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Snooker is a cue sport that was first played by British Army officers stationed in India in the second half of the 19th century. It is played on a rectangular table covered with a green cloth (or "baize"), with six pockets: one at each corner and one in the middle of each long side. Using a cue stick, the players take turns to strike the white "cue ball" to pot the other twenty-one snooker balls in the correct sequence, accumulating points for each pot. An individual frame of snooker is won by the player who has scored the most points by the end of the frame. A snooker match ends with one of the players having won a predetermined number of frames, thus winning the match. Snooker gained its identity in 1875 when army officer Sir Neville Chamberlain (1856–1944), stationed in Ootacamund, Madras, devised a set of rules that combined black pool and pyramids.

(Barstool Sports)

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txbd•59 months

now thats some good pocket pool ammirite?

bengalman•59 months

What a shot!

TOSOV•59 months

Never heard the phrase..."He got snookered"?

johnzorback•59 months

bruh

kywildcatfanone•59 months

Impressive

EulerRules•59 months

Wow! Dude must've aced geometry.

Higgysmalls•59 months

They used to have a snooker table in union at SLU. It was way harder than regular pool

Luke•59 months

Great shot

deltaland•59 months

My best trick shot was catching the other person standing on opposite end and saying “watch this shot” and placing a quarter on the table and hitting the cue ball at the quarter making it jump and hit the person in the balls

ByUselves•59 months

That wasn't a snooker game being played...where are the red balls?

AUbayedsolid•59 months

In the pockets

Filmat11•59 months

Well, the billboard says, "Betfred World Snooker Championship". That's my clue...

dehsloot•59 months

umm, the red balls are pocketed first.

X123F45•59 months

There was one snooker table at lsu. Absolutely the shite for playing 9 ball on.

Havoc•59 months

You mean billiards or pool?