Snooker is a game similar to billiards, but with different rules and more balls. The rules of snooker are relatively simple. It begins with a player attempting to use a cue ball to knock a red ball into a pocket, which allows them to knock one of the many colored balls into a pocket. This action, known as a pot, gives them a certain amount of points depending on the color of the ball. Once the player fails to hit a red ball, or misses their subsequent shot of a colored ball, they then pass the turn to their opponent, who attempts to do the same thing. Colored balls are returned from the pocket back onto the snooker table until all the red balls are pocketed, which then leaves only colored balls for players to pot.
One wins a frame in snooker by accumulating more points than their opponent. Once all the balls in play are pocketed, the total points earned from pocketing colored balls are added to discover who the winner of the frame is. This process is continued every frame until the players reach the pre-defined frames, such as the best of five.
Colored balls are worth different amount of points depending on their color. Black balls, for instance, are worth the most, which is seven points. Pink is the second highest rated ball at six points, followed by blue for five points, green for three points, and yellow for two points. Hitting the white ball into the pocket is a 'foul', and will lose the offending player their turn.
A player wins a frame of snooker by trying to gain more points than their opponent. The players accomplish this by using a cue ball to knock colored balls into pockets in a predefined order, and the game is won once a player wins a certain amount of frames.
When somebody refers to a "break" in snooker, they are speaking of the amount of points one gains during one consecutive turn. For example, a break of ten may include potting a yellow ball, a green ball, and a blue ball. A '147' break, also known as a maximum break, is when a player pots all the red balls with black ball and proceeds to pot every colored ball remaining on the table, which would give the player the maximum amount of points possible - or 147 points.
Once the balls are positioned on the snooker table, a player attempts to knock a red ball into a pocket using only a single strike from the tip of the cue. If they are successful in knocking the red ball into a pocket they are then granted the chance to shoot a colored ball into a pocket. If they successfully hit a colored ball into a pocket, the player then scores a certain amount of points depending on the color of the ball. The colored ball is then returned to it's correct position on the snooker table, and the player then attempts to knock another red ball into a pocket in order to gain the chance to hit another colored ball. This process continues until the players fails to knock the desired ball into a pocket, which brings about the opponent's turn. The game goes on like this until all the red balls are potted and only the colored balls are left on the snooker table. When this is achieved any colored ball that is potted is left in the pocket.
The game itself is played by the player knocking a red ball into a pocket with only one strike from the cue. Assuming that the player successfully pots the red ball, they can then try to pot a colored ball. When a player successfully pockets a colored ball the player accumulates the amount of points the colored ball is worth, which is then placed back onto the table. When the player misses it becomes their opponent's turn, and that player then proceeds to try to knock a red ball into a pocket so he can have a chance to gain points by potting a colored ball. The game proceeds in this manner until all the red balls are pocketed, leaving only colored balls on the table. After this time any colored balls potted are left in the pocket.
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