Mellow Yellow

[The Statman]

i refuse to accept it to be possible to get 3 in a row

Anyway, why aren't you at school?

[RocketRoy1983]

i refuse to accept it to be possible to get 3 in a row

Ryan you cant refuse to accept a correct answer as statmans is above yours.

[vucko117]

what if there is a red on the table and you get a free ball. So you pot the yellow and you fluke the last red,and the cue ball finishes perfect for the yellow again so you pot the yellow as a color and the pot the yellow again.

[ryanah147]

First prize goes to The Statman (Two fried eggs and a ring of Black pudding) all the other contestants will receive a consolation prize of the rinds of rashers (best Irish of course) and a 10% discount at The Greasy Spoon Cafe, Cork. 4 consecutive yellows is the correct answer

[vucko117]

how the hell is it possible to pot 4 consecutive?

[stegorjus]

The question doesn't say that the yellow must be potted by the same player each time. Therefore using the sequence; snookered on all reds, play yellow as free ball, play yellow as colour, play foul (without potting a ball), leaving opponent snookered on all reds; the number is infinite.

[RGCirencester]

The question doesn't say that the yellow must be potted by the same player each time. Therefore using the sequence; snookered on all reds, play yellow as free ball, play yellow as colour, play foul (without potting a ball), leaving opponent snookered on all reds; the number is infinite.

Thats what I was thinking, no free ball at all, just while on the colours clearance player A pots and fouls, player B then pots and fouls, player A pots and fouls, this sequence could be repeated indefinately as the yellow will be replaced each time. (assuming the foul isnt going in off)

[RocketRoy1983]

Thats what I was thinking, no free ball at all, just while on the colours clearance player A pots and fouls, player B then pots and fouls, player A pots and fouls, this sequence could be repeated indefinately as the yellow will be replaced each time. (assuming the foul isnt going in off)

What a pedantic answer by a pedantic hat wearing RGC


(Joking buddy)

[The Statman]

The question doesn't say that the yellow must be potted by the same player each time. Therefore using the sequence; snookered on all reds, play yellow as free ball, play yellow as colour, play foul (without potting a ball), leaving opponent snookered on all reds; the number is infinite.

The question DOES state that it must be by the same player.

The definition of 'pot' is causing a ball to enter a pocket with no infringement in the rules. If Player A knocks the yellow in and goes in-off, that is not a pot, it is a foul. Player B may then come to the table and do exactly the same thing, but again it is a foul and not a pot.

By using the word 'pot' in the question, it must be by definition a legal shot; if it is a series of legal pots, then it MUST be by the same player each time, since a pot means that the same player's turn will continue.

[rollingegg]

i would go for twice.

[stegorjus]

The question DOES state that it must be by the same player.

The definition of 'pot' is causing a ball to enter a pocket with no infringement in the rules. If Player A knocks the yellow in and goes in-off, that is not a pot, it is a foul. Player B may then come to the table and do exactly the same thing, but again it is a foul and not a pot.

By using the word 'pot' in the question, it must be by definition a legal shot; if it is a series of legal pots, then it MUST be by the same player each time, since a pot means that the same player's turn will continue.

I think you've mis-read my post. Each player plays 3 shots in the cycle. First shot is a legal free-ball yellow in lieu of red. Second shot is a legal yellow which is replaced. The third shot is a foul in which no ball is potted and the opponent is left snookered on all reds. Oh! And the question DOES NOT state that each shot must be by the same player; or that every shot in the sequence should result in a ball being potted.

[ryanah147]

Ooops, did I say four??? The correct answer was 3. Last red on the table, striker has a free ball, he nominates yellow and pots both red and yellow, he then nominates yellow as a colour (which is respotted) At this stage it is just `the colours as such`remaining, so he pots the yellow. Sorry about the confusion.

[The Statman]

I think you've mis-read my post. Each player plays 3 shots in the cycle. First shot is a legal free-ball yellow in lieu of red. Second shot is a legal yellow which is replaced. The third shot is a foul in which no ball is potted and the opponent is left snookered on all reds. Oh! And the question DOES NOT state that each shot must be by the same player; or that every shot in the sequence should result in a ball being potted.

Well, in your third shot, no ball was potted. It was a foul; you siad so yourself!

Since the question states that each shot must involve a pot, and by definition of pot, it means that the same player continues his turn, then the question does state by implication that each shot is played by the same player. The only exception to this could be that one player pots the final black to level the scores, and on the re-spot the other player takes the first turn and pots the black. There are no other circumstances where a player pots a ball and does not face the next shot.

[stegorjus]

and by definition of pot, it means that the same player continues his turn

That sounds like what I understand to be the definition of a BREAK. Surely a pot is a pot.

[Robert602]

That sounds like what I understand to be the definition of a BREAK. Surely a pot is a pot.

Technically a pot is the legal pocketing of a ball, so you can't foul on a pot by definition - the break continues.

7. Pot
A pot is when an object ball, after contact with another ball and without any infringement of these Rules, enters a pocket. Causing a ball to be potted is known as potting.

A bit pedantic maybe, but there it is.