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What is the difference between a pool table and a snooker table? We receive this question quite often and know there are many people who would like to know the difference.  These tables are compared side by side below.  For game rules of either just do an Internet search. Pool and Snooker are similar in appearance, yet quite different.  The games played on each are also different. More skill is required to play snooker than pool since the table is larger, the pockets narrower, the pocket lead-in curved and the balls smaller. Pool is more common in the United States than snooker.  Certain states have a concentration of snooker popularity including Colorado, deep South and the mid-West in the United States.  Once a person plays snooker, they become better at pool since the accuracy is critical to snooker.  Snooker is the game of choice in Canada, Great Britain, Europe, Middle East, Australia and India.  For the most part snooker has become popul...