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After a day off to recover the tables, the players were back in action for the 5th day of competition at the 12BET.com UK Championship qualifiers in Sheffield. Two players to make it to the 4th round were Ireland's Fergal O'Brien and the inconsistent Dave Gilbert.

Ronnie O'Sullivan has won his 6th Premier League title in 7 years after thrashing defending champion Shaun Murphy 7-1 in the finals at Potters Leisure Resort, Hopton on Sea, Norfolk.

The draw has been revealed for the first round of the Sky Snooker Shoot-Out in Blackpool on the 28th-30th of January. The biggest draws include Ronnie O'Sullivan v Marco Fu and Mark Williams v John Higgins.

Women's World Champion Reanne Evans continues her domination of the ladies Snooker tour by claiming the British Open at Pot Black Sports Bar, Suffolk.

It's the fourth day of action at the UK Championship qualifiers in Sheffield and the second round matches are concluded. The biggest name in play today was crowd favourite; Jimmy White. It was a much harder win for the on and off pro Matthew Selt today though.

Third day of Qualifying for the 12BET.com UK Championships in Sheffield and the second round has began. All the players who won their first round matches and the players ranked 49-64 were battling it out for a third round place, one of these was Malta's best; Tony Drago. Another victor was Peter Lines who made it to the quarter-finals in last year's tournament.

Day 2 at UK championship qualifiers in Sheffield, where the first round ties are all nearly over. The young guns were out in force today and most managed to win their matches, including Welshman Michael White. Although it wasn't the best of days for Women's World Champion Reanne Evans though.

It's the first day of competition at the UK Championship qualifiers in Sheffield, where all the players ranked 65-96 battle it out to reach the next round and possibly a chance to get to Telford. It didn't go according to plan for tour internationals Patrick Einsle and Igor Figueiredo though.

Now that the 12 Players Tour Championship events are over we now know who will be making the trip to Dublin next March for the finals. Few well established names but loads of newcomers also have made it. The most consistent of which was Shaun Murphy.

Michael Holt shrugged off a bad start to the season today, by defeating Scotland's no.1 John Higgins in the final 4-3 of EPTC6, Prague.