2008 Party Poker Premier League

 


2008 Maplin UK draw

PIOS Event 5

2008 Bahrain draw

Fixture List

September 11 - Grimsby Auditorium
£5,000  Mark Selby 4-2 Ding Junhui  £3,000

51(43)-64(30), 15-105(100), 86(86)-0, 80(80)-0, 73(73)-0, 104(104)-0

 

£3,000 Ronnie O'Sullivan 3-3 John Higgins £3,000

63(62)-70(respot black), 1-91(83), 98(72)-0, 85(85)-0, 67(46)-46(38), 0-74(74)


September 18 - The Anvil, Basingstoke
£3,000 - John Higgins 3-3 Ding Junhui - £3,000

43-64, 47(47)-68(39), 46-82(76), 59(57)-15, 68(50c)-58(50), 78(78)-4

 

£2,000 - Ronnie O'Sullivan 2-4 Joe Perry - £5,000

44-59(40), 6-105(50,55), 0-103(103), 63(38)-47, 90(58)-0, 31-57
 

September 25 - The Assembly Rooms, Derby
£4,000   Joe Perry 4-2 Steve Davis    £2,000

45(45)-77(32). 85(80)-8, 75(67)-27, 61(55)-0, 63(47)-45(44), 30-94(65)

 

£5,000   Mark Selby 5-1 Stephen Hendry    £1,000

82(59)-4, 77(43)-9, 76(40)-55(37), 79(50)-8, 1-62(52), 67-64

October 9 - Malvern Theatre, Great Malvern, Worcestershire

£8,000   Ronnie O'Sullivan 6-0 Ding Junhui   £0

63(44)-56(44), 134(134)-0, 66(65)-1, 70(53)-31, 71(71)-30, 126(126)-0

 

£7,000   Mark Selby 6-0 Steve Davis   £0

68(48)-36, 95(95)-3, 66-43(43), 113(80)-7, 73(47)-49, 101(101)-0

 

October 23 - Plymouth Pavilions

£6,000   Ronnie O'Sullivan 6-0 Steve Davis   £0

103(24,32,40)-7, 97(60,37)-25, 71(52)-38, 113(39,62)-0, 63(36)-22, 93(45,48)-0

 

£1,000   Stephen Hendry 1-5 Joe Perry   £6,000

31(31)-75(75), 12-62(39,33), 72(30)-9, 1-108(108), 53(44)-71(65), 10-75(66)

 

October 30 - EIS (English Institute of Sport), Sheffield
£4,000   Stephen Hendry 4-2 John Higgins  
£2,000

76(76)-7, 72(65)-40, 24-61(56), 65(39)-12, 68(48c)-61(56), 25-60(52)

 

£3,000   Ronnie O'Sullivan 3-3 Mark Selby  £3,000

121(46,75c)-10, 60(47)-56, 41(37)-64(40), 71(64)-28, 5-98(41), 19-94(94)

November 6 - The Newport Centre

£2,000   Joe Perry 2-4 Ding Junhui   £4,000

50(50)-85(70), 4-97(41), 0-82, 85(85)-5, 0-80(31,38)

 

£1,000   Steve Davis 1-5 Stephen Hendry   £5,000

37-54, 0-84(78), 75(34)-54(44), 48-75, 32(32)-78(72), 37-86(86)

November 13 - Dolphin Leisure Centre, Haywards Heath, West Sussex

£5,000   Ding Junhui 4-2 Steve Davis   £2,000

139(139)-0, 103(31,72)-32(32), 104(78)-0, 92(32,56)-4, 1-74(70), 18-69

 

£6,000   Mark Selby 4-2 John Higgins £2,000

102(102)-0, 37(37)-82(39), 72(55)-46(46), 94(93)-32, 28-62(60), 126(113)-0

November 20 - The Sands Centre, Carlisle

£3,000   John Higgins 2-4 Joe Perry   £4,000

0-72(72), 10-75(37), 36-81(41), 1-68, 120(120)-0, 76(76)-21

 

£3,000 Ronnie O'Sullivan 3-3 Stephen Hendry  £4,000

53(34)-60(35), 1-109(108), 77(67)-17, 37(36)-73(72), 94(68)-36(36), 66-42

November 27 - The Glades Arena, Kidderminster

Good evening, don't forget we kick off early this evening at 18.00 GMT

with three crucial matches to cover... and a very scrappy start by Davis and Higgins,

both of whom are out of the league now, but looking for some pride and pounds!

the second frame has followed the pattern of the first, a couple of misses by Higgins

and a small break by Davis is enough to add £1,00 to his bank balance. Higgins pieces together

46 to get a frame on the board.. John Higgins has embarked on a maximum attempt, he's made 56 so far and

all the reds are open... nope, he's lost position on 73... Higgins motors through frame five with a 69 to take

the lead and assure himself of a draw, however academic... Davis wins the last to earn a draw and his only

point of the season.

Stephen Hendry and Ding start their crunch match in a few minutes. Hendry needs a draw and Ding needs to win

to get through to the semi finals.

Hendry started well but missed a tricky pink to centre on 36 and Ding stepped in and cleared up.

