Snookers
(1) Definition: A player is Snookered when it is impossible to play the finest cut possible on both sides of any of that player's own Colour by way of a "straight - line" shot. Snookering an opponent is not a foul.
(2) A player cannot be Snookered by a ball of the player's own Colour. That is, if one of the player's own coloured group is an obstructing ball, it will be ignored for the purposes of determining a Snooker.
(3) A player cannot be Snookered on an Object Ball if the Cue Ball is touching that Object Ball.
(4) A player cannot be Snookered by the straight sections of the
cushions. If a straight section of a cushion is preventing the finest possible
cut on the side of an Object Ball, that section of
cushion will be deemed not to exist for the purposes of determining a Snooker on
that Object
Ball.
a) Exception – In a Total Snooker, the straight sections of the cushions DO come into consideration. If a player has to strike a cushion prior to impact with a “ball on”, then a “Total Snooker” DOES exist.
(5) If
an Object Ball is partly obscured by a curved section of a cushion (Jaw), this
in itself does not
constitute a Snooker.