10 points being 2 points for hitting both your opponents and the red ball (a cannon)
a further 2 points for then potting your opponents ball, potting the red gives you an additional 3 and a further 3 points for then going 'in-off' that red giving 10 in total
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HAMILTON,New Zealand--English-born Singaporean billiards master Peter Gilchrist has set a new world record break in Hamilton.
On the first day of the New Zealand Open Billiards Championships at the Hamilton Cosmopolitan Club yesterday, he shot a break of 1346, easily surpassing the previous world record of 1246.
there is no maximum score in billiards. If it is 3 ball billiards a time limit is set for each game the person with the highest score wins when the alarm clock goes off
For pocket billiards, Straight Pool can result in 14 points from the break, although it is nearly impossible and there is no record it has ever been done.
In English Billiards, the maximum is 10 points.
In pocket billiards, there is no such thing as score, although the game can be won, or lost, in 1 shot in some games.
This depends upon the game being played - in Straight Pool it is possible to score 14 points on one shot.
In pocket billiards, Straight Pool can result in 14 points in a single shot, but it is virtually impossible and ther eis no record of anyone having performed this feat.