Billiard, Pool, Snooker

28 entries in Games / Billiard, Pool, Snooker
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Oswald Rae A Cue-Rious Case billiard cue vanishes from huge envelope and appears back in cue case
Related to 1926
Between Ourselves
31
Oswald Rae A Cue-Rious Case very brief, details in Oswald Rae's "Between Ourselves", billiard cue vanishes from huge envelope and appears back in cue case
Related to 1929
More Practical Patter
21
Jesse J. Langston Jr. Zombie zombie with big billiard ball
 		Aug. 1954
The New Phoenix (Issue 313)
55
Charles T. Jordan Mind Over Matter pool trick shot, only works when done with eyes closed (apparently)
 		1975
Charles T. Jordan: Collected Tricks
260
Karl Fulves Square Paper Little Joe's pool hustling intro
 		1991
Swindle Sheet (Issue 4)
38
Karrell Fox Don't Miss Your Cue billiard ball to pool cue in bag
 		1995
Much Ado About Something
158
Jon Racherbaumer Snooker Location effect description of shooting a pool ball at the deck and cutting at a precise position at selection
Related to Feb. 1996
Magic (Vol. 5 No. 6)
61
Brick Tilley Tom-Poolery snooker stunts
  • First Stunt: Crazyballz
  • Second Stunt: Make a Wish
  • Third Stunt: Two-Dollar Trick Shot
  • Fourth Stunt: Verner's Closer (Nick Varner)
Related to Mar. 1996
Magic (Vol. 5 No. 7)
62
Martin Gardner Pool Hustler Scam
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
bet about knocking over a nail that's standing on its head between three pool balls
 		Mar. 1996
Magic (Vol. 5 No. 7)
73
Jon Racherbaumer Dirty Pool shooting a pool ball at the deck and cutting at a precise position at selection
Related toAlso published here Apr. 1996
Magic (Vol. 5 No. 8)
75
Jon Racherbaumer The Salty Dog Location shooting a pool ball at the deck and cutting at a precise position at selection
Also published here 1997
The Greater Artful Dodges of Eddie Fields
108
Jason Christopher, Scott Shoemaker Corner Pocket prediction while playing a game of pool
 		1999
Syzygy (Vol. 4 No. 16)
337
Joseph K. Schmidt Rail Shot proposition pool bet, trick shot
 		2000
Charlatan (Issue 2)
17
Joseph K. Schmidt Jump Shot trick shot bet
 		2001
Charlatan (Issue 6)
73
Alexander de Cova Snookers card caught by stabbing it with a billiard cue out of card shower
Also published here 2008
Out of my Sporran
15
Alexander de Cova Snookers card caught by stabbing it with a billiard cue out of card shower
Also published here 2010
Better Than Hartz 4
24
Alexander de Cova Billard Queue Stechen card caught by stabbing it with a billiard cue out of card shower
Also published here 2015
Burners — Vol. 2
44
Tom Gagnon On Cue billiard ball shot against deck which splits at selection, breather crimp
 		2019
Gagnon Unfiltered
431
Tom Gagnon A Ballsy Discovery card names written on billiard ball, ball spun on smooth surface with cup over it, it comes to rest with selection on top, crazy cue ball (weighted)
 		2019
Gagnon Unfiltered
432
Tom Gagnon Shot in the Pack Joker shot with pool cue into deck next to selection, breather crimp
Inspired by 2019
Gagnon Unfiltered
435
Tom Gagnon Estickmation Aces deck separated with pool cue each time
Inspired byVariations 2019
Gagnon Unfiltered
438
Tom Gagnon Stick It To 'Em deck separated with pool cue at signed selection, breather crimp
Inspired byRelated to 2019
Gagnon Unfiltered
441
David Britland Pool Shark
  • Cardopolis
deck of cards in bulldog clip at end of pool table, ball strikes the deck and selection jumps out, seen on old British Pathé film by A.N. Redmond (Newman Mond), 1930s, also splitting the deck into four piles to find the Aces with a pool strike
 		Apr. 2019
Genii (Vol. 82 No. 4)
64
Max Malini Billiard Ball Stunt getting a billiard ball from the floor onto the pool table using just the cue
 		2022
Max Malini
223
Steve Skomp Side Pocket Swindle number of pocketed billiard balls predicted, from zero to nine
Inspired byAlso published here
  • MAGIC, Dec. 2008
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
807
Tom Gagnon Pool Cue Card Stab whole deck has whole through middle, mixed up in paper bag, pool cue stabbed through bag and selection is impaled on cue
Inspired byVariations 2022
Gagnon's Inner Sanctum
220
Tom Gagnon Simplex Pool Cue Card Stab whole deck has whole through middle, mixed up in paper bag, pool cue stabbed through bag and selection is impaled on cue
Inspired by 2022
Gagnon's Inner Sanctum
224
Patrik Kuffs Billiard Mastery in Two Acts
  • Act One (spectator writes down a number up to fifteen, deck distributed face up on pool table, balls shot and in another deck is an odd-backed card that matches the card that ends up under the billiard ball with the chosen number)
  • Act Two (now spectator shoots balls and performer has written number, the card on the pool table nearest the ball of that number is odd-backed)
Inspired by
  • Invisible Deck presentation by Eddie Fields
 Jan. 2024
The Hermit (Vol. 3 No. 1)
1172