Snooker in October 2012

We have a brand new month ahead of us and snooker is going to keep us busy no matter what. Either we are talking about travelling high and low across the UK with the Premier League caravan or taking a small "holiday" abroad for the EPTCs, snooker is definitely part of the equation.

The month starts with a trip to Southampton for the another "fast and furious" Premier League cue crossings on October 4^th, the next three days being completely dedicated to flying to Poland's Gdynia for the second European Player Tour Championship.

On October 11 and a week after that we have two new Premier League stops, but from 18 until 21 we are going to see the world of snooker from Belgium, at Antwerp the EPTC 3 Event taking place.

Another Premier League series will take place on October 25, while from 27 until the 28 of the same month the snooker seniors inviting us to another brilliant encounter with legendary snooker as the third edition of the Seniors World Championship will kick off.

The month will end with the brand new International Championship tournament, the first edition taking place in Chengau, China from 28 of October until November 4^th.



When?: 4-7 October
Where?: Gdynia, Poland
Who's playing?: click here for the draw.
Prize money: winner (€12,000), runner-up (€6,000), losing semi-finalists (€3,000), losing quarter-finalists (€2,000), last 16 (€1,250), last 32 (€750) and the last 64 (€500). 
Ranking points: winner (2,000), runner-up (1,600), losing semi-finalists (1,280), losing quarter-finalists (1,000), last 16 (760), last 32 (560) and the last 64 (360).


When?: 11 October
Where?: Malvern Theatres, UK
Who's playing?: Mark Selby v Ding Junhui and John Higgins v Stephen Lee
Prize money: £1,000 for each frame won, £1,000 for each century break and £25,000 for a maximum break.
Ranking points: N/A


When?: 18 October
Where?: Penzance LC, Cornwall, UK
Who's playing?: Mark Allen v Stephen Lee and Neil Robertson v Stuart Bingham
Prize money: £1,000 for each frame won, £1,000 for each century break and £25,000 for a maximum break.
Ranking points: N/A


When?: 18-21 October
Where?: Antwerp, Belgium
Who's playing?: click here for the draw.
Prize money: winner (€12,000), runner-up (€6,000), losing semi-finalists (€3,000), losing quarter-finalists (€2,000), last 16 (€1,250), last 32 (€750) and the last 64 (€500). 
Ranking points: winner (2,000), runner-up (1,600), losing semi-finalists (1,280), losing quarter-finalists (1,000), last 16 (760), last 32 (560) and the last 64 (360).


When?: 25 October
Where?: Guildford Spectrum, UK
Who's playing?: Stuart Bingham v Mark Selby and Judd Trump v John Higgins
Prize money: £1,000 for each frame won, £1,000 for each century break and £25,000 for a maximum break.
Ranking points: N/A

7. Seniors World Championship

When?: 27-28
Where?: Portsmouth, UK
Who's playing?: click here for the draw
Prize money: update needed.
Ranking points: N/A

8. International Championship

When?: October 28- November 4
Where?: Chengau, China
Who's playing?: click here for the draw.
Prize money: winner (£125,000), runner-up (£62,500), losing semi-finalists (£30,000), losing quarter-finalists (£17,500), last 16 (£12,000), last 32 (£7,000), last 48 (£3,000) and the last 64 (£1,500). There will also be a prize money of £2,000 for the highest TV break and one of £500 for the highest non-TV break.
Ranking points: winner (8000), runner-up (6400), semi-finals (5120), quarter-finals (4000), Last 16 (3040), Last 32 (2240 and 1120*), Last 48 (1840 and 920*), Last 64 (1440 and 720*), Last 80 (1040 and 520*) and for the Last 96 (640 and 320*).
* seeded loser