How to Play Pool: Video Guides
Short videos that teach you pool and everything in CueVerse, from your first shot to trick-shot challenges. Most are a minute or two. Pick one, watch it, then play free.
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New to CueVerse? These get you from the lobby to your first win.
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CueVerse in 2 Minutes
A two-minute tour of CueVerse: free online pool with real people, right in your browser.
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Getting Started: Your First Game
Brand new to CueVerse? Here's everything you need for your first game, in about a minute.
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How to Play Pool Online: Beginner's Guide
New to CueVerse? This guide takes you from the lobby to your first win, one step at a time.
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How to Play Pool on Your Phone
Everything you need to play pool on your phone in CueVerse, from the lobby to your first win.
Game rules
Every way to play: 9-ball, 10-ball, the house modes and the team games. Prefer reading? Every game's rules on one page →
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How to Play 9-Ball
9-Ball in under a minute and a half. Hit the lowest numbered ball first, make a ball drop or hit a rail, and pot the 9…
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How to Play 10-Ball
10-Ball is called-shot pool: you name the ball and the pocket on every shot, so luck doesn't count.
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How to Play Straight Pool (14.1)
Straight Pool is pool for one: call every shot, and see how long your run can go.
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Pool Game Modes: One Pocket, Bank It All and More
CueVerse plays more than plain 8-ball. Here's every game mode, each a new twist on the rules, and how to pick one when…
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2 vs 2, Cutthroat and Boot 'Em
More than one-on-one: every way to play pool with a group in CueVerse.
Skills and features
Spin, practice, challenges, replays, chat, the leaderboards and making the table yours.
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Spin in Pool: Draw, Follow and English
Spin lets you control where the cue ball goes after the hit. This guide shows how to set it on a computer and on a…
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Practice: Play Now, the Robot and Solo Tables
Want a game right now, or somewhere to practice on your own?
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Pool Challenges: Puzzles Made by Players
Challenges are pool puzzles made by the CueVerse community: a board, a goal, and a few shots to reach it.
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Replays: Watch, Share and Export Your Shots
Every game you finish against another player is saved as a replay, playing back each shot exactly as it happened.
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Chat, Voice Chat and Friends
Pool is better with people. Here's how to talk, chat and make friends in CueVerse.
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Your Profile and Stats
Every CueVerse player has a public profile with their whole career on it. Here's what it shows.
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Leaderboards, the Weekly Cup and Trophy Cues
Every rated game you play counts on the CueVerse Leaderboard. Open it from the lobby.
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Table Layouts: Put the Chat Where You Want It
On a computer, you can lay out the CueVerse pool table window your way.
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Table Themes and Settings
Every setting in CueVerse, in two minutes.