

Snooker is a type of billiards with pockets, which has become widespread in the UK and the former English colonies. The simplicity of the technique of playing "American" quickly multiplies the number of its fans. Due to such equipment, the game of pool, unlike the same Russian billiards, is dynamic and transient. The game involves sixteen multi-colored balls with a diameter of 57.2 mm, which are fed into the pockets in accordance with certain rules. The main feature of the game of pool is the smaller table size, 9 feet, as well as large pockets, with a diameter of about 130 mm.

Interest in him is steadily growing in Russia as well. In other varieties of the billiard game, getting this ball into the pocket is punishable by a fine.Īmerican pool is perhaps the most common type of game in the world. In Russian billiards, it is the cue ball that must fall into the pocket, i.e. This is the main feature of the Russian Pyramid. The pockets in Russian billiards differ from the diameter of the balls by only a few millimeters. Fifteen numbered balls and one unnumbered ball, which differs from its “brothers” in color. The Russian Pyramid is played on tables measuring 12 feet with sixteen balls 68 mm in diameter.

This type of billiards has many fans in Mongolia and Greece. This is partly why the Russian pyramid is popular in Finland and Poland. The Russian Pyramid is a type of billiard game with pockets, which was most widespread in the territory that was once part of the Russian Empire. Also tables for different games differ in their geometry. Carom is played on a table not equipped with pockets. The first three require a billiard table with pockets to play. The game of billiards takes place mainly in four schools-directions: Russian billiards American pool snooker and carom. The main differences between tables for Russian billiards and pool.
