Four players bid for last three remaining semi-final spots - 19/11/2009

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FOUR players will be aiming to qualify for the semi-finals of the 2009 PartyCasino.com Premier League Snooker in tonight's last round of group matches. Only John Higgins has so far qualified and Judd Trump, Ronnie O'Sullivan, Shaun Murphy and Stephen Hendry are still battling for the three remaining spots.

Premierleaguesnooker.com has looked at what each player has to do to ensure their place in next week's play-offs at the Potters Leisure Resort in Hopton-on-Sea in Norfolk.

Week ten matches (from Venue Cymru in Llandudno, Wales - Marco Fu v Stephen Hendry, Ronnie O'Sullivan v John Higgins and Shaun Murphy v Judd Trump. The session starts at 6pm with all the action live on Sky Sports. NOTE: The Murphy v Trump match, which had been scheduled to take place first, will now be the third match of the session.

JOHN HIGGINS
- Definitely through to the play-offs.
- If he draws or beats O'Sullivan he will finish top of the table.
- If he loses to O'Sullivan he will finish below him in the table.
- If Higgins loses and Trump beats Murphy then it will come down to frames won between Higgins and Trump for second place.
- If Higgins and Trump have both won the same amount of frames then Higgins will finish higher as he won their match 4-2.

JUDD TRUMP
- A win and he is through to the play-offs and he will finish either first, second or third.
- A draw and he will be through to the play-offs but can then only finish second, third or fourth.
- If he loses he could be eliminated depending on Ronnie O'Sullivan's result against John Higgins and Stephen Hendry's result against Marco Fu.
- However, if he loses but Hendry also loses then Trump will scrape through.
- Alternatively, if Trump loses and Hendry wins, Trump will still make the play-offs if O'Sullivan loses by the same scoreline or worse as Trump.

RONNIE O'SULLIVAN
- A win and he is through to the play-offs and will finish either first, second or third.
- If he draws he will be through to the play-offs and will finish second, third or fourth.
- If he loses 6-0 he will be eliminated if both Shaun Murphy and Stephen Hendry get at least a draw from their matches.
- If he loses 5-1 he will scrape through if Trump loses 6-0 or if either Shaun Murphy or Stephen Hendry fail to get at least a point from their matches.
- If he loses 4-2 he will scrape through if Trump loses 5-1 or 6-0 or if either Shaun Murphy or Stephen Hendry fail to get at least a point from their matches.

SHAUN MURPHY
- A win and he is through to the play-offs and will finish either second, third or fourth.
- A draw and he could be eliminated if Ronnie O'Sullivan gains at least a draw and Stephen Hendry wins his match.
- But if he draws and O'Sullivan loses or Hendry fails to win then Murphy will scrape through.
- If he loses he will need Stephen Hendry to lose as well to qualify. However if Murphy loses by a wider margin than Hendry does then Hendry will qualify by winning more frames.
- If both he and Hendry lose by the same score then Murphy will qualify. Both players will have identical records and the match between them ended 3-3 but Murphy got to three frames first in their match so will remain above him in the table.

STEPHEN HENDRY
- A win and he is through to the play-offs and will finish either second, third or fourth.
- A draw and he will qualify if Shaun Murphy, Judd Trump or Ronnie O'Sullivan lose.
- If he loses 6-0 he will be eliminated.
- If he loses 5-1 he needs Murphy to lose 6-0 to qualify.
- If he loses 4-2 he needs Murphy to lose 6-0 or 5-1 to qualify.
- If he loses by the same score as Murphy he will still be eliminated. Both players will have identical records and the match between them ended 3-3 but Murphy got to three frames first in their match so will remain above him in the table.

NEIL ROBERTSON AND MARCO FU ARE ELIMINATED AND HAVE NO CHANCE OF MAKING THE PLAY-OFFS