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  2. Billiard table - Wikipedia

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    Small pool tables may use only one or two pieces of slate, while carom, English billiards and tournament-size pool tables use three. Full-size snooker tables require five. The gap between slates is filled with a hard-drying putty, epoxy or resin, then sanded to produce a seamless surface, before being covered with the cloth.

  3. Comparison of cue sports - Wikipedia

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    Billiard balls vary from game to game, and area to area, in size, design and number. Though the dominant material in the making of quality balls was ivory until the late 1800s (with clay and wood being used for cheaper sets), there was a need to find a substitute for it, not only due to elephant endangerment, but also because of the high cost of the balls.

  4. Rules of snooker - Wikipedia

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    A regulation (full-size) table is 12 ft × 6 ft (3.7 m × 1.8 m); because of the large size of these tables, smaller tables are common in homes, pubs and other places where space is limited. These are often around 6 feet (1.8 m) in length, with all the dimensions and markings scaled down accordingly.

  5. Cue sports - Wikipedia

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    Pool table with equipment. There are many sizes and styles of billiard tables. Generally, tables are rectangles twice as long as they are wide. Table sizes are typically referred to by the nominal length of their longer dimension. Full-size snooker tables are 12 feet (3.7 m) long. Carom billiards tables are typically 10 feet (3.0 m).

  6. Pool (cue sports) - Wikipedia

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    Pool is a series of cue sports played on a billiard table. The table has six pockets along the rails, into which balls are shot. [1] [2] Of the many different pool games, the most popular include: eight-ball, blackball, nine-ball, ten-ball, seven-ball, straight pool, one-pocket, and bank pool. Eight-ball is the most frequently played discipline ...

  7. American snooker - Wikipedia

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    American snooker often uses 54 mm (2 + 1 ⁄ 8 inch) balls, [5] but may use standard 52.5 mm (approx. 2 + 1 ⁄ 16 in) balls.It is typically played on a 10 by 5 ft (3.0 by 1.5 m) table (and in private homes, often on even smaller tables), as full-size regulation 12 by 6 ft (3.7 by 1.8 m) British-style tables are rare in the United States, although they are legal for American snooker. [4]