Poker Dealer Shocks Former World Snooker ChampMartin Gould Inflicts Shock Defeat on Stephen Hendry in Welsh Snooker Open |
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Part-time poker dealer and snooker player Martin Gould from Middlesex, England shocked the snooker world yesterday 
defeating former world snooker champion and part-time poker player Stephen Hendry 5-3 in the Welsh Snooker Open.
The 27-year-old, who regularly deals to poker players in a north London casino, told Wales and West News and Sport, “I have had a few good wins in my career but this is the best. When you are playing someone like Stephen Hendry, you have to give him a lot more spectct than the average Joe Bloggs.
"I still deal cards every Friday night and I did it last week but, if I go much further here, I won't be doing it this Friday of course."
Hendry is a seven-time world snooker champion and is the youngest ever player to win the title. He is considered by many as one of the finest snooker players ever to take to the baize and is currently ranked number six in the world. Gould is ranked 63.
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