After the 46-year-old Mirkins won the Gibraltar championship, John Higgins became the biggest winner because he received an extra prize of £150,000 from the First Place awarded by the Wade Series, and although the results were out, it sparked a dispute, Mark Allen did not agree with the £150,000 affiliation, and he believed that he and Higgins should divide the prize money equally, each receiving £75,000.
The Wai Tak Series extra grand prize consists of eight races, of which the Gibraltar Open is the last, in the case of other events the results are clear, the Gibraltar Open is the last chance to decide the 150,000 pounds of prize money, so many snooker players gathered on the field, even O'Sullivan, who has never participated in the Gibraltar Race, made an exception, of which 11 people were expected to compete for the prize money, but in the end 11 people were all eliminated, and the top runners did not change much, but the dark horse Mirkins won the championship. According to the rules of bonus issuance, it is necessary to look at the existing bonus points, and Higgins and Allen both rely on 98,000 bonus points to get the opportunity.
After learning the result of the match, Mark Allen immediately released the news, saying that Higgins did not go further, and he and Higgins will share the prize money of 150,000 pounds equally.
Although Mark Allen thought he deserved £75,000, the final result was unexpected, Higgins received all the prize money, mark Allen celebrated prematurely without getting the slightest bonus, and it was really a bit difficult to get off the stage. To this end, he criticized the organizers, posting: "I feel sick", while Mark Allen stressed that he was happy for Higgins, and obviously did not want to implicate his anger on Higgins.
The reason why the organizers will give all the prize money to Higgins is because the organizers compared the performances of Higgins and Mark Allen, in Gibraltar, Higgins and Mark Allen were both out of the third round, at the European Masters, Higgins passed into the main game, and Mark Allen failed to qualify for the main tournament, so in comparison, Higgins performed better, and he got the prize money by a slight margin.
Therefore, Mark Allen pointed the spearhead at the organizers, frankly did not agree with the ideas of the organizers, and even questioned the organizers, saying that they could not accept the results, Higgins did not perform better than him, so it was the most appropriate way to divide the prize money equally, after Mark Allen stood up, many fans began to support him, thinking that it should be distributed according to the points, rather than the so-called rules behind.
Even if Mark Allen expressed his dissatisfaction, he could not change the organizers' thinking, and the ownership of 150,000 pounds was already determined, and Mark Allen could only complain.