The Rules of Snooker – EXPLAINED!
Ninh explains the Rules of Snooker – a popular cue sports table game from England. This is a beginner’s explanation of Snooker …
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Here is a response to the 'tin foil hat wearing conspiracy nuts' indicating that the maximum break is actually 155.
Under normal conditions, the maximum break is 147. This is widely considered fact and is taken as the maximum that a player can score BY THEMSELVES in one trip to the table, WITHOUT the assistance of fouls.
Once you start adding fanciful and unrealistic scenarios that a pro player would foul on the black on the very first shot (they wouldn't) or be given a free ball near to the start of the game (unlikely), some uneducated individuals insist that the maximum break is 155. This has never happened in the history of professional snooker.
But then you can take it hypothetically further … a player fouls on the black on the very first shot, the other player asks him to repeat the shot, he fouls on the black again, the other player asks him to repeat the shot, he fouls on the black AGAIN, but this time, the other player comes to the table and then scores the maximum 147. This leaves the final score 168 – 0.
So therefore the maximum break is 168.
Or is it 175?
Or is it 770?
Has any score over 155 ever happened in the professional game? Nope.
Side note: There have been 202 Official Maximum Breaks (147s) since 1982. There have been 24 Perfect Games pitched in Major League baseball since 1875. I believe you were thinking of a No-Hitter in baseball, of which there has been 323 since 1875. Either way, they're all pretty rare, but Perfect Games are exceedingly rare.
Great video! Love billiards and so I know I’ll love this
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im only here to understand amidst a snowstorm of love in netflix
Sounds complicated 😅
It's finally happening. When he said "you must use a wooden cue…", I knew he was gonna go slow enough for me that I was finally about to learn what the F is going on in this game that I've watched in pubs and in friend's houses for 34 years.
Cheers
The one thing I noticed in watching snooker matches is the cue ball or object ball do not have to hit a rail it seems. In other billiard formats that would be a foul.
Can you please tell me that what will happen if you cannot pot coloured ball after potiing red ball?
amidst a snowstorm of love got me interested…
Thanks for explaining everything simply! Needed to understand the rules while watching Amidst a snowstorm of love and didn't have any idea about the rules before, now I'm interested in the game!
I like what they're wearing and not some stupid polo shirt covered in corporate logos. Has anyone seen bowling shirts these days? Ridiculous.
Very well explained!
This sounds a lot less daunting after watching this. Thanks very much indeed.
Now that I know how to play Snooker, I can play more than just 8 and 4 Ball!
One cannot move a touching ball, and also of course one cannot touch a moving ball. I hope this helps.
Awesome video!:)
Sounds pretentious.
Very well explained 👍🏻🍀 good job
came here because of the chinese drama Amidst the Snowstorm of Love 😂 didn't know there is a Snooker game until i watched the drama and got hooked
What happens if you miss the coloured ball after potting the red ball , do we hit a coloured ball in our next turn or do we just hit the red again to repeat the process
Thank you so much for such a great and understandable explanation!!
Thanks 👍 Great Vid! Took 5 mintues to fully explain something I always kinda wondered and now I really want to try it! Just gotta figure/find a trick to remember to color order … Do all good snooker players deserve fudge?
I just enjoy saying the word 'Snooker'…Snooker.
Thank you from Thailand!
Great video! Learned all i wanted about snooker
What if you're shooting for a red ball and accidentally sink a colour ball, say the pink. The pink ball comes back up but are you penalized for the 6 points from the pink? And I would assume if you sink the red ball but then the pink accidentally then it is the next person shot?
Big help! Thank you!
I stumbled upon Ronnie playing in the masters, watched a frame and was pretty sure I understood but wanted to make sure. This video clarified everything perfectly but I was excited that I'd gleaned the basics.
Thanks, very helpful
Haha God damn English sports suck. This compared to billiards is comparable to Cricket vs Baseball.
I've been watching snooker many times a day in my life, and wherever I don't know how the game is purposely played, I watched this just to help me understand the point of everything in the game
Wow this video was very helpful
Thanks a lot for such a neat and clear explanation of the rules 👍
What if we pot 1red 1st and another red using the coloured ball ? What should we do next?
What is happening in the videos I have seen where the black ball is the only one left and the players go back and forth hitting the ball but not trying to pot it?
Oh, and that’s a cracking pot!!