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This season's WPBSA Paul Hunter Scholar Jack Lisowski has won the first Pontin’s International Open Series event of the season, Lisowski beat Liam Highfield 6-5 in the final.

Lisowski only turned 18 years old last thursday, he gained a 4-2 lead with a top run of 79, before Highfield pulled back to all square.

The second PIOS event starts on July 27th.

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WPBSA Paul Hunter Scholarship For New Season Awarded To Jack Lisowski
Jack Lisowski Reaches The Final Of The Pontin's International Open Series Event

At the end of the 2008/09 season the seven times world champion Stephen Hendry is leading the Snooker Prize Money List by £2.5M.

Hendry has amassed £8,669,910, which is £2,532,150 more than Ronnie O’Sullivan. O’Sullivan replaced Steve Davis at the number 2 spot last year. Even if Hendry were to retire now, it would take consecutive seasons of large prize monies for O’Sullivan to beat his record.

The Prize Money List is as follows:
Stephen Hendry £8,669,910
Ronnie O’Sullivan £6,137,760
Steve Davis £5,644,605
John Higgins £4,891,130
Jimmy White £4,697,590
Mark Williams £3,742,980
Ken Doherty £3,277,535
John Parrot £3,190,225
Peter Ebdon £2,282,320
Alan McManus £2,212,070
Matthew Stephens £1,833,680
James Wattana £1,831,133
Stephen Lee £1,731,360