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Latest scores - Higgins imminent
Now that the TV table is clear, we can expect John Higgins and Barry Hawkins out any minute.
The other afternoon game between Ma Hailong and Chris Wakelin is also underway.
Ma Hailong 0-0 Chris Wakelin
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Latest scores – Allen OUT
Just as I type that he is OUT - he attempts a long black and once it doesn't go in he walks over to Oliver Lines and shakes his hand.
That will be a blow for the Belfast faithful who would have wanted (and probably expected) their man to make a deeper run than the last 32.
- Mark Allen 3-4 Oliver Lines
- Ma Hailong 0-0 Chris Wakelin
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Latest scores – Allen on the brink
Mark Allen is not having a good time in this seventh frame and is now on the brink of crashing out.
He is currently 57 behind with just 51 left on the table - he needs to try and play himself in and draw a couple of fouls out of Lines.
It's been a really scrappy frame from him in truth, with lots of missed shots.
- Mark Allen 3-3 Oliver Lines
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Latest scores - Jimmy White OUT
It's the end of Jimmy White's campaign, with Martin O'Donnell building a decent break of 55 to steal a fourth frame from the Whirlwind.
On the other table, Oliver Lines Martin Allen are locked in a very tight battle - Lines was building a decent break but couldn't separate the reds and now they are locked in a safety battle.
- Mark Allen 3-3 Oliver Lines
- Jimmy White 2-4 Martin O’Donnell
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Plenty more to come
As well as the final frames from these two matches, we've still got six more games tonight with John Higgins waiting for a table to open up.
Three world champions are also in action tonight, with Kyren Wilson, Neil Robertson and Mark Williams all to play.
Wednesday's remaining schedule:
- John Higgins vs Barry Hawkins
- Ma Hailong vs Chris Wakelin
- Anthony McGill vs Kyren Wilson
- Neil Robertson vs Wang Yuchen
- Mark Williams vs Noppon Saengkham
- Stan Moody vs Jak Jones
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Latest scores - Slessor through
Elliot Slessor has picked up a nice win against Long Zehuang, the world No 35 winning three straight frames to, including a century break to move into the last 16.
Meanwhile, Mark Allen is locked in a huge battle in front of his home fans with OIiver Lines taking him to a deciding seventh frame and Martin O'Donnell needs one frame against Jimmy White.
- Mark Allen 3-3 Oliver Lines
- Elliot Slessor 4-2 Long Zehuang
- Jimmy White 2-3 Martin O’Donnell
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Live scores
All three contests are neck and neck, with two heading into the business stages of their matches.
Who will bag the significant frames needed to head into the last 16?
Mark Allen 2-2 Oliver Lines
Elliot Slessor 2-2 Long Zehuang
Jimmy White 1-1 Martin O’Donnell
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Live scores
Matches from the last 32 continue live from the Waterfront Hall in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Allen 1-2 Lines
Slessor 1-2 Zehuang
White 1-1 O’Donnell
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Latest scores - Allen 0-1 Lines
Oliver Lines continues to shock the snooker world as the qualifiers has now taken the lead against hometown hero Mark Allen!
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Live scores
Matches from the last 32 continue live from the Waterfront Hall in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Allen 0-1 Lines
Slessor 1-1 Zehuang
White 1-0 O'Donnell
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1pm matches
The next set of matches are now underway and if they are anything similar to the first two, then fans are in for a treat.
Mark Allen takes on Oliver Lines while Elliot Slesor faces Long Zehuang.
And there is also an all-English battle between Jimmy White and Martin O'Donnell
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Latest scores – Peifan 4-1 Ford
Despite a slow start, Lei Peifan fires back to emphatically knock out Brit Tom Ford.
He will join his compatriot Pang Junxu in the last 16.
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Latest scores – Pang 4-1 Brecel
Pang Junxu battles through to defeat Luca Brecel 4-1, reaching the Last 16 in Belfast for the first time.
A clinical performance from the Chinese star!
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Latest scores – Peifan edges in front
A significant frame for Lei Peifan, who has come from behind.
He leads Ford 2-1.
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Latest scores – Brecel comes clawing back
The Belgian finally gets on the scoreboard by nabbing the fourth frame.
Pang still with a comfortable lead though, and leads 3-1.
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Latest scores – Pang doubles down
The Chinese star is running away with this.
Luca Brecel is struggling to stamp his authority on this contest and now has a mountain to climb if he wants to walk away with the win.
Pang now leads 3-0.
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Latest scores – Peifan fires back
A huge frame for Lei Peifan, who levels it up in Belfast.
Nothing to separate the two as we head into the third frame.
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Latest scores – Pang doubles down
Pang Junxu, ranked 27th, consolidates on his early lead and now leads 2-0.
An impressive start by the youngster.
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Latest scores – Strong start for Ford
The Brit looks in fine form to start proceedings this morning.
He takes the first frame, and leads 1-0.
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Latest scores – Pang fires first
A cracker of a first frame goes the way of Pang Junxu in his match against Luca Brecel.
Some nerves on show from both players, but the 24-year-old holds his nerve to edge in front.
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No Ronnie
Just a reminder that Ronnie O’Sullivan is not playing in Belfast this week.
The seven-time world champion dropped out of the tournament on Sunday night, citing medical reasons.
It comes after The Rocket sat out the British Open and the Wuhan Open.
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Northern Ireland Open prize money
Here is the breakdown of the prize money on over for the stars this week.
The big final takes place next Sunday on October 27.
Here is a breakdown of the huge £550,400 prize pot in Belfast:
Winner: £100,000
Runner-up: £45,000
Semi-finals: £21,000
Quarter-finals: £13,200
Last 16: £9,000
Last 32: £5,400
Last 64: £3,600
Last 96: £1,000
High Break: £5,000
Total £550,400
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Tuesday recap
A host of Round 1 and Round 2 games today, with wins for Mark Williams, Kyren Wilson and Judd Trump.
Here’s the full breakdown:
- Wu Yize 1-4 Oliver Lines
- Ali Carter 1-4 Ma Hailong
- Kyren Wilson 4-3 David Grace
- Chris Wakelin 4-2 Bulcsu Revesz
- Mark Williams 4-0 Jamie Clarke
- Noppon Saengkham 4-3 Thepchaiya Un-nooh
- Judd Trump 4-2 Matthew Selt
- Tian Pengfei 4-1 Robert Milkins
- Louis Heathcote 4-1 Jimmy Robertson
- Stuart Bingham 4-0 Mark Davis
- Zhou Yuelong 2-4 Shaun Murphy
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Allen takes swipe at Tour
Mark Allen has slammed the World Snooker Tour for giving him "poor coverage" during his time as world No1.
The 38-year-old topped the rankings in May and kept the top spot until August when he was dethroned by Judd Trump.
He told the BBC: "It was a bit anti-climactic. It wasn't really enjoyable if I'm honest.
"I feel like I got very poor coverage from the governing body and I didn't get a lot of coverage here [in Northern Ireland].
"Even turning up at events I wasn't on the main table all the time."
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Key format
As we progress through the competition, the match length will start to lengthen ahead of Sunday's final.
- Rounds 1 to 5: all matches are the best of 7 frames
- Quarter-finals: best of 9 frames (with mid-session interval)
- Semi-finals: best of 11 frames (with mid-session interval)
- Final: best of 17 frames - two sessions with scheduled mid-session intervals