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Snooker player Bill Webeniuk was famous for his drinking ability. He once drank 76 cans during a match. On another occasion after winning a drinking competition by drinking 43 pints he said I'm away to the bar now for a proper drink".

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Ronnie O'Sullivan, considered one of the greatest snooker players of all time, once purposely missed a maximum score of 147 by one point because he didn't think the £10,000 prize was high enough.

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1. Snooker player Ronnie O'Sullivan was accused of disrespect by an opponent for using his opposite hand to take a shot. To prove he wasn't bringing the game into disrepute, he played 3 frames with his left-hand against a former world championship runner-up, winning all 3.

2. Canadian snooker player Bill Werbeniuk drunk huge amounts of alcohol before and during each game. He averaged 30 pints of lager a day during tournaments. He once said, "I’ve had 24 pints of extra-strong lager and eight double vodkas and I’m still not drunk.”

3. Snooker player Ronnie O'Sullivan was once charged with bringing the game into disrepute after playing an opponent left-handed. He was summoned to a disciplinary hearing where he had to prove his skill with his left hand by playing a former world champ runner-up. He won 3-0.

4. At the '86 UK Championships snooker player Alex Higgins headbutted an official after arguing, thus getting a ban from the next 5 tournaments. At the '90 World Championship he threatened to have a player shot and punched an official after a lost game, getting a ban until end of the next season.

5. On January 13th 1979, Snooker player John Spencer compiled the first maximum 147 break in competitive play. This would have also been the first televised maximum, but the camera crew had left their posts for a tea break.