Seven-ball is a contemporary rotation pool game with rules similar to nine-ball, though it differs in two key ways: the game uses only seven object balls as implied by its name, and play is restricted to particular pockets of the table. TemplateCuegloss will have to be hacked to support multi-page articles Pocket billiards, most commonly referred to as pool, is the general term for a family of games played on a specific class of Billiards table, having 6 receptacles Nine-ball is a contemporary pocket billiards (pool game with historical beginnings rooted in the United States and traceable to the 1920s TemplateCuegloss will have to be hacked to support multi-page articles A billiard table or billiards table (or more specifically a pool table or snooker table) is a bounded table on which billiards-type games William D. Clayton is credited with the game's invention,[1] ca. the early 1980s.
Rules
At the start of the game, balls 1 through 7 are racked in a hexagonal configuration, with the 1 ball placed at the rack's apex, centered over the table's foot spot, the 7 ball placed at the rack's center, and all other balls placed randomly (see photo top right). TemplateCuegloss will have to be hacked to support multi-page articles Regular hexagon The internal Angles of a regular hexagon (one where all sides and all angles are equal are all 120 ° and the hexagon has 720 degrees A rack is the name given to a frame (usually Wood or Plastic) used to organize Billiard balls at the beginning of a game TemplateCuegloss will have to be hacked to support multi-page articles TemplateCuegloss will have to be hacked to support multi-page articles Immediately following the break shot, the opponent must elect three pockets along one of the table's long rails. TemplateCuegloss will have to be hacked to support multi-page articles TemplateCuegloss will have to be hacked to support multi-page articles Once that selection is made, that player may only legally pocket (pot) balls in the selected pockets, and the player who broke is automatically assigned the three pockets situated along the opposite long rail. TemplateCuegloss will have to be hacked to support multi-page articles TemplateCuegloss will have to be hacked to support multi-page articles TemplateCuegloss will have to be hacked to support multi-page articles [1]
A special 7 ball was designed for television matches by Charles Ursitti (billiards historian, referee and Willie Mosconi's one time manager) to address the problem that the color of the 7 and 3 balls in a standard set of pool balls are nearly indistinguishable when viewed on a TV screen. A referee is a person who has authority to make decisions about play in many Sports Officials in various sports are known by a variety of titles including referee Willie Mosconi nicknamed "Mr Pocket Billiards", ( June 27, 1913 &ndash September 12, 1993) born William Joseph Mosconi Billiard balls are used in Cue sports, such as Carom billiards, pool, and Snooker. [1] The ball adopts the stripe of the 9 ball with the color of the solid black 8 ball, the "money balls" of their respective namesake games. TemplateCuegloss will have to be hacked to support multi-page articles TemplateCuegloss will have to be hacked to support multi-page articles TemplateCuegloss will have to be hacked to support multi-page articles TemplateCuegloss will have to be hacked to support multi-page articles TemplateCuegloss will have to be hacked to support multi-page articles
The original informal incarnation of seven ball led to a variant professional ruleset that enjoyed a brief heyday in the Sudden Death Seven-ball series of pro tournaments, broadcast on the American cable TV network ESPN. Sudden Death Seven-ball (also known as ESPN Sudden Death Seven-ball for promotional purposes was an annual pool tournament (and television show ESPN, originally an acronym for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, is an American Cable television network dedicated to
Informal play
No special equipment is required for play in pool halls or home pool rooms. A billiard[s], pool or snooker hall (or parlo[u]r or room) (sometimes written poolhall, snookerhall A billiard room (also billiards room, pool room, snooker room) is a Recreation room, such as in a house or recreation center with a billiards As illustrated to the left, a regular set of pool balls and a nine-ball-style diamond rack turned sidewise are adequate (eight-ball-style triangle racks are ineffective for this). Billiard balls are used in Cue sports, such as Carom billiards, pool, and Snooker. Eight-ball, sometimes called stripes and solids and more rarely bigs and littles or highs and lows, is a Pocket billiards (pool game popular
References
- ^ a b c Shamos, Michael Ian (1993). The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Billiards. New York, NY: Lyons & Burford, pp. Manhattan Island, in New York Harbor, is much the largest part of the Borough of Manhattan, one of the Five Boroughs which form the City of New York 206. ISBN 1-55821-219-1.
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