[1] It was played under a variation of the standard rules of snooker,[2] and was the fourteenth ranking event of the 2017/2018 season.

[3][4] Michael Georgiou won his first ever ranking title, beating Graeme Dott 67–56 in the final.

[5][6] None of the top five players in the world rankings at the time, (Mark Selby, Ronnie O'Sullivan, Judd Trump, Ding Junhui and John Higgins) had entered the tournament.

All matches were played over a single frame, each of which lasted up to 10 minutes.

Unlike traditional snooker, if a ball did not hit a cushion on every shot, it was a foul.