English Pool, American Pool, 8 Ball?

Question

Whats the difference between English Pool, American Pool and 8-Ball if there is any difference?

Answer 1

english pool is 8ball, which is played with 7 yellow 7 red and a black ball, the winner is who ever pots all thier colour balls and the black, the game is played on a 7foot by 3.5 foot table.

american pool or 9ball pool is played with 9 number balls which must be potted in order, the winner is whoever pots the 9ball, this is played on a 9foot by 4.5 foot with massice pockets.

u may have meant snooker by english pool which is played on a 12foot by 6 foot table with 15red balls a yellow, green, brown, blue, pink and black, in that order red been worth 1point black worth 8, the winner is who ever scores the most points. the pockets are tiny.

or you may have meant break pool which is played on the same table as 8ball with 15 reds a blue, green and black, the winner is whoever scores the most points.

Answer 2

I don't think there is much difference.  The link below should sort you out.

Answer 3

come on moulin , shorley you ain't that stupid and think snooker is English version or pool , lol snooker is it's own game and played with allot more balls and totally different rules , you made me laugh though..lol

Answer 4

no 2 shots or 2shot carry in american pool, u name ur pocket, its not a fowl if you miss, if you fluke a ball its not a fowl and the ball stays down but your oponent returns to the table, you must nominate every shot for whatever pocket, depending on what area rules your playing to after your oponent fowls you can place the cueball anywhere instead of 2 shots

Answer 5

Of course they are all different. Different cultures have different rules and styles when it comes to billiards. I would say the biggest difference is that English pool is played in England and American Pool is played in the U.S. You can learn and adapt to play either one anywhere though.

  Now eightball on the otherhand is  a pockets billiard game unique in itself. So of course it is different compared to other games such as snooker, nine-ball, one-pocket, straight pool, etc.

Answer 6

English 8 ball has red and yellow balls

US 8 ball hsa stripes and spot balls

9 ball has different coloured balls 1 - 9

Answer 7

lets see there is a motive here somewhere.The game is played the same if its AM.  ENG or B_ EGYPT snooker is considerd to be an english game but its been played world wide for hundreds of years 8 ball rules almost differ from city to city the official rules are set by the BCA but there usually modified ie 8 on break wins game    i hope some of this is what you were asking there may be diffrent kinds of markings for the balls solid colors instead of striped ones but the rules are the same if in doubt ask house rules can be trickey

Answer 8

I know that english pool is better, it requires more skill as the balls are smaller and the pockets arent as wide. In eight ball you have to nominate every pocket you pot a ball in and failure to do this is classed as a foul.

Also generally english pool is played with yellow and red balls and american/eight ball is played with spots and stripes.