Content

• Steps
• Tips
• Warnings

Snooker is one of the most popular billiard games in the world. To play snooker, like pool, you need a six-pocket table, a cue and a set of balls. This article will teach you how to play snooker.

Steps

1. 1 Get the equipment you need. Snooker is played with 22 unnumbered balls, which are subdivided into 15 red, 6 multi-colored and one white (cue ball). A certain number of points is given for each ball: red = 1, yellow = 2, green = 3, brown = 4, blue = 5, pink = 6 and black = 7.
2. 2 You need to pocket red or colored balls and try to score more points than your opponent.
3. 3 Flip a coin to determine who starts the game. The first player must break (or at least touch) the red balls with the cue ball. If he fails, the second player tries.
4. 4 The first player continues to try to cue the red balls by pocketing the colored balls as well. As soon as the first player misses, the turn goes to the other player, who must, in turn, pocket all the red and then the colored balls until he misses.
5. 5 Continue until there are red balls on the table. While the red balls are on the table, all multi-colored balls return to their original position after being pocketed.
6. 6 After you have pocketed all the red balls, start pocketing the multi-colored ones, moving in ascending points from yellow to black. From this point on, the colored balls are not returned.
7. 7 The game ends when there are no balls left on the table. The winner is the player with the most points.
8. 8 End.

Tips

• Watch your opponent's play and count his points.
• Plan ahead for the strike and its direction.
• Exercise before starting each game to “warm up”.

Warnings

• When tossing a coin, never let it fall onto the canvas, it can get scratched and permanent damage.
• Do not knock your opponent down while striking. Don't talk loudly, don't shout, don't stand in his way, etc.
• Never place drinks on the snooker table or edge.