Fantasy Snooker: Updated points table and Masters information

After a month off from the Fantasy Snooker League since the Scottish Open concluded with a dramatic 9-7 victory for Mark Allen in the final against Shaun Murphy, the League returns with the second double points event of the season, as the Masters kicks off on Sunday.

Following a short turnaround from his UK Championship final loss to Ronnie O'Sullivan, not a single player in the league selected eventual winner Allen for the event in Glasgow, while only one participant fancied Murphy to turn around his poor season. One big mover in the table was Tungsten Darts who is up to joint 7th in a tightly bunched table after picking semi-finalist Judd Trump, quarter-finalist Ryan Day and having another quarter-finalist in Alfie Burden as one of his season picks.

There has also been a change at the very top of the standings with Daz Muckian overtaking Matt Butler, who saw his reign come to a quick end after some poor Scotland picking. In fact some of the picking across the board was below par, with two of the most popular picks being Stuart Bingham and Neil Robertson. Bingham would lose out 4-0 in the very first round, while defending champion Robertson would only go a round further, losing 4-2 to Ross Muir in the last 64.


So, here is how the table looks in full ahead of the Masters:

Daz Muckian 690

Matt Butler 677

Rob Chipp 661

Ryan Duckett 657

LTD Syndicate 651

Kellie Barker 637

Shaun Hunt 630

Tungsten Darts 630

Cluster of Reds 617

Rob Francis 616

FAM147 613

Andy (APB147) 613

Stephen McCabe 605

Voihelevettisua 605

Chris Watts 580

Phil Robinson 577

Munraj Pal 557

Debbie Dymott 553

Phil Mudd 541

Alex Abrahams 533

The Cue View 532

Daniela Reich 523

Anthony (antow73) 520

Kim Kristensen 520

Dani M (esnukero) 512

Anatole Compton 506

Daniel Gavin 490

Steven Bunn 482

Martin Pearlman 457

Pete Tscherewik 455

Square Sausage 436

Andrew Devonshire 422

Markus 420

Kelvin Platten 412

In all, the top 14 in the table are only separated by 85 points, which is not a huge margin leading into a double points, with a further nine events still to come thereafter. The double points offering at the Alexandra Palace may help to open the table up a bit, but with only 16 players to choose from there may also be a lot of repeat picks that could lead to very little separation whatsoever.

The deadline for your two Masters selections is prior to the first match between defending champion Mark Allen and Belgium's Luca Brecel on Sunday 13 January at 1pm. With plenty of points on offer still if you can pick the two finalists it is very much worth studying the draw closely before making the two selections. I would like to wish the very best of luck to all competitors ahead of the Masters, and the next update will follow events in London and lead into the German Masters at the very end of the month.