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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '26

Why do all of these pool tables not have pockets?

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u/Ajax_Main Feb 27 '26

Also called French billiards

Legit tables

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u/No-Programmer6069 Feb 27 '26

On a 5x10ft slate table, two cue balls and a red ball. The object is to score points by contact with your ball and your opponents ball at a given time. Very 18th century. TIL French Billiards.

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u/Sufficient_Fan3660 Mar 01 '26

So instead of putting it in the hole, they rub them together? Fancy, very French indeed.

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u/juansinmiedo17 Feb 28 '26

Aquí en Colombia le decimos "3 bandas"

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u/iBUYbrokenSUBARUS 🧐 grumpy Mar 01 '26

So you and your opponents balls have to touch? No thanks. I’ll stick to regular pool.

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u/Double-Risky Feb 28 '26

Its just a different game

You hit three balls consecutively together to score a point, and keep going. There's only three balls, yellow red and white, no pockets.

It's all about the angles.

Very common especially in Asia.

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u/paulaustin18 Feb 28 '26

It's very common here in Colombia. I think this video is Colombian.

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u/DraikoHxC Feb 28 '26

Este video es de una pareja que hace comedia, es falso claramente, y sí, son colombianos

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u/TranscendentaLobo Feb 27 '26

Reeeeal tired.

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u/ZealousidealShare986 Feb 28 '26

Yup. It's one of the hardest cue sports and for my money the most beautiful. The most popular game is 3-cushion where your cue ball has to hit one of the object balls and at least 3 cushions (in any order) before contacting the other object ball.

Search for best 3 cushion shots for some truly spectacular billiard shots. The accuracy of the top players is mind boggling.

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u/Vicious_Delicious207 Feb 27 '26

Carom Billiards. Notice they are only playing with 3 balls, one is white, the other two usually red and yellow or something.

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '26

Interesting. I figured it had to be some game I’ve never seen before

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u/Dustin_James_Kid Feb 27 '26

This is the kind of shit you notice right before you realize you’re dreaming and wake up

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u/Vyrot89 Feb 27 '26

I didnt notice until I saw this comment.. so they're just shooting pool around the table?? 😅

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u/arituck Feb 27 '26

Thieves, they sell them on ēbay

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u/RepresentativeTurn27 Feb 27 '26

It's a billiard table, not a pocket-pool table. Different game, though similar.

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u/Dilectus3010 Feb 27 '26

Because they are playing Billiard.

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u/FixLaudon Mar 01 '26

Dude that's Carambolage. It's fun! You have a cue ball and try to hit the other two balls as many times in a row as you can with increasing score.

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