Regarding whether Ding Junhui will be invited to participate in the Riyadh Carnival Season Masters, there has been all kinds of news everywhere in the past two months. From the beginning, it was rumored that no matter how much Ding Junhui's ranking was, the organizing committee would invite Ding Junhui to participate, of course, such news made fans who like Ding Junhui happy, but then some bigwigs on the Internet collectively stood up and said that this was a rumor, and they all swore by it, which made everyone confused, and the organizing committee was also silent, refusing to disclose any news.
However, on March 2, the organizing committee of the event updated the lineup of the event, and Ding Junhui was impressively listed, which is really a bit of a slap in the face, but it's okay, anyway, the previous news is a rumor, you see, the organizing committee just changed the original top eight to the top ten, not only Ding Junhui was invited, no, wasn't Higgins also invited? It makes sense.
Zhang Haigen: Director Ding, thank you!
Regardless of these messes, in short, Ding Junhui's appearance in Riyadh is a thing worth celebrating. On the 2nd, the organizing committee announced the list of participants and also determined the distribution of prize money, the schedule and the placement of the golden balls.
List of participating players:
Ronnie O'Sullivan.
Judd Trump.
Mark Allen.
Luca Brecel.
Mark Selby.
Shaun Murphy.
Mark Williams.
Ali Carter.
Ding. John Higgins.
Saudi Arabia - Omar al-Arajlani.
Qatar - Ali Arobaydli.
Prize distribution:
Champion 250,000
Runner-up 125,000
Final Four 75,000
Quarterfinals 50,000
25,000 in the first round
Round of preliminaries 50,00
The total prize fund is 785,000
In addition, the first player to hit a 167 will receive a $500,000 bonus.
The first player to hit a 167 will receive $500,000!
167 Perfect Score Rule:
The 167 rule is as follows:
At the beginning of each game, the golden ball will be placed on the edge of the library adjacent to the tee line, aligned with the coffee ball point (the organizing committee also made a picture, which is quite intuitive.) ）
If a player accidentally hits a golden ball, or touches a golden ball before hitting the target ball, a penalty of 4 points is imposed.
As long as the player has the possibility of hitting 147, the golden ball will remain on the table; If there is no possibility of hitting 147, the golden ball will be taken and replaced in the next game.
If a player hits a 147, he'll get a chance to hit the Golden Ball, score an extra 20 points, complete the unique feat of 167, and the first player to hit a 167 will receive a $500,000 bonus.
For this estimate, the old man will be energetic, and the old man will probably think, what are you doing so mysteriously, as long as the bonus is in place, it doesn't matter if he is 147 or 167, he still has to fight, 147 and 167 The old man will not care, but the bonus must be cared about, so it is estimated that the old man will hit the full score.
Schedule:
March 4. Preliminaries (7 rounds and 4 wins).
10:00 p.m.: Ding Junhui vs Omar Alagilani.
No earlier than 23 o'clock: John Higgins vs Ali Arobedley.
First round, (4 wins in 7 games).
March 5, 3pm: Ali Carter vs Ding Junhui Omar Arajlani.
No earlier than 4 o'clock: Mark Williams vs John Higgins Ali Arobedley.
1 4 finals, (7 games and 4 wins).
22 o'clock: Mark Allen vs Mark Selby.
No earlier than 23 o'clock: Luca Bresel vs Ali Carter Ding Junhui Omar Aragerani.
March 6, 3 p.m.: Judd Trump vs. Shaun Murphy.
No earlier than 4 o'clock: Ronnie O'Sullivan vs Mark Williams John Higgins Ali Arrowbedley.
March 6 (Wednesday) [Semi-finals, 7 games and 4 wins].
22 o'clock --vs --
No earlier than 23 o'clock --vs --
The following is the final, 9 games and 5 wins].
3 o'clock the next day --vs --