Ronnie O'Sullivan surpassed Stephen Hendry's 147 record en route to booking his place in round six of the Paul Hunter Classic PTC.
Watch and bet on live PTC 4 Snooker at Bet365 > Live streaming > Snooker
The rocket had cruised through his opening two matches, seeing off Ali Kirim and Anthony McGill, he then faced youngster Adam Duffy in front of the TV cameras for the day's final match.
He proceeded to wow the German crowd by achieving Snooker's holy grail, with 15 reds, 15 blacks and a cool clearance of the remaining colours.
As well as overtaking Stephen Hendry, he recieves a £2,000 bonus for the feat.
Elsewhere it proved a tough day for the top seeds, with Judd Trump, Marco Fu, Jimmy White and Stephen Hendry all failing to make it to day two.
Mark Selby however survived unscathed, producing three fine wins and failing to drop a single frame. He first saw off Sam Harvey, before disposing of the methodical Rory McLeod and finally Craig Steadman.
World champion John Higgins fell at the final hurdle on day one; having beaten 17 year-old Sam Craigie with numerous century breaks, he then made light work of Crucible king Stephen Hendry 4-0, before coming up short against Li Yang in a final frame decider in round five.
Saturdays action features big guns Neil Robertson, Shaun Murphy and world number one Mark Williams bidding to reach the final day.
PTC 4 day one results
Friday August 26
9.30am
33 Mark Selby 4-0 Sam Harvey
34 Rory McLeod 4-2 Phil O'Kane
35 Barry Hawkins 4-0 Brian Cox
36 Ian McCulloch 3-4 Craig Steadman
37 Peter Ebdon 3-4 James Wattana
38 Judd Trump 4-0 Ashley Wright
39 Liu Chuang w/o Joe Meara scr
40 Andrew Higginson 4-1 Adam Wicheard
41 Mark Allen 4-0 Christian Biniarsch
42 Joe Jogia 4-2 Daniel Wells
11am
43 Ryan Day 1-4 Aditya Mehta
44 Stuart Bingham scr Simon Beford w/o
45 Stephen Lee 4-0 Ian Burns
46 Alan McManus 2-4 Jamie Walker
47 Ricky Walden 4-2 Stuart Carrington
48 Alfie Burden 3-4 Stephen Craigie
11.30am
17 Jimmy White 4-0 Kurt Maflin
18 Mark Davis w/o Bjorn Haneveer scr
19 Marco Fu 3-4 Sam Baird
20 Jamie Cope 4-2 Phil Barnes
12.30pm
21 Adrian Gunnell 4-0 Hans Blanckaert
22 Matthew Selt 4-3 David Grace
23 Joe Perry 4-0 Stefan Joachim
24 Dominic Dale 4-1 David Morris
1pm
57 Anthony Hamilton 2-4 Adam Duffy
58 Joe Swail 4-3 Zhang Anda
59 Ronnie O'Sullivan 4-0 Ali Kirim
60 Anthony McGill 4-2 Kyren Wilson
2pm
61 Xiao Guodong 4-1 Bash Maqsood
62 Michael Holt 3-4 Li Yan
63 Stephen Hendry w/o Robin Hull scr
64 John Higgins 4-1 Sam Craigie
3.30pm
73 Jimmy White 2-4 Mark Davis
74 Sam Baird 2-4 Jamie Cope
81 Mark Selby 4-0 Rory McLeod
82 Barry Hawkins 1-4 Craig Steadman
83 Judd Trump 4-1 James Wattana
84 Andrew Higginson 4-2 Liu Chuang
85 Joe Jogia 4-2 Mark Allen
86 Aditya Mehta 4-0 Simon Bedford
87 Stephen Lee 4-1 Jamie Walker
88 Ricky Walden 4-2 Stephen Craigie
5pm
75 Matthew Selt 4-0 Adrian Gunnell
76 Joe Perry 3-4 Dominic Dale
93 Adam Duffy 4-0 Joe Swail
94 Ronnie O'Sullivan 4-1 Anthony McGill
95 Li Yan 4-0 Xiao Guodong
96 John Higgins 4-0 Stephen Hendry
7.30pm
101 Mark Davis 4-2 Jamie Cope
102 Matthew Selt 4-2 Dominic Dale
105 Mark Selby 4-0 Craig Steadman
106 Andrew Higginson 4-3 Judd Trump
107 Joe Jogia 4-3 Aditya Mehta
108 Stephen Lee 4-0 Ricky Walden
111 Ronnie O'Sullivan 4-0 Adam Duffy
112 Li Yan 4-3 John Higgins
