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		lupire on Sept 14, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Billiards is a good game (1975) Billiards doesn't have pockets. Pool ("pocket billiards") has pockets. You can see a billiard table in the background of the photo, behind the pool table.

osrec on Sept 14, 2024 [–]

English billiards does in fact have pockets, carom billiards does not.

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