Bar Billiards is played on a table specially made without side and corner pockets. Instead there are 9 holes within the playing surface. Each of these holes are worth a certain point value.

Bar billiards is a British game derived from earlier French and Russian games. Players take turns shooting balls into holes located at one end of a pocketless table. Each hole carries a different point total, based on its location on the table. The player with the most points at the end of the game is the winner.

Score the highest amount of points before the pre-determined amount of time expires.

Players aim for 9 holes located at the end of a pocketless billiards table. Each hole is assigned a different point value, ranging from 10 to 200 points. There are 8 balls active on the table - 7 white and 1 red. The red ball doubles the point value of any hole it lands in. All balls are grouped together and hit from a starting point on one end of the table. If a player fails to put a ball in a hole, their break is over. There are two white mushrooms on either side of the 100 hole, and one black mushroom in front of the 200 hole. If a white mushroom is knocked over, a player's break is ended and all points accumulated on that break are erased. If a black mushroom is knocked over, a player's break is ended and all points accumulated to that point are erased.

Billiards was first played in 15th century England, and has been a popular game throughout Europe and the United States ever since. Many styles and variations have been created using the same basic rules and equipment. Bar billiards is a distant relative of the French game, bagatelle, and a traditional Russian tabletop game. The game as we know it today began in the United Kingdom in the 1930's. It grew popular as a game played in pubs throughout the country. Since 1981, a tournament was held to crown a British champion. In 1999 the tournament was opened up to the rest of the world.

Balls
Bar Billiard Table
Cue

Players must use caution when handling a cue, as eye injuries can sometimes occur.

Training consists of minor aerobic exercises to maintain modest flexibility in the back, shoulders and arms. A basic knowledge of angles and trajectory is also a plus.

Break - a player's turn at the table

Cue - a long, straight, tapering wooden rod for striking the ball

Mushrooms - plastic pegs placed in three different spots on the table

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