Custom Pool Tables For Every Taste
Pool tables sure have come a long way over the years. From car pool tables to functional pool tables, there’s a pool table design to suit everyone. There’s even waterproof ones designed for used in swimming pools! Now, I’m thinking that you’d need a pretty big pool to have one of those though, unless you never plan to use your swimming pool to actually swim in!
Each of these exquisite works of art, of course, are way out of our price range, but hey… we can dream!
10 Cool Pool Tables:
1. Pool Table For Big Wheels
The perfect pool table for high rollers, this stylish 4 wheeled pool table is sure to turn heads and be a big hit at car shows.
2. Pool Table That’s Actually A Dining Table Too
This convertible pool table is the optimum use of space and is something to really flip over! Flip it one way and it’s an elegant dining room table. Flip it the other way and it becomes a parlor game best enjoyed with chilled brewskies and buds.
3. Dirt Pool Table Proves Necessity Is The Mudder Of Invention
What do you do when the nearest pool hall is days away? Use what you have to make what you want like these clever gents who built a pool table from dirt did.
4. Mobile Pool Table A Big Hit In Rush Hour Traffic
You know someone thinks that pool’s cool when they convert their vehicle into a mobile pool hall that detaches!
5. Pool Table Features Sexy Curves To Keep Cues Stiff And Balls In Place
Smooth flowing lines accent this stylish modern designed pool table that almost looks like the guests could sleep under it.
6. Wooden You Love A Pool Table Like This?
This rustic log pool table is perfect for urban lumber jacks and in a pinch, can keep them warm.
7. Pedestal Pool Table Elevates Style
This high end pool table is ideal for those who enjoy ‘putting on the Ritz’.
8. Illuminated Pool Table Sheds Light On The Game
This illuminated pool table is the ultimate in personal enlightement.
9. Pool Table Design Defies Physics
What do you get when you cross a physicist with a designer? The easiest pool table in the world to clean under!
10. Couch Coverts Into Pool Table
This clever dual purpose pool table is a couch by day and pool table by night!
Information about the Game of Pool
Pool, often referred to as pocket billiards or pool billiards, is a cue sport played on a rectangular table with six pockets along the rails. The objective of the game is to use a cue stick to strike balls, known as pool balls, into the pockets. Players aim to score points by pocketing specific balls according to the rules of the game.
Key Components:
- Pool Table: The game is played on a rectangular table covered with cloth. The table features six pockets—four corner pockets and two side pockets.
- Cue Stick: Players use a cue stick to strike the pool balls, aiming to pocket them.
- Pool Balls: A set of 16 pool balls, including a cue ball and numbered object balls. Object balls are often divided into stripes and solids and a black 8-ball usually marks the conclusion of the game.
Common Variants:
- Eight-Ball: Played with a set of 16 balls, where one player aims to pocket all their assigned balls before sinking the 8-ball.
- Nine-Ball: Played with nine numbered balls and the game is won by pocketing the 9-ball legally.
- Straight Pool: Played with 15 balls, where the goal is to reach a specific score by legally pocketing the balls.
- Bank Pool, One-Pocket, and other variants: There are numerous other versions of pool, each with its own unique rules and strategies.
Pool is a highly popular recreational game, often played in pool halls, bars and homes. It requires skill, strategy and precision to pocket the balls and win the game. Additionally, it can be played competitively in tournaments or casually among friends.
