History of snooker History of snooker The game of snooker is a cue sport which emerged in its modern form in the late 19th century, with roots going back to the 16th century form of English billiards. Billiards was popular among the British Armed Forces stationed in India. As billiards was only a two player game, new games such as life pool and pyramid pool were developed in order to accommodate more players. Eventually, these two games were combined to form snooker. Billiards was first played in the 16th century. It was known as a "gentleman's game" because of its popularity among royalty.
Power Snooker World Championship was "really boring", as being "not quite a Gerald Ratner moment", referring to the time when Ratner inadvertently devalued his jewellery business after he publicly criticised his product's value. Power Snooker Power Snooker is a variant of the cue sport snooker, first played competitively in July 2010 in the United Kingdom. The promoter of World snooker, Barry Hearn, stated Power Snooker is "designed to be faster and more exciting" than the traditional format of snooker. Players compete in time-limited based on total points scored, instead of number of won. Power Snooker uses nine red balls, which are continually