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Bar Billiards

Bar billiards is a pub billiards game on a specialist table without rail pockets, but with holes in the playing surface and pins/skittles as risk. Points come from potted balls; certain pin fouls end the break or wipe points.

LevelDiscipline FamilyPrecision Sport CategoryPrecision sport

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Classification

Category Precision sport

Family Precision Sport

Level Discipline

Getting started

Kurzbeschreibung Pub billiards on a specialist table with holes in the surface, red ball, white balls and pins/skittles.

Geeignet für Suitable for people who like social pub games, cue feel and risk/reward decisions.

Cost Cheap if a pub or club has a table; table availability is the bottleneck. Table time, local league/club fees, cue, chalk and possible travel to tournaments. AEBBA-adjacent league, local pub, traditional games club or bar-billiards table. Mention local pin variants and league rules.

First progress First points immediately; break-building and pin risk need practice.

Fitness level low

Was du brauchst

bar-billiards table
cue
balls
pins/skittles
scoreboard
local rules

First steps

find table
clarify pin rule
learn point holes
play short breaks
use red ball deliberately

Local pub, AEBBA/county league, traditional games group or table directory.

Normal cue and pub safety: keep spacing, do not damage the table and follow local rules.

Weitere Angaben

Tags precision, table, cue, bar-billiards, precision-sport, pub-billiards, prazisionssport, praezisionssport

Rules and format

Die Grundlagen

Ziel

Score more legal points than the opponent through controlled cue shots.

Teilnehmer

players individually or as team.

Teamgröße

singles or team by league.

Spielfeld

bar-billiards table.

Dauer

Depends on format and event.

Wertung

scoring holes and pin fouls.

Gewinnbedingung

Best valid time, placing or score in the announced format.

Ausrüstung

table
cue
balls
pins

Wichtige Regelpunkte

white pin down
black pin down
wrong shot
house-rule breach

Regelquellen

Federations and sources

Federations

All England Bar Billiards Association (AEBBA)

Rules All England Bar Billiards Association · official-rules · high
Bar Billiards The Online Guide to Traditional Games · rule-history-guide · medium
Bar Billiards Rules Rules of Sport · rules-guide · medium