When it comes to selecting your billiards, pool, or snooker tables, you need to realize that all three games are not played on the same type of table. In fact, there are separate tables for each of these games, and you need to have the right table to play on, especially if you’re looking to practice for tournament play.

If you’re playing a version of billiards (carom, three-cushion, straight rail, balkline, etc), you’re going to want a pocketless table. Regulation tables for billiards are rectangular and measure 2.84 metres by 1.42 metres from cushion to cushion, although tables are given a 5 millimetre allowance, so not all may be precisely these measurements. The table is between 75 and 80 centimetres high as measured from the ground to the playing surface. Read the rest of this entry »