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2. Nine-ball - Wikipedia

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   Nine-ball (sometimes written 9-ball) is a discipline of the cue sport pool.The game's origins are traceable to the 1920s in the United States. It is played on a rectangular billiard table with pockets at each of the four corners and in the middle of each long side.

3. Rack (billiards) - Wikipedia

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   A diamond-shaped wooden nine-ball rack, racker's view: 1 ball in front, 9 ball centered.. In nine-ball, the basic principles are the same as detailed in the eight-ball section above, but only balls 1 through 9 are used; the 1 ball is always placed at the rack's apex (because in nine-ball every legal shot, including the break, must strike the lowest numbered ball first) over the table's foot ...

4. Pool (cue sports) - Wikipedia

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   Pool halls in North America are increasingly settling upon the World Pool-Billiard Association International Standardized Rules. But tavern eight-ball (also known as "bar pool "), typically played on smaller, coin-operated tables and in a "winner keeps the table" manner, can differ significantly even between two venues in the same city. The ...

5. Play Pool Lucky Break 9 Ball Online for Free - AOL.com

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   Play free online multiplayer 9 Ball at Lucky Break Pool. Chat, customize your cue and table, and challenge foes with authentic rules including push outs & English.

6. Cue sports - Wikipedia

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   Aluminium billiard rack that is used for 8-ball, 9-ball, and straight pool. A rack is the name given to a frame (usually wood, plastic or aluminium) used to organize billiard balls at the beginning of a game. This is traditionally triangular in shape, but varies with the type of billiards played.

7. Billiard Congress of America - Wikipedia

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   [8] [11] (Nine-ball did not appear until the 1967 edition. [12]) The BCA rulebooks have remained in near-annual continuous publication to the present day. In 2000, the BCA made the major move of adopting the World Pool-Billiard Association's standardized rules for eight-ball, nine-ball, and other games subject to international professional ...

8. Carom billiards - Wikipedia

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   Carom billiards, also called French billiards and sometimes carambole billiards, is the overarching title of a family of cue sports generally played on cloth-covered, pocketless billiard tables. In its simplest form, the object of the game is to score points or "counts" by caroming one's own cue ball off both the opponent's cue ball and the ...

9. American Poolplayers Association - Wikipedia

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   As APA nine-ball is based on points and not games won (contrast with BCA Pool League nine-ball which is based on games won, where the winner of each game is the player pocketing the 9-ball), a match can end before all the balls of a given rack have been pocketed. Using the previous Player A (skill level 2) vs. Player B (skill level 6) example ...