How to Set Up Bumper Pool

Bumper pool is an enjoyable billiards game played on a small table with two pockets and 10 stationary bumper obstacles. The smaller bumper pool table requires shorter cue sticks. Two players, or four players on teams of two, compete by shooting directly at balls without using a cue ball. Each side has only five balls to sink, so games take less time than 8-ball or 9-ball games played on full-sized pool tables. Challenge your billiards skills with a quick game of bumper pool.

Instructions

1

Place the red balls on one end of the table and the white balls on the other. A player shoots balls of one color into the pocket at the opposite end of the bumper pool table.

2

Put the marked balls directly in front of the cups, or pockets, at both ends. Marked balls are the red ball with a white dot and the white ball bearing a red dot.

3

Place two balls on either side of the bumpers beside the pockets. Arrange all four unmarked balls in a line parallel to the back edge of the bumper pool table.

4

Declare which direction the two starting players will shoot the marked balls for the simultaneous opening shot.