Snooker Question

[L.S. Dennis]

Is it a foul in snooker if a ball does't contact a rail after cue ball contacts an object ball as it is in normal pool games?

 

[skogstokig]

Is it a foul in snooker if a ball does't contact a rail after cue ball contacts an object ball as it is in normal pool games?

nope.

 

[pt109]

Is it a foul in snooker if a ball does't contact a rail after cue ball contacts an object ball as it is in normal pool games?

It’s a foul in American snooker.

 

[bbb]

It’s a foul in American snooker.

there is such a thing???
whats the world coming to??

 

[pt109]

there is such a thing???
whats the world coming to??

I think it’s the best set of rules.

 

[Patrick Johnson]

Is it a foul in snooker if a ball does't contact a rail after cue ball contacts an object ball as it is in normal pool games?

A difference from pool: if the CB is in contact with an OB before shooting, it's ruled to have already contacted it - even shooting the CB directly away from the OB without moving it counts as a good hit.

pj
chgo

 

[bbb]

I think it’s the best set of rules.

Wow
i never would have guessed that
i respect your opinion very much so i believe you
thanks

 

[Cornerman]

Is it a foul in snooker if a ball does't contact a rail after cue ball contacts an object ball as it is in normal pool games?

In English/Imperial/British it isn’t. American Snooker it is a foul.

 

[Cornerman]

there is such a thing???
whats the world coming to??

American Snooker has been around for a looooong time. Decades. American snooker tables are set up differently than Imperial snooker and are never (rarely?) bigger than a 10’ table. They used to be fairly popular through the country. When I lived in Tenn. in the 90’s, I had no problem finding American Snooker tables. Some were 9’.

 

[tomatoshooter]

there is such a thing???
whats the world coming to??

Next thing you know, they will be playing hockey in Florida.

 

[Bob Jewett]

I think the vast majority of snooker is played by the WPBSA (international) rules. All of the snooker you see on YouTube/Matchroom is that. And I suspect that most games played on "snooker" tables in the US are not American snooker. In the US, I have seen far more golf than American snooker played.

Another rule difference: In AmSn every foul is 7 points. And according to one source, if a color goes in after kissing off a ball, it is a foul. And the balls are larger, 2 1/8 vs. 2 1/16.

 

[Nick B]

I think the vast majority of snooker is played by the WPBSA (international) rules. All of the snooker you see on YouTube/Matchroom is that. And I suspect that most games played on "snooker" tables in the US are not American snooker. In the US, I have seen far more golf than American snooker played.

Another rule difference: In AmSn every foul is 7 points. And according to one source, if a color goes in after kissing off a ball, it is a foul. And the balls are larger, 2 1/8 vs. 2 1/16.

As a Canadian who has only seen the game played by standard rules...it's time you folks adopted them (and the metric system).

 

[skogstokig]

there is an exception in standard snooker too, concerning the specialty game shootout snooker, which is basically pool rules with ball in hand all over the table, shot clock, etc. check it out on youtube. i would say the main feature is the drunk crowd though

 

[WilliamK]

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