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Originally Posted by F_Ivanovic
Another snooker question I have that I don't think I've seen come up whilst watching snooker;
Say you have a free ball (green ball is the one on) and go for blue, but then end up potting the green, is this a foul? Or is it a legal shot?
Just from memory, if you hit the blue first but knock in the green it's a good shot and you get three points. If you miss the blue altogether, though -- like say by miscuing -- and hit the green, then yes, that is a foul.
Interestingly enough, and if I remember right, if you have a free ball on the green, nominate the blue, and then after hitting the blue you pot both the blue AND the green, you only get three points, not six.
Though of course all of this should be moot, they need to eliminate the free ball rule. It's stupid