“He hadn’t missed one yet”, is probably the most American thing I’ve ever heard when watching a 147 video lol

It's hard to understand unless you've played snooker how utterly ridiculous this is. Ronnie is still winning championships 27 years later, astonishing.

Some Ronnie stats; This was his first 147. It is still the record for the fastest 147 He has made 15 147s in his career. He has scored 100 points or more without missing 1200 times in his career He is 8 time UK champion. 8 time Masters champion 7 time World Champion. Currently ranked world no1 player.

This was 27 years ago - he's still rated World No.1.

I like the way Daniel said that the black ball 'respawns'.

"This is the guy I want to get me out of a hostage situation" - If there's someone you absolutely do not want, it's Ronnie! He's more likely to turn round and say he doesn't care and he's off for a Big Mac.

If you have only ever played pool the size of a snooker table is shocking and it doesn't truly come across on a screen

The control of the white ball is what separates pros and amateur

I'm proud to say I was in the front row for this iconic sporting moment. You don't really see me in this short version, but I'm the one standing to the left of where the players sit, third from the right, in the dark jumper with the pale shirt, at 9:14-9:15. Had my picture in the paper next day, still got that in a frame at home. Great memories.

"I like how he's already setting up the next shot in his mind" - as someone who plays a bit of snooker I can tell you someone of Ronnie's calibre is playing at least 3-4 shots ahead of his current pot. That's the key to being a great snooker player - and Ronnie is comfortably the greatest player ever to hold a cue.

Snooker is one of those sports that look really basic to play on TV and as soon as you get on a table nothing goes how you thought it would

"Where the black ball respawns." Absolute genius! 😆

Skill based games does not get any better than this. He is head and shoulders above everyone else that has ever picked up a cue. GOAT is used far too often these days...but Ronnie is is truly the greatest.

Love to see you both try and play snooker on a full size table. You will then be convinced this is impossible🤣🤣

To understand the greatness of Ronnie O'Sullivan; he is to snooker, what Jordan is to basketball. The GOAT.

⚪️ Maximum break 147 = 🔴15 reds, ⚫️15 blacks, then all the colours...🟡🟢🟤🔵🟣⚫️ Also Ronnie can play left handed just as good as his right...(He's made a total of 15, 147's on t.v...)

There was also an incident where he broke 140 then missed the last ball on purpose because the prize money wasn’t enough 😂

He also holds the record for the next fastest. Here are some stats of Ronnie: He holds the record for the most televised, 15 (he has made more); the most ranking titles, 37; the most Triple Crowns, 23 (majors); the youngest winner of the UK Championship, at age 17, and the Masters, at age 19. Both are Triple Criwn titles (majors); he is also the oldest to have won a Triple Crown event, at 48; he made his first 147 at age 15; he gas also turned down the chance to make a 147 by deliberately scoring a 146 in orotest at the prize money being discontinued; he has made the most centuries (100+ points) in history (1,230 and counting); he is ambidextrous. Simply put, the man is a genius. And, get this...he has UNDER-achieved!!! The reason is that he has suffered from depression, mood swings, and drug and alcohol abuse, and has been disciplined several times by the sport's governing body (WPBSA). If he had had the right mindset, he would have achieved even more. That is scary!

Firstly, where the white ball ends up is not only down to the WEIGHT of shot and angle on the previous ball, but also the SPIN put on the cue (white) ball. If you 'just' hit in dead centre this is called 'plain ball' and it doesn't spin, , but to make sure the cue ball goes where you want it after hitting the object (coloured) ball, you often have to put spin on the ball by hitting above, below, to the left or right of centre. This is MOST obvious when the ball appears to curve into the pack (group of remaining red balls) to break it open. Secondly, top players are usually planning WAAAY beyond 'the next shot', often planning 4 or 5 or MORE (!) shots ahead. The best way to appreciate this is to watch snooker commentated on by good quality people, who are usually retired top quality players themselves. This is how I learned to appreciate the game as a kid. The huge fascination for me has always been just how tactical it is even when you are playing 'amongst the balls (making sure the white stays fairly close to the balls and keeping good white ball control). Often, for instance, you will see players taking shots that are far more difficult than another more obvious shot because it gives them better position, or allows them to move other balls to make them easier to pot in a later shot. This is why snooker fans will sit glued to the telly for HOURS to watch really good quality players. As to the statistics, Ronnie has (at time of writing) scored 15 maximums in top quality competitive matches along with WELL OVER 1200 century breaks in his career. Not, by any means, saying that there aren't many very good players, both past and present, but the fact is that once you've watched Ronnie play at his best, you're going to be just a little spoilt for anybody else. Even when commentators have been a bit annoyed with him in the past (he has been a bit moody sometimes in the past) they still haven't been able to stop themselves using the word 'genius', and this word is just the plain TRUTH!!

