The Crucible in Sheffield is the home to the big one: The World Snooker Championship.
It is the event that all snooker players want to win. First of all for the prestige, but also for the tidy sum of money on offer for doing so.
And in 2019, there is a record total on offer for the winner.
The man who comes out on top will take home half a million pounds – one of the richest prizes available for success on the baize.
It is a significant hike on the prize money for finishing second.
By coming runner-up, you only take home £200,000 – less than half of the amount of the person who has come out on top.
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The losing semi-finalists, this year being Gary Wilson and David Gilbert, each take home a £100,000 payday.
However, there are other ways to make money from playing in the World Snooker Championship.
If you were to secure the highest break of the tournament on the TV tables, you will take home an additional £10,000.
For the highest non-TV break it is £1,000.
But perhaps the most attractive way of making some extra cash is to land a 147 break in the World Championship, with organisers putting the prize money up to £50,000 to go the whole way.
No player had hit a 147 break heading into the final.
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World Snooker Championship 2019 prize money
Winner: £500,000
Runner-up: £200,000
Semi-final: £100,000
Quarter-final: £50,000
Last 16: £30,000
Last 32: £20,000
Last 48: £15,000
Last 80: £10,000
Televised highest break: £10,000
Non-televised highest break: £1,000
147 break: £50,000
