Definition: Cushion Billiards game played on a large-sized table with three billiard (bigger than pool) balls. The player’s ball must contact the other two balls and at least three rails on a single stroke to score one point.
This diabolically difficult game was invented to stop top players such as Willie Hoppe from running five or six thousand carom billiard shots in a row (spectators were literally falling asleep). An outstanding run at Three Cushion, for a skilled amateur, would be seven or eight points in a row. Reeling off twenty or more without a miss during a major tournament tends to catch the attention of the international Billiards media.
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Three Cushion Billiards is a game requiring extreme concentration and deft skill.