Ronnie is truly the goat. Only player to score 1000 centuries in competition. Youngest and oldest to win most of the major competitions. Naturally right handed he plays as well left handed.

The referee Len Ganley needs some praise here for being very quick at putting the black back on its spot.

Meanwhile on another table at the same time, Peter Ebdon had made a break of about 4 😂

Ronnie O’Sullivan also has a documentary, it’s worth reacting too. It shows how the mental element of individual sports and how talented he is and also how he fights his demons. He’s been winning snooker events for 4 decades

1970s tv snooker coverage when a large proportion of the uk only had black & white televisions produced one of the greatest lines of commentary "for those watching in black & white the green ball is next to the pink".

Hearing "Sn-oo-ker" made me so happy

I love the innocence in you both when you said "he hasn't missed one yet" not releasing he's not going to! Ronny was on Top Gear and Jeremy made him do what he just did here whilst the stig thrashed Ronny's car around their track. Not sure if it's on KZfaq but worth a watch. Three mighty champions of snooker are Ronnie, Steve Davis and Stephen Hendry.

It's not just potting the balls, it's where you put the white ball for the next shot

A 147 break is something I see as quite unique in sport. I can’t think of another situation quite like it in any other sport where, regardless of which player you’re supporting, (or even if you are the opponent!), when it gets to the point where the frame has already been won and it looks like a maximum is on, literally EVERYBODY is quietly wanting it to happen and watching with baited breath. It’s bloody great!

Another snooker one to do would be the 1985 World Snooker Championship final between the reigning champion Steve Davis and one of the commentators you just heard, Dennis Taylor. There’s a video called the Black Ball final which would recommend. The final went down to the final frame and the final black. Incredible drama. Would highly recommend that.

Lads this is so incredible, Ronnie has dominated the sport for nearly 3 decades. This is still the fastest 147 on record. It's so unbelievably difficult to keep control of the white ball and keep position on reds and black like that.

There's another clip where for a major portion of the break he's switching from left-handed to right-handed and then back again shot by shot, the guys just insanely talented.

greatest snooker player ever and what makes him unique is he still is. as players get older their powers wane, but ronnies haven't. its not just potting the balls it's controlling the cue ball and ronnie is a master at it.

Once you've seen the size of a snooker table and then hit a few balls, you appreciate the skill of the game. You can't walk in and expect to knock balls in, you'll be lucky to get 3 or 2 in.

More of this content please guys, loved it. FYI the size of a snooker table compared to a pool table is VAST. Approx 12 feet by 6 feet. I struggle to pot one or two balls on a table that size, despite being a pretty decent pool player. But the thing that really separates the top players is their control of the cue (white) ball. Barely once in this vid did Ronnie have to aim from anywhere except exactly where he wanted to, because the cue ball went exactly where he told it to. And that is out of this world difficult to achieve. What made Ronnie so exciting when he arrived in the early 90s is the speed that he was able to do all these things at and still get them right. To really get a measure of how great this video is, you need to watch some regular play by pretty much any other professional player, and see just how measured and considered the pace usually is.

In one game he pots the first red then asks the referee what the prize money is for a maximum break, he doesn’t have another shot until he knows, then he clears em up for a 147.

If you've only ever played pool you have no idea how difficult it is to pot two or three snooker balls consecutively, the tables are huge and the balls are far smaller than 9-ball

It's a record that will probably never ever be broken as most 147 in snooker takes about 15 mins to do.

the best player to ever pick up a que, i watched this live ,hes done loads of 147s

I actually really enjoy watching snooker as i find it quite soothing to watch, as everyone tends to be quiet when watching it and a match lasts quite a long time.

