Ok We Had Fun With The Last Snooker Conundrum.......

[ToraToraTora]

How can a player pot the yellow three times in a row? no fouls by the player concerned.

[DTCwordfan]

Wrong, NJ.....good guess though..and you are 90% of the way there in terms of logic.

[DTCwordfan]

The most I have seen was my old man knocking 4 reds in to the pockets in one shot (like pinball it was) - and apparently the most ever achieved has been 7....

[ToraToraTora]

judge:"I understand you are asking whether he can be forced to take his shot and TCL has found the rule that says he cannot." - yes and that answers the question

"But, and I may be getting hold of the wrong end of the stick, you still seem to believe that a player who is eight or more points in arrears can win a frame when only the black remains:" - no TCLs answer has prevented that belief, I suspect that is the purpose of the rule.

"// judge: "There would be no point in making the player in the lead by 8 points play again because the worst he can do is give away seven. " - yes then the opponent could win with the black...//

No he couldn't. The frame is over and he will have won by a single point. Play does not continue after a foul is committed when only the black remains." - If the rule TCL pointed out did not exist then play could continue if player A missed the black, QED the purpose of the rule highlighted by TCL.

"// that's the point of this question. FOTB is irrelevant, it only applies if both players can win with the black.//
No it doesn't. It applies regardless of the score."
- err no, so when ronnie o sullivan is about to pot the black to complete his 147, he mis cues and thus fouls on the black, forfitting the game?? I think Not, the potential score must be relevant, ie it has to be a black ball game. In any case the original question has now been answered.

[DTCwordfan]

In pro snooker, Tony Drago achieved 5......

[Mozz71]

//No it doesn't. It applies regardless of the score."
- err no, so when ronnie o sullivan is about to pot the black to complete his 147, he mis cues and thus fouls on the black, forfitting the game?? I think Not, the potential score must be relevant, ie it has to be a black ball game.//

Any foul on the final black ends the game with the usual 7 points being awarded to the other player. There's no forfitting of the frame, Ronie would've won ot 140-7.

[angie55]

DTC, I’ll go for 16 points.

[New Judge]

^^^
I'll go for that as well.

[ToraToraTora]

...well if it was Bill Werbenuik I'd go for 16 pints!

[DTCwordfan]

yep 16 - free ball with all 15 reds on the table, pot the free red, crash into the triangle and watch the mayhem, This makes the minimum score for a full clearance at 45 as in 16, yellow for 2 and then the colours clearance.....maximum is of course 155......