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A maximum break (also known as a maximum, a 147, or orally, a one‑four‑seven) is the highest possible break in snooker in normal circumstances [a] and is a special type of total clearance. A player compiles a maximum break by potting all 15 reds with 15 blacks for 120 points, followed by all six colours for a further 27 points.
Sonnet 147 is an English or Shakespearean sonnet.The English sonnet has three quatrains, followed by a final rhyming couplet.It follows the typical rhyme scheme of the form abab cdcd efef gg and is composed in iambic pentameter, a type of poetic metre based on five pairs of metrically weak/strong syllabic positions.
Ronnie O'Sullivan has made fifteen official maximum breaks in professional competition, [1] the highest number completed by any player. This total only includes maximum breaks that have been ratified by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA); it does not include maximums compiled in exhibition matches, or in events that are not sanctioned by the world governing body.
At the 2023 World Snooker Championship, Selby defeated Mark Allen 17–15 in a semi-final that lasted for over 13 and a half hours in total, [239] with the final session ending at 12:48 a.m. [240] In frame 16 of the final against Luca Brecel, Selby scored a maximum break, his first maximum at the Crucible, and the first ever compiled in a World ...
Christ I is found on folios 8r-14r of the Exeter Book, a collection of Old English poetry today containing 123 folios. The collection also contains a number of other religious and allegorical poems. [3] Some folios have been lost at the start of the poem, meaning that an indeterminate amount of the original composition is missing. [4]
[2] [8] [9] Stephen Hendry made the third maximum break in the championship's history and became the first to go on to win the title after making a 147 break. [10] Hendry's 12 centuries in the tournament beat the record of 10 set by Joe Davis in 1946 and equalled his own record for a ranking event, set at the 1994 UK Championship .
At the 1997 World Snooker Championship, he ended Stephen Hendry's record 29-match winning streak at the Crucible with an 18–12 victory in the final. Doherty has been runner-up at two other World Championships. As defending champion at the 1998 event, he had an opportunity to break the Crucible curse but lost the final 12–18 to John Higgins.
The semi-final matches were best of 33 for the first time, having previously been best of 31. [2]Ronnie O'Sullivan made the fastest maximum break in history with a time of 5 minutes and 8 seconds, [3] and the fourth in the history of the tournament.