Ok, say there are just 3 balls left on the table at the end of a frame of snooker. Blue Pink & Black: The score is, say 60 to your opponent & you have 41. You are 19 points behind & there are only 18 on the table (7+6+5) if you can make your opponent foul in some way then you will get 5 points (The value of the blue) and be able to pot the last 3 balls to win the frame.
fluke means when a player is not ment to pot a ball but it goes in to his advantage
It basically means is it possible? If a ball is pottable, the ball is on.
The white ball in Snooker is called the "Cue Ball".
Makes no sense grammatically. The white ball is the cue ball in snooker.
Potting the brown ball in snooker earns you 4 points.
The pink ball
Technically, a ball is 'on' if it can be legally struck by the cue ball. However, the term is most often used to mean that a ball can be potted. For example, if the term was used in commentary e.g 'There are no reds on', this is unlikely to mean the player is snookered (as it technically should), rather that no reds are in potable positions.
A snooker in pool can be deliberate (by your opponent) or accidental (by yourself). It is when the a straight line path from the cue ball to the object ball is blocked by another ball which may not be hit.
cue ball
The green ball is worth three points in snooker.
8 ball pool, 9 ball pool, billiards.
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