00:00 The UK Snooker Championship is one of the three biggest tournaments in World Snooker.
00:06 Alongside the World Championship and the Masters, together the three make up the triple crown of the sport.
00:12 The top 16 players in the world automatically qualify for the Round of 32 stage,
00:17 with the other 16 having made the cut from a qualifying tournament of 128 players.
00:23 All of the games are the best of 11 frames, except for the final, which is the best of 19 frames.
00:29 The defending champion is Northern Ireland's Mark Allen, who defeated Ding Jun-Hu from China in last year's final.
00:36 The world number one, Ronnie O'Sullivan, who has just seen a documentary about himself released,
00:42 is going for his eighth title, which would extend his own record.
00:46 It promises to be a week of enthralling snooker in York, with the winner walking away with a cash prize of £250,000.
00:53 £15,000 will also go to the player who achieves the highest break.
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