Only four players picked Bingham overall and two of those are now into the top three in the table thanks to his efforts, while not a single participant selected Mark Davis neither as a tournament pick or a season pick, for which he was eligible. Overall, the most popular pick was Ronnie O'Sullivan and his run to the semi-finals featuring a 147 maximum which earned 10 bonus points has helped boost a lot of people in the overall standings.
For Rob Chipp, special mention needs to go to the fact that not only did he pick winner Bingham, but he has quarter-finalist Noppon Saengkham as a season pick as well, seeing him rise from just outside of the top 10 all the way to becoming the nearest challenger to Ryan Duckett's lead. Meanwhile, last year's champion Kellie Barker also selected Bingham and has made her move up into the top three ahead of a busy period of snooker to come in the next couple of months.
Here is how the standings look in full following the English Open:
Ryan Duckett 330
Rob Chipp 322
Kellie Barker 297
Daniela Reich 295
Andy (APB147) 291
FAM147 291
Daz Muckian 281
Munraj Pal 277
The Cue View 256
Stephen McCabe 250
Dani M (esnukero) 240
Steven Bunn 237
Rob Francis 235
LTD Syndicate 228
Matt Butler 225
Martin Pearlman 222
Kim Kristensen 222
Phil Mudd 219
Voihelevettisua 219
Tungsten Darts 216
Anatole Compton 215
Cluster of Reds 213
Square Sausage 212
Andrew Devonshire 210
Chris Watts 208
Markus 205
Shaun Hunt 201
Debbie Dymott 199
Alex Abrahams 198
Pete Tscherewik 196
Anthony (antow73) 193
Daniel Gavin 161
Phil Robinson 161
Kevin Platten 126
Gary Freeman 113
GaryOnCue 76
Twit Torr Terry 70
Next up in the competition is the International Championship in China. Qualifiers for this one have just taken place so once the heldover matches are completed, the tournament will start with the last 64 at the venue. Please note as always that no heldover last 128 matches will count towards the points. Do not be caught out either by the earlier start to this event. The deadline for picks will be before the first matches in the early hours of the morning for UK viewers on Sunday 28 October, ahead of this eight-day tournament.
A couple of people of asked to see who they have already selected so I have compiled a "warning list" of players that have already used two or in one case even all three picks on a player, keeping in mind that you can only pick a player three times over the course of the whole season.
WARNINGS LIST:
Rob Chipp: Ding x2
Daniela Reich: N. Robertson x2, M. Williams x2, Brecel x2
Andy (APB147): Allen x2
FAM147: N. Robertson x2
Daz Muckian: Brecel x2
Dani M (esnukero): Bingham x2
Steven Bunn: Walden x2, Bingham x2
Rob Francis: Hawkins x2
Matt Butler: Hawkins x2
Voihelevettisua: K.Wilson x2
Square Sausage: Allen x2
Andrew Devonshire: Trump x3, N. Robertson x2
Markus: Trump x2, Selby x2
Debbie Dymott: Allen x2
Alex Abrahams: Hawkins x2
Anthony (antow73): K. Wilson x2
Daniel Gavin: Hawkins x2
Kevin Platten: K. Wilson x2
Well done to all of the participants who are not on that list, therefore meaning they have kept their options open for all of the big events that are to come later in the season, including the invitational Champion of Champions event that follows the International Championship.
Once again the deadline for picks is before the first matches in Daqing on Sunday 28 October, so good luck to everyone ahead of the next set of selections.
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