how do you play pool on a table that has no pockets? we have one at school, but I don't get it.?
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its billiard\n\nmain objective is taking one point on each shot how ?\n\nThere are white yellow and a red ball\n\nyou and your opp chose white or yellow\nif you chose white\n\nyou will use it as  q ball and while shot you will try to strike to yellow and red ball, when ure white touch that other two balls you get one point and continue shoting if not its ure opponent turn he/she will hit yellow and will try to touch white and red
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I have no pool table but this is easily answered from the memories of my mis-spent youth. I spent hours upon hours in smoke filled pool rooms as a boy.\n\nThere are 15 balls in a full rack. 1 thru 7 all have the white circle in the middle. These balls are refered to as solids.\n\nThe 9 ball thru the 15 all have a colored stripe passing around a white ball. These  balls are called stripes. \n\nThe eight ball looks like a solid ball but in some games it belongs to neither group. it is it's own ball.\n\nFew people know that the 1 and 9 are the same color. This pattern repeats itself throughout the set. I will list the colors and numbers, just remember all balls above eight are stripes, no white circle.\n\n1&9 yellow\n2&10 blue\n3&11 Red\n4&12 Purple\n5&13 Orange\n6&14 Green\n7&15 Maroon\n8 Black
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Glad to know there's actually other girls who like pool!\n\nPlay a lot is the best thing to do.  First, you get a new cue, it will help you get used to something to play with instead of having to play with scrubby house cues.  Next, find a partner to play with as much as possible, even if they stink, it's still fun.\n\nGet the stance right.  As a girl, it's easier for me to point one foot towards the cue ball and the other outward to level and hold myself into position.  Keep in mind that your cue needs to be as level with the table at all times possible.  (Meaning that the stick should be parallel to the pool table)  Keep your head down, too.  It's easier to see the ball and angle you are trying to hit.  (Plus it makes you look slick---->)\n\nKeep your forearm and elbow at a 90 degree angle and this will keep your arm steady.  It takes getting used to but it helps in the long run.  Keep your bridge hand steady at all times, too.  That is where the point of contact with the ball is closest to.\n\n9 Ball is a really good fame to start out with because it's less confusing with only 9 balls on the table, and it gives you a head start with positioning the ball.  That's my favorite game, by the way :)\n\nThe number one thing about being a good billiard player is having confidence.  It doesn't matter how many balls you miss in that pocket-- at least you are practicing.  Don't be a sore loser because that shows that you are not a confident player, and it also lets the other person know that you really didn't enjoy playing a game with them.\n\nHave fun, and I hope this helps you!
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You could do something like this:\n\nSuppose that we play a game where there is a token placed on a board that has spaces to the left and to the right.  The game will consist of rolling a die and subsequently moving the token left on odd numbered rolls and moving it right on even numbered rolls - that is, on roll #1 move to the left & on roll #2, move to the right, etc...  The object of such a game might be to see how many rolls it takes to end up at the same space where the token started.\n\nNow suppose that we modify the game in the following way:  We introduce two different collered dice - one red and one green - that are used alternatively on each roll.  Every time the red die is rolled, you move the token in the direction indicated by whether it is an odd numbered roll or whether it is an even numbered roll.  However, whenever the green die is rolled, you move the token in the direction OPPPOSITE of the rule indicated by the odd/even numbered roll.  \n\nOne possible outcome of playing the modified game would be that you start out rolling a 5 on the red die - and since this would be roll #1, you would move the token 5 places to the right.  On the next roll, you roll a 4 on the green die.  Since this is roll #2, you would normally move the token 4 to the left.  However, the green die changes the direction.  Therefore, the token would move 4 to the right.  The effect would be the same as if a 4 were rolled on the red die.\n\nLastly, associate the operation of addition with that of the direction indicated by even numbered rolls and the operation of subtraction with that of the direction indicated by odd numbered rolls.  Also, associate the concept of positive numbers with that of rolling a red die and the concept of negative numbers with that of rolling a green die.\n\nI don't know if this is what you are looking for.  I hope it helps!
