Abstract: An improved game table of an oblong configuration having a planar surface on which is played a game requiring small balls to be driven against one another, through the manipulation of a cue, for depositing selected balls in predetermined pockets communicating with the surface. The surface is a substantially rigid, fabric-covered playing surface disposed in a substantially horizontal plane and defined by a pair of side rails extended in spaced parallelism along the side edge surfaces of the playing surface and a pair of end rails extended in spaced parallelism across the ends of the playing surface. Each of the rails has included therein, near the midportion thereof, a pocket substantially bisected by an axis of symmetry for the table, whereby the table includes four pockets and is devoid of corner pockets, for thus increasing the level of difficulty of games played on the table.