You'll find a pool table in many a bar and basement, but are you brave enough to pick up the cue ... other balls should be arranged randomly or alternating striped and solid balls. The black ...

This is something most tables can do automatically, spitting the cue ball back out after a player sinks—or “scratches”—the ball by accidentally dropping it into a pocket. You can tell ...

The first shot (the break) involves a player hitting the white ball from the 'D' at the far 'baulk' end of the table into the group of 15 reds that form a triangle between pink and black.

If you've ever played pool on a table that takes quarters and also aren't particularly good at pool, you have probably landed the cue ball in the pocket. Repeatedly. And even though the stripes ...