Mark Allen enjoyed a fine opening day in the latest group of Championship League Snooker.

Allen was the only player to win all his three matches as he defeated Mark King, Peter Ebdon and Jamie Cope, conceding only one frame in the process.

UK finalist Allen is also leading the race for the £500 high break prize per group as he made 134 in his match against Ebdon.

Whoever wins this group will advance to the winners’ group where they will join Judd Trump, Shaun Murphy, Neil Robertson, Mark Davis and Barry Hawkins and one other player where the overall champion will earn a spot in the 2012 Premier League Snooker in the autumn.

The Championship League Snooker event is a venture between Matchroom Sport and Perform where 25 of the game's finest players compete with all matches broadcast on a host of betting websites.

Each group features seven players with each man playing the other six once in a round-robin basis. Every match is the best of five and the winner gaining a point. At the end of the league phase the top four advances to that group's semi-finals where the two winners meet in the final.

Players are awarded £100 per frame in the round robin stages, and this increases to £300 per frame for the play-offs. In addition, £3,000 goes to the play-off winner, £2,000 to the runner up and £1,000 each to the two semi-finalists.

Each group winner then goes through to the final group on March 21st & 22nd where big money as well as a spot in the Sky Sports-televised Premier League Snooker is up for grabs. The two bottom players are eliminated from the competition, while the remaining four move forward to Group Seven to be joined by three new players.

Play continues tomorrow at 11.00am when the remaining nine group matches take place, followed by the play-offs.

Group Six after 12 out of 21 matches