(15-02-2016 22:14 )Doddle Wrote: [ -> ]Ronnie the PR genius "spurned" a 147 chance at the Welsh Open on his way to beating Norwich's Own Barry Pinches 4-1, because the £10k bonus wasn't good enough. So he hit a 146 instead.
Cue endless news coverage of a tournament that would otherwise have passed most people by.
Who needs walk-on razzmatazz, eh, Bazza? 
Apparently it rolls on to the next tournament its 5k a tournament unless its not claimed then its rolledover. hearn called it disrespectful i would call 5k for a 147 pityful
Rebel Ronnie... He didn't want to devalue a 147 at 10k and refused to take it on.
I wonder how many people in the world could use that kind of money
I wonder how many other sports stars within their respective sports would deny fans such a feat. You wouldn't get darts players not going for a 9 darter or a bowler not wanting to go for a hattrick.
(16-02-2016 10:11 )Charlemagne Wrote: [ -> ]Rebel Ronnie... He didn't want to devalue a 147 at 10k and refused to take it on.
I wonder how many people in the world could use that kind of money
But how many "people in the world" could get a 147 clearance in tournament conditions?
I mean, I think the majority of other players would welcome the money, and now they can still win it, rather than share it with a smart alec.
He should have gone for 147 and donated the money to charity if the money meant so little to him
(16-02-2016 10:11 )Charlemagne Wrote: [ -> ]Rebel Ronnie... He didn't want to devalue a 147 at 10k and refused to take it on.
I wonder how many people in the world could use that kind of money
Or Barry Hearn could donate some money to charity in lieu of all the free publicity the incident has brought him for the tournament.
Ronnie breezed through again this evening without much trouble.
Joe Perry got a great result to beat Judd Trump 4-3
Just to make things all the more interesting Ding Junhui accepted the offer to beat Ronnie's 146 and has promptly made a 147 today in his quarter final loss to Neil Robertson
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