English Billiards Game

English Billiards Game

What are the odds of playing the exact same game of pool/billiards twice in a lifetime?

Lets define a lifetime as playing 30 games a day, 3 days a week for 20-30 years.

Taking into account the random actions of the break, the variables such as english, human error, exact positions of each and every ball, speed with which the ball travels, jump shots, mass`e s, etc. I need someone who knows about pool and is very very good at math. But don't waste your time if you have more important matters at hand, i'm just asking out of pure curiosity, so whenever you have extra time if you could help me figure it out, i'd appreciate it. i'm thinking its probably like 1 in 1 sexdecillion at least.

I have asked this question to many pool players (men & women) over the years, and to a person, they all said the same thing: No Way. Never. Won't happen.
You can't give odds on something that's impossible to figure.

You can say a million to 1, a zillion to 1, or however many zeros you want to add.
Racking the balls as close to exact on every rack of 9-ball, or 1 thru 15 for a full rack - doesn't matter. As others have pointed out, there are too - TOO many angles where each ball will land after the break.
And here's another thing - that's if no ball was pocketed. If just one ball drops (say the 2 ball in the right side pocket) now you have a zillion more zeros to add because that "2" ball might go into a different pocket the next time. Or, another ball might go after the next break.
And then we have to say - what if two balls go on the snap? Three balls, etc?

Now you will always get one person to say, "Anything is possible!"
Right! And as my buddy Al Pruett once so eloquintly intoned: "It's possible that a brass monkey will jump out of my a$$ and do the boo-ga-loo right here on this Valley table. But I doubt it."

Years ago Cardinals broadcaster Jack Buck interviewed Braves coach Del Crandel. Knuckleballer Phil Niekro was pitching that day. Jack's question to Del was this: "There are 40,000 people in the stadium today. How many do you think can catch a real major league knockleball?"
Took Crandel about 2 seconds to answer. "Not one."
Some things are just that way.
Excellent question.
Have a safe and great Merry Christmas.
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English Billiards $60.54 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles English billiards, called simply billiards in many former British colonies and in Great Britain where it originated, is a hybrid form of carom and pocket billiards played on a billiard table. Billiards is less well known as the English game, the allin game and the common game. The game is for two players or teams. Two cue balls (originally both white, but more recently one white, one yellow) and a red object ball are used. Each player or team uses a different cue ball; where both cue balls are white, one has a distinguishing mark (usually a black dot). Author: Miller, Frederic P./ Vandome, Agnes F./ McBrewster, John Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 72 Publication Date: 2010/07/17 Language: English Dimensions: 5.98 x 9.01 x 0.17 inches

Carom Billiards $105.14 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles Carom billiards, sometimes called carambole billiards or simply carambole (and in some cases used as a synonym for the game of straight rail from which many carom games derive), is the overarching title of a family of billiards games generally played on clothcovered, 5 by 10 feet (approximately 1.5 3 m) pocketless tables, which often feature heated slate beds. In its simplest form, the object of the game is to score points or counts by caroming ones own cue ball off both the opponents cue ball and the object ball(s) on a single shot. The invention as well as the exact date of origin of carom billiards is somewhat obscure but is thought to be traceable to 18thcentury France. There is a large array of carom billiards disciplines. Some of the more prevalent today and historically are (chronologically by apparent date of development): straight rail, cushion caroms, balkline, threecushion billiards and artistic billiards. There are many other carom billiards games, predominantly intermediary or offshoot games combining elements of those already listed, such as the champions game, an intermediary game between straight rail and balkline, as well as games which are hybrids of carom billiards and pocket billiards, such as English billiards played on a snooker table and its descendant games, American fourball billiards, and cowboy pool. Author: Miller, Frederic P./ Vandome, Agnes F./ McBrewster, John Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 140 Publication Date: 2009/12/10 Language: English Dimensions: 5.98 x 9.01 x 0.32 inches

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Rack (Billiards) $71.7 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles A rack is the name given to a frame (usually aluminium, wood or plastic) used to organize billiard balls at the beginning of a game. Rack may also be used as a verb to describe the act of setting billiard balls in starting position in billiards games that make use of racks (usually, but not always, using a physical rack), as well as a noun to describe the balls in that starting position. The most common shape of a physical rack is that of a triangle, with the ball pattern of 54321. Racks are sometimes called simply triangles (most often by amateur shooters) based on the predominance of this form. Triangularshaped racks are used for eightball, straight pool, onepocket, bank pool, snooker and many other games. Although diamondshaped racks, with an intended pattern of 12321, are made for the game of nineball, the triangular rack is more often employed in nine ball as well. Author: Surhone, Lambert M./ Timpledon, Miriam T./ Marseken, Susan F. Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 98 Publication Date: 2010/08/11 Language: English Dimensions: 6.00 x 9.02 x 0.23 inches

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Billiards in the Twentieth Century $47.39 Originally published in the late 1800s, this is an anthology of articles on Billiards by master of the game. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Obscure Press are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork. Contents Include Great Players I have Watched Professionals V. Amateurs Billiards for Woman A BilliardsTable Problem An Astounding Feat with Billiards Balls A Challenge from Willie Smith and My Reply A Hundred in Four Minutes Composition Balls Billiards Compared with other Games The Ideal Temperament The Billiards Stance Past and Present Styles What Constitutes Good Cueing Brandishing the Cue The Value of Ones Cue BilliardsTable Clothes The Best Practice Stroke The Long Innoff After the Balls are Touching Slight Variations From HalfBall Contacts The Angels of Large and Small Balls Tightening the Cue Hold The Billiards Sense Commencing the Game RedBall Play A Littleknown Cannon The Question of Transmitted Slide Author: Levi, Riso Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 292 Publication Date: 2006/04/01 Language: English Dimensions: 8.50 x 5.50 x 0.66 inches

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Where can I play snooker in the Dallas/Fort Worth area?

Looking to play some snooker in the DFW area! I'm talking about the English billiards game, played on a 9'X12' table, and snooker balls. A smaller table will do, but I was just wondering if there are any billiards places where I can do this?

i dont know but it is good to see americans playing good sport other than all that pushing shoving kick ass sport which is rubbish. Snooker is a lovely game and should be played aroungd the globe.

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