Playing snooker?
I currently play billards (pub style) on my table at home with high/low numbered balls, how do I play snooker, and what balls do I need to buy for this game?
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Which snooker game uses more balls, eight-ball or nine-ball?
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Snooker requires a whole new table, with new dimensions.Where did "Shakey" o' Reilly find his lucky pool cue ?
I think a snooker table is different from a billiards table in that the pocket openings are less flaired. However, here is a description of the game and equipment: http://www.wordiq.com/definition/snooker...Why is it eight ball that is magic and not, for instance, the three ball?
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you can use any size table that you want - but competitions will use the correct size snooker table though - and you will need a set of snooker balls which contains1 white
15 reds (worth 1 point each)
1 each of yellow (2 points), green(3), brown(4), blue(5), pink(6), black(7 points)
you can get the balls at any pool outlet or on ebay
position of balls at start:
the yellow, green and brown go on the baulkline with the brown in the centre and the yellow and green on the corners of the D
the blue goes in the dead centre of the table, the pink on the spot normally used for 8 or 9 ball in pool, all the reds on a triangle immediately behind the pink and the black about halfway between the triangle and the cushion
the basic game:
on your turn you pot red then colour then red then colour and so on replacing the coloured ball each time but not the red and adding the points to your score
when all the reds have been potted the colours must then be potted in point order (yellow, green. etc)
fouls are fairly conventional and points are deducted from your score for the foul - generally the highest point value of the ball potted in error
for a full copy of the 2006 world rules check my website http://www.ivanhoefats.com
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