Another early start at the South West Snooker Academy and at the time of writing, there are also a couple of potential upsets on the cards as Mark Williams trails Zhang Anda 3-1, while Mark Allen is level at 2-2 with Adam Wicheard. Click below for my thoughts throughout the day…
Category: Players Tour Championship

UKPTC4: Monday Blog
Now in Gloucester for the UKPTC4 event, the action is already well underway, with the likes of Mark Selby, Barry Hawkins, Peter Ebdon and Jamie Cope already safely into the second round. Click below for updates throughout the day…

Gloucester Bound
So for the final time this season and in all likelihood for some time to come, we head to Gloucester for the UKPTC4 event, which heralds the start of a run in the calendar which sees only one ‘snooker free’ day before the end of the UK Championship in December…

Bingham Bags APTC3 Title
Well two out of three sure isn’t bad. Stuart Bingham has today seen off Li Hang and Tom Ford in Zhengzhou City, each by a 4-3 scoreline to capture the third and final APTC event of the 2012/13 season. His second APTC triumph in all following his early-season win in Zhangjiagang.
Aside from Stuart’s victory, with tour places and PTC Finals spots up for grabs from the Asian Order of Merit, there are other important implications arising from this tournament…

Awesome Allen Wins In Antwerp
He might not be the biggest fan of snooker’s PTC tournaments, but Northern Ireland’s Mark Allen produced a terrific display tonight to defeat Mark Selby 4-1 and capture the 2012 Acuerate Antwerp Open…

Down To 16 In Antwerp
After two days and many frames of snooker in Antwerp, we are down to the last 16 at the third of this season’s European Tour events. Click below for a round-up of the main stories, particularly those affecting the world rankings ahead of the next seedings revision…

To Antwerp For Crucial ET3
Tomorrow sees professional snooker return to our television screens as the last 128 stage gets underway at the Acuerate Antwerp Open (or ET3), in Belgium.
As explained previously, as the last event for many of the main tour players ahead of the second seedings revision, this is a crucial opportunity for players such as Barry Hawkins, Joe Perry, Jamie Cope, Mark King and others, to add ranking points to their totals prior to the November cut-off.
You can view the usual key links to the tournament in the right-hand column, while I will be tweeting updates throughout the weekend @prosnookerblog.