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Snooker Query
If a player is snookered behind say, brown ball whilst on a red but there are some reds in a line all partially blocking the one behind but visible to the cue ball. I understand that both sides of the object ball should be seen by the cue ball. Now if the front reds were not there, there would be no snooker. As such is a free ball awarded?
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You're either snookered, or you're not; so if you add other reds so that " there are some reds in a line all partially blocking the one behind but visible to the cue ball."
.... then you're not snookered anymore, as you've already said that these additional reds are visible to the cue ball.
Sorry, but I don't understand.
You're either snookered, or you're not; so if you add other reds so that " there are some reds in a line all partially blocking the one behind but visible to the cue ball."
.... then you're not snookered anymore, as you've already said that these additional reds are visible to the cue ball.
Sorry, but I don't understand.
It doesn't matter if you can't see both sides of the red. If you're on a red and can partially see a red; you're not snookered.
The issue of not seeing both sides of a ball comes into play when you're playing immediately after someone has fouled - then the "free ball" situation comes into play, as now you have to be able to see both sides of the object ball. If you can't see both sides of the object ball, then a free ball is awarded.
The issue of not seeing both sides of a ball comes into play when you're playing immediately after someone has fouled - then the "free ball" situation comes into play, as now you have to be able to see both sides of the object ball. If you can't see both sides of the object ball, then a free ball is awarded.
The rules state "The cue-ball is said to be snookered when a direct stroke in a straight line to every ball on [here each red] is wholly or partially obstructed by a ball or balls not on [here the colours, including the brown]." So in this situation it is not a free ball if the player could directly strike both edges of any single red, or could have done so if the path were not blocked by other reds [but not by the brown or any other colour].