O'Sullivan's 147 2023 Snooker

I was wondering if that, look at the way the balls are situated, could be over quite quickly. What price for a maximum break is it? Is that what he's asked the referee? I'm not sure if that's what he said. Waiting for something now. You were right John, he was trying to find out what the price for a 1-4-7 break is. It's bizarre. The player stopped because the player wants to know what the price for a maximum is. I've seen some things in the game of snooker, but I've never seen anything quite like this. I think it's the wind if I remember, but I don't think it pays anything. I don't think so. I'm not 100% sure. Well I know there's £4,000 for the highest break. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But I don't know whether the pound a point, or £1,000 a point that the giver of the World Championship is on. Well we'll try and find out for him when he gets down to the last black. 16. 17. Better referees never been asked that question before, John. I once was playing in the UK and asked the referee what the highest break in the tournament was, and funnily enough it was Les Dodd, the player from Elkhorn, said it was 120 odd. Instead of playing for the black, 25 years ago I've forgiven him. 33. 41. So we can confirm that there isn't a special price for the 147 in this tournament. There's £4,000 for the highest break. It's the high break price, Ronnie. Just telling Ronnie there, confirming that, that it's just the high break price. He'll be absolutely gutted. He pulled his face, didn't he? Ultimately that relaxed Dennis. Sure. 57. 55. I'm not quite sure, John, but I think Stephen Hendry's made nine maximum breaks as well, so that's something to go at to try and overtake the great Stephen Hendry's record. You could say Ronnie's doing his maximum for free. That's quite amazing, isn't it? After seeing what happened in the previous frame and now we're watching, what has to be said, a genius at work again. Has he run too far this time? 18. Yeah. 19. Well, if you look around the crowd, there's smiles everywhere. They just love watching this fella perform on the snooker table. That's red. And in it goes. It's all about pace. He's got the line as he's got the pace. Absolutely wonderful. And you know what, Dennis? Stephen Hendry has made nine maximums. Can Ronnie better him? Can he make it 10? 105. And if he does, he's going to do it in Stephen's home patch here in Scotland. 113. Maybe he'll step on it round if he gets it. Absolutely. And he's smiling and joking with Jan Verhuis, the referee. 125. What can you say about this, man? I mean, as we say in the last frame, it looked as though he wasn't really bothered. 129. My king is Mr. Red, and this has just been sensational. Sensational. 134. 104. 160. Come on, Ronnie. Pop the clock. You've never seen anything like that in your life on a snooker table. There's only one Ronnie O'Sullivan. He wins 3-0. Sensational.