Contents

1. Introduction.

2. Meetings.   Check with the game room attendant at 835-5927.

3. Ladders.   (14.1,   9-ball,   3-cushion,   straight-rail,   and snooker.)

4. Tournaments.

   Here is the description of Fall 2009 tournaments.   Sign-up sheets are in a dark blue folder at the attendant's counter in the game room.   Except as noted below these tournaments are open to students, faculty, staff, and affiliates of New Mexico Tech.
   

   1. Self-seeding Cut Throat
      We had twelve people in this fast paced tournament (see Past Tournaments for more info).   It was a good time for all.

   2. 7, 9, 8 (-ball)       ** This is a plaque event. **
      

   3. One Pocket   (NPL handicapped)
      

   4. 18.2 Balkline   (Hndcp?)
      Canceled for lack of interest (two players shy).

   5. American Snooker
      Oct. 27 - Nov. 20.
      In progress  (five "A" players, and two "B" players).

   6. ACUI Qualifier
      Nov. 14-22.
      Restricted to students in good standing who are able to attend the Spring regional event.
      Entry deadline Nov. 10, 6:30pm.

      History of ACUI at NM Tech.

5. Recommended Equipment Care.

6. Rules.

7. History of Game Room billiard table layouts.

8. Links to Other Sites.

Rules for Various Cue Games

House Rules

Pocket Billiards

1. General Rules of Pocket Billiards.
2. Seven-Ball.
3. Eight-Ball.
4. One, Fifteen, Eight-Ball.
5. Any Eight   (created by a Billy Aardd's member).
6. Nine-Ball.
7. Back Pocket Nine-Ball.
8. Bank Pool.
9. One Pocket.
10. 14.1 Continuous.
11. Cutthroat.
12. Bowlliards.
13. Whammy   (created by bored Billy Aardd's members).
14. Cribbage.
15. Cricket   (created by Ken Hart).

Snooker

1. American Snooker.

Pockets and Caroms

1. English Billiards.
2. Cowboy Pocket Billiards.
3. Bottle Pocket Billiards.

Carom Billiards

1. General Rules of Carom Billiards.
2. Carom Billiards.
3. 18.2 Balkline Billiards.
4. Three Cushion Billiards.
5. Progressive Billiards.

Tournament Considerations

1. Tournament Rules and Regulations.

Other Rule Sets

Cannonball Pool is a variation of Eight-ball that allows more variety in shot selection.

poolshark.com has an interesting collection of rules.

Mouse Ball Pool. While the table dimensions are a bit strange it seems to be doable.

Alan Hopkins' Q-Skill Rating Systems scorecard . (A single page copy of the scorecard and rules.)

Game Room   billiard table layouts

Links to Other Sites

Carom Billiards

1. United States Billiard Association.
2. An instructional series for straight-rail and balkline play, The Weingartner Billiard Program.
3. For an introduction to 3-cushion billiards check out The Carom Cafe.
4. Walt Harris' Billiard Atlas books on numerous diamond systems.
5. 3cushion.com - The online source for billiards.
6. Axel's Carom Billiards.
7. A compilation of Artistic Billiards shots.
8. An interactive 3-Cushion Billiards training system can be found at billiardsystems.com.

Pocket Billiards

1. A variety of practice drills can be found the Barenada site's Pool link.
2. Pocket Billiards practice drills courtesy of Nadine.
3. A site for the One Pocket player (or those curious about the game).

Snooker

1. A site with a tutorial section - fcsnooker.co.uk.
2. Ronnie "The Rocket" O'Sullivan fastest 147 .

About tables

1. Pool Table Plans.

Other links

1. The Billiard Congress of America site has many things (including the World Standardized rules for Eight-Ball, Nine-Ball, and 14.1 Continuous pocket billiards).
2. If you're looking for some used billiard or snooker books try www.bookarea.com/Used.
3. AZbilliards.com"
4. InsidePOOL Magazine.   The source for news from the world of billiards and pool.
5. Hard Times Billiards
6. Jim Loy's page of interesting Pool and Billiard links.
7. Oran Green's massive list of links.