started today. All of it's being shown on ITV4.

Draw:
Group 1 (Friday November 22)
Ronnie O'Sullivan (1) v Mark Davis (16)
Ding Junhui (8) v Barry Hawkins (9)

Group 2 (Tuesday November 19)
Mark Selby (2) v Shaun Murphy (15)
John Higgins (7) v Stephen Maguire (10)

Group 3 (Wednesday November 20)
Judd Trump (3) v Marco Fu (14)
Ricky Walden (6) v Stuart Bingham (11)

Group 4 (Thursday November 21)
Neil Robertson (4) v Martin Gould (13)
Mark Allen (5) v Ali Carter (12)

Groups consist of two semi-finals (best of 7 frames) and a final (best of 11). Then overall semis (BO 11) on Saturday and final on Sunday (19).

Neil Robertson's World number 1, Ding's won a few tournaments (Indian Open, Shanghai Masters) of late and is up to third, having spent some time a bit lower in the rankings than he probably should be.

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