Fantasy Snooker: Points update and Players Championship info

An interesting weekend of action last time out in Gibraltar has not changed too much in the fantasy snooker standings. Only one player in the entire league picked eventual winner Ryan Day. Only one other had hand picked runner-up Cao Yupeng for the event, though a couple of others have benefited from having him as a season pick. Nobody in the league hand picked either of the surprise semi-finalists Lee Walker and Scott Donaldson, though one player again had Donaldson as a season pick... and that ironically was the same player that picked Day for the tournament.

Now, there are only three sets of selections left to make as we head into the Players Championship, with just the China Open and World Championships to follow. This means players you have selected once who are not in Llandudno or Beijing have been removed from the players previously selected list, as you can no longer pick them more than three times. Don't forget, captain picks cannot be used in the World Championship as it is already a double points event, so make sure to get them in play in the next two events or lose out.

Here are the current standings:

Couge: SEASON: Yan Bingtao and Sam Craigie   Points: 1160  

PPS: Williams x3, Ding x3, Murphy x3, Higgins x3, Bingham x3, Trump x3, Selby x2, O’Sullivan x2, Robertson, Maguire, Allen, K. Wilson (1 Captain pick used)

Protoursnooker: SEASON: Thepchaiya Un-Nooh and Cao Yupeng    Points: 1066  

PPS: Ding x2, Allen, Maguire, Murphy x3, Selby x2, Robertson x2, Higgins, Hawkins x2, O’Sullivan x3, Williams, Trump x3, Wilson, Bingtao, Brecel, Bingham x2, (1 Captain Pick used)

Daniela Reich: SEASON: Yan Bingtao and Sam Craigie   Points: 1064   

PPS: Ding x2, Murphy x3, Allen x2, Williams x2, K. Wilson, Trump x2, Bingham x2, McGill, O’Sullivan x2, Selby x2, Wenbo x2, Maguire x2, Robertson x2, Brecel

Kellie Barker: SEASON: Jack Lisowski and Alex Ursenbacher   Points: 1040   

PPS: Allen x3, Murphy x2, Higgins x2, Hawkins x2, Ding, Trump x2, Brecel x2, Bingtao, Selby x2, Williams, Robertson x2, O’Sullivan x2, Maguire x2, Bingham x2 (2 Captains picks used)

FAM147: SEASON: Zhao Xintong and Xiao Guodong   Points: 987  

PPS: Bingham x2, Allen x2, Lisowski x2, Selby, Murphy, Trump x2, Robertson x3, O’Sullivan x2, Maguire x2, McGill x2, Bingtao

Alex Abrahams: SEASON: Yan Bingtao and John Astley    Points: 951   

PPS: Carter x2, Murphy x3, Higgins x2, K. Wilson x2, Trump x3, Williams x2, Bingham x2, Ding, O’Sullivan x3, Selby x2, Robertson x2, Maguire, McGill (2 Captains pick used)

Phil Mudd: SEASON: Jimmy Robertson and Sam Craigie   Points: 925  

PPS: Ding x2, Allen x3, Robertson x2, Williams x3, Brecel, Higgins x2, O’Sullivan x3, Selby x2, Gould x2, Bingtao x2, Murphy, K. Wilson (2 Captains picks used)

Isitan Bakar: SEASON: Yan Bingtao and Scott Donaldson   Points: 923  

PPS: Robertson x2, Murphy x2, Bingham x3, Ding x2, Higgins, Wilson, Allen, Trump x3, O’Sullivan x3, Hawkins x2, Williams (2 Captains pick used)

Colin Delaney: SEASON: Ken Doherty and Yan Bingtao   Points: 914   

PPS: Higgins x2, Maguire x2, McGill, Allen x2, Hawkins x2, Ding x2, Trump x3, Brecel, Selby x2, Murphy x2, Gould x2, O’Sullivan, Lisowski x2, Perry x2, Robertson x2, Maguire (2 Captain Picks used)

Munraj: SEASON: Jack Lisowski and Michael Georgiou   Points: 904   

PPS: Ding x3, Trump x2, Allen x2, Hawkins x2, Selby x2, Robertson x2, McGill x2, O’Sullivan x2, Wilson, Murphy, Maguire, Williams, Brecel (1 Captain pick used)

TungstenDarts: SEASON: Yan Bingtao and Sam Craigie   Points: 902  

PPS: Fu x3, Hawkins x2, McGill x3, Allen x3, Selby x2, Williams, Gould x2, Trump x2, Ding x2, Robertson, O’Sullivan x2, Maguire x2, Murphy, Brecel, K. Wilson (2 Captain picks used)

