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Snooker
opening rules: The game of Snooker begins with the cue ball in hand
in the Half Circle. The Starting player must cause the cue ball to
contact a red ball. It is not necessary to send a ball to a rail or
into a pocket. Failure to meet this requirement is a foul. A foul is
scored and--with all fouls--the incoming player has a choice of
accepting the table and becoming the striker, or requiring the
offender to break again. 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.
snooker fouls:
Status: The next legal
object is a red ball. A strike is legal when:
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The white ball is not potted.
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The white ball hits a red ball
first.
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Only red balls are potted.
Otherwise the strike is a foul.
Status: The strike is
on the red ball. A strike is legal when:
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If no red ball is potted
then the opposing player is next.
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When a red ball is potted
then the player gets as many points as the number of red balls he has
potted. The striker's next legal object is a colored snooker ball.
Status: The next legal
object is a color ball. A strike is legal when:
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The white ball is not
potted.
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If there are still red
balls on the table then one of the colored balls is hit by the white ball
first.
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If there are no more red
balls on the table then the colored ball with the lowest points is hit
first.
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Only the ball that was hit
first by the white ball is be potted.
Otherwise the strike is a foul.
Status: The strike is
on the colored ball. A strike is legal when:
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If no ball is potted then the
opposing player is next.
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When a colored ball is potted
then the player's points increase by the point value of the potted colored ball.
The striker's next legal object is a red ball. If there are no more red balls on
the table, the next legal object is the ball with the lowest points.
Otherwise the strike is a foul. |
