Different game question.

[TrxR]

Ive been seeing videos of a billiard game I'm not sure about. It has yellow and red balls and a striped 8 ball and the tables are quite small and it looks like they are using a snooker cue. Is this simply a different 8 ball game? What's the idea behind it?

 

[skogstokig]

Ive been seeing videos of a billiard game I'm not sure about. It has yellow and red balls and a striped 8 ball and the tables are quite small and it looks like they are using a snooker cue. Is this simply a different 8 ball game? What's the idea behind it?

english 8-ball. barboxes with rounded corners, also a smaller cueball.

 

[David in FL]

Eight-ball pool (British variation) - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

[hang-the-9]

Both Jayson Shaw and Appleton were top in that game before coming over to US to play pool. The official game is on 6 foot tables, that is the "pro" size.

 

[Black-Balled]

Eight-ball pool (British variation) - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

Black-balled, in The Basement:

 

[Greg M]

It's English pool, which a lot more popular than American eight-ball here in Ireland and the UK. Cue ball is 1 7/8"; object balls are 2". Rules differ between the two disciplines, though.

You'll only find the striped 8 ball in the Aramith Pro Cup set. The regular ranges all have the standard solid, numbered 8 ball.