question for a reff

[Souwester]

One red cannot snooker you on another red, so yes, it is appropriate to discount the two reds between the pink and black in determining whether you can see both sides of the third red on the cushion, from all positions within the D.

If you think about it, imagine at the start of a frame a player miscues and goes in off without hitting the reds. Player B comes to the table and is in hand. He can't actually hit both sides of any red because they're all still tightly in the pack, but you wouldn't say he's snookered.

[shanerayner28]

question for a reff

littlemissalexa it was
brown
black
blue as nominated ball
white
that was the order they ended up in nearly in line down the table if that helps

[buddfridgeman]

Sorry my fault missed one of the posts, got it straight now lol...good to know

[Souwester]

littlemissalexa it was
brown
black
blue as nominated ball
white
that was the order they ended up in nearly in line down the table if that helps

So the blue was the ball nearest to the cue ball, and therefore the effective snookering ball. So yes it is a foul.

Now if the blue and black are in reverse order, then that would be fine, as the black is the effective snookering ball, as the obstruction closest to the cue ball.

[shanerayner28]

question for a reff

brown and black were next to the black pocket blue near green pocket he intended to bounce the blue in open play leaving the brown covered by the black but under hit the blue so blue rolled in front of the white but he said if u take the blue away cos the black was snookering the brown it wasn't a free ball

[Souwester]

He was wrong.

[shanerayner28]

question for a reff

I knew he was if he had played the blue but put the white under the blue so it was only the black snookering u i wouldn't of got mad

[DeanH]

see the old thread with great information:

http://www.thesnookerforum.com/board...f-you-have-one
and
http://www.thesnookerforum.com/board...-t)-do-with-it

[bally969]

In all cases the ball nearest to the cue ball is considered the effecting snookering ball, eg you nominate say pink as your free ball fail to pot it and by chance it rolls in front of the ball on, but should another ball not on,
be between cue ball and ball on, that would be the effective snookering ball so no foul