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The British billiards game Snooker resembles pool except for a few major differences: the table is larger, the holes are smaller, and the balls are mostly colored red. Fortunately, the goal is the same -- using a cue stick to instigate a simple Newtonian chain reaction that results in a ball dropping in a hole. We'd like to credit Yahoo!'s Snooker category for leading us to these resources: At Snookernet, a nice online snooker directory, we got the gist of the rules. The game begins with 22 balls: the cue ball, 15 red balls (1 point each), one yellow (2 points), one green (3), one brown (4), one blue (5), one pink (6), and one black (7). The players have to "pot,"
or knock in, a red ball before potting a colored ball. They alternate between red balls and colored balls, shooting for the most points. Each player shoots until they miss a ball. Colored balls are replaced after they're sunk. The red balls are left in the pocket. After all the red balls are potted, the players must sink the colored balls in order, according to point value. When the last ball is potted (sorry, this is our new favorite word), the game ends and the player with the most points wins. So there you have it. Being "snookered," incidentally, means being unable to hit your desired ball. Why not give it a spin on your computer? Download the virtual snooker demo and dream of beating Jimmy "Whirlwind" White.
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