Snooker Rules

1. Aim of the game

Snooker is played with fifteen object balls that are not numbered and are solid red (called reds), six object balls of other colors that are not numbered (called colors in snooker) and a cue ball (called the white ball).
The aim of snooker is to pocket the balls legally according to the rules and to score a greater number of points than the opponent.
Point values for object balls: red-1, yellow-2, green-3, brown-4, blue-5, pink-6, black-7.

2. Opening break rules 3. Game Rules

A player who gets the right to strike has to hit one of the red ball first.
Each shot has to be completed in 60 seconds, otherwise a foul is called.

A strike, when the next legal object is a red ball, is legal when: Otherwise the strike is a foul.

When the strike on the red ball is legal:

A strike, when the next legal object is a color ball, is legal when: Otherwise the strike is a foul.

When the strike on the colored ball is legal:

4. Snooker Fouls

If a hit is a foul then the other player gets penalty points:

When a hit results in more fouls then the opposing player gets the points of foul with the highest value.
Penalty points have a minimal value of 4.

After committing a foul the incoming player may

5. Game over rule

When the only ball left on the table is the black one and

Playoff: If the scores are equal after potting the last ball, the black ball is respotted and the player on plays again from the D. The first foul or pot ends the game.




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