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‘Barry Hearn went straight into Harry Enfield mode: “No, trust me, money has the edge every time”.’ Photo: Martin Rickett/PA
There are six pockets on a snooker table; there are no pockets on a shroud. Somebody should tell Barry Hearn OBE the difference.
The hustling accountant who made his first million during British snooker’s TV boom in the 1980s has reached the age of 75 without seemingly accepting a fundamental truth about money: you can’t take it with you.