If you never played on a full-sized snooker table, the first time, you'll be lucky to get the ball all the way to the end. Next to a pool table they are a football pitch.

One thing which never quite comes across for me on TV is how big the table is, 12'x6' is HUGE, I play snooker and every time I play I still think feck me that's huge every time I walk up to a table 🤣, I play pool a lot too and most UK tables in pubs are 7'x3.5' but in a club where they have proper US Pool tables they're usually 8' or 9' but the pockets are massive on pool tables, whereas if you notice on a snooker table they're just that bit tighter. I've played Pool against Mark Selby as there's a Pro-Am comp anyone can enter, it's a team competition and the team I played for got Mark Selby in the first round about 20 years ago, he was young and had only been a pro for a few years at the time but was already making a name for himself, now he's a world champion, he's always liked playing pool as well as snooker. This break by Ronnie is simply as good as it gets, the guy is a legend. Check out the 1985 World Final between Dennis Taylor and Steve Davis, the match went down to who potted the final black ball after 35 games played, it was incredible and the match played over 2 days went onto the early hours of the morning, to this day it holds the record for viewing figures for any show after midnight in the UK of 18.5 million, which at the time would have been close to a third of the population of the UK.

I still say you need to look at Alex Higgins and his best shots or a documentary about him. A true legend of Snooker. I would link some videos but I don't think your channel allows me to.

what makes ronnie even more impressive, is that he can do that playing left handed too.

Alex Higgins v Jimmy White 1982 . He needed to clear the table to win the frame and went onto win in the final. You have to give that a look. Search Alex Higgins the impossible break.

Its a pleasure watching you guys react. You listen to comments and grasp whats happening really quickly and hopefully get some pleasure at watching masters at work be it darts, snooker, guy martin or many of the other stuff your dipping into.

I've recently started playing snooker. It is unbelievably hard. These top professionals, especially Ronnie, make it look much easier than it actually is.

He won £147,000 for that, the equivalent of £250,000 or $340,000, in todays money! Not bad for five minutes work.

If you’re watching a 147 video he won’t have missed a single one - that’s exactly what it means (it’s the maximum you can score in one sitting), it’s like a perfect game in baseball etc

I play snooker every day, it's so difficult to explain how almost unreal what he did there is.

You need to watch some of Stephen Hendry’s channel where he plays snooker so you can see the table at eye level not TV level as it distorts your sense of scale (the length of a cricket pitch looks much shorter for the same reason) Remember the table is 12’ by 6’ - the biggest you’ll get in the US for pool is 9’ long and I suspect most bars will have 7’ or 8’ ones.

Believe me when I say, until you have stood at a snooker table and tried to break together as a non-player then you won’t fully understand just how hard this is to achieve. Snooker is an incredibly hard sport to play and Ronnie makes it look like a child’s game, the man is a genius.

that '147' reference going way over heads.... by the end of the video, the appreciation! Great stuff, thanks as always guys!

He's not called "The Rocket" for nothing. Pure natural talent.

He's made 15 maximum 147 breaks , that is the fastest anyone has done one .

I was interested to see your reaction to this, as I just recently sent this video to an American friend of mine! He was astonished - not only at the way he sets the white ball up perfectly for the following shot, but at the speed with which he does it! I told him we call him “The Rocket” over here - he ain’t called that for nothing! ❤

And thats why they call him the ROCKET!

Snooker is basically what you get when you mix the accuracy of pool with the mind games of chess, it's more than just two players potting balls into pockets, it's trapping players in difficult scenarios, it's thinking one, two, maybe even three shots ahead, it's a mental workout.

That was awesome! This is why I love you guys and give you a few quid on Patreon 👍

! "where the black ball respawns..." the most gamer thing ever said about snooker, i love that haha 🤣

This is regarded by many as the single greatest sporting achievement ever. It is unlikely to ever to beaten. The position and direction of all 36 shots has even been turned in to a piece of art you can hang on your wall.

Now you need to watch Ken Doherty at the 2000 Masters Event. Unforgettable for very different reasons.

