Pool, 8 ball

Pool is a great game that almost anyone can play, the table is usually 6 feet long by three feet wide, and at one end has a d shape similar to snooker and the other is where the pool balls are set up. In the english game there are red and yellow balls, 7 of each and 1 black ball. The object of the game been to pot all of your given or chosen colour and then pot the black to win. If the black is potted off the break, the breaker wins, if it is potted during the game the person potting it loses, in the event of a foul shot or an in off your opponent has 2 shots , in the case of an in off the first must be taken from within the d. The most disturbing thing about ...  Read the complete review

A bar without pool is like a pool without water! We all love it, it's a fantastic leveller, a superb bonder and all over fun. If you want to compete you find someone close to your level, then throw the cash down (always being wary of the Hustler(watch the film!))and play till your pockets empty. In the end of things you can always even off playing double or quits, or not, and stitch your mate for a couple of hundred quid. You can play with your girl, once anyway before she hits you for being better! But all in all it's a great drunken sport for the real outdoor man!! ...  Read the complete review

Introduction - After the first year of university me and my friends were looking for something to do in the evenings that didn't cost as much to do, and wouldn't leave us in the same sorry state we always woke up the next morning in. Yes I agree, drinking can be a lot of fun, but did we really need to be getting drunk every night, spending money that wasn't really ours (thank you loan company, although they have recently put the interest up to 4.84% so I'm only paying off £80 per year). One day whilst sitting in the cafeteria we decided to see if there was a sport that we all liked doing that we could perhaps do in our free time, weekends or evenings. We soon ...  Read the complete review

8 ball pool is the classic British version of the game. Ideally, you want to play on a slate bed table that is 6ft by 3ft. Like a snooker table, there are pockets in each corner, with two on either middle length too. Using a white ball to strike the coloured balls, your aim is to pot the balls from your colour, and finally the black ball. There are seven red balls and seven yellow, with colour allocation being based on who pots what first. This game has taken many many nights of my attention. I love it for a lot of reasons. First off, the striking of the cue ball. Different things happen depending on where and how you hit the ball. Strike it down ...  Read the complete review

Pool, in my opinion, is by far greater than snooker. It requires less skill, less effort, less time, less precision potting and lower costs. Anyone can play this highly popular game and the rules can be pretty much make 'em up as you go along if you don't know them. The drawback in our local is they allow 8 year olds on to destroy the cues, mark the cloth, lose the chalk and spend half an hour playing a game that should take 10 minutes max. The price pretty much varies between areas - I've seen it as low as 20p in a village cricket club, and as high as £1.50 in a city centre pub! Anyone can learn to play pool, but it helps if you ...  Read the complete review