long as the cue ball is potted first. In popular culture Versions of the game have featured prominently in notable Russian films such as The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed (1979) and The New Adventures of the Elusive Avengers (1968). An episode of the popular animated television series Kikoriki has two characters playing the game. The main characters of Dead Man's Bluff, or Zhmurki (Russian: Жмурки) play Russian pool in the bar scene. A Russian pool configuration can be seen in “Tulsa King” starring Sylvester Stallone in Season 1, episode 5, while making a phone call, he walks up to a pool table, and around it. You will notice the all white balls racked, and a white cue ball. Russian pyramid has been adapted into video games, both in standalone form and as a play mode in multi-cue sports video games. Many recent releases have been mobile games for Android and iOS. "Russian pool" Colored numbered balls for playing eight-ball, nine-ball and other pool games on Russian billiards tables are also produced. The balls are 68 mm ( in) in diameter, like the standard ones for Russian pyramid, and thus much larger than the American-style balls they are patterned after (as illustrated in the comparison image). WPA World Pyramid Championship Sanctioned by the World Pool-Billiard Association (WPA). References Cue sports Sports originating in Russia