Quality content! I love Ronnie, absolute champion

Ronnie is also an accomplished pool player, you'll find videos of him on here playing the likes of Earl Strickland. There is also a TV series where he goes to the US to hustle at pool (he plays Strickland in his home bar) - you might want to check that out- it's called Ronnie O'Sullivan's American Hustle.

You have reacted to the greatest snooker player who has ever lived. Aged 48 he is not only still playing at the highest level but is still winning, like, for example, a couple of weeks ago in a major tournament. Some of the shots, breaks and victories he has produced over the years are incredible.

Till you have played on a snooker table you have no idea how amazing this is.

This is single handedly one of the best 147 maximum breaks ever! The speed at which Ronnie O’Sullivan went about it was just extraordinary, no one has ever completed a maximum 147 break in 5 minutes ever. Everyone always compares what’s the hardest feat to achieve, a hole-in-one in golf ⛳️, a 9-darter in darts 🎯 and a 147 break in snooker 🎱. Well it’s definitely a 147 which is the hardest to do because it is so hard to do and you need fantastic cue ball control and to have the balls in an ideal placing. If you want to find out the first player ever to complete a maximum 147 break in the World Championships in the Crucible era, you need to watch Canadian 🇨🇦 Cliff Thorburn’s maximum against Welshman Terry Griffiths in the 1983 World Championship. Great video guys! Keep up the great work! 😁

I find it cool that Americans are watching this but I’m not sure I can put into words how insanely crazy this break is.

Great vid guys. Usually on a 147 there are least 2 crucial cliff hanger shots, but that clearance was painless!

It’s not about the potting, it’s about the set ups. They’re professionals so they’re gonna be able to pot 99/100 times especially with Ronnie. But the set up for the next shots to continue his run is what’s so amazing.

Can't believe you lads reacted to this, proper deep uk culture this ey haha..

Whatta guy . In my college days I used to clean the hotel rooms of the snooker stars when they were at the Crucible , sheffield. They always stayed at the kenwood. Ronnie gave me a huge tip just for looking after his room ! He didn't have to . I have never forgotten this , and he'll never be beaten as the best snooker player ever.

FINALLY Consistent Snooker reaction videos it’s lovely

American born and raised I worked in China in 2007 and played a little snooker which is a humbling game. I started watching Ronnie and it’s my favorite to watch now as long as Ronnie’s playing

The commentator said Price’s safety shot was too thin, so it wouldn’t have been the break. That would have been a few shots earlier, Price was in a position where he couldn’t pot anything and tried to leave O Sullivan in the same position but didn’t manage it

These two guys can combine their brains together and it won’t equal a birdbrain 😂😂😂😂

I have been so incredibly lucky to get to watch him play the game for my whole life... I’m 27 this year and he’s still at the top!

Literally that’s the kinda play that brings tears to your eyes!!! Wow 🤩

not watched one of your vids for a while so bit of a surprise at how much weight spence has lost, well done my man, keep up the good work

Love the way you described replacing the ball on its spot as respawning 😀

You just witnessed someone at the top of their game. Ronnie is the true GOAT in snooker. He also plays in pool tournaments and has toured the states. Look for that programme.

hahaha i love these guys, and you're getting into snooker at the right time! Ronnie's at the top of his game but there are some real proper talents creeping in as always

Ronnie is a great bloke. Legend! Cliff Thorburn ( a Canadian) made the first, televised 147 at The Crucible. He took 15 minutes!

Ronnie is the GOAT of snooker. He is incredible. He has all the records in snooker. There are a few great players in his generation but he is by far the best of the best.🎉

Ronnie has fifteen 147s and holds the record for centuries with 1240 currently (scoring 100 points or more per break) Hes amazing to watch. Great control and ball speed. I love watching him execute a great snooker or escape

I've seen an 147 by Ronnie live in Wales. The growing surpressed excitement in the audience, releasing at the end is something different.

Apart from the fastest 147 on record, Ronnie O'Sullivan also holds the record for the youngest AND the oldest snooker world champion! He's been playing at this level for decades and shows no sign of fading away.

glad you appreciate the genius. as a Brit, it's great to see it's appreciated on your channel. Your reactions are probably like my reactions would be to American Football!

