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game, especially popular in

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most closely related to it,

five-pin billiards Five-pin billiards or simply five-pins or 5-pins (Italian: '; In case of a foul, two points are deducted, and any points the shooter would have earned on the foul shot are nullified. Examples of fouls: *Failure to strike the shooter's own cue ball correctly; *Failure to strike the opponent's cue ball with the shooter's own; *Knocking over pins with the shooter's own cue ball before hitting the opponent's cue ball; *Hitting the red ball before hitting the opponent's cue ball.

Variants

Goriziana is primarily popular in Italy, and amateur players there have developed many variants of the game. Some of these variants are played in tournaments.

Goriziana ×2

This variant, also called ''tutti doppi'' ("all-doubled"), is officially recognized by the

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(FIBiS). The point values in the normal game are doubled in this version: *Four points for every external pin knocked over; *Sixteen points for every internal pin knocked over; *Twenty points for knocking over the red central pin together with one or more white pins; *Sixty points for knocking over the red central pin only; *Twelve points if the cue ball strikes the opponent's ball correctly and causes the opponent's ball to strike the red ball; *Twelve points if the cue ball strikes the opponent's ball correctly and then strikes the red ball; *Four points are taken away if the shooter's ball fails to strike the opponent's cue ball.

Filotto

This variant is the same as goriziana ×2, except that the score for striking the red pin alone is eighty points instead of sixty, and eighty points are also awarded if five pins in a vertical or horizontal row are struck.

References

External links

Italian Federation of Billiard Sport
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