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Welcome to the billiard, pool, and snooker glossary of terms. This is the definition of Match as it relates to cue sports. You can also view the entire billiard dictionary.
The billiard term match refers, in general terms, to the general competition between two pool players or teams. Each match consists of a set or predetermined number of frames, rounds, or games. Billiards sometimes utilizes specialized match formatting where there is no predetermined or set number of games or rounds. Such as example of the specialized match is the ahead race and the race. Alternatively, the term match may also refer to one gambling player raising the stakes to a higher level. To match a bet in billiards is to call a raise in poker. In some circles, a match is referring to first billiards player to win nine games.
Who won that last match between Alyssa and Melanie?
$500? Yeah? Well I'll match your $500.
The term "match" is considered to be a slang term related to game rules. The match definition was entered on 4/11/2006 and was updated on 10/24/2007 9:49:36 AM. It is a cue sport term that is related to game rules. It was entered in to the database by the Billiards Forum Editor. See also: race, set for more on the meaning of match.
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