I recently played in a tourny where I successfully snookered my opponent each shot I had. admittedly I could have gone for a shot but I chose to snooker every time and won the game through it. my opponent continually called me a cheat but correct me if I'm wrong.. isn't this called snooker?

if you deliberately snooker someone when there is a clear shot on then yes that can in some cases be classed as cheating or intentionally influencing the game, however there is nothing wrong with tactical play as long as you play fair.

Hi Ace thank you for your response.

- in which cases can it be classed as cheating? by that answer you are implying it is taken on a case by case scenario? This wouldn't be fair either, and influencing the game? surely every player tries to influence the game in there favour to get a win. I've checked the rules here and also online for this type of game and I cannot find anywhere that it says I must go for a shot that is on. if I was losing, I would try a snooker to gain back the points. If its to do with sportsmanship, I would agree a fair game is necessary but the name of the game is snooker.

Thanks again for you response but I feel I still need a definitive answer to this.

cheers

all thought its not going to make you popular but its part of the game as safety play is as important as attacking in my view so no its not cheating so if its how you play the so be it

thank you again for your response. it is true it hasn't made me popular but im not here to make friends lol

People don't like when you put them in snookers when there is a shot on. Why? Because they hope you will miss the difficult shot and let them back in.

It is not cheating and is perfectly within the rules.

If there is a difficult shot on and I don't think I can pot it, I will go for a snooker. Also if I dont think I can get position on the next ball, I will go for a snooker. It's tactical play to win a game.

what if somebody did it every match in real life?

I'm sure they probably wouldn't be liked, but they couldn't be accused of cheating

thanks for your answers guys. ill feel much better doing it again should it arise in a future game.

cheers

nothing wrong with it, if you dont want to risk missing, dont