11. He earned $ 500K which was the largest prize money tournament in the history of pocket billiards . 12. A famous variation of pocket billiards , or pool, is snooker, played with 21 smaller balls, mostly red. 13. He did however win the National Pocket Billiards Championship held in Chicago at Bensinger's Billiards in 1958. 14. I added to the Pocket billiards awhile ago, because I thought the existing picture was a little low quality. 15. Balukas has won numerous other titles including a string of six wins at the World Open Pocket Billiard Championships. 16. In 1983, pool became attractive to Crane once more, due to the large money payouts in pocket billiard competitions. 17. With the win, he became the first Japanese and second Asian to win a world championship in pocket billiards . 18. He and a ghost writer authored an instructional book on pocket billiards entitled " Willie Mosconi on Pocket Billiards ". 19. He and a ghost writer authored an instructional book on pocket billiards entitled " Willie Mosconi on Pocket Billiards ". 20. He was only an occasional player of pocket billiards _ _ the proper term, although most aficionados call it pool.
