I’m a world snooker champion but I get more nervous trying to win £100 in the bingo than I do for £150,000 major finals

MARK WILLIAMS says his bosom races much erstwhile helium is trying to triumph £100 successful the bingo than erstwhile helium battles for a large snooker title.

The Welshman, 49, lifted the £150,000 Champion of Champions vessel supra his caput connected Sunday nighttime aft overcoming Xiao Guodong 10-6 successful Bolton.

It is unthinkable that Willo, who turned nonrecreational successful 1992 alongside veterans Ronnie O’Sullivan and John Higgins, is inactive competitory and palmy arsenic helium approaches his sixth decade.

Yet these days helium does not get tense oregon disquieted erstwhile it comes to the large baize occasions.

In fact, it is erstwhile helium is down his section bingo hallway that the juices get flowing and helium feels the sweat dripping disconnected his forehand.

Williams – a three-time satellite champion – said: “I can’t truly judge I’m inactive winning tournaments. I don’t cognize however I’m inactive doing it.

“I’m inactive winning and agelong whitethorn it continue.

“Being laid-back is decidedly the main crushed I’m inactive going. No decision bothers me.

“I effort my best. If I lose, I’ve got nary occupation with it, I tin shingle a man’s manus and hide astir it.

“It’s a snooker lucifer astatine the extremity of the time and I’ve ever been similar that.

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“If I win, great. If I don’t, get connected with it. There are a batch worse things happening.

“But I don’t cognize however to explicate this. When I’m playing retired determination successful that last each time determination wasn’t 1 spot of nerves jangling, my bosom ne'er started beating accelerated passim the full final.

“I conscionable felt nothing. No pressure. Nothing.

“A fewer days ago, I was successful a bingo hall, it’s a afloat location for £100. I privation 8 and 4 for the afloat location and my bosom is pounding similar crazy.

“Work that out? My bosom feels similar it’s going to travel retired of my thorax for fig 84 for £100.

“And successful a last for £150,000, I don’t consciousness nothing. I’m conscionable arsenic calm arsenic you tin be. It didn’t travel successful and I didn’t win!”

'CHUCKING POUNDS IN LIKE CONFETTI'

Grounded Williams – who volition beryllium backmost successful enactment connected the nighttime of Tuesday November 26 successful the UK Championship – plans to sojourn the bingo connected Wednesday and spot if helium has bully luck connected his side.

The Gwent-born potter said: “It’s each luck. I bash my nuts connected there!

“I play the lates and enactment determination till the past one. I get 30 oregon 40 lb coins. I’m playing the colours and numbers, I’m chucking pounds successful similar confetti.

“It’s good. I instrumentality my parent and my mother-in-law. My lad really came with maine past time. It’s bully fun.

“I’ve ne'er won, I’ve ne'er had a house. I’m conscionable waiting for my fig to travel up and I’ll outcry the biggest ‘bingo’ truthful everyone volition look.

“I’ve ne'er won a penny. My luck is rubbish!”