Players Tour Championship Event 5 (2011) - preview

The time has come to leave behind the exotic Brazil and go back to base, meaning the UK. And so everything would be clearer, I'm talking about the city of snooker, good old Sheffield. 
Players Tour Championship will kick off on September 21^st (aka. today ... or tomorrow, that depends on when you are reading this piece) with its usual two days of qualifying rounds so the lads better have their cue sharpened and be ready for some competitive snooker.

If last season's PTCs had 12 different winners this years series of minor ranking tournaments have starter by following the same pattern. PTC 1 title was conquered by Ronnie O'Sullivan, closely followed by Judd Trump who took PTC 2 under his belt, then it came the amazing victory that Ben Woollaston had over Scotland's Graeme Dott during PTC 3 and finally we ended up with a big smile upon our faces, smile that "The Jester from Leicester" was responsible for after winning the PTC 4 event, also known as Paul Hunter Classic.

So after four PTCs we have four different winners. Can this change with the fresh start of PTC 5, or at the end of it a brand new player will be crowned king of the baize? Only time will tell.
However, if there's something I'm sure of, is the fact that we shall witness some really cracking matches, although, let's face it, the cubicles are not such a fun place to play in.

But first things, first - we must begin out journey with the two days of the qualifiers so here's Day One match schedule:

From 10am

Not before 12am

Not before 2pm

Not before 4pm

Not before 6pm

Not before 8pm
*all hours are UK time

All matches will be played by "best of 7" rule and since these are the qualifying rounds we won’t have any live transmissions. However, that will chance as soon as the main event will kick off, meaning starting with September 23^rd.