Would a 155 be classed as a maximum?
Hey,
This puzzles me. If a player got a free ball on the first red, and then potted a colour as the free ball followed by the black, and all 15 remaining reds and blacks and the colours for a 155 break, would he receive the 147 maximum prize?
Because technically what he did is actually harder than a 147, because it's two extra pots. But it's not actually a 147.
I know that Steve James had a 16 red clearance in 1990 (against Alex Higgins) but he took a couple of lower valued colours so it came in at 142 (video here - I was a huge Steve James fan I loved the way he played https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7mNXD5hddk)
Would it class as a maximum if the player took a blue or whatever and then 15 reds and blacks? It would still be more points than a 147, but it involved a blue.
I wonder if there is provision for this happening in the rules and if it's tournament/sponsor specific - i.e. would the prize be paid out?
This puzzles me. If a player got a free ball on the first red, and then potted a colour as the free ball followed by the black, and all 15 remaining reds and blacks and the colours for a 155 break, would he receive the 147 maximum prize?
Because technically what he did is actually harder than a 147, because it's two extra pots. But it's not actually a 147.
I know that Steve James had a 16 red clearance in 1990 (against Alex Higgins) but he took a couple of lower valued colours so it came in at 142 (video here - I was a huge Steve James fan I loved the way he played https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7mNXD5hddk)
Would it class as a maximum if the player took a blue or whatever and then 15 reds and blacks? It would still be more points than a 147, but it involved a blue.
I wonder if there is provision for this happening in the rules and if it's tournament/sponsor specific - i.e. would the prize be paid out?
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