Power Snooker 30 minute game play period, with the balls being continually re-racked. The winner is the player who has scored more cumulative points by the end of the fixed game play period, with ties settled with a single . The 30 minute game clock is halted between frames. Also unlike traditional Snooker, which uses 15 racked in a triangle shape, Power Snooker matches use just nine red balls in a diamond shape. Basic play in Power Snooker is scored in the same way as traditional snooker. On the shot however, the starting player keeps his turn at the table as long
Rules of snooker play a shot that leaves the opponent unable to hit a ball "on" directly. This is most commonly called "snookering" one's opponent, or alternatively "laying a snooker" or putting the other player "in a snooker". Because players receive points for fouls by their opponents, repeatedly snookering one's opponent is a possible way of winning a frame when potting all the balls on the table would be insufficient to ensure a win or tie. This portion of the frame is known as the "snookers-required" stage. A free ball is a player-nominated substitute for the ball "on" when a player becomes snookered