Just in; Snooker world champion competes for £855 on TV despite being a millionaire

Reigning snooker world champion Luca Brecel recently made a surprise appearance on Belgian television, fighting to earn £855 despite winning £500,000 at the Crucible last year. Brecel, who shocked the world by beating snooker supremo Mark Selby in 2023, has turned his attention to TV quiz shows.

He appeared on Belgian program Blokken on Tuesday night and revealed he is a big fan of the show. Brecel was tasked with playing a game based on Tetris just days after coming out of the semi-finals of the Welsh Open.

However, he was not invited to the program due to his snooker reputation and managed to survive in the same game. just like the other contestants. “He, like everyone else, joined the quiz a few years ago,” host Ben Crabbe told Het Laatste Nieuws.

“At first we thought it was a namesake. But when we invited Luca, like all the other candidates, to a daily test, it turned out that he is indeed a world champion. He passed the test and was therefore able to take part.”

The show has been running since 1994, and after more than 5,000 episodes, Brecel faced his opponent Ann in the first round, where the fastest player on the buzzer gets points for each trivia correct answer. a question .

They can strategically place the blocks around the Tetris-style board before you take turns for another round. In the third round, the contestants go head-to-head, the winner advances to the final round and must answer as many questions as possible in two minutes to try to find the word hidden in each letter.
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