Q. Total Snookers.
- Definition: A player is in a Total Snooker
when it is impossible to play any part of any of the player's own Colour by
way of a straight line shot. Leaving an opponent in a Total Snooker is not
a foul.
- If a player believes that a Total Snooker
exists, the player may ask the referee for a ruling.
- If the referee rules that a Total Snooker
exists, the player's obligations under the Legal Shot rule are relaxed as
follows: The player need only cause the Cue Ball's initial contact to be
with a ball On. The requirement to pot a ball and / or cause a ball to
strike a cushion is waived.