Ali Carter has branded Ronnie O'Sul

Ali Carter has branded Ronnie O'Sullivan as selfish after snubbing a 147 because of low prize money
The millionaire five-times world champion snubbed the chance of making his 14th 147 break because the £10,000 prize money was "too cheap" - a move which triggered a wave of criticism on social media for being arrogant and petulant.

Indeed, world snooker chairman Barry Hearn labelled it "unacceptable and disrespectful".

And World No 30 Ali Carter, who has battled both cancer and Crohn's disease, was disgusted with O'Sullivan, saying that, instead of finishing on 146, he should have secured the maximum - and given the £10,000 to charity.


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Mon, January 18, 2016
Snooker legend Ronnie O'Sullivan has won the Snooker Masters title, after beating Barry Hawkins 10-1. Take a look through his memorable career with some astonishing facts























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Ronnie O'Sullivan celebrates with the trophy after wining another Masters title [PA]

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Ronnie completed his first total clearance (142) at age 12 [Getty Images]

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Ronnie is a keen football fan and is a supporter of Arsenal [Getty]

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Ronnie began the 1992/1993 season by winning 74 of his first 76 professional matches, including a winning streak of 38 successive victories a record that still stands [Getty Images]

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Ronnie O'Sullivan holds the record of thirteen competitive 147 maximum breaks [Getty Images]

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Ronnie is also a keen runner and runs for Woodford Green with Essex Ladies were he has a personal best of 34 minutes 54 seconds for 10 km races, which ranked him in the top 1500 of 10k runners in the United Kingdom in 2008 [Getty Images]

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Ronnie turned professional in 1992, aged 16 and became the youngest player ever to qualify for the World Championship [PA]

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Ronnie made his first century break (117) at the age of 10 [Getty Images]

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Previously a non­political follower he came out in support in 2015 for the Labour Party and Ed Miliband, after playing against him in a game of pool. [PA Archive/Press Association Ima]

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Ronnie compiled his first maximum break in the final of the 1991 British Amateur Championships at age 15, and won the IBSF World Under­21 Championship in the same year [PA]

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At the qualifying stage of the Grand Prix he defeated Jason Curtis 5–0 in a time of 43 minutes 36 seconds, setting the current record for the fastest best­of­9­frame match. After this Alan Hughes gave him the nickname The Rocket [Getty Images]

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Ronnie became British Under­16 Champion at age 13 [PA]

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He also succeeded in clearing a snooker table of four reds plus all the colours faster than the Stig was able to drive O'Sullivan's own Mercedes SL 500, with its 147 number plate, around the track [BBC]

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Ronnie O'Sullivan of England poses with his son Ronnie after winning the worls championship in 2012 [Getty Images]

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Ronnie made his television debut in the Thames Snooker Classic when he was 14 with Steve Davis commentating on the match [Getty Images]

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Ronnie’s hobbies include motor racing. In 2004, he appeared on Top Gear as the Star in a Reasonably Priced Car and finished with a time of 1:47.3 around the test track in a Suzuki Liana [Getty Images]

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Ronnie holds the record for the fastest competitive maximum break at 5 minutes 20 seconds, set at the 1997 World Championship [Getty Images]

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Snooker Legend Ronnie O'Sullivan turning 40 in 2015 [Getty Images]













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"He should have helped someone out but he's only thinking of himself again. Unfortunately that's his problem isn't it," said Car