TY: SEASON: Yan Bingtao and Zhang Anda   Points: 898  

PPS: Ding x2, Robertson x3, Higgins x3, Allen x3, Ding, Bingham x3, Selby x3, Trump x2, Murphy x3, Brecel, O’Sullivan, Williams (1 Captain Pick used)

Andy Brooker: SEASON: Yan Bingtao and Sam Craigie   Points: 864  

PPS: Maguire, Bingham x2, Higgins x3, Williams x2, Trump x2, O’Sullivan x2, Ding, Allen x2, Robertson x2, Selby x2, Murphy x2, McGill (1 Captain pick used)

Cluster of Reds: SEASON: Yan Bingtao and John Astley   Points: 861

PPS: Ding, Allen x3, Trump x2, Brecel x2, Robertson, Williams, Gould x3, Murphy x3, O’Sullivan x3, Selby, Higgins, Wilson, McGill (2 Captains pick used)

Rob Francis: SEASON: Mark Davis and Cao Yupeng   Points: 850  

PPS: Ding x3, Robertson x2, Murphy x3, Allen, Higgins x3, Wilson x2, Trump x3, Williams, Selby x2, O’Sullivan x3, Maguire, Brecel x2 (3 Captains pick used)

John McBride: SEASON: Hossein Vafei and Sam Craigie   Points: 840 

PPS:  Liang x2, Murphy x2, Trump x2, Allen x3, Selby x3, Williams x3, Robertson x3, Higgins, Wilson, Bingtao

Ben Summers: SEASON: Noppon Saengkham and Sam Craigie    Points: 823   

PPS: McGill x2, Dott, Ding x2, Selby x2, Trump x3, Allen x3, O’Sullivan x2, Williams x3, Higgins, Maguire, Robertson

Igor Snooker: SEASON: Matthew Stevens and Ken Doherty   Points: 773  

PPS: Ding, O’Sullivan x2, Maguire, Murphy x3, Selby x3, Robertson x3, McGill x2, Wilson, Williams x2, Allen x2, Bingtao, O’Sullivan, Brecel (2 captains pick used)

GaryOnCue: SEASON: Thepchaiya Un-Nooh and Sam Craigie   Points: 741   

PPS: Hawkins x2, Robertson x2, Maguire x3, Murphy x3, Ding x2, Selby x2, Higgins x2, Wilson, Allen x2, O’Sullivan x3, Williams, Gould x2 (1 Captain pick used)

Anthony: SEASON: Xiao Guodong and Michael Georgiou   Points: 716 

PPS: Higgins x3, Day x2, Maguire x2, Murphy, Ding, Trump x2, Williams x2, O’Sullivan x2, McGill x2, Selby x2, Allen x2, Wilson, Bingtao

LTD: SEASON: Robert Milkins and Ken Doherty    Points: 691  

PPS: Carter x2, Higgins x3, Hawkins x2, Maguire, Perry x3, Wilson x2, Selby x3, O’Sullivan, Robertson x2, Walden x2, Bingham x2, Williams (2 Captains picks used)

Kjetil: SEASON: Thepchaiya Un-Nooh and John Astley   Points: 654

PPS: Carter x2, Dott, Allen x2, Gould x3, O’Sullivan, Ding, Higgins x2, Maguire, Robertson, Williams, K. Wilson (1 Captain Pick used)

D. Muckian: SEASON: Tian Pengfei and Zhang Anda    Points: 645 

PPS: Ding x2, Maguire x2, Allen X3, Williams x2, Lisowski x2, O’Sullivan x2, Wilson x2, Selby x2, Higgins, McGill (1 Captain pick used)

Mark Taylor: SEASON: Thepchaiya Un-Nooh and Sam Craigie    Points: 634   

PPS: Allen x2, Robertson, Maguire, Perry x2, Higgins x2, Wilson, Selby x3, O’Sullivan x2, Murphy, Brecel, Bingtao, Williams (2 Captain Picks used)

Matthew Lowson: SEASON: Thepchaiya Un-Nooh and Alex Ursenbacher   Points: 624  

PPS: Ding x3, Maguire, Hawkins x2, Brecel, Wilson x2, Selby x2, Higgins x2, Murphy x2, Trump, Williams x2, Bingtao, O’Sullivan x3, Allen x3, McGill (2 Captains picks used)

Beat the Boss (Me): SEASON: Hossein Vafei and Robin Hull   Points: 564   

PPS: Maguire x2, Allen x2, Williams, Robertson x2, Brecel x2, Murphy, Hawkins x2, Ding, Gould x2, Selby, Bingtao, O’Sullivan, Higgins (1 Captain pick used)

My 'Beat the boss' selections for the Players Championship are John Higgins and Ronnie O'Sullivan with a captains pick on O'Sullivan. The deadline for all picks is before the first matches begin on Monday 19th March at 7pm.

All the very best to all players for their picks this week.