SNOOKER IS PLAYED ON A LARGE TABLE (6x12 FEET) WITH 22 BALLS. POOL IS PLAYED ON A SMALLER TABLE (4½x9 FEET USUALLY), WITH A SET OF 16 BALLS.
If some of the balls on the table are striped, it is a game of pool. Snooker has only solid-coloured balls
SNOOKER: Invented by Neville Chamberlain, not the British premier but an army officer. It is rumoured he was posted in India where the game first became popular. It is played on big tables measuring 6x12 feet with 22 balls: 15 red, one each of yellow, green, brown, blue, pink and black; and a white cue ball. The winner is determined by a point system. Red balls are all worth a point and coloured balls are worth their face value. Players alternate between hitting the red and coloured balls. Red balls stay in the pockets, but the six coloured ones come back to their starting positions on the table till all the red balls are ‘potted’. According to an old tradition, you are expected to dress up for the game, preferably in a dinner suit.
POOL: Supposedly christened thus because of the venues where it first became popular: ‘pool rooms’. Gamblers gathered there to bet on horse races and pursue other, unarchived, co-curricular activities. American bars made it popular among youngsters who played it on 4½x9 feet tables. Pool balls come in sets of 16, seven solid-colour balls, seven striped balls, an eight-ball and a cue ball. The most popular games are 8-ball and 9-ball. In the former, you must sink all striped or all solid balls before sinking the 8-ball. The 9-ball is played with balls numbered one to nine. The first player to sink the 9-ball wins.
If some of the balls on the table are striped, it is a game of pool. Snooker has only solid-coloured balls
SNOOKER: Invented by Neville Chamberlain, not the British premier but an army officer. It is rumoured he was posted in India where the game first became popular. It is played on big tables measuring 6x12 feet with 22 balls: 15 red, one each of yellow, green, brown, blue, pink and black; and a white cue ball. The winner is determined by a point system. Red balls are all worth a point and coloured balls are worth their face value. Players alternate between hitting the red and coloured balls. Red balls stay in the pockets, but the six coloured ones come back to their starting positions on the table till all the red balls are ‘potted’. According to an old tradition, you are expected to dress up for the game, preferably in a dinner suit.
POOL: Supposedly christened thus because of the venues where it first became popular: ‘pool rooms’. Gamblers gathered there to bet on horse races and pursue other, unarchived, co-curricular activities. American bars made it popular among youngsters who played it on 4½x9 feet tables. Pool balls come in sets of 16, seven solid-colour balls, seven striped balls, an eight-ball and a cue ball. The most popular games are 8-ball and 9-ball. In the former, you must sink all striped or all solid balls before sinking the 8-ball. The 9-ball is played with balls numbered one to nine. The first player to sink the 9-ball wins.
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