In addition to the standard 'eight-ball', though no less popular, are: blackball, nine-ball and snooker. In fact there are many different varieties of the games, which may have different rules, different numbers of colored balls, and even different table sizes. It is often mistakenly equated with its most popular variant, which is the US 'eight-ball'. Pool is a game that has been known for a very long time. Pool: the most popular varieties of the game
