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
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