147 maximum break by Neil Robertson at the OMV Budapest Snooker Masters on January 5, 2025.

[@zsomborerdesz3364]

After years of being a fan of snooker and watching it only on TV, this was the first snooker game we attend to with my dad. And we saw this. Thank you, Mr. Robertson, I will never forget this 147.

[@physicsguybrian]

That is awesome!

[@michaelokeefe8935]

Good to see the people of Budapest appreciate the snooker. Well done to Neil and the packed audience!

[@PadAmbstar]

Won’t get this in Saudi Arabia

[@favelamarek]

@@PadAmbstar we don’t care, the sport belongs in Saudi Arabia

[@Chris-bm5qd]

Consistently applauding the simplest of shots, they must be the least knowledgeable audience to have ever attended a snooker match. So incredibly annoying.

[@michaelokeefe8935]

@@Chris-bm5qd Whingers will always find something to whinge about! Watch something else next time !

[@exhainca]

@@michaelokeefe8935 He's generally right about the incessant clapping.

[@matthewjamestaylorcom]

Such a clean 147, AWESOME! 🔥

[@stevenjohnston2263]

@@matthewjamestaylorcom I suspect that the pockets were on the slightly generous side. But it was a nicely constructed break.

[@matthewjamestaylorcom]

@@stevenjohnston2263Yes, but still way better than I can do 😅

[@swingham4020]

@@stevenjohnston2263Agreed, the last red hit the rail some way from the pocket & most times would of stayed out, this table swallowed it. But always good to see a 147, and this one was very well compiled.

[@billbaggins1688]

Well this was a joy to watch. No intrusive commentary, a respectful but appreciative audience. And yes, a great break from Neil. I hope he has a good 2025.

[@Georgie_4E4]

You probably turned the video off in disgust when the lights were flashing/music playing/Neil high fiving…

[@ciarandevaney385]

Snooker should be a international Sport , rather than British 🎱 ??

[@davidahrens2841]

Was a great audience. Clapping after every shot Isn't one of my things, As I expect these pros to make difficult shots routinely, But it was all tastefully done.

[@MissBlennerhassett876]

Snooker commentary is about the least intrusive of any sport you could ever watch, often down to a whisper. It's also one of the most useful. It can be an education having former professionals explaining position and spin and the like, not to mention obscure rules. What was intrusive was the easily-pleased audience who apparently clap at anything.

[@stuartleslie5421]

Great to see Neil back in form. When he is on his cue ball control is precision itself, maybe the best in the game. Ronnie once said something to that effect. He is so clean and simple in his positioning he makes the game look easy as Hendry once remarked in commentary. Beautiful to watch.

[@Jackaljkljkl]

The irony is that when he first emerged as a pro, he never even considered break-building beyond the next shot (unless it was right over the pocket, or something). He literally just went for everything and was a potting machine. IIRC from the interview on Hendry's channel, he left the pros, rebuilt his game and came back

[@113pm]

that’s huge! and the crowd appreciation is beautiful to see too!

[@bobmoore8923]

Couldn't be happier for Neil... now bring on a successful 2025 😊

[@pauricmckelvey1286]

Well done Neil, what a joy to watch

[@wuggyteddy]

i never get tired of watching a perfect 147

[@stevenjohnston2263]

@@wuggyteddy it wasn't perfect. The last red shouldn't have dropped. He missed it by miles (if the pockets weren't so forgiving).

[@baldeepbirak]

Fantastic 147 by Neil

[@nongothungtungoe9180]

Fantastic 147🔥🔥🔥

[@davetherave303]

Quite a classy 147! Good on ya Neil

[@PauloBarreto15041964]

This is all about what snooker really is. Sportsmanship; Respect; Amazing technique; Awesome strategy. I love snooker!

[@foney9916]

Absolutely beautifully compiled!

[@petergreen5940]

I was there watching! Budapest is an amazing city!

[@geoffreymcdonnell9869]

They are applauding every shot because it's NOT the world championship or the Masters it's a more lower tournament exhibition style. Well done for Robertson as every single time he got the white ball in perfect position for the next shot and that in itself is so difficult 😊

[@alandmunk3h]

What a monster 147. He's BACK!!!!

[@syedharis1906]

neil is so solid in potting.... makes it look easy

[@laszlobekk]

To everybody who asks about the applauding after the shots: players had watched the PDC WC the day before and they asked the audience before the event to make the atmosphere a little more like that.

[@bibek12332]

What's pdc wc?

[@JamesEJAtkins]

darts

[@thethirdman225]

Great to see Neil back in such good form.

[@K3zster]

Excellent break, wonderful cueing from Neil here.

[@cassoladarrosalforn3158]

Fantàstic 147 del simpàtic Neil Robertson.

[@budgiebee7530]

outstanding!!!!!!

[@Tiocfaidh_mo_lá]

in his field

[@Daniel-r9r]

Thunder struck ! Two of the best . A classic keeper for sure . CHEERS !...pure zen to watch.

[@King_king0]

i like Neil celebrate with the audience.

[@EvilMaleficus]

Great to see one of my all-time favourites doing 147!

