Billiard table a '12 ft by 6 ft' table (similar to a snooker table but with much smaller pockets), and Asian four ball which uses a pocketless 8 ft by 4 ft table. Games such as bagatelle often had more than six holes, including straight through the bed in the middle of the table, a feature still found in bar billiards and bumper pool. There are novelty billiard tables, often for pool, that come in various shapes including zig-zag, circular, and (especially for bumper pool) hexagonal. A circular table featured prominently in the 1972 film "Silent Running". For the home market, many
Russian pyramid Russian pyramid Russian pyramid, also known as Russian billiard (, , ) or simply billiards in Russia and Ukraine, is a pocket billiards game, played on a table similar to a snooker table with narrow pockets. It is popular across Eastern Europe as well as countries of the former Soviet Union/Eastern Bloc. A variant with colored balls modeled on those of pool is known as Russian pool. Another variant, , is popular in Finland. In Western countries, the game is known as pyramid billiards. Russian pyramid is considered to be one of the most difficult billiards games. There are several