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@ 2008-05-01 – 00:20:28
I heard that after a snooker player won £150,000 for scoring a 147 he took out some insurance in case anyone else also scored a 147 thus taking a 50% share in the prize, this did happen.
How would he have done that? What amounts of money would it require? At what point would this action be a bad move?
murphymole
Pro 
joebangles
Hi murph, with a little wine inside you is the only way to go to bed.
Znethru
Pro Well worth the insurance IMHO - it is even possible a 3rd player will score a 147 at this tournament!
joebangles
If so re-jigging the bets that you have to lay to save loosing even more must be one hell of an equation.
kevinwilson
Pro greedy sod, IMHO.
just shows how sick professional sport has become.
i imagine the odds are quite high against someone else scoring the maximum break in a tournament, though.
joebangles
Hi Kevin, it is what you say, professional, to make money.
That would be the first problem I suppose, working out the odds against others doing the same and having to build in an allowance for the luck element. There must be a point at which you could bet more than you could possibly lose.
The maximum does seem to occur with increasing regularity much like the hole-in-one on the golf course.
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Too much for me tonight I'm afraid will read it again tommorrow and see if it is any clearer (it's the wine you know)