Explain snooker to me like I'm 5.

KKkitty

Haven't seen it in years so tell me everything in a dumbed down way please?

Timberrrrrrrr

KKkitty wrote: »

Haven't seen it in years so tell me everything in a dumbed down way please?

Red = 1 point
Yellow = 2
Green = 3
Brown = 4
Blue = 5
Pink = 6
Black = 7

The aim is to pot a red ball followed by a colour followed by a red then a colour and on and on.

KKkitty

Timberrrrrrrr wrote: »

Red = 1 point
Yellow = 2
Green = 3
Brown = 4
Blue = 5
Pink = 6
Black = 7

The aim is to pot a red ball followed by a colour followed by a red then a colour and on and on.

Thanks. At one point Ronnie was behind in a frame there today but they kept playing so why is that?

AllForIt

you put the balls into the pockets with a stick

KKkitty

AllForIt wrote: »

you put the balls into the pockets with a stick

This is so cue-te.

Clareman

KKkitty wrote: »

Thanks. At one point Ronnie was behind in a frame there today but they kept playing so why is that?

Say there's 1 red and all the colours on the table, that's a total of 35 points available (1 red followed by a black and then all the colours), if a player is behind by more than 35 points they'll need their opponent to foul to allow them to win, usually a player will give up if there more than 40 points behind in that scenario (depending on the layout of the colours).

KKkitty

Clareman wrote: »

Say there's 1 red and all the colours on the table, that's a total of 35 points available (1 red followed by a black and then all the colours), if a player is behind by more than 35 points they'll need their opponent to foul to allow them to win, usually a player will give up if there more than 40 points behind in that scenario (depending on the layout of the colours).

Does it matter what pockets balls are potted in?

Clareman

KKkitty wrote: »

Does it matter what pockets balls are potted in?

Nope, you don't have to nominate pockets like in pool either.

Clareman

Clareman wrote: »

Say there's 1 red and all the colours on the table, that's a total of 35 points available (1 red followed by a black and then all the colours), if a player is behind by more than 35 points they'll need their opponent to foul to allow them to win, usually a player will give up if there more than 40 points behind in that scenario (depending on the layout of the colours).

Afaik This foul would be called a snooker,hence the name

alchemist33

It's a pre-BLM social commentary where the minority whites boss all the coloureds about

jaxxx

Clareman

Deleted User wrote: »

Afaik This foul would be called a snooker,hence the name

A snooker is when you can't hit the object ball directly because another ball is in the way, "I was snookered behind the black". A foul doesn't have to be not hitting the ball either, it can be hitting the wrong ball or the white ending up in the pocked or a technical foul like your clothing hitting a ball or taking a shot without having a foot on the ground or loads of other stuff.

SnowyMay

A useful thing when calculating potential scores left on the table is that the reds can be worth 8 points (1 for red and 7 for an accompanying black).

The colours on their own (once all of the reds are potted) are worth 27 (2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7).

Generally fouls are worth 4 points to the opponent but there are, of course, exceptions, where they can be worth more.

There are more fun rules (which we would have seen this week, such as free balls and the (sometimes controversial) foul and miss), but I’d say just watch some snooker and research as you go along.

Oh. And good snooker playing IS harder than it looks!!!

Clareman

SnowyMay wrote: »

A useful thing when calculating potential scores left on the table is that the reds can be worth 8 points (1 for red and 7 for an accompanying black).

The colours on their own (once all of the reds are potted) are worth 27 (2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7).

Generally fouls are worth 4 points to the opponent but there are, of course, exceptions, where they can be worth more.

There are more fun rules (which we would have seen this week, such as free balls and the (sometimes controversial) foul and miss), but I’d say just watch some snooker and research as you go along.

Oh. And good snooker playing IS harder than it looks!!!

Just to add to this, clearing the colours from their spots is damn ****ing hard and takes years of practise

jaxxx

Clareman wrote: »

Just to add to this, clearing the colours from their spots is damn ****ing hard and takes years of practise

Never mind the potting, its the precision positional play that's the stuff of pure wizardry!

um7y1h83ge06nx

SnowyMay wrote: »

Oh. And good snooker playing IS harder than it looks!!!

Well, no sh*t Sherlock, lol!

I don't play but I completely appreciate the skill. Played only once or twice on a proper snooker table and it was exponentially harder than a standard pub pool table to pot a ball. :-) Those tables don't tolerate player imprecision.

SnowyMay

jaxxx wrote: »

Never mind the potting, its the precision positional play that's the stuff of pure wizardry!

Yes. And that’s the mindmelt that you wouldn’t get in chess, where you can actually, really plan ahead.

um7y1h83ge06nx

jaxxx wrote: »

Never mind the potting, its the precision positional play that's the stuff of pure wizardry!

That really is the brilliance of it alright.

SnowyMay

Mara Proud User wrote: »

Well, no sh*t Sherlock, lol!

I don't play but I completely appreciate the skill. Played only once or twice on a proper snooker table and it was exponentially harder than a standard pub pool table to pot a ball. :-) Those tables don't tolerate player imprecision.

Uh huh.

But you are not 5, I presume.

um7y1h83ge06nx

SnowyMay wrote: »

Uh huh.

But you are not 5, I presume.

Not really. Guess it was just a comment to say even if I don't play snooker I do appreciate the skill and with it being a solo sport with an audience there is tremendous mental pressure.

Snooker and golf, two sports I don't have the time to do myself but the skills and mental toughness at the highest levels are unbelievable.

JJayoo

If you visualize the balls as hamsters of different sizes and temperment then it makes a lot more sense

Loafing Oaf

Clareman wrote: »

Just to add to this, clearing the colours from their spots is damn ****ing hard and takes years of practise

Yep, we hand a half-size table when I was a kid, played countless frames on it and only cleared the colours once

mistermiyagi

KKkitty wrote: »

Haven't seen it in years so tell me everything in a dumbed down way please?

Pot the reds then, screw back for the yellow, green, brown, blue, pink and black.

ShatterProof

Is it pick and stick? Do shots carry?

KKkitty

What does the 35 in brackets mean?

Lundstram

KKkitty wrote: »

What does the 35 in brackets mean?

Best of 35 frames. Meaning first to 18 wins.

Bob Harris

KKkitty wrote: »

What does the 35 in brackets mean?

It means the match is the best of 35 frames.
That means that the first player to 18 wins.
The maximum number of frames that could be played is 35...an 18-17 scoreline.

KKkitty

Lundstram wrote: »

Best of 35 frames. Meaning first to 18 wins.

Thank you.

Loafing Oaf

Lundstram wrote: »

Best of 35 frames. Meaning first to 18 wins.

So blink and you might miss this evening's 'session'...

AllForIt

Mara Proud User wrote: »

Well, no sh*t Sherlock, lol!

I don't play but I completely appreciate the skill. Played only once or twice on a proper snooker table and it was exponentially harder than a standard pub pool table to pot a ball. :-) Those tables don't tolerate player imprecision.

Yeah, but it's the distance that makes all the difference. One's inaccuracy is magnified the longer the distance the ball has to travel to the pocket.

Western EU pool table pockets are not actually that forgiving. It you had a 12 foot pool table, the size of a snooker table, you wouldn't find it much easier.

I've seen club snooker tables with huge pockets in comparison. American pool table pockets are huge of course. You can knock then into the pockets by playing to the cushion first deliberately if direct line is obstructed.

weemcd

You play for days, maybe even weeks on end. And then Ronnie O'Sullivan wins.