Wayback to my college life, one of the favoritesport my friends enjoyed is the billiard. We spent our leisure time playing billiard. I haven't remember of the time that we went out to attend a party or to join in whatever social gatherings other classmates would do. One thing that I can only remember is the place where we use to go during our vacant periods. The recreation hall (billiard house). We stay them for more than 2 hours just to enjoy that kkind of sport.
Billiard is being played with one red ball and two white cue balls, one with the small black spot and one without.
A double game is occassionally played but the game is ussually singles. One player chooses to play with the white cue blue and the other spotted white cue ball. To begin with, a players play their cue ball from within the D down the table so that it bounces back up the table and comes to rest in a baulk. The player whose ball is the closest to the baulk cushion chooses to go first or second. Most player prefers to go second because the first turn occurs with the only two balls on the table
-a severe limitation.
The game start with the red ball on it's spot and the cue ball of the player placed in the D at the front of the table. Players agree how many points will constitute a ganme and the objective is merely to be the first to score than number. A typical number for expert players might be 1000 points-professionals regularly score more than this in a single break. Beginners might consider 150 as more appropriate target.
Each turn is called a “break” and consists of a series of strikes of the cue ball that come to an end when a player makes a non-scoring strike or foul stroke. Scoring is achieved by “potting” balls, by “cannons” and by going “in off”. A ball is “potted” when a cue ball knocks it into a pocket. A “cannon” is when the cue ball strikes first one ball and then the other. A player's ball goes “in off” when it falls into a pocket having first “kissed” (struck) another ball.
Whenever the redf ball is spotted, itr is immediately return to the red spot for the next strilke. Whenever the cue ball goes in off, it bis immediately return to the player who can position it anywhere within the D for the next strike. If the opponent ball id spotted, it remains out of play until the end of that players break. In this case, the opponent starts the next turn by striking the ball from wherever it ends up. Potting the opponents ball is usually to be avoided since scoring is much harder with only two balls on the table
a fowl occurs when a player balls hit the other balls in which case 1 point is added to the opponents score or when the player's ball goes directly into the pocket without hitting any other ball whereupon 3 points are given to the opponent.
We really enjoy playing billiard throughout the entire period of time.
Source:www.mastersgames.com
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