Tragic end of a millionaire snooker player-full details

Luca Brecel, who won the 2023 World Snooker Championship, appeared on his favorite TV show in Belgium and won a strange prize after being beaten in the first round

By Felix KeithSports Reporter
15: 44 23 February 2024
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Luca Brecel Belgium on TV program Blokken
Snooker champion Luca Brecel recently participated in a Belgian game show (Photo: blokkentv/Instagram)
World snooker champion Luca Brecel, who earns a cool 2 million, won the printer after less. than a stellar performance on the Belgian TV quiz show.

Brecel became a household name in 2023. in May when he defeated Mark Selby in an epic final to win the Crucible World Championship. The 28-year-old won a whopping £500,000 and drives some amazing supercars.

Since 2011, he has won more than £2m in prize money alone but still believes in his chances of winning on his favorite TV show. top prize £850, reports the Mirror. Like many Belgians, Brecel loves Blokken [English for “Blocks”], a Tetris-based quiz.

In November, Brecel revealed that he deliberately used most of the prize money he received after winning the World Cup to to make a living motivated.

“I bought two more cars this week, so I became a millionaire, not a millionaire,” reveals the 28-year-old. “It was a conscious decision to buy cars and maybe feel that pressure again to recreate the feeling I had when I was just starting my career.

“I didn’t get lazy, but I just didn’t feel that hunger. or encouragement. from tournament to tournament,” he added. “I don’t like that feeling and I had to change something. I didn’t feel the pressure anymore. I just played and if I lost I was happy to be at home. It’s not a good way of thinking.”.