Loved watching this as a UK nerd watching snooker since I was a kid. Always worth remembering that a snooker table is 12x6 ft vs. An American pool table which I think is 9ft (and UK pool which is 6x3). Pool requires different techniques at a pro level which snooker players often struggle to grasp, but as an objective game for an average player snooker is a different league of difficult. To perfect, as with any sport they each have their own quirks that don’t translate well. Also fun fact - the GOAT that Ronnie overtook - Stephen Hendry has always said he regards this achievement as probably the greatest benchmark in any sport ever and I am inclined to agree even after growing up with exposure to the likes of Tiger Woods, Schumacher/Hamilton, Michael Jordan, Federer/Nadal/Djokovic and Tom Brady. O’ Sullivan is the greatest talent in any sport bar none. Also he has completed about 15 maximum (147) breaks in his life, has done one I think only playing left handed, once asked what the prize money was after potting the first ball and then purposefully made a 146 just to spite the organisers as he felt the prize money was too low. The guy is a genius and a maverick. If you get the chance watch the Amazon documentary “The Edge of Everything”. The man has had his demons and yet still continues to make the rest of the competition look weak even today. Oldest and youngest winner of 2/3 of the big-3 (triple crown) events as of January as well.

i saw this live on TV when i was 17, and honestly i'm still not over it. one of the most incredible feats of sporting greatness i've ever seen to this day. Ronnie is the greatest to ever hold a cue.

He can play that good left handed as well. He's a genius. Peace, love and respect my American brothers.

I’m so glad you are diving into snooker. To see a different side to snooker, you should react to the final moments of the 1985 world snooker championship. It’s the match that really put snooker on the map. The final black was watched by 18.5 million people, and until recently was the most watched post-midnight event in the uk. Now, it’s up to you whether you watch the whole frame (it’s quite lengthy) or there is a clip where it shows you from the final brown. Either way, it’s very gripping. Plus, it might be cool to watch some live snooker too if that’s a possible thing?

Ronnie O’Sulivan is the greatest snooker player of all time. He has a natural talent that is completely unmatched in snooker. Like he was blessed from God to be the best. Just like Messi in Football, MJ in basketball, Tiger Woods in Golf or Federer in tennis. Just pure, God given, goosebump making, hair s on the back of your neck sticking up, beautiful talent. This was one of Ronnie’s first 147s, and his first on TV. Also his first at the Crucible, at the World Championships (The home of darts). He holds the record for the highest number of maximum breaks in professional competition (15), and also the fastest (5 minutes and 8 seconds, set at the 1997 World Championship, as we see in this video. This record still stands to this day and is EXTREMELY unlikely to be beaten by anyone ever. Probably one of the worst bests you could ever take. Ronnie has won the World Snooker Championship 7 times, a modern-era record he holds jointly with Stephen Hendry. He has also won a record 8 Masters titles and 8 UK Championship titles for a total of 23 Triple Crown titles, the most achieved by any player. He holds the record for the most ranking titles, with 41, and has held the top World ranking position multiple times. Ronnie is as near to a sporting genius as you can get, despite the mental battles and the struggles he has had to endure in his life. He is a legend and an inspiration. Hope that helps.

Ronnie is a genius on the table and his incredibly fast "snooker-brain" is working out usually about 5 shots in advance of the one he's playing. Precision cue ball control is a real art!

I love the fact that he can play equally as well, both right and left-handed

the frame where Ronnie pots the first red...then asks what the maximum pays...then proceeds to do it!!!!...is another piece of magic from Ronnie.

Snooker tables are massive. My friend and I was in a local pub and we decided to try our hand haha let's just say we made a right spectacle of ourselves, the tap room was hysterical laughter, we just laughed along.

My sister used to work the snooker when the Crucible in Sheffield hosted them. She met Ronnie O'Sullivan when she served the players drinks!

You should do more Ronnie O’Sullivan. The man is a genius.

Ronnie is the GOAT without a doubt, the most gifted player you'll ever see

Ronnie is the GOAT. Theres a documentary of him visiting the US tha play pool against the greats. Interesting watch Snooker is a total different game so they teach each other some tricks