When Ronnie O’Sullivan Called A 147 On The First Black! 🤯

The swagger of this man is unreal, to call it so early, then to absolutely hammer that last black ball home.

Singlehandedly carried the sport of snooker for over a decade. The only reason why a lot of people even tuned in.

Celebrated first, shook his opponents hand, and THEN potted the black at that pace. There is no one else like him. Genius and an entertainer.

I don't think there will be any player like Ronnie for the next few centuries. Really a once in a lifetime talent

I called a 147 on my first red once. It was my best 8 break of my life.

Only Ronnie could ask about a 147 on the first black and actually do it G.O.A.T

If more people understood snooker and how difficult a 147 is they would understand that this was one of the greatest moments in all of sports history.

Its been years and i keep coming back to watch this. The fact Ronnie asked for the prize was astonishing, the fact he didnt wanna play the last black was understandable, but because of these events, people seems to have overlooked the fact that this maximum was one of the fastest 147 in history too considering he paused for a bit at the beginning!

The beauty of O'Sullivan is that the vast majority of his shots are relatively easy, and its easy to think you could make most of them. The reality is, you can't, getting the cue ball where it needs to be time and time again to make those shots easy is unbelievably hard, and thats his genius. Its so rare that he is out of position, just absolutely amazing.

It took them longer to find out the answer than it took him to make the 147 classic Ronnie 🤣

As an Irish man who lives in Canada and plays pool at the local pool hall from time to time (Im 42), I can tell you that north Americans have no clue how hard snooker is. I played snooker as a kid at "Cues" in Clondalkin in Dublin and played a few frames against Ken and Joe back in the late 90s. I have a high break of 87 from when i was 19 and never came close to being that good ever again. I p[played a lot of pool for money over the years and always told people that never played it, that snooker was almost impossible and ridiculously hard to play. The TV does absolutely no justice whatsoever to the size of the table and tiny size of the pockets. Even world class level pool players (9-ball) would struggle to get a 40+ brake in snooker. So....... to see Ronnie do that, with the ease and speed and confidence is something I don't think many people can understand. What he did there was something only one person in the whole world can do. HIM

The commentary, the ref and King’s face’s just say it all throughout this! It’s just epic from start to finish! They all think it’s just absolutely ridiculous that Ronnie’s asking that question but after every ball that goes down they begin to realise he wasn’t asking such a silly question 😂😂😂

I'm sure Ronnie knew there was no prize for a 147 at this tournament. He showed the sponsors up big time! The Mozart of Snooker, the greatest ever!

Jan at the end “do you want to knock it in for the fans? Go on”, that shouldn’t be over looked in this. Ronnie would’ve gladly walked out with a 140 but Jan knew what it meant to everyone there and as a moment in snooker history and probably for Ronnies legacy/reputation too

I, absolutely, laughed my head off at the end of that. Especially since he shook his opponent’s hand BEFORE knocking in the black to achieve the maximum break. It must be an amazing feeling to be that talented. Good on you, Ronnie.

I'm not even a snooker fan and I love watching him play. What passion and talent for the game. Kudos.

My grand mother never liked any sport but when Ronnie played she watched and she didnt understand much English but somehow did she manage to learn the rules and the point system just by watching Ronnie play, so i watch back on these games and remember watching with my grand mother both with joy and sadness as she passed away some years ago now.

This is one of these moments that clings to your memory, forever.

I have been playing snooker for twenty years. I have not seen a player who controls the white ball with such magic. Ronnie draws a plan in his brain to finish all the balls since he opens the red balls in the first hit. This can only be done by the greats in this game… he is a genius

The confidence he had, was off the chart. Pure swagger