Snooker

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Snooker is a billiards game that takes place in a special table which is 12 x 6 feet (3.7 x 1.8 meters). It is played using a cue and snooker balls: fifteen red balls and sixballs in different colours. The game is popular in many of the English-speaking and  Commonwealth countries, and is increasingly popular in Japan and China. It was invented in India in 1875 by BritishArmy officers. The word snooker also has military origins, being a slang term for or inexperienced personnel  Sir Neville Chamberlain of the Devonshire regiment was playing this new game when hisopponent failed to pot a ball and Chamberlain called him a snooker. This led to the "Snooker-Pool", which in its first form contained 15 red balls and one black, one pink, one green and oneyellow. Later, the game changed, adding to it the brown and blue balls.The object of the game is to score more points than the opponent by potting object balls in an specific order.  Whenever a red ball is potted,the shooter is allowed to pot one of the colours. If successful, they score the value of the colour potted, and it is returned to its correct position on the table. This process continues until theyfail to pot the desired ball, at which point their opponent comes back to the table to play the next shot.  The game continues like this until all the reds are potted and only the 6 colours are left onthe table; at that point the aim is to pot the colours in the following order: yellow, green, brown, blue, pink, and finally black, with the balls not being returned to play. When the final ball ispotted, the player with the most points wins.

The score of the balls is the following:
Red: 1 point
Yellow:2 points
Green: 3 points
Brown: 4 points
Blue: 5 points
Pink: 6points
Black: 7 points

Points may also be scored in a game when a player's opponent fouls. A foul can occur for several reasons, such as hitting a colour first when the player was attempting...