SnookerFan wrote:Good from Hawkins there. The frame win is always more important than the maximum.
No way. The match win is usually more important, not the frame. And sometimes even the match isn't more important. I'd rather have a 147 at the Crucible and loose in the first round, than reach the quarters or semis and loose there without a maxi. I'd make history for a maxi at the Crucible, plus I'd earn more money.
In this particular case, Hawk already had a 2-0 lead, he could afford to go for it. I'm willing to bet players like Ronnie, Hendry, Jimmy, Trump would have went for it. And this is one of the reasons they have millions of fans and Hawk has close to none.
And I'll use this occasion to reply to Wildey too: the way you win is just as important, if not more important than just the victory itself. This is the reason most Ronnie fans dislike Selby and at the same time, respect Hendry, even though he's Ronnie's main rival when it comes to the GOAT debate.