and area to area, in size, design and number. Though the dominant material in the making of quality balls was ivory until the late 1800s (with clay and wood being used for cheaper sets), there was a need to find a substitute for it, not only due to elephant endangerment, but also because of the high cost of the balls.
In kaisa, five balls are used: the yellow object ball (called the kaisa in Finnish), two red object balls, and the two white cue balls (usually differentiated by one cue ball having a dot or other marking on it and each of which serves as an object ball for the opponent).
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Artistic billiards final at the 2013 European Carom Billiards Championship. Artistic billiards is a cue sport played on a billiard table.A discipline of carom billiards, players aim to recreate a portion of 76 pre-set shots of varying difficulty against an opponent.
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