While many players will be either attempting to qualify for the World Championship or preparing themselves for the PTC Grand Finals, many of the others will be over on the Hainan Island in China competing for a share of the £200,000 prize fund. Click below for some details as to those involved, the prize money and the format…
The Dates
The event will take place between the 10th-13th March 2011.
The Format and Players
The field for such a tournament is formidable with the likes of John Higgins, Ding Junhui, Neil Robertson, Stephen Hendry, Ali Carter and Shaun Murphy the star attractions.
In total there will be 16 players involved, divided into four groups of four with the winners of each progressing through to the semi-finals. The group matches will be played over the best of three frames, the semis over the best of nine with the final over the best of 13.
Group A
John Higgins, Peter Ebdon, Stephen Hendry, Li Yan
Group B
Ali Carter, Shaun Murphy, Marco Fu, Tian Pengfei
Group C
Graeme Dott, Ricky Walden, Ding Junhui, Yu Delu
Group D
Neil Robertson, Mark Allen, Jamie Cope, Jin Long
The Prize Fund
Champion – £40,000
Finalist – £18,000
Semi-finals – £7,000
2nd place of each group – £3,500
3rd place of each group – £1,500
4th place of each group – £500
Maximum break – £5,000
Highest break – £1,000
Can we watch?
Hopefully, the event will be broadcast on many Chinese stations including CCTV and BTV so I expect that there will be ways of watching it online.
For more information, please click here to visit the 110sport website.