Snooker Rules

There are 15 solid red balls each with a value of 1 point. The (other) colored balls are valued thus: Yellow (2), Green (3), Brown (4), Blue (5), Pink (6), Black (7). The cue ball is white (not shown).


The cue ball is placed within the "D" for the break

Think of snooker as a game whereby sinking a red ball earns the player an opportunity to go after one of the colored balls. Therefore, the player must pocket alternately a red and then a "colored" ball.

After pocketing a red ball, the player may shoot at his choice of colored ball.

After pocketing a red ball, the player may shoot at his choice of colored balls. If he sinks a colored ball, it is respotted to its assigned spot (diagram above), and the shooter may attempt to pocket another red ball, followed by any colored ball. All red balls stay down, but the colored balls are respotted immediately after being pocketed. Play continues this way until there are no red balls remaining on the table.

When all of the red balls have cleared from the table, the remaining colored balls are pocketed in ascending order from where the cue and object balls lie.

A player is awarded one point for each red pocketed, and the numerical value of each colored ball pocketed after his turn at the table is ended by a miss. If a shooter fouls, the opponent is awarded 7 points (no point deduction from offenders score.)