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No bet!\n\nENIGMA! ENIGMA! ENIGMA! ENIGMA!\n\nI now have one of your questions figured out, that I was originally wrong about, before the voting started. LOL\n\nYou asked:\n\nWhat happens in 8 ball (world standard rules)?\nYour opponent shoots at and successfully sinks one of YOUR stripes, then shoots another stripe and misses the pocket. \n\nWhat do you do? \n\nI say:\nYou shoot solids now, since he has now taken over stripes, because you failed to claim a foul when your opponent pocketed your stripe and then also shot a stripe.\n\nYeah, I know! too late.  LOLOLOLOL
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Simon Buckingham has written a great article at SnooHoo, telling us the basic difference between pool and snooker. Such information is often assumed known, but many professionals will fail to accurately distinguish between the two. So, here are the major differences between these two amazing cuesports.\nPool and snooker are two similar sports which both entail using sticks called cues to pocket balls of different colors into six holes on the sides and corners of a rectangular table. Yet these two sports go a long way to illustrate the difference between the old organized world and the new unorganized world.\n\nSnooker is a sport from the age old organized tradition. You are much more likely to get dressed up when playing snooker, often in a dinner suit and bow tie. You play snooker on a long table of well over two meters in length and a meter wide. You hit the balls gently, relying on their smooth passage across the slate-bedded table to reach their destination pocket.\n\nBecause the table is so large, success (known as "break building": an unbroken series of pocketing the balls) depends upon using spin to position the white cue ball for potting the subsequent ball. There are set rules which are strictly adhered to, for example, if you accidentally tap a snooker ball with the end of your cue you "foul" and forfeit your shot.\n\nSnooker is played at a thoughtful, leisurely pace and some time can elapse between shots. One frame between average players can take up a good hour. \n\nThe contrast between snooker and pool is clear. Pool represents the unorganized world. You can play in any clothes that you find comfortable. The pool table is much smaller, just over a meter in length and less than a meter wide. The pockets are larger relative to the size of the balls. Paradoxically, even though the pool table is smaller, you tend to hit the balls harder because the cloth on the table (which can be and often is blue or red as well as green) is more coarse. The rules are less strict, insofar as the acceptance of minor mistakes when setting up a shot tends to be greater. The pace of pool is quicker: you don't need complicated implements such as "spiders" which are supplementary cues that let you reach areas of the snooker table in order to play shots that human size would otherwise preclude.\n\nGames between good pool players can be over in 10 minutes. There is less break building because the table is small enough for the good players to pot a few balls and win. \nPool is a sport which is much more attuned to today's quicker, faster unorganized world than the more organized world of snooker. Our goals remain the same: personal prosperity (potting the balls) and the infrastructure of the world (the table) is smaller and more accessible. As with the world, pool games are played at a faster speed, the rules are fewer, innovation rather than strategy much more important. The entry barriers are lower: people who have not played pool or snooker before can pick up a short pool cue and have a go and pot something. \nNew beginners could be playing snooker a long time before they pocket a ball. The start up costs for the pool equipment are lower, and the ease of carrying around a pool cue greater.\n\nWith its smaller table and wider pockets, pool is like technological capitalism, giving its players both the opportunity and the opportunity to pursue that opportunity.\n\nThe image of the pool player in the movie "The Hustler" contrasts with that of the gentleman in his country mansion playing snooker. As someone once said, "The best things come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle". Rack up those pool balls, and play on, play on.
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Simon Buckingham has written a great article at SnooHoo, telling us the basic difference between pool and snooker. Such information is often assumed known, but many professionals will fail to accurately distinguish between the two. So, here are the major differences between these two amazing cuesports.\nPool and snooker are two similar sports which both entail using sticks called cues to pocket balls of different colors into six holes on the sides and corners of a rectangular table. Yet these two sports go a long way to illustrate the difference between the old organized world and the new unorganized world.\n\nSnooker is a sport from the age old organized tradition. You are much more likely to get dressed up when playing snooker, often in a dinner suit and bow tie. You play snooker on a long table of well over two meters in length and a meter wide. You hit the balls gently, relying on their smooth passage across the slate-bedded table to reach their destination pocket.\n\nBecause the table is so large, success (known as "break building": an unbroken series of pocketing the balls) depends upon using spin to position the white cue ball for potting the subsequent ball. There are set rules which are strictly adhered to, for example, if you accidentally tap a snooker ball with the end of your cue you "foul" and forfeit your shot.