SNOOKER STARS will once again bank a £147,000 bonus if they make two maximum breaks at selected events this season.
Welshman Jackson Page earned the bumper payday when he historically made two 147 clearances in the same World Championship qualifier.
Yet he ended up missing out on the Crucible as he lost 10-7 to Joe O’Connor.
The initiative will go live this campaign but the feat has to be performed twice at one of four major tournaments, either in qualifying or main-draw matches.
For it to count, it has to happen at one of the prestigious Triple Crown events – the UK Championship, the Masters or the Worlds.
Or at the second staging of the Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters in Jeddah, which starts on Friday, and has a £500,000 prize for the champion.
The 147 bonus was first introduced in 2023-24 but nobody was able to scoop that jackpot.
Up to three players could win this bonus – or should one player make six maximums, which is highly unlikely, then they would bank up to £441,000.
Page, 23, used the money to help buy a house for his family but at the time he said he would have swapped it for the chance to play at the hallowed Sheffield theatre .
The world No.34 said: “I’ll be going for it again this season.
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“The feeling when I potted the last black of the second 147, I can’t describe how that felt, it was an incredible buzz.
“It’s life-changing money. But also the feeling of achieving something that no player had done before.
“It definitely brings extra excitement to each tournament and I’m sure a lot of players will have an eye on 147 chances in Jeddah.”
