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: £60,000Runner-up: £30,000Semi-final: £20,0005th Place: £17,5006th Place: £15,0007th Place: £12,5008th Place: £10,0009th Place: £8,00010th Place: £6,000Highest break (per night): £1,000Maximum break: £25,000Total: £210,000Players 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, 71–69Neil Robertson 0–3 Matthew Stevens → 18–63, 44–76, 13–(82)Final: John Higgins 0–3 Matthew Stevens → 18–(91), 0–(95), 10–651 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) 118–622 September – Ravenscraig Sports Facility, Motherwell, ScotlandSemi-finals:John Higgins 0–3 Neil Robertson → 14–126 (57, 69), 0–93 (87), 35–95Ding Junhui 3–2 Shaun Murphy → (92) 124–7, 36–(98), 8–117 (98), (87) 102–21, (80)–0Final: Neil Robertson 3–1 Ding Junhui → 56–63, (140)–0, (109) 118–0, 54–4229 September – The Dome, Doncaster, EnglandSemi-finals:Ronnie O'Sullivan 3–0 Matthew Stevens → 70–0, (94)–0, 77–12Ding 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, 36–66 October – Hutton Moor Leisure Centre, Weston-super-Mare, EnglandSemi-finals:Mark Williams 1–3 Judd Trump → 0–79 (64), 76–14, 0–79 (50), 23–71John Higgins 2–3 Matthew Stevens → 5–(104), 68–87, (57) 61–1, 68–67 (67), 0–51Final: Judd Trump 3–0 Matthew Stevens → 72–43, (81)–0, 67–3013 October – Biddulph Leisure Centre, Stoke-on-Trent, EnglandSemi-finals:Mark Williams 2–3 Ali Carter → 27–69, 66–41, 45–63, (115) 131–1, 0–84Jimmy White 2–3 Ding Junhui → (52) 87–39, (59)–66, (52) 72–(56), 24–115 (78), 20–59Final: 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), 49–68Final: 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) 78–4Neil 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, 67–38Mark Williams 3–0 Matthew Stevens → 63–28, 76–5, (105)–0Final: John Higgins 3–1 Mark Williams → (125) 130–1, 44–77, (89)–24, 69–2217 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) 120–6Final: 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 Robertson139, 111 Judd Trump139 Ding Junhui125, 105, 101 John Higgins122, 115, 100 Shaun Murphy115, 105, 105, 101 Mark Williams109, 103, 100 Ronnie O'Sullivan104 Matthew Stevens