The 2011 Power Snooker Masters Trophy was a

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tournament that took place between 19–20 November 2011 at Event City,

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Martin Gould Martin Gould (born 14 September 1981) is an English professional snooker player from Pinner in the London Borough of Harrow. He has appeared in four ranking finals and won one ranking title, the 2016 German Masters. Career Gould began his profe ...

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286–258 on points in a 30 minute time based unlimited racks final. Gould earned £25,000 as the winner while O'Sullivan received £12,000 as the runner-up. After the event it was revealed that O'Sullivan also received £25,000 appearance money, whereas the other top 16 players were only guaranteed £3,000 in prize money. When asked about this,

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said: "If a tournament needs one player for it to happen, tshouldn't be on at all...".

Main draw

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