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As we know “ Billiard “ is among popular games that played on a billiard table that may or may not have pockets. However, there is a more precise definition on that and we may ask the difference between billiards, snooker and pool. Did you know that in French billiards is played on a table without pockets and only three balls are used, two white and one red. One white ball is the “cue” ball and the remaining balls are “ object “ balls. To score a point, called a “ carom “ or “Billiard” a player must hit the cue ball so that it then hits the other two balls in succession. In some games the cue balls must also hit cushion one or more times to complete a carom. Carom is now a generic term for any gamed played on a table without pockets. Snooker is played on a table that has six pockets. The game is played with a cue ball and 21 other balls; 15 are red and 6 are numbered, colored balls. A player must first shoot a red ball into a pocket. The player then tries shooting any other colored ball into a pocket. If successful, the player continues to alternately hit the red and colored balls into a pocket. Every red balls remains in the pocket but each colored ball is removed and set on the table again. Once all of the red balls are in the pockets, the six colored balls must b shot into pockets in their numerical order. Pool which also known for “Pocket billiards “ its played on a six pocket table. However the pockets are usually wider than those on a snooker table. The game is played with the cue ball and numbered balls. Solid colors are used for balls 1 through 8, and stripes for balls 9 through 15. There are many varieties of pool games. Here in the Philippines we have the best known a billiard player he’s Efren “Bata” Reyes. Billiard made him famous not only here in the Philippines and also to other country.