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Snooker is a cue sport that is played on a large baize-covered table with pockets in each of the four corners and in the middle of each of the long side cushions. A regulation (full-size) table is 12 ft × 6 ft (3.6 m x 1.8 m). It is played using a cue, one white ball (the cue ball), 15 red balls (worth 1 point each) and 6 balls of different colours A player (or team) wins a frame (individual game) of snooker by scoring more points than the opponent(s), using the cue ball to pot the red and coloured balls. A match consists of a previously agreed-upon number of frames. Snooker is particularly popular in many of the English-speaking and Commonwealth countries, and in China, with the top professional players attaining multi-million pound career earnings from the game.
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In snooker, a break is the total point score achieved by a player in a single visit to the table. A player's proficiency at building big breaks, particularly century breaks (scores over 100), is widely used as a measure of their overall skill.
The maximum break possible under normal circumstances is 147. This is often known as a maximum, or a 147 (or orally a one-four-seven). The 147 is amassed by potting all 15 reds with 15 blacks for 120 points then all six colours for a further 27 points. Scores above 147 are possible in the case of free balls due to fouling by the opponent.
In six-red snooker, the maximum break is 75 points (83 with free ball), as there are fewer reds and thus fewer black-scoring opportunities. In snooker plus, the maximum is 210 (221 with free ball) due to the additional, high point-value colours.
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Alexander "Alex" Gordon Higgins (18 March 1949 – 24 July 2010), also known by his nickname of Hurricane Higgins, was a Northern Irish professional snooker player who was twice World Champion and twice runner-up. Higgins earned the nickname The Hurricane because of his speed of play. Higgins was also a former World Doubles champion with Jimmy White and won the World Cup three times with the All Ireland team. He also came to be known as the People's Champion because of his popularity.
Higgins is often credited to have brought the game of snooker to a wider audience and contributing to its peak in popularity in the eighties.
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| “ | Griffiths is snookered on the brown, which, for those of you watching in black and white, is the ball directly behind the pink. | ” |
Snooker news
- 7 May 2012: Ronnie O'Sullivan won his fourth world title at the World Championship in Sheffield after 2001, 2004 and 2008.
- 1 May 2012: Right after Stephen Hendry lost 2-13 to Stephen Maguire, he said on the press conference that he retires from professional snooker.
- 12 April 2012: At the age of 17 years and 45 days Luca Brecel became the youngest player ever and first Belgian at the World Snooker Championship. This record was held by Stephen Hendry (17 years and 99 days) since 1986.
- 21 April 2012: Stephen Hendry made the 88th maximum break against Stuart Bingham. It became his 11th, equalling the record with Ronnie O'Sullivan.
- 11 April 2012: Robert Milkins made the 87th official maximum break during the qualification round of the World Championship.
- 4 March 2012: Mark Allen defeated Stephen Lee 10-1 in the final of the Haikou World Open in China to win his first ranking title.
- 5 February 2012: Ronnie O'Sullivan won his 23rd ranking title by defeating Stephen Maguire 9-7 at the 2012 German Masters in Berlin.
From The Archives
- Feb 13, 2000: In the final of the Masters Ken Doherty missed the chance to make the second maximum break of the event, as he missed the final black off its spot.
- Feb 12, 1995: Ronnie O'Sullivan became the youngest Masters Champion at the age of just 19 years and 69 days, with a 9-3 win against John Higgins.
- Feb 11, 1989: John Parrott won his first ranking title, the European Open. In the final he defeated Terry Griffiths 9-8.
- Feb 9, 1980: Terry Griffiths won the Benson & Hedges Masters at the first attempt, with a 9-5 victory over former champion Alex Higgins.
Did you know...
- ...that modern billiard & snooker chalk (pictured), which is not actually chalk but a compound of silica and corundum, was invented by player William A. Spinks and a chemist friend in 1897?
- ...that Jan Verhaas is the only non-UK citizen that refereed World Snooker Championship final match?
- ...that Marco Fu is the only winner of Premier League Snooker who was not born in the British Isles?
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