The layout of balls in sinuca brasileira
Sinuca brasileira (Portuguese for Brazilian
snooker), often simply called sinuca, is a cue sport 🏵 played on a snooker table, using
only one red ball instead of snooker's fifteen, with the normal six colours of 🏵 the
standard set of snooker balls. Each ball carries the same basic point value as in
snooker. As with other 🏵 pocket billiards games, a white cue ball is used to pot the red
and other coloured balls. The game is 🏵 played almost exclusively in Brazil and is little
known outside this region.[1]
Rules [ edit ]
Ball values are the same as 🏵 in standard
snooker (red = 1, yellow = 2, green = 3, brown = 4, blue = 5, pink = 🏵 6, black = 7) and
points are awarded to a player after the corresponding ball is legally potted.
The
colours are 🏵 set up on their normal spot s as in snooker, while the sole red ball is
placed halfway between the 🏵 pink ball and the right side cushion . The cue ball is
placed in the "D" . The opening player 🏵 may move the ball anywhere within the "D" before
playing. The first shot must be played so that the red 🏵 ball is contacted; however, it
is not permitted to either pocket the red ball or leave the opponent snookered. The
🏵 opponent then has choice of shot.
Taken in turns, each player has a choice to either
take a free shot (shoot 🏵 for the ball on the table with the lowest point value) or a
penalty shot (shoot for any other ball). 🏵 All shots are called , that is the player must
indicate which ball they wish to pot and which pocket 🏵 they are aiming for.
If a free
shot is made, the player is awarded the ball's point value, the ball remains 🏵 off the
table, and the player can choose any remaining ball on the table as a second free shot;
if 🏵 that ball is made, the player receives its point value and the ball is respotted.
The player now once again 🏵 has the choice of either a free shot or a penalty shot. A
miss on a free shot incurs no 🏵 penalty, but does end the player's turn.
If a penalty
shot is chosen, and the shot is made, the player is 🏵 awarded the ball's point value and
the ball is respotted. The player then has to play a free shot. If 🏵 a penalty shot is
missed, it constitutes a foul and the opponent is awarded 7 points. If an in-off foul
🏵 (where the cue ball is accidentally potted) occurs, the incoming opponent will get the
points and receive ball-in-hand , permitting 🏵 placement of the cue ball anywhere within
the "D" before their next shot.
All other rules are the same as in 🏵 snooker, although
plant s, cannon s and other combination shots are automatically illegal because all the
balls are different colours.[1]
