Bookmaker cashes in on Ronnie O'Sullivan controversy by offering him £61,000 to make 147

Irish bookie Paddy Power claims they will offer O'Sulllivan the sum of money for running in the 14th competitive maximum of his career a day after the Englishman declared on 146 when a 147 was within touching distance at the Welsh Open hosted by the Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff.

O'Sullivan has welcomed the move and said he would give £11,000 thousand to charity if he managed the feat after bemoaning only being offered £10,000 by World Snooker.

The Englishman looked like he was in the mood to make the knock in an imperious 4-0 win over Tian Pengfei on Tuesday as he coasted into the last 32 in under an hour with superb breaks of 110, 90, 112 and 102 with a 98 percent pot success rate that was as close to perfection as you are likely to witness.

Masters champion O'Sullivan had run in 80 during his match-winning break in the fifth frame of his 4-1 win over world number 82 Barry Pinches in the first round on Monday when he asked the referee what the prize was for the highest break.

He appeared to give a rueful smile when he learned the maximum total on offer was £12,000 - £10,000 for the maximum and £2,000 for the highest break.

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He had potted 14 reds and 13 blacks before deciding to pot an easier pink on his way to recording a 146 break.

It prompted some outrage with World Snooker chairman Barry Hearn, who described the affair as a shame.

"This is not a crime, but a shame," the BBC quote Hearn as saying.

"Players have a duty to the fans to deliver the best standard and entertainment they can.

"Anything less than playing to their best ability is unacceptable and disrespectful to the paying public"

Two-time World Championship finalist Ali Carter - who has battled cancer and Crohn's Disease - offered his take on O'Sullivan's decision.

"He should have made the 147 and given the money to charity - to Cancer Research or Crohn's Disease or something like that."