Snooker is a cue sport, which resembles pool, but shares only a limited amount of features. This game has its own rules and playing equipment and is extremely famous in the UK, as well as in other parts of the world such as Japan.

Part of the appeal of snooker, as opposed to  pool, is the fact that the snooker table is much larger and has pocket holes much smaller than in the case of pool, meaning that players have to be that more skillful.

Snooker tables measure 3.7 by 1.8 meters and have six pockets, each only slightly larger than the balls used in the sport. The tables are …