I won £200k almost causing one of snooker's greatest shocks - the money hasn't changed my life one bit

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Jak Jones shocked the snooker world by making it to the final of the World Championships last year.The unfancied Welshman was ranked as No.44 in snooker's world rankings when he made it to the Crucible showcase last May, becoming the lowest ranked finalist since Shaun Murphy almost two decades earlier.

There was no fairy tale ending for Jones however, although he did pocket £200,000 after his 18-14 defeat to Kyren Wilson - and he now says that the cash hasn't changed his life, and revealed that he hasn't followed the likes of Judd Trump in splashing out on a supercar.

Speaking to BBC Wales the 31-year-old said: "A lot of people think I won a lot more than I did. With the tax you have to pay it doesn't get you very far these days.

So it absolutely hasn't changed my life one bit. I suppose I could get my parents a couple of holidays that I wasn't able to do before.

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