It is the most popular billiard specialty in the UK and Commonwealth countries.
It takes place on a pool table larger than those in use, about 356 178 cm (12 feet), it is played with cues and 22 billiard balls, 15 red, 6 colored and 1 white.
CURIOSITY
Among the English fans of the game we can remember Mary Stuart of Scotland who, imprisoned in Fotheringay Castle in 1587, complained of being deprived of her pool table and Queen Victoria of England, still in her home on the Isle of Wight, where she spent her holidays, you can visit her pool table room.