Snooker is played with a set of 15 red balls, 6 colored balls (yellow, green, brown, blue, pink and black) and the cue ball. The object balls are unnumbered and each color has a different point value starting from the red=1 point, yellow=2, green=3, brown=4, blue=5, pink=6 and black=7 points.

The object of the snooker game is to get the higher score. The game ends when all the balls on the table have been potted legally, and the player with the highest score wins the game. That unless the game ended with even scores, in that case one of the players plays the black ball with the cue ball in hand, and the first foul or score ends the game. The snooker players scores points for legally potting the balls and for their opponents’ fouls.

How to Play Snooker on Play89?

When playing online snooker, the balls are already placed in their spots, so you don’t have to care about it too much. The same goes for the lag – the system names the first player randomly.

So, the online snooker game begins with the opening break shot, taken with the cue ball in hand within the half circle. The striker needs to cause the cue ball to hit a red ball (any red ball). If he succeeds, his turn continues. If fails, the incoming player can either continue shooting from the current position or ask the first player to strike again.

While the reds are still on the table, the players have to strike a red ball and a color ball alternately. The first ball in a turn must be red, and then color, and so on. Before playing a color ball, the striker must designate a specific ball and then cause the cue ball to hit the same ball.

Once all the reds have been pocketed, the rules change. From this phase and until the end of the game, each player on his turn has to strike the color balls in ascending order – from the lowest numbered ball still on the table and up.  

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