\n\nSnooker is played at a thoughtful, leisurely pace and some time can elapse between shots. One frame between average players can take up a good hour. \n\nThe contrast between snooker and pool is clear. Pool represents the unorganized world. You can play in any clothes that you find comfortable. The pool table is much smaller, just over a meter in length and less than a meter wide. The pockets are larger relative to the size of the balls. Paradoxically, even though the pool table is smaller, you tend to hit the balls harder because the cloth on the table (which can be and often is blue or red as well as green) is more coarse. The rules are less strict, insofar as the acceptance of minor mistakes when setting up a shot tends to be greater. The pace of pool is quicker: you don't need complicated implements such as "spiders" which are supplementary cues that let you reach areas of the snooker table in order to play shots that human size would otherwise preclude.\n\nGames between good pool players can be over in 10 minutes. There is less break building because the table is small enough for the good players to pot a few balls and win. \nPool is a sport which is much more attuned to today's quicker, faster unorganized world than the more organized world of snooker. Our goals remain the same: personal prosperity (potting the balls) and the infrastructure of the world (the table) is smaller and more accessible. As with the world, pool games are played at a faster speed, the rules are fewer, innovation rather than strategy much more important. The entry barriers are lower: people who have not played pool or snooker before can pick up a short pool cue and have a go and pot something. \nNew beginners could be playing snooker a long time before they pocket a ball. The start up costs for the pool equipment are lower, and the ease of carrying around a pool cue greater.\n\nWith its smaller table and wider pockets, pool is like technological capitalism, giving its players both the opportunity and the opportunity to pursue that opportunity.\n\nThe image of the pool player in the movie "The Hustler" contrasts with that of the gentleman in his country mansion playing snooker. As someone once said, "The best things come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle". Rack up those pool balls, and play on, play on. \n\nthis answer provided by: Internet_Professor\n\nhttp://answers.yahoo.com/my/profile;_ylt=AgZKwWiLBpWHkgb7xuemvlwezKIX?show=AA10505536
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i seen it when i was playing yahoo pool. it was an ad on top of the table that i was playing on. simply click and you will be on the list to receive it when it comes out!!!1 Good luck!!
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May I suggest you try Google,\nIf you're after the rules of snooker, try searching for 'snooker rules'.\nIf you're after rules for the various forms of pool you could try 'pool rules'
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you have a better probability of winning if you buy all the squares!\n\nBut seriously, the pools I have been in, people sign their name BEFORE the numbers are drawn. That is so there is no better square on the sheet- its all in how the numbers are drawn- seems like it would be hard to fill a sheet if the numbers were already written on the sheet. Everyone who bought the first squares would take the 0's, 3's 4's and 7's - a lot of people wont buy squares if they are stuck with numbers like 2 and 8 or 9- because they suck (not as bad now that we have 2 pt conversions though)\n\nstay away from the edges??? hmm, I'll have to remember that. hehe
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Yes, I play pool. You need to find a cue that has a good tip and feels good in your hand. Plan on spending a couple hundred dollars for a solid cue, most cues you get for under 100 dollars are just glorified bar cues. Plan on spending a couple hundred and look at btrands like Mcdermott, viking and some other quality brands, then you know youre getting a good cue.
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Before you do anything to the table, contact Antique Billiard Supply.  I'll give you an website.  This man is an expert on old Brunswick tables.  Best of luck.  M.D.-BCA Instructor/Referee.
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It is always a good idea to know the house rules before you play any game. Here in the midwest we play mostly just call pocket. The reason being there is a lot less room for arguement that way. As you know the argueing can lead to big problems , especially in a money game. And most of the time if you called your pocket the shot was way you intended it to be anyway. So we just save ourselves a lot of trouble that way. So remember to always check the house rules and have a good time !
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NO walmart, NO Sears..get a table from a website/company that specializes in Pool Tables. A thousand will get u a nice table. Just make sure that u get a table from a website that specializes in pool tables. Like cars..guitars..computers..stereos..there are low-mid end tables that u can find. There's a whole range of tables. I suggest  u go with a medium speed table..because over time a table gets slower..due to the fabric. If u get a slow table..ur speed on the table will decrease overtime making shots less accurate do to the fabric wearing out.Againt..no real names that I can say...but there are low end products from big name pool table makers.
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The regulation size of a Pocket Billiards table's playing surface is 4.5 feet by 9 feet. Non-regulation size tables come standard at four by eight feet, three and one-half by seven feet, and three feet by six feet.
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Do the game when the students can make one, two or three tally marks.  The object of the game is to make the last mark without going over.    The team gets a choice of going first, or choosing the number the game will go to.  \n\nThere is a pattern to the madness, but I want you to figure it out.
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In a billiards game, a scratch is when the cue ball goes into one of the pockets unintentionally. It depends on your game, then, if the next player must shoot from the "kitchen" (regular ball rules) or if the play is "ball in hand" (APA rules). In Pub rules it can also be shot from the "D".