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Following the international rules, it is possible to sink three consecutive yellow balls, but you would have to modify your starting scenario a little bit. If the outgoing player has committed a foul and has left the table in such state that there is one red left on the table and also a free...

Bob Jewett and Alan Morris are regular contributors here and are on the SnookerUSA board among others. There are a handful of sponsored tournaments during the year, but I think the problem is a serious lack of venues. To hold a sanctioned event, a venue must have a minimum of two full size (6 x...

I am with Underclocked here. I am fortunate to run a little single table club with a 6 x 12 as close to proper as I can make it. I have a dozen members come from near and far. One from Madison, WI travels over 100 miles EACH WAY to come in about once every two weeks or so for four hours of table...

Wity, please, no offense intended. Quite the opposite, really. I spent three of my best years on your shores in North Yorks, thus, my love for the game in its proper form. In fact, I dreamed of marrying a British bird, but, alas, it wasn't meant to be. My intent was, despite the terminology...

I've no doubt that Wity got the gist of the story, if not the specifics. Whenever I read his posts, I can't help but picture Benny Hill in my head. Just putting my two cents worth in for the traditions of the game. I think it is a shame that the American balls are numbered. I understand calling...

For 14.1 straight pool, scoring is often kept with beads hanging on a string near the table similar to an abacus. These strings generally only have fifty beads per side (black and white) with a marker for each group of ten beads to make it easier to decipher. Of course, snooker frames will often...

I agree that your opponent's words imply concession and that is the way that I would have taken it. However, all the cue games have a tendency to attract nefarious types so that one can never be certain of intent. A very good rule of thumb to go by is to NEVER assume concession when ONLY one...

17 year old Iranian Hossein Vafaei Ayouri won the IBSF World Men's Amateur Championship in India last year. http://www.oananews.org/content/photo/sports/iran%E2%80%99s-hossein-vafaei-ayouri-wins-ibsf-world-snooker-championship

You have to bone up on the math skills if you are going to play this game. Looks to me like you are probably playing on a 5' x 10'. I think one side of this "fight" is a proponent of WPBSA approved 6' x 12' tables and the other side is familiar with the "American" version of the game played on a...

Renegade and lucasi - I agree with Scaramouche...you are wanting to play pool. If you are of the mindset that the purpose of laying a snooker on an opponent is strictly to gain four points (or whatever the foul value happens to be), then you are not seeing the strategic nuances of the game...

No doubt you are correct. Alas, my talent on the baize Would belie my aspirations. I am far from professional. My bible for these matters is a dog eared copy of the rules way back from the Billiards and Snooker Control Council days in 1988 when I learned the game. And so it remains dear to me...

I agree with Bob and Neil but that is a bit confusing to the matter at hand. Here, we are talking about a "foul and a miss" situation".....Bob and Neil are referring to a possible "free ball" situation--completely different subject. About the angling/free ball issue that Bob and Neil are...

In your case, there in no "foul and a miss" situation. So player B's options are to play it where it lies or give it back to player A where it lies. The rules are different for professionals and amateurs. Professionally, the "foul and a miss" is called entirely at the discretion of the referee...

Sounds like you need to bone up on rules of the game. If only the black remains and the difference in score is six points or less, and someone, ANYONE, fouls (scratch, no contact on black, accidentally moving a ball), that foul constitutes loss of frame, NOT (as is generally supposed) a seven...

If you go to Toronto, I can highly recommend that you go see Mr. Billiard in Mississauga. You can find it easily, www.mrbilliard.com ; they do more than snooker so type what you are looking for in the search box or call and ask for John. I was just there a few weeks ago and met the owner...great...

That is correct. From Barry Hearn's Matchroom group in the early '80's. You can see these three and others from the group in a classic (read "cheesy") video "Snooker Loopy" here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BliAPzEsao0

To my Cheesehead friends beyond the Cheddar Curtain, first off, congrats on a fine Super Bowl win...a job well done. But to the point, if you are looking for the BEST game of snooker, you can join us FIBs down in Crystal Lake, IL across the border. We have recently set up what I think is the...