Good News:Never compare actions taken in a circus. A player snooker speaking about Shoot Out 147

Good News:Never compare actions taken in a circus. A player snooker speaking about Shoot Out 147.

According to Neil Robertson, the Shoot Out 147 this week isn’t good enough to be considered among the greatest in snooker history.

In the quick-fire ranking event on Thursday, Shaun Murphy overcame Bulscu Revesz in the first round, creating the magical moment.

The world number seven eventually cleared the six colors, defying shot clocks of 15 and then 10 seconds to successfully combine 15 reds with 15 blacks.

Murphy also had to contend with a boisterous and rowdy crowd inside the Swansea Arena who, as is the norm in the tournament, continued to shout and applaud even when the player was down on his next shot.

The 41-year-old’s maximum effort was comparatively simple to complete in the first half, but as it got closer, Murphy had to rely more on his smooth cue action.

Two shots with deep screws stuck out from the others: one from blue to pink and the other on a challenging 13th red into the yellow pocket.

“Don’t bottle it,” an audience member yelled just before he hit the latter shot with exquisite precision.

In this circumstance, most would have given up, but Murphy composed himself to pull off one of the most memorable 147 breaks in history.

Robertson of Australia, however, who refrained from competing in the contentious event, was having none of it and was observing from a distance.

Neil Robertson commented on X, saying, “Great buzz for Shaun this and a fun tournament,” in response to a World Snooker Tour post.

“However, don’t draw comparisons between what is accomplished in a circus and what has been accomplished in the finals and Crucible when everything is truly at stake.

By this logic, I suppose Hendry’s eight goals apiece in a decider in the final is third,” the Melbourne man sarcastically continued.

Robertson belongs to the group of players who achieved a 147 break in a major snooker final, stating that the event is entirely different from other pressure-cooker situations.

At the 2015 UK Championship, the 41 year-old conjured the perfect frame during his 10-5 triumph over Liang Wenbo.

Mark Selby made a World Championship final 147 break earlier this year – the first to be recorded in a Crucible title decider.

The Hendry max he is referring to happened at the 1997 Charity Challenge when the Scot held off a late six-frame burst from Ronnie O’Sullivan to prevail with a 147 in a decider.

It will be difficult to top the Rocket’s quick contribution from the 1997 World Championship, which lasted only five minutes and eight seconds.

Thanks to Murphy’s work this week, there have now been 194 official breaks made in professional competition, up from 147 last year.

In 1982, the year Murphy was born, Steve Davis recorded the first-ever official maximum, which was called the Lada Classic.