What is the highest break that can be made at snooker?

Question

What is the highest break that can be made at snooker?

Answer 1

Who cares, its a game for fat men from the 80's

Answer 2

147

15 reds followed by 15 blacks

then the colours in sequence

yellow 2

green 3

brown 4

blue 5

pink 6

black 7

total up the points and you get 147

Answer 3

147

Answer 4

147... Did i win....

Answer 5

147 a stated by Stan Laurel.

Answer 6

147

15 reds + blacks = 15*8 = 120

+ Yellow (2), Green (3), Brown (4), Blue (5), Pink (6) and Black (7) = 27

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Any snooker player that can't hit one of 15 reds and gives away a free ball shouldn't be allowed near a cue - and I don't think this counts towards a break - but it does count towards your score, so the maximium SCORE is effectively unlimited but the maximum break is 147

Answer 7

154. Your opponent pots the black off the break and then you clear up.

Answer 8

as it says in wiki ... The highest snooker break possible without the benefit of an opponent's foul is 147. This is known as a maximum break and also regularly called a 'One-Four-Seven'. The 147 is amassed by potting all 15 reds with 15 blacks for 120 points then all six colours for a further 27 points.

The maximum break possible is 155. This can only occur while all 15 reds are still on the table. If an opponent fouls but leaves the player snookered on all 15 reds then he may elect any other ball as a red, this is called a ``free ball``. By potting that free ball followed by a colour, then all of the reds followed by blacks, then all six colours, the player achieves a break of more than 147. If the free ball is followed by a black, and the player goes on to clear the table, the total score for the break is 155.

[edit] Breaks exceeding 147

At least five breaks in excess of 147 have been recorded. A 149 by Tony Drago in West Norwood, London in 1998 is recorded by the Guinness Book of Records as the highest in this category. 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.[1] Jamie Cope was reported to have made a break of 155 in a practice frame during 2005.[2]

However, i think Ronnie could probably get more - just by smiling - he's yummy!!

Answer 9

The answer to the question is 155.

Jamie Cope achieved this feat in 2005 in a practice match in Stoke. He is the only known player to have made 155, the highest possible break in snooker.

Answer 10

147 although you can a higher score if the person who were against fouls before any ball is potted

Answer 11

147 i believe.

Answer 12

It's not 147 because of the 'free ball' rule.  I think thats what its called.  So someones break can go on forever, however very unlikely.

Answer 13

147.

Answer 14

155 theoretically with a free ball and extra black at the start of the break, but usually 147..

Re above: free balls DO count towards your break- it's the penalty points that don't count in your break

Answer 15

147 is the highest break possible the highest score is a different matter which is 151 not 155 as stated above but that is including a foul for the white going down off the break but is only classed as score the "break"is what is tallied up from the point when you first strike the white ball up until you leave the table........... thank you