Fantasy Snooker: Points update and International Championship info

The English Open has come to a conclusion down in Crawley with Stuart Bingham beating Mark Davis 9-7 in a final that took most of the Fantasy Snooker League by surprise.

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.