Ronnie O’Sullivan received the inaugural Riyadh Season World Masters of Snooker by beating Luca Brecel 5-2 within the closing.
The rating was 2-2 on the interval, with O’Sullivan making breaks of 95 and 94 and Brecel an 81.
A break of 121 put O’Sullivan 3-2 up and he additionally took the subsequent body earlier than a 124 secured victory and the £250,000 high prize for the 48-year-old.
“It has been a improbable event, good venue,” mentioned O’Sullivan.
“These are the tournaments you wish to play in – one desk, nice crowd, nice ambiance and the music was going inbetween the frames.
“It was like we had been in some type of rave.”
The semi-finals befell on the identical day as the ultimate and O’Sullivan booked his place within the closing courtesy of a 4-1 win in opposition to Judd Trump, whereas Brecel beat Mark Allen 4-2.
The event in Saudi Arabia included a golden ball – value 20 factors – which was positioned on the highest cushion all through a body for so long as a participant might nonetheless full the utmost break and was eliminated when the chance is over.
John Higgins got here near changing into the primary participant to compile a 167 break – and win £395,000 – when he transformed 15 reds and blacks however overhit his strategy to the yellow in his second spherical win in opposition to Mark Williams.
The prize for attaining a 167 break will likely be doubled on the subsequent staging of the occasion.
“I will get the golden ball subsequent yr. I did not wish to take it abruptly,” mentioned O’Sullivan.
“I will take the event this yr after which the golden ball subsequent yr. It will be nice.”