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184:A combination of the two.
38:Danish five-pin billiards
839:Comparison of cue sports
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264:2 points per pin toppled
1087:The rules of games in
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1083:Cue sports portal
123:Billiard room at the
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193:It is a foul if...
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36:, sometimes called
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178:ball-to-pin shot).
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852:tournaments
758:Bumper pool
726:Other games
634:One-cushion
534:Cowboy pool
519:Bottle pool
174:combination
56:, and five
1103:Categories
1049:Cue sports
1042:Categories
809:Techniques
599:Three-ball
594:Speed pool
589:Seven-ball
574:One-pocket
564:Kelly pool
524:Bowlliards
465:Eight-ball
447:Cue sports
373:cue sports
335:References
125:Marienborg
978:U.S. Open
961:Euro Tour
923:champions
901:champions
874:champions
829:Cue stick
797:Resources
763:Bagatelle
716:Shoot Out
671:Goriziana
666:Four-ball
653:Five-pins
544:Cutthroat
509:Bank pool
481:Nine-ball
42:cue sport
804:Glossary
768:Boccette
641:Balkline
584:Rotation
559:Honolulu
539:Cribbage
514:Baseball
495:Ten-ball
236:Skomager
230:Skomager
151:cue ball
68:skittles
52:, three
1089:italics
1054:Players
896:Women's
688:Snooker
680:Snooker
529:Chicago
240:Skoma'r
46:Denmark
993:9-Ball
988:8-Ball
966:events
778:Novuss
569:Killer
244:Skomar
135:points
848:Major
788:Slosh
748:Kaisa
457:games
375:is a
287:Fouls
250:Rules
242:, or
189:Fouls
80:Rules
834:Rack
554:Golf
455:Pool
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