Power Snooker is a cue sport, that is a variant format of snooker.
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14 Facts About Power Snooker
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Barry Hearn, the promoter of World Snooker, stated that Power Snooker is "designed to be fast and very exciting with its power zones and double points scoring".
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Power Snooker uses nine red balls which includes one red and white striped power ball.
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Power Snooker had to receive sanction from the WPBSA to allow their players to take part in the cue sport tournament.
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Power Snooker was created by Rod Gunner and Ed Simons, both producers with backgrounds in the entertainment industry.
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Gunner stated "It had struck me for some time that Power Snooker would be a new and exciting transfusion", and that he took his inspiration from "seeing how Twenty20 cricket had revitalised cricket".
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Power Snooker officially launched on 22 July 2010 with former World Champion Ronnie O'Sullivan as the main snooker player endorsement.
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Power Snooker is independent of the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association, organisers of the World Snooker Championship and other ranking tournaments, and regulators of the professional game.
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Power Snooker is played on traditional-sized snooker tables, but with a "modern design and a bespoke Power Snooker baize".
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Unlike traditional snooker, in which are played to a certain number of irrespective of time taken, Power Snooker matches are played for a fixed 30 minute game play period, with the balls being continually re-racked.
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Power Snooker play is kept to a quick pace through the use of a shot clock with all shots having a twenty-second limit.
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Power Snooker uses the concepts of the Power Ball, Power Play, and Power Zone.
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The Power Snooker Ball is dark red and is placed in the centre of the diamond rack, identified by a special logo, and is worth two points.
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In contrast to traditional snooker, in which play occurs in quiet surroundings, with an audience expected to remain silent during shots, Power Snooker aims "to encourage audience interaction with the players", loud music and 'spectacular' theatrical lighting are a feature.
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