All players use the same target object ball (the 1 ball).

The pockets, beginning with the same pocket as the standard game, are numbered counter-clockwise, and the table is a standard 4.5 foot by 9 foot pool table, not a snooker table, and ball-in-hand shots are taken from behind the head string, as there is no 'D'.

It differs from standard golf pool in several ways: In New Hampshire, a local variant that has been subject to organized tournament play since 1947 in the Queen City Pool League, is called 'around-the-world' or 'roundy' for short. This last rule is very different from that in most pocket billiards games, in which a legal kick shot still requires that after the cue ball hits the object ball, a ball must contact a cushion or be pocketed.

Kick the cue ball off a cushion to a legal hit.

Contact a cushion with any ball after a legal hit.

Legally pocket the player's object ball.

Failing to hit the shooter's ball first or at all.Any other ball is spotted as close as possible to the foot spot. If it is the cue ball, it is spotted by the next shooter on the D. The following constitute fouls ( faults):

The game is also usually assigned a base value which is given to the winner by the losing players. Players owe each player the difference between their hickey count and that player's count. Players are assigned a certain predetermined value for each foul committed. The game is won when one player legally pockets his ball into the 6 hole. (this only occurs if the shooter did not hit his ball first, not necessarily on a cue ball foul)

This rule is highly unusual, perhaps even unique, in the world of cue sports, and often unused even in golf. If the player before the incoming shooter committed a foul, and the new shooter is snookered (does not have a clear shot to his ball), the ball(s) in the way may be temporarily moved (gets A lift) so that the shooter has a clear shot. Note that it is possible for the first player to win the game without any other player getting to shoot.It is possible to run the 1,2,3,4,5,6 holes but highly unlikely on a snooker table as compared to a pool table, due to the rounded, thus narrower pockets. Once all players have taken their first shot, players shoot with the cue ball wherever it lies after the previous shot. An object ball not pocketed is left on the table. If they succeed, the object ball is spotted again and they proceed, playing with the cue ball as it lies, to the next hole, otherwise it is the next shooter's turn, who also shoots the cue ball from the 'D' or kitchen at their numbered ball on the foot spot, aiming for the 1 hole. The player attempts to pocket his ball in the 1 hole. The player may then place the cue ball in the 'D' area as in snooker, or on a 'D'-less American-style table, in the kitchen (i.e., behind the head string). The first player places their numbered ball on the foot spot. The object for each player is to pocket ( pot) their own object ball in the 1 hole, 2 hole, 3 hole, etc., in ascending order. The pockets are assigned numbers, clockwise starting at the top right corner pocket as viewed from the top (head) of the table, as the 1 hole (or 1 pocket) through 6 hole. Using some method such as the lag, an order is established, and the players always shoot in that order. The players each receive a numbered object ball.

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