Players Tour Championship 2010/2011 – Event 2 Explained

Tournament Name:Players Tour Championship 2010/2011
Event 2
Venue:World Snooker Academy
Location:Sheffield
Country:England
Organisation:World Snooker
Format:Minor-ranking event
Total Prize Fund:£50,000
Winners Share:£10,000
Highest Break: (144)
Score:4–3
Previous:PTC1
Next:PTC3

The Players Tour Championship 2010/2011 – Event 2 (also known as Star Xing Pai Players Tour Championship 2010/2011 – Event 2 for sponsorship purposes) was a professional minor-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 8–11 July 2010 at the World Snooker Academy in Sheffield, England.[1]

Mark Selby won in the final 4–3 against Barry Pinches, despite at one point trailing 1–3.[2]

Prize fund and ranking points

The breakdown of prize money and ranking points of the event is shown below:[3] [4]

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Winner £10,000 2,000
Runner-up £5,000 1,600
Semi-finalist £2,500 1,280
Quarter-finalist £1,500 1,000
Last 16 £1,000 760
Last 32 £600 560
Last 64 £200 360
Total £50,000

Main draw

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Preliminary round

[6] Best of 7 frames

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Lee Spick 4–1 Shaun Parkes
Paul Metcalf 4–2 Raymond Fry
2–4 Mitchell Travis
Chen Zhe 4–2 Sharrukh Nasir
Kamran Ashraf 1–4 David Gray
Jamie Brown 4–1 James Silverwood
William Thomson 1–4 Charlie Walters
Craig Steadman 4–0 Rogelio Esteiro
Callum Downing 0–4 Stephen Craigie
Jake Nicholson 4–2 Jim Buck
Joel Walker 4–0 Callum Lloyd
Robbie Williams 4–2 Stephen Ormerod
Ejler Hame 0–4 Alex Davies
Adam Duffy 4–1 James Hill
Ali Al Obaidly Yu Delu
Jamie Curtis-Barrett 4–2 Abdulrahman Quari
Ashik Nathwani 1–4 Samuel Thistlewhite
Lee Farebrother 4–2 Terry Challenger
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Jamie Clarke 4–0 Ahmed Saif
Stephen Groves 3–4 Jamie Walker
0–4 Alex Taubman
3–4 Shokat Ali
Robert Valiant 4–2 Gavin Butler
David Grace 4–3 David Portman
3–4 Danny Douane
Sam Baird 4–1 Mohanna Al Obaidly
Ian Glover 4–3 Jack Culligan
Jordan Rimmer 1–4 James McGouran
0–4 Sam Harvey
Craig Barber 4–2 Marc Harman
Jason Stockton 0–4 Chris Norbury
Michael Wild 4–2 Mark J Miller
Ian Burns Hugh Abernethy
Damian Wilks 4–3 Jeff Cundy
Stuart Carrington 4–0 Yahya Seedat
Greg Davis 4–3 Martin O'Donnell

Main rounds

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Top half

Section 4

Bottom half

Section 8

Finals

Final

Final: Best of 7 frames.
World Snooker Academy, Sheffield, England, 11 July 2010.
Mark Selby
4–3Barry Pinches
109–13, 15–72 (72),,,,,
133Highest break95
2Century breaks0
250+ breaks3

Century breaks

[8]

Notes and References

  1. News: PTC helps form Snooker's 'brave new world'. worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 21 May 2010. 22 May 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100527164800/http://www.worldsnooker.com/PTC1_news%28Player_Tour_Championship_Helps_Form_Snooker%26rsquo%3Bs_%26lsquo%3BBrave_New_World%26rsquo%3B%29-2211.htm?tid=166. 27 May 2010.
  2. Web site: Selby Pinches Title From Barry. Global Snooker. 11 July 2010. 11 July 2010. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120520224141/http://www.global-snooker.com/rankings-players-tour-championship-order-of-merit-2010-11-season.asp. 20 May 2012.
  3. News: Prize Money and Ranking Points. worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 29 June 2010. 29 June 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100704055925/http://www.worldsnooker.com/ptc2_money.htm?tid=184. 4 July 2010.
  4. Web site: The Tour Provisional Ranking Points Schedule 2010/2011 Season. worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. DOC. 27 December 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100821055932/http://www.worldsnooker.com/files/Tour%20Points%20Schedule.doc. 21 August 2010.
  5. Web site: Star Xing Pai PTC 2. Snooker.org. 26 February 2011.
  6. News: Players Tour Championship – Event Two (amateur matches). Global Snooker. 3 July 2010. 3 July 2010. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20100709030403/http://www.global-snooker.com/2010-Players-Tour-Championship-Event-2-Amateur-Results.asp. 9 July 2010.
  7. News: Players Tour Championship – Event Two (professional matches). Global Snooker. 3 July 2010. 3 July 2010. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20100709022623/http://www.global-snooker.com/2010-Players-Tour-Championship-Event-2-Professional-Results.asp. 9 July 2010.
  8. News: 2010 PTC Centuries. Global Snooker. 11 July 2010. 11 July 2010. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120609231242/http://www.global-snooker.com/2010-PTC-Centuries.asp. 9 June 2012.