[@ju.snooker]

12:01 - what a great camera angle!

[@johnsrabe]

Nice catch.

[@maxington26]

Yep. I miss the various camera angles, and the CGI hawk-eye POV representations especially. Chinese paid a lot of money years ago, to ensure these technologies remained China-exclusive. To give their coverage an edge. And it's certainly working, so far.

[@formulaic78]

@@maxington26 You mean like the recent Chinese tournament where the camera was almost level with the table so the advertising in the background could take up a quarter of the screen?!

[@andersonchang0604]

​@@maxington26Bro you must be kidding. Chinese tournaments got the most dog shit camera angle around the world. Stop spreading fake news.

[@maxington26]

@@formulaic78 I mean, that's a different thing. But it's linked, yeah. Snooker is so popular in China that advertising is at a premium, and they do tend to tastelessly maximise those charges by increasing the advertising on-screen real-estate as you noted the the detriment to the viewing of the actual game. Leading to the big bucks though, which they can spend on things like hawkeye exclusivity. I wonder what the patents are like on the hawkeye tech? Seems reproducible to me - when it was first around the recognition of the ball positions etc. was cutting edge but the advancements in AI over the last few years make this seem more trivial.

[@melolinilokeni7024]

Super nice 147 from Neil.

[@glenfranzen9933]

Nice game Neil! Cue control was excellent and so good to see

[@zuke-ci4vd]

This game, played at this high a level, is amazing to watch! 👏👏👏

[@teeboxmedia]

The way he took those difficult reds, was the most impressive part. Deep screws and inch perfect control with the que ball. I'm a kiwi, but this has to be one of the finest break in snooker. Stunning Neil.

[@cvrart]

What I learned from watching Neil Robertson pulling this off is that it's just plain easy. Is this the wrong lesson to learn from this performance? lol. Just brilliant! BRILLIANT!

[@TheEddieRebel]

That check right hand side screw shot off the black for the last red, under rated and always lovely to see those shots.

[@watchvidjedi]

It's like the audience has NEVER seen someone pot a single ball!! Applauding EVERY shot and he hasn't even won the frame yet.... they better go MENTAL at the last black!

[@cubecubesson6779]

Stroking it like Mark Williams. Lovely break. Beautiful city. Might look into it next year🎉

[@roxyroller3180]

i haven't seen applause after almost every shot, good to see that the audience loves their snooker

[@pedrom1619]

Two of the best cueball strikers in the game!

[@ReadyToHarvest]

Looks like Neil really enjoyed that!

[@dbxtr]

Ah you like the snooker also 😅. That’s wild seeing you pop up in the comments here 🧐. Anyway keep up the good work 👏

[@timrachu8614]

Amazing. Cheers from phx AZ.

[@FranciscoSilva-np9qx]

Parabéns muita técnica aprendida ao longo do tempo.

[@garynorman]

That last black with reverse side to get pin point position on the final red was class.

[@charlesdelanoy]

Beautiful 147...he was never really out of position...sort of made it look "easy and comfortable"

[@PJMack10]

10 times better with NO commentary.. Thank You!

[@goonervillegonad3662]

That was a brilliant 147 👌🏽

[@peterjongsma3221]

Fun Fact. Buda Pest is a combined Name for the Cities of Buda and Pest on the opposite sides of a river. Don't know the name of The River. Just Googled it. It's The Danube Buda is on one side of The Danube. Pest is on the other side of The Danube. Hence Budapest. Nice 147 by The Australian.Neil Robertson.

[@CheungHill]

Nice game ..🎉🎉 from Hong Kong🎉🎉

[@artemioknihs1684]

Parabéns Neil pela performance eu assisto todos os vídeos dos grandes jogadores de sinuca da Inglaterra gosto muito de assistir moro no Brasil

[@FrankOBrien-ti7ny]

Such a good guy, Neil. I'd love to see him winning another World title. He certainly has the game to do it.

[@Dude-etiquette]

Neil Robertson and the GOAT are my two favorite players

[@puruwaerea7634]

Being in the 147 club in a world ranked professional snooker tournament is absolutely awesome 🫵👏👏👏

[@seanscanlon9067]

The audience must have clapped almost every shot.

[@ratatat9790]

Lol..always happens when a new country 'discovers' the game :).

[@Pacmanian]

It’s so annoying.

[@laszlokocsis5862]

@@ratatat9790 😂😂😂 30 years ago I gave up playing semi-pro pool in Hungary. That time there was at least five pool clubs in Budapest, where you could play snooker as well. Or even you could play pyramid at the biggest pool hall of the city. I think this is not bad from a banana-republic... (As you usually think about Hungary.)🙃

[@akoudaddaoud8701]

😂😂😂😂

[@glenfield9199]

When I saw him win the under 21 championship in Penrith all those years ago, I knew he had a special gift almost 30 years ago

[@sigurdm]

Amazing play ! Congratz Neil ! ❤

[@andymok8410]

Black ball to the final red was superb

[@joerossi4000]

How has Neil not won more championships than he has..? Great player! That was not an easy one. Pure class

[@bhataktiaatma1]

Every pot was a 90% plus chance, sensational positioning, table awareness and control. What an incredible break, sheer perfection by the Thunder from Down Under 👏🏻

[@benj95]

WELL DONE !!!! Finally feel like Neil is going back to best !

