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Originally Posted by parmnion

not reading that..what did he say?

Originally Posted by Shaun

this.

Originally Posted by Phlip

This.

He was about to go for a 147 Maximum Break [because the opportunity was there], when he stopped to ask the referee what the prize for Maximum Break was [there's usually a prize, in the World Championship it's £147,000]. After a few minutes, the ref told him that there was no prize, and instead there was just a prize for the highest break of the tournament, which is just £4,000. He carried on, getting all the way until the last black, where he stopped at just 140 points, and was about to walk off until the ref convinced him to pot it and make the 147.

He said in an interview later that he thought 'Barry Hearn was supposed to be putting more money into the game'. He's the chairman of the WPBSA.

A fair comment to make, if you ask me. £4,000 is pocket money [in the Snooker Tournaments sense]