The 2011 PartyPoker.com Premier League Snooker was a professional non-ranking event that was played from 18 August to 27 November 2011.
Ronnie O'Sullivan was the defending champion, and he won his 10th Premier League Snooker title by defeating Ding Junhui 7–1.
All evenings in the league stage featured three matches: two semi-finals and a final. All matches were best of 5 frames, with no dead frames played, points were awarded for every frame won. Meaning that the maximum number of points a player could obtain was 24 and the minimum was 0. All frames were subjected to a 20-second shot clock and there were two 20 second extensions available for each player in every frame. All frames were subject to a 20-second shot clock.Each player appeared on 4 nights and were seeded to determine who they face.This was the first and only time in the events history there would be a clear winner in each match of the league phase. Unlike other years of the league phase when matches were best of 6 and therefore players could draw 3-3 on the night.In 2012 the Premier League reverted to the best of 6 round Robin matches. The play-offs were played to the rules used in previous editions.This meant that the top 4 after the league phase qualified for the Semi-Finals.As in other years 1st played 4th and 2nd played 3rd in the Semi-Finals.
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
Winner: £60,000
Runner-up: £30,000
Semi-final: £20,000
5th Place: £17,500
6th Place: £15,000
7th Place: £12,500
8th Place: £10,000
9th Place: £8,000
10th Place: £6,000
Highest break (per night): £1,000
Maximum break: £25,000
Total: £210,000
Players were seeded according to their world rankings apart from the defending champion Ronnie O'Sullivan who was the number one seed.
Top four qualified for the play-offs. The order of players was decided on most frames won, and than least frames lost. (Breaks above 50 shown between (parentheses); century breaks are indicated with bold.)
18 August – Embassy Theatre, Skegness, EnglandSemi-finals:
John Higgins 3–0 Jimmy White → 61–36, (105)–5, 71–69
Neil Robertson 0–3 Matthew Stevens → 18–63, 44–76, 13–(82)
Final: John Higgins 0–3 Matthew Stevens → 18–(91), 0–(95), 10–65
1 September – Guildford Spectrum, Guildford, EnglandSemi-finals:Jimmy White 0–3 Mark Williams → 1–(105), 30–61, 5–82 (60)
Ronnie O'Sullivan 2–3 Shaun Murphy → 63–48, 45–71, 68–49, 6–(115), 0–91 (85)
Final: Mark Williams 3–1 Shaun Murphy → 67–(65), 14–66, 62–47, (101) 118–6
22 September – Ravenscraig Sports Facility, Motherwell, ScotlandSemi-finals:
John Higgins 0–3 Neil Robertson → 14–126 (57, 69), 0–93 (87), 35–95
Ding Junhui 3–2 Shaun Murphy → (92) 124–7, 36–(98), 8–117 (98), (87) 102–21, (80)–0
Final: Neil Robertson 3–1 Ding Junhui → 56–63, (140)–0, (109) 118–0, 54–42
29 September – The Dome, Doncaster, EnglandSemi-finals:
Ronnie O'Sullivan 3–0 Matthew Stevens → 70–0, (94)–0, 77–12
Ding Junhui 0–3 Ali Carter → 9–82, 14–120 (50,70), 0–92 (91)
Final: Ronnie O'Sullivan 3–1 Ali Carter → 41–54, 52–42, (68) 72–21, 36–6
6 October – Hutton Moor Leisure Centre, Weston-super-Mare, EnglandSemi-finals:
Mark Williams 1–3 Judd Trump → 0–79 (64), 76–14, 0–79 (50), 23–71
John Higgins 2–3 Matthew Stevens → 5–(104), 68–87, (57) 61–1, 68–67 (67), 0–51
Final: Judd Trump 3–0 Matthew Stevens → 72–43, (81)–0, 67–30
13 October – Biddulph Leisure Centre, Stoke-on-Trent, EnglandSemi-finals:
Mark Williams 2–3 Ali Carter → 27–69, 66–41, 45–63, (115) 131–1, 0–84
Jimmy White 2–3 Ding Junhui → (52) 87–39, (59)–66, (52) 72–(56), 24–115 (78), 20–59
Final: Ali Carter 1–3 Ding Junhui → (96)–0, 7–67, 51–72, 1–72 (66)
20 October – Riverside Leisure Centre, Exeter, EnglandSemi-finals:
Ali Carter 1–3 Judd Trump → (78)–0, 14–62, 16–(111), 31–57 (53)
Shaun Murphy 1–3 Neil Robertson → 37–66 (60), (53) 74–41, 35–83 (52), 49–68
Final: Judd Trump 3–1 Neil Robertson → 55–54, 38–76, 74–0 (59), 79–0 (76)
3 November – Southampton Guildhall, Southampton, EnglandSemi-finals:
Ronnie O'Sullivan 3–2 Judd Trump → 0–(139), (53) 94–32, (89)–22, 46–64 (58), (70) 78–4
Neil Robertson 2–3 Ding Junhui → 59–72, 14–(61), (66) 72–17, (55) 70–46, 7–100 (58)
Final: Ronnie O'Sullivan 1–3 Ding Junhui → (77) 82–0, 1–74, 58–68, 17–79 (76)
10 November – Spiceball Leisure Centre, Banbury, EnglandSemi-finals:
John Higgins 3–1 Ali Carter → 36–52, (101) 117–13, (79) 95–0, 67–38
Mark Williams 3–0 Matthew Stevens → 63–28, 76–5, (105)–0
Final: John Higgins 3–1 Mark Williams → (125) 130–1, 44–77, (89)–24, 69–22
17 November – Grimsby Auditorium, Grimsby, EnglandSemi-finals:
Judd Trump 0–3 Shaun Murphy 1–75, 0–(122), 14–111 (100)
Ronnie O'Sullivan 3–0 Jimmy White → (65) 87–29, 75–6, (103) 120–6
Final: Shaun Murphy 1–3 Ronnie O'Sullivan → 16–(82), 35–(78), (52) 83–0, 40–(100)
26–27 November, Potters Leisure Resort, Hopton-on-Sea, England
* 0–66, 70–33, 109(109)–3, 34–59, 96(55)–0, 85(84)–0, 92(88)–9
** 89–37, 28–53, 15–74 (58), 68(59)–17, 139(139)–0, 69–58,14–70,75(75)–25
*** 68(52)–31, 96(92)–16, 80(56)–24, 57–43, 33–70, 79–52, 63(63)–61(60), 77(77)–0
The qualification for this tournament, the Championship League was played in eight groups from 3 January to 24 March 2011.
140, 109 Neil Robertson
139, 111 Judd Trump
139 Ding Junhui
125, 105, 101 John Higgins
122, 115, 100 Shaun Murphy
115, 105, 105, 101 Mark Williams
109, 103, 100 Ronnie O'Sullivan
104 Matthew Stevens
