History of snooker pool and pyramid pool. Life pool involved several colored balls used as both cue balls and object balls. In pyramid pool, there were 15 red balls and a white cue ball, and each player received one point per red ball potted. Along with the new games being developed, the table was taking steps toward its current state. Black pool was the next version created. Black pool was similar to pyramid pool, except that the black ball from life pool was added to the game and could be potted for more points. In 1875, at the British Army Officer's Mess in
2016 Masters (snooker) 2016 Masters (snooker) The 2016 Dafabet Masters was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 10–17 January 2016 at the Alexandra Palace in London, England. It was the 42nd staging of the tournament and the fifth successive time it was held at the Alexandra Palace. The defending champion Shaun Murphy lost 4–6 against Mark Allen in the first round. Murphy forfeited the sixth frame of the match by missing a red on three consecutive occasions. The quarterfinal between Judd Trump and Neil Robertson produced six century breaks, setting a new record for the most centuries in an 11-frame