Jackson Page made history by becoming the first ever player to craft two 147 breaks in a single match, claiming a massive £147,000 bonus in the process.
The Welshman made two maximums during his 10-2 win over Allan Taylor in the third round of Halo World Championship qualifying. His first came yesterday afternoon and astonishingly a second came in the last frame of the match today.
As a result, Page earns the £147,000 bonus on offer for making two maximums across snooker's four majors this season. The 23-year-old is also in line to scoop a further £10,000 for making a 147 in the qualifiers and the £15,000 high break prize for the event. That could potentially take the total payout to £172,000, by far the biggest payday of his career.
The two perfect breaks were the first and second 147s of Page's fledgling career. There have now been 14 maximums so far this season, which breaks the record for a single campaign. Today's break was the 216th maximum in the history of professional snooker.
World number 35 Page said: "It feels great. Breaking records is brilliant. I've made a lot of 147s leading up to this event in the club. It felt routine out there in the end. I'm over the moon to have got it done.
"I never ever go for them in matches. I do when I'm practising. When I'm at the club I could be on the first black and think that the maximum is on. Here you try and win the frame. After I made the first one yesterday, I had to have a go for the second. It paid off, maybe I'll start going for more."