I don’t know the bloke and have never seen him play but I like his attitude. I guess it was one of 2 scenarios
1) He genuinely doesn’t care about the 147 in which case he decides the job is done and leaves. the ref calls him back and he does it for the fans. Top bloke. Also turns out to be the world record for televised 147 breaks so double doesn’t care about the break.
2) He knows that if he does it as a publicity stunt he will get publicity. He risks the ref not calling him back and losing the 147 break and the world record. Good nerves and top bloke.
I know some people will read both of the paragraphs above and want to replace top bloke with knob. they may want to ask themselves why they feel this about a bloke who is clearly at the top of his game, entertains the crowd and draws in good publicity for his sport.
As I said though, I don’t know the bloke