O'Brien lost to Rod Lawler and Paul Davies respectively, both 3–5. Round 1 In round 1 the 16 qualifiers went through to face players ranked 17–32. Swail lost 1–5 to Greene, who said the crowd was on his opponent's side. Tied at 3–3 Mark Selby won the seventh frame after Tony Drago missed a pink, eventually winning the match 5–4. Jamie Burnett made breaks of 117, 77, and 55 in defeating David Gray 5–2. Allen lost 1–5 to Ryan Day, a match in which Day made breaks of 79, 73, 56, and 91, after which Day said, "as soon as I started knocking in some breaks they went a bit quiet", in reference to the crowd. Michael Holt lost 2–5 to Mike Dunn, a player ranked 34 places below him. James Wattana defeated Michie 5–4 in a match that lasted over three hours. Michie was 1–3 down but went on to lead 4–3 and 30–0 points before he missed a straightforward pot, eventually losing the frame. Michie had the first chance in the next but also lost that frame. Tian Pengfei, on his 19th birthday, made breaks of 50, 62, and 115 in defeating Andy Hicks. Final In the best-of-17 final Ding defeated O'Sullivan to lift his third ranking title whilst still a teenager. Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: Winner: £30,000 Final: £15,000 Semi-final: £7,500 Quarter-final: £5,600 Last 16: £4,000 Last 32: £2,500 Last 48: £1,625 Last 64: £1,100 Main draw References Sources Draw . Sporting Life (UK). Retrieved 14 October 2010. "Northern Ireland Trophy 2006". Snooker.org. Retrieved 8 October 2010. "2006 Northern Ireland Trophy Results Grid". snookerdatabase.co.uk (Snooker Database). Retrieved 14 October 2010. "World Rankings 2006/2007". snooker.org. Retrieved 8 October 2010. Northern Ireland Trophy Northern Ireland Trophy Trophy Northern Ireland Trophy