Dates 10–17 January 2010 City London Organisation(s) WPBSA | Venue Wembley Arena Country England Format Non-ranking event | |
The 2010 PokerStars.com Masters was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 10–17 January 2010 at the Wembley Arena in London, England. This was the first time that the Masters was sponsored by PokerStars.com.
Contents
Mark Selby won in the final 10–9 against Ronnie O'Sullivan.
Field
Defending champion Ronnie O'Sullivan was the number 1 seed with World Champion John Higgins seeded 2. Places were allocated to the top 16 players in the world rankings. Players seeded 15 and 16 played in the wild-card round against the winner of the qualifying event, Rory McLeod (ranked 39), and wild-card selection Jimmy White (ranked 56). Rory McLeod was making his debut in the Masters.
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
Qualifying stage
Wild-card round
In the preliminary round the wild-card players played the 15th and 16th seeds:
Qualifying
The 2009 Masters Qualifying Event was held between 26 and 29 October 2009 at Pontins in Prestatyn, Wales. Rory McLeod was rewarded with a wild-card to the 2010 Masters, becoming the first ever black player to appear at the final stage of the tournament.