snooker rule??!!

[itr786]

Just want to clear an argument between me and a friend, if a foul is committed, regardless of whether the opponent accidently pots the white or misses a red(S) etc..., can i make the apponent take the shot again? (im not talking about the hit and the miss rule where the white needs replacing).

Is there any situation after a foul is committed that i can't make an opponent play again??

[LaSarthe+Back]

Like cricket, it's rather difficult to explain. Several circumstances define different outcomes.

See here for a concise list

http://www.billiardworld.com/snooker.html

[itr786]

ive looked though the link but can't find a definate answer, let me try and list afew scenarios,

1) your apponent fouls by potting the white ball, white goes back onto 'D', can you get your apponent back in??

2) your apponent misses a red, isn't a free ball and keep in mind as its alittle complicated, we don't play the hit and miss rule to replacing the balls back to were they were is out the question, can i again get me apponent back in??

[mat205125]

Isn't this the difference between a foul and a foul-and-a-miss. In the latter you can make your opponent play again. The other circumstance is when you are snookered as a result of the foul. Then you can either take a free ball to count as a red (the key to getting a 155 max break), or make your opponent play again.

[chris24jt]

i always thought the only times you could put your opponent back in was if you could play (maybe see) both sides of the target ball. so if your opponent fouled and left the white ball snuggled up behind the yellow then you could put them back in. if they then aim at reds and miss by a mile then its a miss and you can put them back in if they are very close to hitting (in the refs opinion) then you cant put them back in.

or on the initial foul they leave the white at the other end of the table and you can clearly hit a red then you cant put them back in.

(or am i wrong with that?)

[itr786]

still not sure, funny how i've been watching snooker since i was a little kid, and still some rules i've not quite figured out