Premier League Snooker 2012

Premier League Snooker 2012 PartyPoker.com Premier League Snooker 2012
Tournament type:	League / invitation tournament
Venue:	United Kingdom
Opening:	August 16, 2012
Endgame:	November 25, 2012
Winner:	Stuart Bingham
Finalist:	Judd Trump
Highest Break:	135 ( Stuart Bingham )
← 2011

The PartyPoker.com Premier League Snooker 2012 was a snooker tournament that was held from August 16 to November 25, 2012 in various locations in England.

Tournament winner was the Englishman Stuart Bingham with a 7-2 final victory over Judd Trump . The defending champion from last year was Ronnie O'Sullivan , who did not participate this year.

format

The tournament was played with ten players and in ten locations in England. Six frames were played, a draw was also possible. The best four players in the group stage played in the final round to win the tournament in knockout mode.

The following players were eligible to participate:

	player	qualified over
1	Mark Selby	Winner Shanghai Masters 2011
2	Judd Trump	Winner UK Championship 2011
3	John Higgins	Wildcard
4th	Shaun Murphy	Winner Brazil Masters 2011
5	Neil Robertson	Winner Masters 2012
6th	Stephen Lee	Winner Players Tour Championship 2011/12
7th	Ding Junhui	Winner Championship League 2012
8th	Mark Allen	Winner Haikou World Open 2012
9	Stuart Bingham	Winner Australian Goldfields Open 2011
10	Peter Ebdon	Winner China Open 2012

Prize money

• Winner: £ 50,000
• Finalist: £ 25,000
• Semi-finalists: £ 12,500
• Frame gain: £ 1,000
• Century-Break: £ 1,000
• Biggest Break: £ 5,000
• Maximum break: £ 25,000

• Total: £ 210,000

Group stage

(50+ breaks are shown in brackets; century breaks are shown in bold.)

All games that Stephen Lee was involved in have been voided due to the player's preliminary suspension. For this reason, the players from group 2 played one game less than the players from group 1.

The two best players in each group qualified for the final round.

Group 1

space	Surname	Frames G-V	Play G-UV	Points
1	Stuart Bingham	19-5	3-1-0	7th
2	Neil Robertson	13-11	3-0-1	6th
3	Ding Junhui	12-12	2-0-2	4th
4th	Shaun Murphy	12-12	1-1-2	3
5	Mark Selby	4-20	0-0-4	0

Group 2

space	Surname	Frames G-V	Play G-UV	Points
1	Judd Trump	11-7	2-0-1	4th
2	John Higgins	10-8	2-0-1	4th
3	Peter Ebdon	8-10	1-0-2	2
4th	Mark Allen	7-11	1-0-2	2
5	Stephen Lee	-	-	-

Group games

date	place	group	Player 1	Result	Player 2	Frame sequence
August 16	Skegness	1	Ding Junhui	4 : 2	Shaun Murphy	22- (81), 55-54, (82.0), 9-76 (63), 79-11, (64) 72-14
August 16	Skegness	2	Judd Trump	5 : 1	Stephen Lee	57–47, (95) 96–0, 63–61, ( 121 ) –0, ( 113 ) –0, 0– (68)
September 6th	Stoke-on-Trent	1	Mark Selby	1: 5	Neil Robertson	11-72 (63), 12-64, 16- (72), (61) 87-37, 17-72 (62), 9-71
September 6th	Stoke-on-Trent	2	Stephen Lee	1: 5	Peter Ebdon	16–73, 56–60, (87) 90–2, 1– (80), 45– (83), 21– ( 103 )
13.september	Carlisle	1	Shaun Murphy	3: 3	Stuart Bingham	16-83 (53), (54) 55- (68), 0-105 (59), (88) -51, (58) 97-0, 77-53
13.september	Carlisle	2	John Higgins	4 : 2	Mark Allen	0-71 (67), 69-34, 67-63, 58-70, (59) 95-39, (52) 76-30
September 27th	Banbury	1	Neil Robertson	4 : 2	Shaun Murphy	44-60, 73-58 (53), 0- ( 111 ), (70) 82-0, ( 113 ) 118-1, (58) 68-29
September 27th	Banbury	2	Mark Allen	4 : 2	Peter Ebdon	34-72, (84) 92-1, (76) 81-30, (50) 75-1, 19- ( 108 ), (69) -17
4th of October	Southampton	1	Stuart Bingham	4 : 2	Ding Junhui	(75) -24, 79-8, 0-102 (54), 16- (73), (75) -20, (50) 80-37
4th of October	Southampton	2	Judd Trump	4 : 2	Peter Ebdon	53-60, 62-55, 7-71, ( 131 ) -0, (90) -1, 79-4
October 11th	Great Malvern	1	Mark Selby	2: 4	Ding Junhui	27- (96), 27-63, 25-72, 4-94 (79), 73-39, (52) 90-39
October 11th	Great Malvern	2	John Higgins	4 : 2	Stephen Lee	13-67, 59-38, 1-76, (72) -0, (57) 80-1, 66-62
October 18	Cornwall	1	Neil Robertson	-	Stuart Bingham	Postponed to October 25th.
October 18	Cornwall	2	Mark Allen	-	Stephen Lee	-
October 25	Guildford	1	Stuart Bingham	6 : 0	Mark Selby	(52) 65-56, (59) 67-0, (54) 69-0, ( 128 ) -1, ( 122 ) -1, (50) 57-13
October 25	Guildford	2	Judd Trump	2: 4	John Higgins	79-0, 4-119 ( 114 ), 43-70 (52), 24-80, 39-84 (63), (78) 83-27
October 25	Guildford	1	Stuart Bingham	6 : 0	Neil Robertson	( 135 ) 139-0, 77-33, 75-66 (66), ( 127 ) -0, 61-20, (92) -0
November 8th	Doncaster	1	Mark Selby	1: 5	Shaun Murphy	6– (86), 81–1, 0–97, 22–72 (55), 0– ( 116 ), 0– (81)
November 8th	Doncaster	2	Judd Trump	5 : 1	Mark Allen	102 -0, 40-74 (60), (76) -0, 81-0, (76) -54, 77-48
15th of November	Durham	2	John Higgins	2: 4	Peter Ebdon	29–66, ( 125 ) 130–1, ( 133 ) –0, 1–87 (75), 11–68 (61), 47– (81)
15th of November	Durham	1	Neil Robertson	4 : 2	Ding Junhui	(71) –72 (53), 5–102 (95), 62– (59), (70) 83–26, 77–22, (51) 67– (57)

