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How To Play: Speed Pool

Steve Charnock
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When you get to a pool table, your options are pretty limited. Sure, you could play Subbuteo on it or jump up on the thing and pretend to surf, but it’d be pretty frowned upon. No, your choices are generally a game of 8-ball pool with a pal or  game of doubles. You could play […]
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How To Play: 9 Ball Pool

Steve Charnock
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There are two main types of pool (if you ignore the giant holes in the ground full of water, that is). There’s the standard game of 8 ball pool that we all know and love. And the American alternative – 9 ball pool.  The rules of 9 ball are quite simple once you’ve got your […]
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How To Play: Power Snooker

Steve Charnock
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Over a series of upcoming features, we’re going to talk you through the rules and background of a few spin-off club and pub sports. Some of them you’ll know and love already, others you might not be so familiar with. The idea? To give you a few more options when you come in and pick […]
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How To Play: Killer Pool

Steve Charnock
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Rather than being a B-movie about a murderous lido, ‘Killer Pool’ is, thankfully, just another way of playing cue sports in a pub or bar. And a pretty safe one at that. Regular pool – be it eight ball or nine ball – is fun. Sure. But sometimes you just want to mix it up, […]
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How To Play: 8 Ball Pool (English Rules)

Steve Charnock
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Pool. It’s up there with the greats of pub sports. Proudly clutching onto the winner’s trophy on the podium above darts and that see-how-beer-mats-you-can-flip-up-and-catch thing. We’ve all played it and we’ve all enjoyed it. But how many of us actually know all the rules inside out? If you’ve ever been forced to embarrass yourself a […]
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How To Play: Killer Darts

Steve Charnock
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We’ve already told you how you’d go about playing Killer Pool. And while it might be similar in name, the rules of that and what we’re talking about here, Killer Darts, are a whole lot different. And not just because one game happens on a pool table and the other on a dart board. It’s […]
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How To Play: Around the Clock Darts

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Darts. It’s many things to many people. To most of us it’s a decent pub or club sport that kills a bit of time when we’re out enjoying a few bevvies. To others, it’s a ridiculous game for boozy blokes with beer bellies. And to a small minority of people, it’s a full-on lifestyle. You’ve […]
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