Premier League Snooker on Sky

August 31, 2010   ·   0 Comments

The Partycasino.com Premier League Snooker tournament returns with a star line-up including reigning champion Shaun Murphy and Ronnie O’Sullivan.

The tournament takes place on Thursday nights starting on September 2 and is live on Sky Sports from various venues across England, Scotland and Wales before the November play-offs at Potters Leisure Resort in Norfolk.

Included in the line-up are Australia’s Neil Robertson who claimed his maiden World Championship in April at the Crucible and climbed to number two in the rankings and Leicester-based Mark Selby who claimed his second Masters title in three years at Wembley in January.

Now ranked eighth in the world, Welshman Mark Williams is slowly returning to the sort of form that won him two World Championships in the 2000′s.  Williams claimed the China Open last season, his first ranking win for four years.  Ding Junhui and Marco Fu also make their return to the tournament.

Now entering its record-breaking 25th season, Premier League Snooker is the world’s only major snooker tournament played to a league format. There are two games taking place per evening and both matches are over six frames, with two points for a win and a point for a 3-all draw.

Following the round robin section of play, the top four players move forward to the big money play-offs in November. The eventual champion receives £30,000, the runner-up £15,000 and the beaten semi-finalists £5,000 each.
There will be a bonus fund of £1,000 per frame won during the round-robin section, making a total of £126,000 available.

In addition, there will be a ‘Double Your Money’ bonus for century breaks made throughout the round robin play which means that any frames won with a 100-plus break will result in a £2,000 payout.

Premier League Snooker starts on Thursday, September 2 from 19:30 on Sky Sports 2 as Shaun Murphy takes on Ding Junhui and Ronnie O’Sullivan meets Marco Fu, live from the Southampton Guildhall.

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