The first home nations event of the 2017/18 season is the Dafabet English open and it kicks off at the Barnsley Metrodome on the 16th October.
Liang Wenbo won a thrilling final to claim his first ranking event title with a 9-6 victory over Judd Trump. Last years tournament also featured an excellent 147 break from the talented Alfie Burden.
All the games major players will descend on Barnsley as someone will attempt to start the possible quest for the million pound prize which will be won by any player that wins all four home nations events.
Reigning world champion Mark Selby starts his campaign against Scott Donaldson while the 5 time world champion Ronnie O’Sullivan faces the winner of the preliminary round match between Ian Burns and Zhang Anda.
There has been a lot of talk from fans and players about this years tournament being moved from event city Manchester to the Barnsley Metrodome and it hasn’t gone down well with most as the thought of the final stages of a major event being played in a leisure centre is not very appealing.
With only the top 16 being seeded in the first round some seriously juicy ties have been thrown out of the hat! Scottish open winner Marco Fu face the talented Chinese players Tian Pengfei while recent China Championship winner Luca Brecel face the reigning Riga masters champion Ryan Day.
As Dafabet are sponsoring the tournament it will be easy for you to remember to check out Dafasnooker.com for all the post match interviews and special features during the tournament as we will be giving you first class coverage from day 1 until the final.
Dafabet English Open odds available at Dafabet.