I won three snooker World Championships with a £2 cue – I told the seller my mum couldn’t afford to pay a fiver for it

KEN DOHERTY said he won three snooker World Championships with a cue he bought from a pool club for just £2.

The Dublin-born billiardist has come a long way since his humble beginnings, becoming a World Champion in 1997 and winning six ranking titles.

Ken Doherty won his first championships armed with a cue bought for just £2Rex Features Doherty’s £2 cue was visibly warpedPA A fresh-faced Doherty lifts the 1997 World ChampionshipPA

Doherty has now revealed that the...