We look back to the moment Ronnie O’Sullivan refused to complete a 147 at the Welsh Open in 2016 after discovering his prize would have been ‘only’ £10,000.
O’Sullivan was leading Barry Pinches 3-1 and had scored just 40 in the fifth frame when he asked the referee what he would win were he to score 147.
Having been told, he continued the red-black sequence until he chose to pot the pink after the penultimate red.
After finishing on 146 O’Sullivan said “I could have got on the black and possibly made a 147. I knew it was 10 grand and I just thought that’s a bit too cheap really. To make a maxi, it’s such a massive achievement and if they’re going to pay us 10 grand, I think it’s worth a bit more than that. Once the prize goes up a bit, I’ll go for the 147. A 146 is just as good. “