Sinuca brasileira Sinuca brasileira Sinuca brasileira (Brazilian Portuguese for Brazilian snooker), often simply called sinuca, is a cue sport played on a snooker table, using only one instead of snooker's fifteen, with the normal six of the standard set of snooker balls. Each ball carries the same basic value as in snooker. As with other pocket billiards games, a white is used to the red and other coloured balls. The game is played almost exclusively in Brazil and is little known outside this region. Ball values are the same as in standard snooker (red = 1, yellow = 2, = 3, =
Snooker fortunate shots, also known as "flukes". Accessories used for snooker include for the tip of the cue, of various sorts (needed often, due to the length of a full-size table), a triangle to the reds, and a scoreboard. One drawback of snooker on a full-size (12 ft × 6 ft) table is the size of the room (), which is the minimum required for comfortable cueing room on all sides. This limits the number of locations in which the game can easily be played. While pool tables are common to many pubs, snooker tends to be played either in private