Hat trick for Hearn

Barry Hearn has made a huge difference to the way World Snooker and the sport in general is now viewed. A couple of months ago you would find it hard to get excited about the future of the game but now it seems to be buzzing as one tournament rolls into another.

Todays announcement that the China Open sponsor will be Sanyuan Foods is now the third major sponsor that the chairman has produced since his appointment to the position. It's also good to see that the sport can attract more than just the gambling industry as a sponsor.

Totesport.com Welsh Open

The Welsh open is now only a few days away and Barry Hearn has done it yet again by securing a major name sponsor for his second event in a row. Totesport.com will be the official sponsors for the event which kicks off on the 25th at the Newport Centre with Ali Carter aiming to retain the title he won last season.

This is the first sponsor the Welsh Open has seen in a few years and comes on the back of news that Barry had singled it out for the axe unless it became more self financing. The one year agreement has given the sport the boost it needs to carry on this mini revolution as Barry aims to bring snooker up to the times.

Trump through to finals

Last years Championship League champion Judd Trump is through to the finals of this season's event after he won today's Group 3 final beating Mark Allen 3-2 in the final.

Trump finished first in the group losing out only to Stephen Hendry 3-2 early on yesterday which rather surprisingly was Hendry's only win over the two days play.

Parker and Mooney co-opted

Both Brandon Parker and Pat Mooney have been co-opted today to the board of the WSA while Dr.Hamish McInnes resignation has been accepted by Barry Hearn.

Prizepotter

Barry Hearn has talked about a new tournament that he's mad to run as part of his overhaul of the snooker calendar. The Idea will shock the traditionalists of snooker as he aims to have a one frame shootout over one weekend with the World's Top 64.

Sounds ok so far until you get to the part about 12 minutes a frame, ball in hand, 20 sec shot clock, party atmosphere, free flowing beer, no over 35's allowed and walks of shame for the losers, then basically, it sounds great!

Super Selby

Mark Selby produced one of the greatest comebacks in snooker history against probably the best player ever late on Sunday night to clinch the 2010 Pokerstars.com Masters.

The now two time Masters champion produced some superb snooker to come back from 9-6 behind to stun the snooker world and indeed O'Sullivan.