Wha is the highest possible break in snooker?

Question

it was a test question but the real answer is 155, alot of people think its 147, but you look into it and youll see the real score

Answer 1

149 dude or 155 I think , not sure heard this before. and to all you who say its 147 yur wrong. read the guys question properly.. Heres another addition FOR  Marty, GO SIT ON IT FOOL. AND YOU CAN APPOLIGISE WHEN YOU GET THE ANSWER..

Answer 2

147.

To allo, who has already changed his answer once already, 147 is maximum break. Count them up. Reds x 15, Blacks x 15 then 2 thru 7. It's basic maths. 155 is not a break. A break is the opening of a frame and uninterupted play so how can 155 be maximum break?

Technically a break is a break, you don't know what you are talking about!

Answer 3

watch the championships...... it`s 147

Answer 4

155 if the player commits a foul giving his opponent a free ball which makes 16 reds. if only 15 reds its 147

Answer 5

137

Answer 6

147

Answer 7

147 IS THE HIGHEST BREAK POSSIBLE.!!!

155 HA HA HA guess you don't know  anything about snooker David m.!!!

Answer 8

147, well hows it not

Answer 9

It is 155 and this can happen if the break off shot is foul and the next player gets a free ball. He plays a colour as a red and then pots the black. Then goes on to  pot 15 reds and 15 blacks and all the colours. Although Eddi Charlton the Australian champion claimed a high break of well over  200 I forget the exact amount and he at a club where he was giving an exhibition match when the he was to play the clubs two top players in two subsequent frames with the two scores added together to decided the winner him of the two club members. He pocketed a red on this first shot and cleared up the ball were re-racked and he potted a red again on his first shot and cleared up again

Answer 10

wow thanks for giving us all of 2mins to answer ur question, twit, what was the point of it

anyway 2 points to me

Answer 11

Actually you're wrong - highest break is 162.

Imagine Player "A" concedes a total of 159 points through persistent foul shots during which time neither player lawfully pots a ball (score 0-159). Player "B" then fouls (4 points) and, as a result, player "A" is awarded a free ball (score 4-159). As in the above scenario player "A" pots a free ball and a black, followed by 15 reds 15 blacks and all the colours thus accumulating 155 points (score 159-159). The black is re-spotted and player "A" wins the toss and opts to play. Player "A" pots the black and thus accumulates a total break of 162.

Answer 12

The highest snooker break possible where fouls are not a factor is 147 (15 reds, 15 blacks and then the six colours). This is known as a maximum. Stephen Hendry holds the record for the most maximums in official competition, having made eight. He also holds the record in televised matches, with seven. The one session record is held by Adrian Gunnell who made three 147 breaks in four frames during a practice session in Telford in 2003.

However, if a player commits a foul stroke with all 15 reds still on the table, and snookers the opponent, the opponent may choose to hit any coloured ball as a free ball which is scored as a red. A break in excess of 147 will be achieved by potting that free ball and a colour, then all of the reds followed by blacks, then all colours. In this case, the highest possible break is 155 (16 "reds", 16 blacks).

Theoretically there is an even higher possible break which would result from an implausible sequence of events: Player "A" concedes a total of 159 points through persistent foul shots during which time neither player lawfully pots a ball (score 0-159). Player "B" then fouls (4 points) and, as a result, player "A" is awarded a free ball (score 4-159). As in the above scenario player "A" pots a free ball and a black, followed by 15 reds 15 blacks and all the colours thus accumulating 155 points (score 159-159). The black is re-spotted and player "A" wins the toss and opts to play. Player "A" pots the black and thus accumulates a total break of 162.

At least three breaks in excess of 147 have been recorded. A 149 by Tony Drago in West Norwood, UK in 1998 is recorded by the Guinness Book of Records as the highest. In that match Drago was foul snookered and chose the brown as the free ball, to score one point. He then potted the brown again, for four more points, before potting 13 reds and 13 blacks, a red and a pink, a red and a blue, then all the colours. In October 2004, during qualifying for the UK Championship, Jamie Burnett achieved a 148 against Leo Fernandez, becoming the first player to achieve a break of more than 147 in a professional match.