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Pool hall
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- For the Atlanta bar, see The Pool Hall.
A pool, billiard[s] or snooker hall or parlo[u]r (sometimes also written poolhall, snookerhall) is a place where people get together for playing pool and/or other cue sports such as carom billiards or snooker. (The term can also be used as synonymous with "billiard room", e.g. in a home.) Such establishments often serve alcohol and may have gaming machines, darts, foosball and other games on the side.
Pool halls feature prominently in the book and movie The Hustler, and the sequel, The Color of Money, as well as Poolhall Junkies.
| Cue sports | ||
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| Pocket billiards (pool) | Nine-ball • Eight-ball • One-pocket • Straight pool • Bank pool • Rotation • Chicago • Cowboy pool • Golf pool • Kelly pool • Bottle pool • Baseball pocket billiards • Three-ball • Cribbage pool • more |
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| Carom billiards | Three-cushion • Artistic billiards • Five-pins • Balkline & straight rail • Cushion caroms • Four-ball • more | |
| Other games | Snooker • English billiards • Russian pyramid • Bumper pool • Bagatelle • Novuss • more | |
| Resources | Glossary • Techniques • Billiards table • Billiard balls • Cue stick • Rack • Players • Organizations • Events • Categories | |
