Eight ball is the most common and it uses 15 balls with the cue ball. The players or teams work in rotation with the goal of sinking their set, either stripes or solids, into the pockets first. Then the player has to sink the eight ball. If the eight ball is sunk early the game is over.

Nine ball which is only slightly different only uses balls 1-9, the players still work in rotation. The active player must legal hit the lowest number on the board.

The third of the most common is called three ball. The goal of three ball is for each player to shoot until they sink all three balls. The player that uses the lesser shots wins.

One of the lesser know versions of pool is called one pocket. In one pocket each player only gets one pocket of the table that they are allowed to sink balls into. This creates a great challenge to most players.

Another unknown versions is called Bank pool or Nine bank. The object of this game is for the players to sink the first five balls the fastest. This game have evolved so much over the last hundred years. They believe that orginially the only used two balls and was played similar to crocket.

As you can see there are numerous versions of this game. One that everyone can surely find one that intrigues them.