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Snooker is a variation cue sport played on tables which are much larger than other variations of billiards sports. The game is played with a single white cueball, 10-15 red balls (15 in most versions of the game), and six single-colored balls: one yellow, one green, one brown one blue, one pink, and a single black ball.
What are the rules for Snooker?
The primary objective of snooker is to score a more points than your opponent. . The game is played with a single cueball,15 red balls (10 in one variation of the game) and six single balls of green, brown, yellow, pink and black.
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8-ball is the most popular billiard game in the world. It is so popular, that 8-ball pool is almost a synonym for billiards. However, 8-ball is only a part of a one big happy family of billiard games.
8-ball pool, 9-ball pool, snooker, one pocket, balkline are all cue sports games. They all share a rectangular cloth-covered table, a long cue stick, a set of balls and an ambition to score, but they differ in their rules, objects, and even their terminology.

Generally, billiard games divide into two types: pocket billiard games and carom billiard games. Pocket billiard games, usually referred to as pool games, are the type of billiard…

The first thing that might come to your mind when you hear the terms “billiards and snooker” is what makes these games different from one another. Basically speaking, both games are very similar, with the snooker game being a derivate of the billiard game. However, there are two big differences.
The first is that while billiards is played with only two players, snooker can have multiple players. The second is that while the pool billiards has only three balls, snooker is played with as many as 22 balls: 15 red, 1 white, which is the cue ball, and 6 colored.

The origin of snooker as a game can be traced…

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Athletes in every sport seem to have their little quirks. 
Basketball players massage the basketball before a game. Batters on deck at a baseball game wait patiently, swinging the bat over and over. While these may look like nervous habits, attention grabbing tactics or ways to entertain the fans, the athletes are really getting in tune with their equipment. By knowing the equipment they use, the athletes are able to play the game to their full potential.
It is no different in the game of billiards. Whether you are a seasoned expert in the game, or a first-time billiards player, you need to know…

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The game that began as a nobleman’s sport has evolved into a barroom staple. But make no mistake the game of billiards, and each of its offspring, still retains that noble spirit.  
While proper billiards is rarely found in average clubs, a number of game variations have become popular with the pub and club set. One of the most popular tournament-style billiards games is “eight ball”. In eight ball billiards, one set of numbered balls is split between two players. One players shoots for balls 1-7 (also called “solids” or “low balls”) and the other plays balls 9-15 (“stripes” or “high balls”). The first player to…