Hendry's returned the favour in frame two, an immaculate break. Both players look in top form, which, looking ahead

to the Maplin UK championships, bodes well for an exciting tournament.

It's Ding's turn to have a chance of a maximum, he's made 64 so far, but must secure the frame first, he's done that, onto

80 but he's got three reds in a little cluster he'll need to split... and he's opened them, it's on now... he's had a kick, but he

can still pot the black to take him to 104 and it's in, two reds left and they're perfect... but he's lost position on the black,

he needs an amazing shot here to pot the very thin black with the rest... and it hangs on the jaw but doesn't drop.

Some cagey safety before Hendry got in to make 50, he needs one more frame... Ding's won the next, his 46 before a massive

miss-cue was enough. So the scenario now is that Hendry needs the last frame to go through and Ding needs it to go through...

and it's Hendry who wins the tense frame. He's through to the semi finals in fourth place. Ding goes out.

So sit back now for the Top of the Table Clash. Which of the League's new boys will be number one seed for the knock out...

First blood to Selby on the back of a 63 break... a topsy turvy frame ends in Selby's favour when Perry went in off the pink.

Selby is going to top the league and be number one seed for the knockout, so he will play Ronnie O'Sullivan in the semis and

Joe Perry will play Stephen Hendry... Selby broke down on 37 but Perry missed a long red and let Selby in again...

Joe Perry has steamed through frame four with a great century and he's won the next too... and Perry completes his revival

to earn a draw.

So the league stage is over. Join us next weekend for the semis and final live from Potters Leisure.


£3,000   Steve Davis 3-3 John Higgins  £3,000

68(36)-18, 57(36)-8, 8-66(46), 16-73(73), 29-70(69), 69-31


£3,000   Stephen Hendry 3-3 Ding Junhui   £4,000

36(36)-85(85c), 88(88)-1, 0-113(113), 69(50)-12, 8-72(46), 69(38)-13

 

£3,000   Mark Selby 3-3 Joe Perry   £4,000

91(63)-3, 59-49, 80(37)-22, 6-115(115), 2-57(40), 22-68(51)

 

 

December 6 - Potters Leisure Resort, Hopton on Sea, Norfolk
Joe Perry v
Ronnie O'Sullivan

Mark Selby v Stephen Hendry

December 7 - Potters Leisure Resort, Hopton on Sea, Norfolk
Final

 

CENTURIES

139 Ding Junhui

134 Ronnie O'Sullivan

126 Ronnie O'Sullivan

120 John Higgins

115 Joe Perry

113 Mark Selby

113 Ding Junhui (maximum attempt)

108 Joe Perry

108 Stephen Hendry

104 Mark Selby

103 Joe Perry

102 Mark Selby

101 Mark Selby

100 Ding Junhui

 

LEAGUE TABLE

POS

PLAYER

WON

LOST

DRAW

FOR

AGAINST

POINTS CENTURIES

MONEY

1

Mark Selby

4

0

2

25

11

10

4

£29,000

2

Joe Perry

4

1

1

22

14

9

3

£25,000

3

Ronnie O'Sullivan

2

1

3

23

13

7

2

£25,000

4

Stephen Hendry

2

2

2

17

19

6

1

£18,000

5

Ding Junhui

2

2

2

16

20

6

3

£19,000

6

John Higgins

0

3

3

15

21

3

1

£16,000

7

Steve Davis

0

5

1

8

28

1

£8,000

 

Prize Fund

Champion £50,000
Runner-Up £25,000
Semi-Finalists £12,500 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 tournament

which means that any frames won with a 100-plus break will result in a

£2,000 payout in the round-robin section and a £1,000 bonus in the Play-Offs.

Maximum Break £25,000

 

 

Roll of Honour

2007 Ronnie O'Sullivan (England)
2006 Ronnie O'Sullivan (England)
2005 (Winter) Ronnie O'Sullivan (England)
2005 (Spring) Ronnie O'Sullivan (England)
2004 Stephen Hendry (Scotland)
2003 Marco Fu (Hong Kong)
2002 Ronnie O'Sullivan (England)
2001 Ronnie O'Sullivan (England)
2000 Stephen Hendry (Scotland)
1999 John Higgins (Scotland)
1998 Ken Doherty (Ireland)
1997 Ronnie O'Sullivan (England)
1996 Ken Doherty (Ireland)
1995 Stephen Hendry (Scotland)
1994 Stephen Hendry (Scotland)
1993 Jimmy White (England)
1992 Stephen Hendry (Scotland)
1991 Stephen Hendry (Scotland)
1990 Steve Davis (England)
1989 Steve Davis (England)
1988 Steve Davis (England)
1987 Steve Davis (England)


Wins
7 - Ronnie O'Sullivan (97, 01, 02, 05 (Spring), 05 (Winter), 06, 07)

6 wins - Stephen Hendry (91, 92, 94, 95, 00 and 04)
4 - Steve Davis (87, 88, 89 and 90)
2 - Ken Doherty (96 and 98)
1 - Jimmy White (93)
1 - John Higgins (99)
1 - Marco Fu (03)