Simon Whitlock is through to Finals Night in Week Two of the MODUS Super Series after an enthralling end to proceedings which saw 'The Wizard' conjure up some remarkable magic.
Whitlock sealed it in style seeing off Andy Hamilton 4-3 with six 180's, a 124 to win the group in the short format. This after Hall himself lastly saw off Tommy Morris 4-2 to send it into the hands of Whitlock or he'd win the group.
But in fact Whitlock made sure narrowly that he will join the line-up for Finals Night. While Hall, Hamilton and Morris head into Group B and Robertson and Nikolaou into Group C.
The MODUS Super Series is a weekly tournament with 12 players competing from Monday through Friday for a spot in the final group, which takes place on Saturday night. The player who finishes first after three sessions qualifies directly for the final night on Saturday night. The remaining players go into the final two groups defending on finishing position with five overall qualifying.
There are three from Group B and two from Group C as well as the direct winner from Group A that make up the line-up. On finals night, players compete in a small group stage, followed by semifinals and a final to determine the weekly winner.
The competition begins again the following week, with twelve new players competing for the title. After twelve weeks of competition, all weekly winners compete in "Champions Week," which is played every thirteen weeks of play to determine who wins the series and one with the top prize of £25,000.
Whitlock and Hamilton start in Group A alongside Graham Hall, Steve Robertson, Tommy Morris and Andreas Nikolaou so the victor goes through to Finals Night while the remaining players join the two groups in the evenings in Jamie Hughes, 'Wolfie' Martin Adams and Ashley Coleman in Group B with Group C comprising of Jenson Walker, James Hubbard and Adam Mould.
Finals Night is played on Saturday evening starting at 10pm where the players compete in a small group stage followed by semi-finals and a final to determine the weekly winner.
Andy Hamilton 4-2 Steve Robertson
Steve Whitlock 4-3 Tommy Morris
Andreas Nikolaou 4-3 Graham Hall
Steve Robertson 2-4 Simon Whitlock
Graham Hall 4-3 Andy Hamilton
Tommy Morris 3-4 Andreas Nikolaou
Steve Robertson 4-0 Graham Hall
Simon Whitlock 4-2 Andreas Nikolaou
Andy Hamilton 2-4 Tommy Morris
Graham Hall 4-1 Simon Whitlock
Tommy Morris 4-3 Steve Robertson
Andreas Nikolaou 3-4 Andy Hamilton
Tommy Morris 2-4 Graham Hall
Andy Hamilton 3-4 Simon Whitlock
Steve Robertson 4-2 Andreas Nikolaou
Position | Player | Played | W | L | LW | +/- | PTS |
1 | Simon Whitlock | 15 | 10 | 5 | 50 | 12 | 20 |
2 | Graham Hall | 15 | 10 | 5 | 42 | 8 | 20 |
3 | Andy Hamilton | 15 | 8 | 7 | 47 | 0 | 16 |
4 | Tommy Morris | 15 | 7 | 8 | 50 | 8 | 14 |
5 | Steve Robertson | 15 | 5 | 10 | 40 | -6 | 10 |
6 | Andreas Nikolaou | 15 | 5 | 10 | 30 | -22 | 10 |