A few galeries are already available:

Yesterday’s Gala Dinner

Today’s afternoon session 

Jimmy White beat Patrick Wallace by 3-0 and John Parrot beat Patsy Fagan by the same score.

Note that the second session pictures will be added to today’s gallery tonight or tomorrow morning.

You can of course be at the venue… that’s the best option.

But other than that here is how:

Everything is being streamed live today on superstar online in China, on Facebook live here on our page. We will also go live and catch some interviews when we can

Tweeted by Jason Francis

The fitters are hard at work in Goffs and Jason, on social media, shared some evidence that those pockets are no “buckets”:

including this short video:

Tonight we have the launch dinner. Serious stuff starts tomorrow!

Apparently the event is played this week-end in Beijing and not at the end of the month as initially scheduled.

Here is the draw and the results as published By Jason Francis on twitter.

The event is covered in CBSA Website: the draw and format page as well as a page where some matches are streamed. If you open those pages with Chrome you can have them translated automatically. However images are not translated so, unless you can read Chinese, you will not be wiser than me about who is playing and winning in this one …

Jason also shared this table, showing the best breaks made today:

The event is covered by Rigour on the Superstar Online platform as previously mentioned

The draw for this event, held on 26-28 January 2018 in Beijing, featuring 80 players, will be made during the opening reception. Rigour will stream the matches, or at least some of them, on their Superstar Online Platform. I’m not sure at this stage whether the streams will be available outside China, on the CBSA website. Watch this space.

Don’t miss out. It will cost you only 10€ to watch the action live, in one of the most iconic venues Snooker ever had: Goffs.

Jason Francis will try to stream live, on Facebook, as often as possible. I will be there taking pictures, but nothing comes even close to the live atmosphere in that bear pit. And it’s a very rare opportunity to watch Steve Davis playing competitive snooker again, in fact it could be the last one!

This was sent today by Jason Francis in a Press Release:

We’ve got a £200 free sign up bonus on Irish masters, I think some of their odds offer real value.
10bet have partnered up with us to offer odds on the event. They’ve gone with Ken Doherty as favourite at just under 2/1 with Jimmy 2nd fav at 5/2. Sign up with them through us here http://bit.ly/2C8hP7P and get up to a £200 1st deposit bonus.

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Those who know me, know that I’m not exactly a fan of the betting industry, however there is no doubt that betting companies getting an interest in the event is a sign that they take it seriously and that they are confident it’s organised and played in a professional way. That the Seniors Tour is regognised as a proper sporting plzatform is certainly positive.

This was Jason Francis on twitter yesterday! Fantastic news!

80 Players will fight for this trophy, £3500 and a place in the world seniors in march. Beijing, CBSA Academy, Rigour. WST #daretodream

Yes? Then this email sent by Jason Francis is for you…

Dear World Seniors Tour Player,
We all love snooker and I’m sure as you were growing up your dream was to step out and play in a single table set up at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, the home of the World Snooker Championships.
Of course before the World Seniors Tour came along the only way you could do that was to get to the semi finals, a tall order and many hugely successful ranking event winners on tour have yet to achieve it….
But you can, if you dare to dream
The winners of the two qualifiers will get that chance… and a dream tie against either John Parrott, Joe Johnson, Dennis Taylor or a certain Stephen Hendry.

The two chances are in Newbury and Upton Park. Look at the calendar below to see the full tour dates

Crucible Club Newbury 3rd and 4th Feb (with 2nd Feb if required) CLOSING DATE 19TH JAN
Upton Park Snooker Centre, London E13 17th and 18th Feb (with 16th if required) CLOSING DATE 2ND FEB

Entry is £60, the prize fund is £14,000

You will find the Calendar as well as the link to the entry form here

And there is more good news …

Dear World Seniors Tour Player,
Shaun Murphy has today donated £500 into the prize pot for the end of season top 16 race. I intend to make this the high break prize for the weekend. Its a fabulous gesture from a top professional who wants to help us.
I’d be really grateful if you would find time to thank him for supporting us. His twitter is @magician147 or you can email him
themagician147@googlemail.com
its important we recognize the help we are getting. I will be approaching more top pros and asking them to contribute to the prize pot too so that everyone who  makes that top is on prize money and has a great weekend.

Nice gesture! Thank you Shaun!