Hunter's final, and perhaps his best, Masters triumph came in 2004 when he met the all-conquering Ronnie O'Sullivan in the final.

Hunter, now sporting fashionable long hair, found himself 7-2 down to the Rocket before he adopted the now famous 'Plan B' with a little help from his then fiancee Lindsey Fell.

"I think this win tops the other two," said the three-times champion.

In the summer of that year he married, his fiancee Lindsey with the pictures of his wedding for all to see in Hello! magazine.