What is a snooker?
Snooker is a pool play or on Cue Sport, that - like most forms of billiards - is of British origin. Snooker is a slightly more modern version of the 16th century billiards and is played using 22 balls - one Cue Ball, 15 red balls and 6 different color balls with different point awards. The Snooker control table measures 6 feet (1.86 meters) by 12 feet (3.66 meters) and has four corner and two side pockets. Points are evaluated by hitting Cue Ball, resulting in the successful pocketness of other balls into one of the six pockets according to the game rules. The game is played in matches that consist of a predetermined number of frames. The goal is to earn the most points for the images to win most of the pictures in the match.
Although snooker is played recreationally, it is also a professional sport with numerous tournaments held every year and the match of the Elite World Championship, which takes place at the Crucible Theater in Sheffield, England. A professional snooker has a control body that sets the rules and regulation of the game. After a short hIatus in the popularity of sport in the mid -sixties was founded by the World Snoker Association in 1968. Today, Snooker is a popular and respected sport with a professional ranking, followed by many fans.
Since its foundation in 1977 to 2005, the World Championship was sponsored by embassy. Starting in 2006, however, it took over a new sponsor for the regulations prohibited by the tobacco company by sponsoring sports events. Cassava Enterprises (Gibraltar) Ltd. He sponsored the 2006 World Cup under his flagship online casino website 888.com.
Some very popular snooker players have decorated sport during their history, with Jimmy White one of the most famous names in sports. From the end of the 90's to 2003, a young player named Paul Hunter brought the popularity of snooker sports among the younger generation of fans and players. Hunter was a talented player but unfortunately dieEl in October 2006 for a rare form of cancer.
There are annual World Snooker Championships. There are a few questions about whether the crucible will be in the following years to place the World Championship. Given that Snooker is still a popular and growing professional sport, other pool games are still a popular recreational time passing.