WTF in America
#766
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#767
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Is snooker very different to billiards? Or pool.
I don't think snooker is so rare in America. There is even a table in the common area of the building I live in.
I don't think snooker is so rare in America. There is even a table in the common area of the building I live in.
Last edited by jmood; May 9th 2014 at 6:18 pm.
#769
Re: WTF in America
I've never been able to work out why some Americans call it "snker". How do they not see the two o's?
#770
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It's closer to UK billiards, played on the same 12' x 6' table but with more balls. It's not fantastically rare, but available tables to play on are harder to come by depending on where you live.
Truth be told I got irrationally pissed off any time I had to watch ITV. I made exceptions for the Champions League and The Bill, but that was about it
#771
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Each red ball potted entitles you to try to pot a colour, any color (other than red), which is returned to the table. The cycle of red, colour, red, colour is repeated until all the reds are gone, then the colours must be potted in the order I listed them above. Every red potted is worth one point, the colours are worth 2-7 points each time they are potted. A "perfect score" of 15 reds followed by the black each time, and then all the colours, gives a score of 147.
#772
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Snooker has some fundamental differences to pool, notably that both players play to pot the same set of balls, AND that some of those balls (the coloured ones of which there is only one of each colour: yellow, green, brown, blue, pink, and black) are repeatedly returned to the table, so long as there are still red balls on the table.
Each red ball potted entitles you to try to pot a colour, any color (other than red), which is returned to the table. The cycle of red, colour, red, colour is repeated until all the reds are gone, then the colours must be potted in the order I listed them above. Every red potted is worth one point, the colours are worth 2-7 points each time they are potted. A "perfect score" of 15 reds followed by the black each time, and then all the colours, gives a score of 147.
Each red ball potted entitles you to try to pot a colour, any color (other than red), which is returned to the table. The cycle of red, colour, red, colour is repeated until all the reds are gone, then the colours must be potted in the order I listed them above. Every red potted is worth one point, the colours are worth 2-7 points each time they are potted. A "perfect score" of 15 reds followed by the black each time, and then all the colours, gives a score of 147.
#773
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Snooker is a piece of piss. Pot a red, one point, pot a colour, 2-7 points depending on which one, replace the colour, repeat. When all the reds are down there's 27 points left. Pot balls, add up your points and enjoy.
Obviously there are tactics as well, but it's easier than, say, chess.
Obviously there are tactics as well, but it's easier than, say, chess.
#774
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I have discovered that there is a snooker and pool club not far from me...that's actually a snooker club, with a pool table on the side. Which is quite cool...but not that far is still far enough that I still can't be arsed :/
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Great days ...
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#778
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it's the full sized tables that's rare...they tend to be much smaller when you find them.