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Billiards is not one of the most favored traditional games but is considered as one of the coolest games as anyone can play the game with equal ease. To play billiards one does not need to be of a certain age or some particular height and doesn’t even need to have any physical fitness. There are many billiards leagues where the game is taught and competitions are arranged. Even the people with disabilities can also play billiards. The BCA National Billiards Tournament is one of the popular billiards competitions that are held in Las Vegas, in May every year. People of different ages and both male and female come and participate in this tournament.
For some if the traditional game of billiards is passion, for many it is a great time pass. Billiards has a unique history behind it. Cue sports was the term that was used to describe the wide range of skill games which were played with cue stick. They were required to strike the billiard balls to move them around the billiards table covered with and bordered by rubber cushions. Billiards is an umbrella term and is used as a generic label for those kinds of games where the cue sticks come into play.
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In the United Kingdom, the term "billiards" indicates English billiards, whereas in United States it is used to indicate a certain game or set of games and these all are normally cue games. Three major subdivisions have been made within the cue sports and these include the Carom billiards, Pocket billiards and Snooker. Carom billiards is referred to the games which are played on the tables that are without any pockets. In this category are included cushion caroms, artistic billiards, balkline and straight rail, and 3-cushion billiards.
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Pocket billiards game is also known as pool. It is usually played on a table which has six pockets. In this category are also included eight-ball which is the most popular cue sport in the world, nine-ball, one-pocket, straight pool and bank pool.
Snooker even though a pocket billiards game technically has a general classification. This is because of its historical divergence from the other cue sports and its terminology as well as culture.
Besides these three, there are also games which have targets and obstacles and have disks rather than balls. The history of Billiards dates back to the 15th century. It also finds mention in a Shakespearean play called Antony and Cleopatra.
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