text: what's snooker?   snooker is a billiards sport that is played on a large (12' × 6') baize-covered table with pockets in each of the four corners and in the middle of each of the long cushions. it is played using a cue, one white ball (the cue ball), 15 red balls and 6 colours: a yellow (worth 2 points), green (3 points), brown (4 points), blue (5 points), pink (6 points) and black ball (7 points). a player wins a frame of snooker by scoring the most points, through using the cue ball to pot all the red and coloured balls. a match consists of an agreed number of frames. snooker is particularly popular in english-speaking countries (britain, ireland, canada, australia and south africa), and there has recently been a surge of interest in east asia, with players from hong kong, china and thailand entering the rankings. it's also very popular in pakistan and india.