' American снукер ' is the near relation widespread all over the world снукера. Its rules, however, are constructed by the same principle, as rules of the majority American лузных billiard games. In it play, as a rule, on special снукерных tables in the size 5×10 and 6×12 foots (1536×3072 mm and 1843×3686 mm) with narrower elastic boards and smoothly rounded off sponges of billiard pockets, are thus used spheres in diameter of 52,8 mm or 54,4 mm.

1. Quantity of players. Two.

2. Used spheres. A set снукерных spheres: fifteen red aim spheres without number (so-called red), six aim spheres of different colour with number or without (so-called colour) plus биток. Colour spheres have the following cost in points: yellow - 2, green - 3, brown - 4, dark blue - 5, pink - 6, black - 7.

3. Arrangement of spheres. Arrangement of spheres before the game beginning is shown in drawing.





Note: pay attention that unlike an arrangement of spheres
In international снукере, on a pyramidal mark is not
Pink sphere, and top of a pyramid from red spheres.
4. The game purpose. To type большее quantity of points, than the contender.

5. Account conducting. Points are awarded in two cases: at infringement of game rules by the contender (see more low ' Penalties for infringements '), and also for everyone correctly hammered red and (or) a colour sphere. 3а each correctly hammered red sphere is awarded one point, and for colour - according to its cost (see above ' Used spheres '). The party comes to an end after according to game rules all spheres are hammered. However if on a table there is only one black sphere (7 points) game proceeds before the first productive blow or infringement. If after productive blow of an abacus becomes equal the black sphere is exposed on the initial position then one of the players, acquired the right to blow as a result of draw or under the arrangement between contenders, makes blow from a hand from a semicircle. After that the party proceeds before the first productive blow or infringement.

6. Initial blow (разбитие). Разбитие it is made from a hand from sector. Thus it is necessary, that биток has concerned in the beginning a red sphere (instead of colour) then the red sphere should reach a board or fall in a billiard pocket, and биток at least to reach a board. Infringement of the specified requirements is considered as wrong разбитие and punished фолом. To the contender the corresponding quantity of points then it has the right or (1) to accept the position which has developed on a table is awarded and to execute blow, or (2) to demand, that the infringer has made repeated разбитие.

7. Game rules:

Correctly hammered sphere grants the right playing to continue the series.
At performance of any blow (besides unconditional satisfaction of the requirements specified in game rules 5 and 6) it is necessary that after contact битка with the next sphere any aim sphere has fallen in a billiard pocket or has reached a board биток or one of aim spheres. Otherwise appears фол.
Until then while on a table there are red spheres, each time at performance of the first blow of the series by the next sphere for playing is a red sphere.
If the next sphere is red any correctly hammered red sphere is set off. The player should not stipulate any concrete red sphere and a billiard pocket in the order.
If the next sphere is red at blow performance биток should concern in the beginning a red sphere. Otherwise appears фол (the rule 2 see also).
After the player has correctly hammered in a red sphere, the next sphere for it becomes colour. And until on a table there are red spheres, it should hammer serially red and colour (within each group he, however, can choose any sphere at own discretion). While on a table there are red spheres, and the next sphere is colour, the player should
() to stipulate in the order, he chooses which aim sphere as aim, and
() to strike blow so that биток has concerned in the beginning the given colour sphere. Otherwise appears фол (the rule 2 see also).
If the next sphere is red, and in a billiard pocket falls colour appears фол.
If the next sphere is colour, and in a billiard pocket any other sphere also appears фол falls.
Deliberate drawing of blow in which result биток, having come off a game surface of a table is forbidden, jumps through any stirring aim sphere. Otherwise appears фол.
Until then while on a table there are the red spheres, each hammered colour sphere is exposed before drawing of following blow (see more low ' Exhibiting of spheres ').
If the player strikes blow in a situation when the colour sphere is exposed not by rules, and the contender or the judge will declare it before drawing of following blow by it to the infringer appears фол. However if the contender or the judge in due time has not declared infringement after the second blow in a similar situation the player is not fined and continues game how if all spheres have been exposed correctly.
After on a table does not remain red spheres, costs (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7) become the next spheres colour in ascending order. Thus correctly hammered colour spheres are not exposed (an exception makes a case considered in section ' Conducting of the account ').
Incorrectly hammered aim spheres. Incorrectly hammered red spheres are not exposed, and incorrectly hammered colour are exposed according to section requirements ' Exhibiting of spheres '.
8. The jumped out aim spheres. The jumped out red spheres are not exposed, and colour are exposed. In that and in other case the penalty is not imposed.

8. Exhibiting of spheres. Red spheres are not exposed under no circumstances. Colour spheres are exposed on the same positions, as in the game beginning. If the place of a colour sphere is occupied (it means that it cannot be exposed, without touching other sphere) it is exposed on an unoccupied place of a colour sphere большей costs. If all corresponding positions are occupied, the colour sphere is exposed as it is possible more close to the starting position from outside a back board.

10. Выскакивание for a board or falling in a billiard pocket битка. The contender entering game plays from a hand from sector. Thus the player can strike blow to any next sphere, irrespective of its site.

11. Penalties for infringements. For each infringement to the current account of the contender 7 points (points from the account of the infringer are not subtracted) increase. After that the contender entering game has the right or

(1) to accept the position which has developed on a table and to execute blow, or
(2) to demand, that blow was made again by the infringer (also the case when blow is made from a hand from sector here concerns).