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Cue sports (sometimes
spelled cuesports), also known as billiard sports, are
a wide variety of games of skill generally played with
a cue stick which is used to strike billiard balls, moving
them around a cloth-covered billiards table bounded by
rubber cushions.
There are many sizes and styles of pool and billiard tables.
Generally, tables are rectangles twice as long as they
are wide. Most pool tables are known as 7-, 8-, or 9-footers,
referring to the length of the table's long side. Full-size
snooker and English billiard tables are 12 feet (3.7 m)
long on the longest side. Pool halls tend to have 9-foot
(2.7 m) tables and cater to the serious pool player. Pubs
will typically use 7-foot (2.1 m) tables which are often
coin-operated. Formerly, 10-foot (3 m) tables were common,
but such tables are now considered antique collectors
items; a few, usually from the late 1800s, can be found
in pool halls from time to time. Ten-foot tables remain
the standard size for carom billiard games. The slates
on modern carom tables are usually heated to stave off
moisture and provide a consistent playing surface... |
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