It’s been a challenging season for the Antrim star.
Antrim snooker ace Mark Allen secured the joint largest payday of his career with a triumph at the lucrative Riyadh Season Snooker Championship.
However, the year has concluded on an incredible high, with Allen pocketing a remarkable £250,000 after defeating former world champion Luca Brecel 5-1 in the Saudi Arabian desert.Allen pocketed that tidy Christmas bonus which matched the cheque for winning the UK Championship two years ago. But he insisted that the money was far from his mind.
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