Final round

	Semi-finals (Best of 9) November 24, 2012 Grimsby				Final (Best of 13) November 25, 2012 Grimsby
	Stuart Bingham *	5
	John Higgins	4th
					Stuart bingham ***	7th
					Judd Trump	2
	Judd Trump **	5
	Neil Robertson	4th

* 71:13, 74:44, 22:94 (58), 0:81 (81), 132: 0 ( 117 ), 52:65, 50:76 (50, 76), 74: 8 (74), 71:34 (57)

** 65:77 (R 55), 14:68, 54:15, 0:87, 60:58, 81: 0, 56:29, 45:78 (58), 71:16

*** 7:83 (83), 82: 0 (82), 100: 8 ( 100 ), 76:33, 116: 9 (55, 53), 74: 5 (61), 0: 101 ( 101 ) , 115: 9 (71), 58:54

Century breaks

Stuart Bingham 135, 128, 127, 122, 117, 100 John Higgins 133, 124, 114 Judd Trump 131, 121, 113, 101 Shaun Murphy 116, 111 Neil Robertson 113 Peter Ebdon 108, 103

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Premier League Players And Fixtures ( English ) In: worldsnooker.com . World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association . Archived from the original on January 25, 2013. Retrieved October 18, 2012.
2. ^ Prize Fund . In: premierleaguesnooker.com . Matchroom sport . Archived from the original on October 18, 2012. Retrieved October 18, 2012.
3. ↑ The Tour 2012/2013: Provisional prize money summary (PDF; 139 kB) In: worldsnooker.com . World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association . Archived from the original on April 21, 2014. Retrieved October 18, 2012.
4. ↑ Results . Matchroom sport . Archived from the original on December 20, 2012. Retrieved October 21, 2012.
5. ↑ WSPBSA Statement - Stephen Lee . Matchroom sport . Archived from the original on April 7, 2014. Retrieved October 21, 2012.
6. ↑ Thing takes opening PSL match . Matchroom sport . Archived from the original on November 3, 2012. Retrieved October 30, 2012.
7. ↑ Trump thumps Lee in Group B opener . Matchroom sport . Archived from the original on November 3, 2012. Retrieved October 30, 2012.
8. ↑ ^{a b} Impressive Robertson sees off Selby . Matchroom sport . Archived from the original on November 3, 2012. Retrieved October 30, 2012.
9. ^ ^{A b} Murphy and Bingham tie Carlisle thriller, Higgins beats Allen . Matchroom sport . Archived from the original on January 31, 2013. Retrieved October 30, 2012.
10. ↑ ^{a b} Wins for Allen and Robertson . Matchroom sport . Archived from the original on November 3, 2012. Retrieved October 30, 2012.
11. ↑ ^{a b} Trump tops Group B . Matchroom sport . Archived from the original on November 3, 2012. Retrieved October 30, 2012.
12. ↑ Ding win leaves Selby bottom . Matchroom sport . Archived from the original on November 3, 2012. Retrieved October 30, 2012.
13. ↑ Higgins beats Lee to go second . Matchroom sport . Archived from the original on December 23, 2012. Retrieved October 30, 2012.
14. ↑ ^{a b} Fixtures Announcement . Matchroom sport . Archived from the original on December 20, 2012. Retrieved October 23, 2012.
15. ↑ Imperious Bingham on track for play-offs . Matchroom sport . Archived from the original on November 3, 2012. Retrieved October 30, 2012.
16. ^ Higgins secures semi-final berth . Matchroom sport . Archived from the original on November 3, 2012. Retrieved October 30, 2012.
17. ↑ Brilliant Bingham fails to concede a frame . Matchroom sport . Archived from the original on December 27, 2012. Retrieved October 30, 2012.
18. ↑ ^{a b} Trump through to semi finals . Matchroom sport . Archived from the original on February 9, 2013. Retrieved November 9, 2012.
19. ↑ ^{a b} Robbo claims final play-off spot . Matchroom sport . Archived from the original on December 29, 2012. Retrieved on November 21, 2012.
20. ↑ Trump edges scrappy semi . Matchroom sport . November 25, 2012. Archived from the original on February 1, 2013. Retrieved on March 10, 2013.
21. ↑ 2012 PartyPoker.com Premier League Snooker . Matchroom sport . Archived from the original on December 20, 2012. Retrieved on November 21, 2012.