Top 10 moments of 2022/23 snooker season: No. 6 – Robert Milkins hits jackpot at Welsh Open in biggest match of his life

After the conclusion of another extraordinary snooker season, we pick 10 memorable moments from the 2022/23 campaign as captured by the Eurosport cameras. You can vote for your personal favourite when we reveal our final list of contenders later this month. No.

6 – Milkins hits jackpot at Welsh Open Ad For a character known as 'The Milkman', seemingly since time began, Llandudno was the land of milk and honey. Robert Milkins began the Welsh Open in the picturesque coastal town in February as an unfancied 125-1 outsider. Tour ChampionshipO'Sullivan handed major boost ahead of world title defence02/04/2023 AT 07:49 When the likeable Gloucester professional somehow burrowed his way to the final against Shaun Murphy, he remained a long shot in a two-horse race at 13/8 with his thoroughbred opponent the 4/9 odds-on favourite.

Defeat for Milkins was not only the likely outcome against the 2005 world champion performing close to his potting pedigree, but also financially punitive with a serious life-altering wedge of cash riding on one match through no fault of his own. Like the old Noel Edmonds game show Deal or No Deal, Bob was faced with two boxes. One with £35,000 for finishing runner-up, the other with £230,000 up front in a veritable snooker suitcase of green baize gold.

£80,000 for winning the Welsh Open and another £150,000 for carrying off the European Order of Merit Series bonus was worth the milking. Failure to launch in the final would force Milkins to confront a whopping drop-off of £195,000. Plus waving farewell to lucrative add-ons that included access to the elite Players Championship, Tour Championship, a spot at the World Championship and Champions of Champions later in the year.