Pool (cue sports)

<p>Pool is a series of <a href="/facts/Cue_sports/wsHrGGXM">cue sports</a> played on a <a href="/facts/Billiard_table/wozTos6T">billiard table</a>. The table has six <a href="/facts/Pocket_(billiards)/wozTos6T">pockets</a> along the <a href="/facts/Glossary_of_cue_sports_terms/eUrAoVcD">rails</a>, into which <a href="/facts/Billiard_ball/3568TLFe">balls</a> are shot. Of the many different pool games, the most popular include: <a href="/facts/Eight-ball/DM52XaoV">eight-ball</a>, <a href="/facts/Blackball_(pool)/Q5g5R5ze">blackball</a>, <a href="/facts/Nine-ball/Bess19Un">nine-ball</a>, <a href="/facts/Ten-ball/exF2AtEj">ten-ball</a>, <a href="/facts/Seven-ball/E122CqMK">seven-ball</a>, <a href="/facts/Straight_pool/0MJh6B6E">straight pool</a>, <a href="/facts/One-pocket/3LsmK7KV">one-pocket</a>, and <a href="/facts/Bank_pool/jTn4rYIp">bank pool</a>. Eight-ball is the most frequently played discipline of pool, and it is often thought of as synonymous with "pool".
</p><p>The generic term pocket billiards is sometimes also used, and favored by some pool-industry bodies, but is technically a broader classification, including games such as <a href="/facts/Snooker/PX3vtzqU">snooker</a>, <a href="/facts/Russian_pyramid/KVTrl8lV">Russian pyramid</a>, and <a href="/facts/Kaisa_(billiards)/Ty54XaXT">kaisa</a>, which are not referred to as pool games. There are also hybrid games combining aspects of both pool and <a href="/facts/Carom_billiards/BFrU7KEB">carom billiards</a>, such as <a href="/facts/American_four-ball_billiards/TSUu1vL9">American four-ball billiards</a>, <a href="/facts/Bottle_pool/TXvBL9kQ">bottle pool</a>, <a href="/facts/Cowboy_pool/MqgAKNdU">cowboy pool</a>, and <a href="/facts/English_billiards/NaqJBecn">English billiards</a>.
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Pool (cue sports)