FANTASY SNOOKER: Points Update and Paul Hunter Classic Info

The first event of the Fantasy Snooker season has been and gone with Mark Williams winning the World Open in China, beating David Gilbert in the final. Early shocks in this early season event left a line-up that not many dared to predict.

Only two participants dared to pick World Champion Williams, while one was brave enough to look outside of the box and pick Gilbert - who lost from 9-5 ahead to cost that player at least 10 points. However, with plenty of tournaments left and more than enough points to play for, it is far too early to worry about your position in the overall standings and panic pick for the next event.

It may be an ominous sign that last season's champion Kellie Barker is lurking inside the top ten after the first event, a very respectable start. It is another blogger that has taken an early 24 point lead at the top though, after picking winner Williams and semi-finalist Hawkins, while six of the top 10 in the early standings have World Open quarter-finalist Gary Wilson as a season selection.

Current Table: 

The Cue View 89

Daniela Reich 65

Stephen McCabe 64

FAM147 63

Andy (@APB147) 55

Steven Bunn 50

Phil Mudd 48

Pete Tscherewik 48

Kellie Barker 48

Cluster of Reds 46

Andrew Devonshire 46

Ryan Duckett 46

Shaun Hunt 42

Dani M (@esnukero) 40

Daniel Gavin 39

Rob Chipp 39

Debbie Dymott 37

GaryOnCue 37

Phil Robinson 34

Matt Butler 33

Anatole Compton 32

Daz Muckian 30

Tungsten Darts 30

Twit Torr Terry 30

Gary Freeman 29

Markus 28

Kim Kristensen 25

Kevin Platten 24

LTD Syndicate 23

Alex Abrahams 23

Martin Pearlman 22

Munraj Pal 21

Voihelevettisua 21

Chris Watts 21

Rob Francis 16

Square Sausage 16

Players previous selected are available on request

This week's second event comes from Furth in the form of the Paul Hunter Classic. With only three top 16 players involved this week in Germany, it will force players to look further outside of the box for their picks and could produce some intriguing selections. Don't forget that you can only pick each player a maximum of three times over the season, and another rule that is notable for this week is that you cannot pick any of the amateur qualifiers that will make up the field. 

The deadline for your two Paul Hunter Classic is before the first matches in the professional stages of the tournament on Friday morning. Good luck!