If anyone likes to watch him play
Stephen lee
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If anyone likes to watch him play
Thanks for sharing! I really enjoyed watching him play before he got banned. Haven't really seen anything from him since then.
Flakeandrun
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Leave him in the bin. Anyone who brings the integrity of something that people love into question shouldn't be allowed to compete at the highest levels. Regardless of the endeavour. All those Chinese players, Xintong included. All the cricketers, footballers, musicians, hell even politicians. Burn them with fire. Those who make profit will always make excuses to stick them back in the limelight and milk the consumer.
I remember the name, just forgot what he was about and why he was banned.
Wikipedia is your friend...
Stephen Lee (snooker player) - Wikipedia
An item from that I didn't know: His ban ended in 2024 but he had a fine of about $165,000 that he has not paid. I assume he will not be allowed on the WST until he does and then qualifies to play by one of the several routes.
And they gave John Higgins a slap on the wrist for willingly participating in a match fixing sheme. The fact that he got caught before being able to follow through on the planned fix is irrelevant. He was all in with both feet!
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I always liked his stroke
Incidentally, the main site is down but the direct forum link is working. Yay.
Stephen Lee seems to be just another "exemplary" pooler.
Stephen Lee seems to be just another "exemplary" pooler.
I understand that situation very, very differently from the way you do.
He was a good snooker pro many years ago.
He cheated and got kicked off.
Now he's old and a shell of what he was.
Flakeandrun
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Yes, different tabloids reported for or against. Big scary Russian sounding dudes in a room made him wet himself into saying 'yes' - I don't buy it personally.
'Rolls Royce cue action' back in the day - my dad used to say it helps when you've got 30stone of flesh locking the cue in place
Yes I used the word pooler as a dismissive. Cue-er maybe?
You bought the cover up Bob. I watched the entire video when he was secretly recorded, asking them how he could launder the cash.
Higgins didn't take much convincing. He gladly jumped in bed with those guys.Yes, different tabloids reported for or against. Big scary Russian sounding dudes in a room made him wet himself into saying 'yes' - I don't buy it personally.
'Rolls Royce cue action' back in the day - my dad used to say it helps when you've got 30stone of flesh locking the cue in place
Higgins was just too big of a star to ban. Stephen Lee was just right, not the highest echelon but a player with some name recognition to make an example out of. It all comes down to money and politics. Lee was a cheater, though, so he got what he deserved. He was also very stupid, which ensured that he got caught. There are a lot of match fixers in snooker, but they never get caught. Like most on here, I'm not adverse to puttting a few dollars on the outcome of a game, but boy oh boy have I been burned by even pros in snooker. I wish I could find the game I bet on where a pro threw the game so hard that I just had to laugh...Of course it would have been a lot funnier if the game wasn't a part of a parlay in which I stood to win 3k had he played on the up and up. I've since become wary of betting on low level pros.
It's just too bad Higgins didn't get any consequences of which to speak.
Always loved to watch Stephen Lees cue action. He's done his time, but I doubt he has much play left in him. He's monstrously fat and approaching the age where even healthy players lose their skills fast.
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The Higgins story was complicated. Hence he was not punished as severely as it happened with later cases.
Flakeandrun
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Yes, I've read and heard both sides of the coin, and whether it lands heads or tails, having zero action against him seemed ludicrous to me.