World Snooker Tour chairman Barry Hearn also replaced the rolling prize with a ВЈ1 million bonus if 20 maximums were made over a single season вЂ“ currently, the highest total is 12 maximums in 2018, so this money is somewhat safe. In 2018, ВЈ40,000 was made available, and World Snooker upped this total to ВЈ50,000 for the 2019 tournament. It was ВЈ147,000 in the 80s and 90s, but this quickly became unsustainable as the number of maximums increased, replacing with a rolling prize pot that began at ВЈ5,000. In order to encourage players to attempt this challenge, thereвЂ™s a lot of prize money on offer. The excitement of seeing a 147 break at the World Championship is palpable вЂ“ itвЂ™s the highest feat of excellence in the sport, in the its most prestigious competition, and even your opponent hopes youвЂ™ll succeed. The highest total is 12 maximums in 2018, so this money is somewhat safe The possibility of a 147 felt unlikely as the frame began, but Hendry turned the tide. When he found his form again, the balls were nicely spaced and Hendry powered through to make his third maximum. This isnвЂ™t to say that Hendry had it easy, with a run of poor position after a misjudged canon was saved by some great shots that kept finding pockets. HendryвЂ™s break left an opportunity for his opponent Stuart Bingham вЂ“ when Bingham missed, he wasnвЂ™t coming back to the table. The final maximum break to date came from Stephen Hendry, during his retirement lap in the 2012 World Championship. Commentators and players believe this time will never be beaten. He breezes round the table as only a master of his game can and makes it look easy, achieving the maximum break in only five minutes and eight seconds. From the moment he potted the first red, the RocketвЂ™s snooker is never less than perfect вЂ“ every shot is judged to perfection, and his ball control has never been better, as demonstrated by a fantastic cannon into the pack of reds after the seventh black. Facing Mick Price in the first round, OвЂ™Sullivan came to the table and won the final frame of the match in style. Ronnie OвЂ™SullivanвЂ™s 1997 147 is widely regarded as the greatest maximum break ever made. There was a certain energy in the crowd that clearly enthused the player вЂ“ after each colour pot, the applause only got louder until he sunk the final black and made history.Д¬ommentators and players believe OвЂ™SullivanвЂ™s time will never be beaten A tricky long pot on the first yellow was the last tough shot before Thorburn made the rest of the colours look easy. Facing Derek Griffiths, Thorburn faced some awkwardly-spaced final reds to keep his break going, and got the crowd laughing as he took a little drink break before attempting one of the blacks. One year after the first televised maximum match, Cliff Thorburn became the first player to score 147 at the World Championship. Stephen Hendry and Ronnie OвЂ™Sullivan both have three of the Crucible maximums, while Ali Carter, Cliff Thorburn, Jimmy White and Mark Williams have one each. These have been concentrated among a few players. ItвЂ™s a hard thing to accomplish, and in World Championship terms, itвЂ™s incredibly rare вЂ“ the competition has been held since 1927, and only ten maximum breaks have ever been recorded. It is the perfect break, in which a player pots all 15 reds with 15 blacks, followed by all six of the colours. This pinnacle of excellence is a rare one, however so, I thought IвЂ™d mark the Championship with a little look at the history of the 147 break.ДЄ 147, or a maximum break, is the regarded as the highest possible achievement in a single frame of snooker. The BBC has been screening a lot of classic matches to pass the time, and thereвЂ™s something in snooker that never fails to get everyone excited вЂ“ the 147 break. ItвЂ™s the time of the year that we should be enjoying the Snooker World Championship, but Covid-19 has again forced a postponement.

Snooker 147 record