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Billiards, Revised and Updated: The Official Rules and Records Book

Billiards, Revised and Updated: The Official Rules and Records Book
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For the most popular pool games in the world.

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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #166230 in Books
  • Published on: 2005-05-01
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 232 pages

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From the Back Cover

Here, in a single compact handbook, are all the rules for the myriad forms of pocket billiards. Billiards: The Official Rules and Records Book is complete with detailed instructions on how to play everything from Basic Pocket Billiards to Cut-Throat, together with the rules for tournament games such as Nine Ball and Rotation, and Snooker and Carom games.
These are the official rules of billiards from the Billiard Congress of America. A very helpful chapter for the beginner includes professional tips on basic techniques and strategies. Also included are a glossary of billiard terms and a summary of BCA billiards champions.
The Billiard Congress of America is a non-profit 501(c)(6) trade organization, dedicated to achieving a united, growing, prosperous and highly regarded billiard industry through its leadership. It enhances the success of its members and promotes the game of billiards through educational, marketing and promotional programs, annual industry trade shows, tournaments and other programs designed to make pool everybody's game. For more info, see BCA-Pool.com.
The Billiard Congress of America is located in Colorado Springs, CO.



About the Author

The Billiard Congress of America (BCA) is a non-profit 501(c)(6) trade organization, dedicated to achieving a united, growing, prosperous and highly regarded billiard industry through its leadership. The BCA enhances the success of its members and promotes the game of billiards through educational, marketing and promotional programs, annual industry trade shows, tournaments and other programs designed to make pool everybody's game. For more info, see BCA-Pool.com.

R. A. Dyer is a contributor to the nation’s premier pool magazine, Billiards Digest. He is currently a statehouse reporter for the Fort Worth Star-Telegraph and, before that, he was a reporter for The Houston Chronicle, where he was nominated for a Pulitzer prize. Mr. Dyer is also the author of Hustler Days. He lives in Austin, Texas.

Customer Reviews

This issue is badly out of date. Useless at this price.2
The current issue was released in late 1998 and it includes many rules changes from the offered issue. At the right price, it would be useful for those wanting an excellent recent history of the games played.

I have more fun now!5
I have learned to play more than just straight 8-ball. This book has the rules for tons of other fun and easy games, including pictures.

I really wish more people would read this.5
Every bar, tavern, club and hall with a pool table (in the US) should have a copy of this on-hand. The horrendous inconsistence and outright ridiculousness of most local and house "rules", not to mention individual "rules", has made a sorry mess of recreational American pocket billiards. I can only hope that the REAL games of 8-ball, 9-ball, etc., become better known to amateur players over time, and that the bogus, corrupt, yokel variants of these games finally die off some day.