Cutthroat vs Cribbage pool

Cutthroat is a pool game most commonly played by three people, although additional-player variants exist. Each player is assigned a group of five numbered balls, usually 1 through 5, 6 through 10, or 11 through 15, and attempts to keep their own group on the table while legally pocketing opponents' balls. A player wins by being the last participant with at least one assigned ball remaining, subjec...

Cribbage pool is a two-player pocket-billiards game that combines cue-sport play with numerical scoring. Players score pairs of numbered balls whose values total 15, and the 15 ball is left to be pocketed alone at the end. The game is therefore distinguished from ordinary pool by its cribbage-like scoring rule and its specific treatment of numbered balls.