

A player starts a turn by striking their ball (the cue ball) with the cue aiming to hit the previous player's ball.


If a player's ball is not on the table at the start of their turn, the player places it within the D. Players take turn to play in the above order. And the player with the red ball plays first. The player with the white ball places this on the "black spot" - i.e. The order of play is then decided as follows: Modern version of Old English Pool The same number of balls as players are placed into a bag and each player takes one ball out of the bag at random. A base stake is decided upon and to begin a game, each player pays three times the base stake into a pot of money (the pool) in exchange for three "lives". Life Pool is essentially a gambling game although it can easily be enjoyed without playing for money. It was common to put a spot on a ball to distinguish it from another ball of the same colour, in the same way as the two white balls in Billiards are distinguished, and in this case, up to 14 balls might be used. During the nineteenth century, various selections of balls were played with depending upon the fashion of the day and what was immediately available. Since most snooker tables these days have 8 different ball colours including white, the largest number of players today is usually 8. Life Pool is designed to be played by a group of players and each player has a differently coloured ball.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR GAME OF LIFE FULL
Life Pool is played on a full sized Billiards table although it can also be played upon smaller billiard table sizes e.g.
