2010 Premier League Snooker
Introduction The '''2010 PartyCasino.com Premier League''' was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that was played from 2 September to 28 November 2010.Shaun Murphy was the defending champion, but Ronnie O'Sullivan defeated him 7–1 in the final.
Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:*Winner: £30,000*Runner-up: £15,000*Semi-final: £5,000*Frame-win: £1,000*Century break: £1,000 (only in league phase)*Maximum break: £25,000*Total: £200,000
League phase  Ranking Name  OSU   FU   MUR   ROB   WIL   SEL   DIN FramesW–L  MatchW–D–L  Pld–Pts 1'''Ronnie O'Sullivan''' x  3  3  5   4  5  3  23–13  3–3–0  6–9 2  '''Marco Fu''' 3  x  4  4  3  1  5  20–16  3–2–1  6–8 3 '''Shaun Murphy''' 3  2  x  2  4  3  5  19–17  2–2–2  6–6 4  '''Neil Robertson''' 1  2  4  x  3  2  6 18–18  2–1–3  6–5 5Mark Williams 2  3  2  3  x  4  3  17–19  1–3–2  6–5 6 Mark Selby 1  5  3  4  2  x  2  17–19  2–1–3  6–5 7 Ding Junhui 3  1  1  0  3  4  x  12–24  1–2–3  6–4Top four qualified for the play-offs. If points were level then most frames won determined their positions. If two players had an identical record then the result in their match determined their positions. If that ended 3–3 then the player who got to three first was higher. (Breaks above 50 shown between (parentheses); century breaks are indicated with '''bold'''. )* 2 September – Southampton Guildhall, Southampton, England** '''Shaun Murphy 5'''–1 Ding Junhui → 71–(51), 69–38, 0–128 (65, 63), ('''124''')–0, (55) 86–31, ('''109''')–0** ''Ronnie O'Sullivan 3–3 Marco Fu'' → 4–70 (63), (76, 61) 137–0, 34–71, ('''119''') 141–0, 0–(87), ('''103''')–36* 16 September – Plymouth Pavilions, Plymouth, England** Mark Selby 2–'''4 Mark Williams''' → ('''101''')–3, (84) 85–0, 0–('''113'''), 52–61, 0–82, 3–73** ''Ronnie O'Sullivan 3–3 Ding Junhui'' 8–128 ('''122'''), 71–33, ('''119''')–0, 0–95 (89), (67)–7, 44–53* 30 September – Guildhall, Preston, England** '''Marco Fu 4'''–2 Shaun Murphy → (76)–(55), 0–84, 0–83 (77), 68–54, (67) 72–1, 60–(55)** ''Ding Junhui 3–3 Mark Williams'' → 36–76 (54), 0–90 (73), (68)–21, (65)–16, 16–63, 73–5** Neil Robertson 2–'''4 Mark Selby''' → 25–67 (53), (69) 79–8, 0–108 ('''104'''), 55–74, (78)–0, 0–123 ('''119''')* 7 October – Brentwood Leisure Centre, Brentwood, England** Mark Selby 2–'''4 Ding Junhui''' → 0–123 (54, 69), (50) 70–49, 0–(78), 9–74 (69), 1–('''103'''), (97)–0** ''Ronnie O'Sullivan 3–3 Shaun Murphy'' → 71–66, 5–104 (90), (93)–0, 15–72 (71), 51–64, ('''110''')–0* 14 October – Inverness Leisure Centre, Inverness, Scotland** '''Mark Selby 5'''–1 Marco Fu → (90)–0, 24–101 (68), (64) 98–0, (53) 72–40, ('''131''')–0, (90)–0** ''Neil Robertson 3–3 Mark Williams'' → 53–59, 79–39, 0–78 (70), (55) 82–25, 7–109 ('''105'''), (65) 73–1* 21 October – Spiceball Leisure Centre, Banbury, England** '''Neil Robertson 6'''–0 Ding Junhui → ('''120''')–0, 74–33, 72–44, 97–12, (87)–7, (51) 73–25** ''Marco Fu 3–3 Mark Williams'' → 63–45, 45–54, 0–125 ('''104'''), (51) 66–9, (78) 122–8, 0–('''122''')* 28 October – Penrith Leisure Centre, Penrith, England** '''Marco Fu 5'''–1 Ding Junhui → 94–2, 81–21, 65–0, (94)–5, 0–77 (71), ('''107''')–20** '''Ronnie O'Sullivan 4'''–2 Mark Williams → (98) 99–0, (78) 123–0, 16–61, (70) 74–38, (50) 103–15, 4–78* 4 November – Hutton Moor Leisure Centre, Weston-super-Mare, England** '''Marco Fu 4'''–2 Neil Robertson → 44–82 (70), 77–12, 58–(57), 83–82, (67) 74–39, 28–(90)** ''Shaun Murphy 3–3 Mark Selby'' → (80)–0, 0–('''100'''), (52, 58) 114–3, 19–60, 0–(91), 96–64 (56)* 11 November – Grimsby Auditorium, Grimsby, England** '''Shaun Murphy 4'''–2 Mark Williams → (64) 69–36, (97) 101–0, 0–84 (54), 69–58, 61–58, 63–35** '''Ronnie O'Sullivan 5'''–1 Neil Robertson → (80) 83–40, 85–20, (84) 128–0, ('''130''') 134–0, 32–64, (79)–(59)* 18 November – Venue Cymru, Llandudno, Wales** '''Ronnie O'Sullivan 5'''–1 Mark Selby → (56) 67–49, 68–43, (80) 87–12, 48–79, ('''116''')–4, 66–52** Shaun Murphy 2–'''4 Neil Robertson''' → 56–17, 33–(67), 0–('''116'''), (98) 108–0, 0–('''124'''), 29–70 (52)
Play-offs 27–28 November – Potters Leisure Resort, Hopton-on-Sea, England (61) 74–34, 8–91 (65), (82) 90–0, ('''139''')–0, ('''102''')–0, (77) 78–52 (51) (83)–0, 70–5, 0–116 ('''103'''), 0–(81), 0–(97), 0–97 (69), 0–72 (68) (74) 81–12, ('''123''')–0, (59) 82–34, 84–32, 67–35, 43–68, (68) 77–0, (51) 83–28
Qualifiers The qualification for this tournament, the Championship League was played in eight groups from 4 January to 25 March 2010.
Century breaks * 139, 130, 123, 119, 119, 116, 110, 103, 102  Ronnie O'Sullivan* 131, 119, 104, 101, 100  Mark Selby* 124, 120, 116  Neil Robertson* 124, 109, 103  Shaun Murphy* 122, 113, 105, 104  Mark Williams* 122, 103  Ding Junhui* 107  Marco Fu
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