2018/2019 World Snooker Professional Tour season third stop ranking Paul Hunter classic competition kicked off in Fiertra, Germany on August 24. In the first day's game, 8 people including Anda , Alberton , Tachaya and others advanced to the top 16. It is worth mentioning that George Woo and Jones scored two 147 full-point shots on the first day.
The Paul Hunter Classic is named in memory of three-time Masters champion Paul Hunter who died in 2006. The event was first held in 2004. It was a mixed competition for professional and amateurs. Because of the venue, it was called the Filter Grand Prix. The first competition was won by Paul Hunter defeating his friend Stevens 4-2 in the final. The event was renamed Filter German Open in the following two years.
On October 9, 2006, he won the championship with a major reversal in the Wembley Masters final three times. Paul Hunter, who was only 27 years old, died of cancer. In 2007, under the call of many famous players such as Hendry and Dahdy, the World Taiwan Federation changed the tournament to the Paul Hunter Classics to commemorate the snooker genius who died young.
Although the Paul Hunter Classic Tournament does not have a long history, its background is still relatively complicated. It was previously a PTC Tour event, and it was later upgraded to a small ranking competition, and it was officially upgraded to a large ranking competition from 2016. However, due to the meager prize money in the event, it is not favored by many famous players. The famous players such as Selby and O'Sullivan have not registered for this event.
Paul Hunter Classic Tournament officially kicked off yesterday after two consecutive days of qualifying matches. In yesterday's game, 2018 single-time limited-time champion Michael George Utd scored a 147 shot in the third round of the first round against German local player Umut Dikme, which was also his first full-score shot of 147 in his career and the first full-score shot this season.
Shortly after George Woo scored a full score, Jamie Jones also scored a full score of 147 in the third game against Lee Walker. At the same time, this is also his first full score in his career, the second in this season and this event. However, this 147 shot did not bring good luck to Jones. After scoring a full score, he was eventually reversed 4-2 by his opponent in three consecutive games.
It is worth mentioning that the last ranking match scored 147 and was at the China Open in April this year. O'Sullivan scored his 14th career shot of 147 in the first round, but was eliminated by young player Sleiser. The next day, Bingham scored another 147, and shared the final full score prize and the highest single shot prize with O'Sullivan.
Although the Paul Hunter Classics has no long history, it has seen 147 full marks many times. Before this event, 147 full marks were born here four times. O'Sullivan in 2011, Dahdi in 2012, Meta in 2014 and Tachaya in 2016 all scored 147 full marks here. Currently, the 147 rolling prize pool has accumulated £20,000. If no one scores another 147 before the end of the game, then George Woo and Jones will share the prize money equally.
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