[@karenwinter886]

Espero que Neil siga por ese camino durante todo el 2025. A muchos nos haria muy felices

[@leboeuf05]

well done neil. hope to see my fellow left hander, up the rankings again

[@MyMax147]

That last red should never have gone in, it’s hit the cushion way before the pocket, crazy

[@baguette273]

i have a feeling that during these exhibition matches they use wider pockets. I was there in Hungary a few years ago when S. Murphy did two(!) 147s with a few pots like this red.

[@laszlobekk]

@@baguette273 The table is actually mine. The table has the default STAR cushions without any modifications. The table was used on previous European Championships.

[@baguette273]

@@laszlobekk thank you for clarifying. :)

[@andrewclifton9772]

I think took a slight risk on that red which he would not have done had the result still been in doubt. He needed that red to go in the way it did so that he got the angle on the black to get onto the yellow.

[@kyliejm2]

The Star tables, with the cloth that they’re using will accept the balls like this. The cushions slide a little more when the cloth is brand new. A few days into a tournament and the result may have been very different. Neil lost cue ball a couple of times, the second last red was being played to the left side pocket, however he underplayed the shot, got a small rub on the red and gave a wry smile at his own fortune. Absolutely my favourite player, may he have an awesome 2025.

[@adonachumi1560]

Woowww what a brilliant outcome my favourite player

[@BobbyMiran]

What a player ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@taffy4486]

This crowd were clapping for chalking the tip....

[@yinemisen...]

muhteşem bir hız ve sakinlik, sanki Ronny masadaydı

[@piyushverma1415]

Congrats Neil 👏

[@jevonsc.5461]

Great job !! Congs from Taiwan

[@neilgodfrey2669]

Technically the maximum break you can get is 155. If the opposition fouls and snookers you and you are allowed a free ball you can pot a colour instead of a red to start your break which gives you 16 reds not 15. And if that foul is using the black then that means the maximum total score you can get on one trip to the table is 162 which include the 7 points. Now you know

[@tesla-spectre]

Brilliant commentary 😂🎉

[@medureczek]

Glad to see him so happy

[@robrichardson1284]

Magic ❤… mastermind of spin and control 🕺💃

[@Slencd]

Wow, tremendous a great watch.

[@anthoniovidela5288]

Divinamente magnífico , mágico esta en su mejor nivel , por suerte es joven y lo bamos a disfrutar por muy largo tiempo , estoy infinitamente agradecido , thenk you soo much .

[@josephnulley6808]

Masterful exhibition of how to play the perfect game ....

[@timcrook2231]

Well played Neil 🖖✨️😊

[@paulwilliamson3004]

Champion frame from a champion bloke!

[@emsnewssupkis6453]

PERFECTION 🤩

[@kandfquattrone9186]

Great stuff Neil

[@roxyla69]

There seems to be a lot of maximum breaks happening over the last week or so on different circuits.

[@mateucarbonelltrilla7779]

Truly amazing

[@mapex1976]

Hello Budapest 💚

Well done...congrats Neil !!!

[@ratatat9790]

This was by no means slow but it puts Ronnie's quickest ever 147 in perspective..Neil was on 57 points at the point Ronnie had finished his!

[@NightShooter87]

Neil is the Teddy Sheringham of snooker, pure class! Hope he gets back to where he belongs soon.

[@DonPetrushka]

Pure art

[@СергейАлай-п7и]

Это праздник для всех!

[@tomfenton-smith4665]

Ahh that's just really nice ❤

[@antoniocarreterocarrero9010]

WOWW me alegro por robertson...

[@LobsangDhondup-be7fr]

Beautiful ❤️

[@davidahrens2841]

Was a great 147 He has 5 now One of which, IMHO, was the hardest one to make!

[@johnsrabe]

So did Neil know on his first shot? Plenty of reds available without going down for the black. And how great is the high fiving with that Hungarian dance music?

[@smellslikeproductions]

It just transitions to a house music nightmare lol

[@CS-mo7xp]

'snooker loopy' would've been more fitting

[@groomys67]

The way they clap every shot 😄

[@LB-km5ui]

Excellent🎉🎉🎉

[@lorenzotassellari7015]

I wish I had hundreds of people clapping every straight red I pot xd

[@zeekrfc83]

Is this old or like a new 147 that's 3 now iv seen in past few days judd, jak Jones now robo something in the water clearly 🔥

[@richardclarke9966]

Would love to see Neil back at the top

[@ismailgul9066]

such a nice maximum made it look so easy but it wasnt easy.

[@didogarcia4020]

Freguez do Ronnie, ate que enfim ganhou uma !

[@petelewisNZ]

Mint break. I prefer it them with commentary though

[@petermorris9366]

The screw shots he was forced to play to stay in the break were sublime. It was not an easy table with reds on the cushions.