not a trick question

[roykay]

It took me quite a while to find the answer to this one but I got there in the end.

How can a player pot a colour with the first stroke of a visit followed by a red?

Not a trick question, it does happen in play.

Roy Bacon

[abextra]

A free ball?

[Matt_2745]

That would be a colour taken as a red, followed by another colour though.

My only thought was if he potted a colour by accident, then his opponent put him back in and he potted a red, but that is stretching things a little

[roykay]

There is no free ball and nothing necessarily potted by accident.
Hope this helps.

[Krypton]

pot red, snooker yourself. miss when trying to escape.
end of turn.

opponent puts you back by chosing the miss option.
you nominate a colour, and fluke it. your break therefor starts with 2, 3, 4 or what ever colour potted.
and of course you're on red then.

[roykay]

Very well done.

[cantpotforshíte]

That IS very well done ... would have taken me a week to think of that