Northern Ireland Open prize money
Here is the breakdown of the prize money on over for the stars this week.
The big final takes place next Sunday on October 27.
Here is a breakdown of the huge £550,400 prize pot in Belfast:
Winner: £100,000
Runner-up: £45,000
Semi-finals: £21,000
Quarter-finals: £13,200
Last 16: £9,000
Last 32: £5,400
Last 64: £3,600
Last 96: £1,000
High Break: £5,000
Total £550,400
Frame up
The last-16 matches are set for today, with all games best-of-7 frames.
That will change on Friday as the quarter-finals get underway in Belfast.
- Rounds 1 to 3: all matches are the best of 7 frames
- Quarter-finals: best of 9 frames (with mid-session interval)
- Semi-finals: best of 11 frames (with mid-session interval)
- Final: best of 17 frames – two sessions with scheduled mid-session intervals
Last 16 draw
With a number of big names out, the draw has really opened up.
Defending champ Judd Trump will face Barry Hawkins in tonight’s evening session, with World No. 2 Kyren Williams taking on 18-year-ld Stan Moody.
Action will start today at 1pm.
- Martin O’Donnell vs Pang Junxu
- Stuart Bingham vs Shaun Murphy
- Stan Moody vs Kyren Williams
- Mark Williams vs Ma Hailong
- Oliver Lines vs Neil Robertson
- Lei Peifan vs Elliot Slessor
- Louis Heathcote vs Tian Pengfei
- Judd Trump vs Barry Hawkins
Form an orderly cue
Shaun Murphy has revealed he made a huge sacrifice before his last 32 match at the Northern Ireland Open.
The Magician made a rarely-seen gesture to help out a snooker rival in Belfast this week.
Before his last-32 clash on Tuesday, he lent his cue to Noppon Saengkham.
The Thai star had arrived in Northern Ireland without his cue before bumping into Murphy the night before his opener.
With his cue still not arriving in time for his clash with Thepchaiya Un-Nooh, he used Murphy’s instead.
Noppon won – but then crashed out when reunited with his own wand against Mark Williams last night.
Round Two
Here’s how today’s second round games went down, with a few shocks for good measure:
- Pang Jungxu 4-1 Luca Brecel
- Lei Peifan 4-1 Tom Ford
- Jimmy White 2-4 Martin O’Donnell
- Elliot Slessor 4-2 Long Zehuang
- Mark Allen 3-4 Oliver Lines
- Chris Wakelin 1-4 Ma Hailong
- John Higgins 2-4 Barry Hawkins
- Ma Hailong 4-1 Chris Wakelin
- Anthony McGill 3-4 Kyren Wilson
- Neil Robertson 4-0 Wang Yuchen
- Stan Moody 4-0 Jak Jones
- Mark Williams 4-1 Noppon Saengkham
Latest score – Williams makes it through
After a couple of wobbles, Mark Williams thunders his way into the last-16.
The Welshman outclasses Saengkham, the highlight a fantastic clearance of 143.
- Mark Williams 4-1 Noppon Saengkham
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