 Sams was successful at the West Tyrone Open in February 2007, winning the singles and the doubles event, with Sean McGowan.Sams' record at the World Championship has been poor since reaching the last 16 in 2004 and he lost his first match at each of the 2005, 2006 and 2007 Championships.He also failed to achieve success in the other televised tournaments, being unable to reach the quarter-final stage of any of the majors.