The Jester from Leicester only won one frame more than he lost to advance to the semi-finals, as he won three and lost three matches to end up fourth in the group of seven.
Crucially though, he came back from 2-0 down to beat group winner John Higgins 3-2 in the last four, then defeated Ali Carter by the same scoreline in the final.Selby said: "I didn't play fantastically but just dug deep and did what I had to do.
"I played OK yesterday and made a couple of centuries but with it being a short format you can just scrap it out and that's what I did.
His run to the finishing flag bagged him £6,100, and confirms what we already knew about Selby, and indeed snooker.
It doesn't matter how well you play early on in a competition, it's about hanging in there and producing when it matters. Selby is the master at that. His reward is a place in the Championship League final group.
This marks the conclusion of the first Championship League group.
Mark Williams who finished second in the group goes through along with Carter, Higgins, and fifth-placed Shaun Murphy to join Ronnie O'Sullivan, Neil Robertson and Jamie Cope in Group Two.
Stephen Maguire and Dott were the unlucky ones.
Full list of results (day two):
Williams 3-0 Carter; Selby 3-1 Dott; Murphy 3-0 Maguire; Williams 3-0 Dott; Higgins 3-1 Carter; Murphy 1-3 Carter; Williams 3-1 Maguire; Higgins 3-2 Selby; SF1: Higgins 2-3 Selby; Williams 0-3 Carter; FINAL: Selby 3-2 Carter
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