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Some versions of snooker, such as six-red or ten-red snooker, are played with almost identical rules to the standard game but with fewer object balls, reducing the time taken to play each frame. [ 199 ] [ 200 ] The Six-red World Championship , contested annually in Bangkok , Thailand, was a regular fixture on the World Snooker Tour between 2012 ...
Cue Club, is a sports simulation video game series developed by Bulldog Interactive. The games in the series focus on delivering a realistic interpretation of pool and snooker . The original title was released on Microsoft Windows on 10 November 2000, with a sequel entitled Cue Club 2 arriving on 4 July 2014, on the same platform.
The snooker is considered illegitimate in this case, and the affected player is allowed to nullify it by nominating any object ball as being "on" for the first shot of their turn. Once the free ball shot is taken legally, the game continues normally; however, if the player who committed the foul is asked to play again, a free ball is not granted.
The following is a glossary of traditional English-language terms used in the three overarching cue sports disciplines: carom billiards referring to the various carom games played on a billiard table without pockets; pool, which denotes a host of games played on a table with six pockets; and snooker, played on a large pocket table, and which has a sport culture unto itself distinct from pool.
Articles in this list are all video games that have a playable Snooker mode; or are video games entirely based on the sport of Snooker. Subcategories This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total.
Compiling a maximum break is regarded as a highly significant achievement in the game of snooker, and may be compared to a nine‑dart finish in darts, a hole‑in‑one in golf, or a 300 game in ten‑pin bowling. [3] [4] Joe Davis made the first officially recognised maximum break in a 1955 exhibition match in London.
Snooker 19 is a 2019 sports video game developed by Lab42 and published by Ripstone Games, based on the cue sport snooker. [1] The game was released on 17 April 2019 for Microsoft Windows , PlayStation 4 and Xbox One , with the Nintendo Switch version coming out on 23 August 2019.
The PBPA then changed its name to the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) on 12 December 1970, and declared itself the governing body for the professional game, recognising Williams as champion. Driffield and Karnehm were, at first, the only two professionals who recognised the BA&CC as having continued authority over ...