Snooker Situation

[henrylay]

You have left your opponent a situation where the cueball is hanging on the verge of a pocket. Even fortunately the yellow has come to rest next to the cueball giving your opponent a total snooker in all directions.

1) Would a foul and a miss be called?
2) Your opponent attempts to use to cushion to escape from the situation. He managed to jump the cueball using the cushion (shooting away from the yellow) and the cueball manage to touch a red. Is this a foul?
3) He purposely pocket the cueball and forcing you to play from the "D". Is this a miss?

Cheers

[elvaago]

1) If he plays the white with enough speed that it would hit a red ball, it's not a foul and a miss, but just a foul.
2) The white would probably also jump over the yellow, which is a foul.
3) Yes, this is a miss, because the intent to hit a red ball was not there.

[The Statman]

1) If he plays the white with enough speed that it would hit a red ball, it's not a foul and a miss, but just a foul.
2) The white would probably also jump over the yellow, which is a foul.
3) Yes, this is a miss, because the intent to hit a red ball was not there.

A perfect answer. Just to clarify:

1) A Miss will not be called as long as the player played with enough strenth to reach the red. Still a foul of course because he will have hit the yellow.

2) As elvaago says, it would almost certainly be a jump shot, unless the cue-ball jumped onto the rail without passing over any part of the yellow. Would not be a Miss, though, because the red was hit first.

3) A Miss, because if the snooker is 'impossible' you must at least 'pretent' to go for the red; playing into the pocket is in the wrong direction. (See (1))

[dantuck_7]

This is similar to the thread I posted with just pink and black left.

http://www.thesnookerforum.com/snook...tion-5008.html

Apparently the rules used to be that you could just tap the cue ball. Not really sure what that would achieve - as you would just be put back in. Also there would be no free ball with just pink and black.....

[davis_greatest]

Also there would be no free ball with just pink and black.....

Why no free ball? If you foul and leave your opponent snookered, he will have a free ball (even if only pink and black remain).

(Perhaps the exception you have in mind is that the only time that it is permissible to snooker one's opponent behind a free ball is when only pink and black remain on the table?)

[dantuck_7]

Yep you're right there d_g. I came close to finding myself in that situation would have been messy!

[DawRef]

Apparently the rules used to be that you could just tap the cue ball.

The old rules stated that this was a fair stroke. Your opponent would then play from 'in hand'.

3. It would be a 'foul and miss', as no attempt was made to hit the ball 'on'.