Rules of snooker Rules of snooker Snooker is a cue sport that is played on a baize-covered table with pockets in each of the four corners and in the middle of each of the long side cushions. It is played using a cue and snooker balls: one white , 15 worth one point each (sometimes played with fewer red balls, commonly 6 or 10), and six balls of different : yellow (2 points), green (3), brown (4), blue (5), pink (6), black (7). A player (or team) wins a (individual game) of snooker by scoring more points than the opponent(s), using the cue
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