2010 Six-red World Championship 2010 Six-red World Championship The 2010 Six-red World Championship (often styled the 2010 SangSom 6-red World Championship for sponsorship and marketing purposes) was a six-red snooker tournament that took place between 19 and 24 July 2010 at the Montien Riverside Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand. Twenty-eight of the tournament's 48 competitors were currently on the main tour of the more established 15-reds game. A relatively high proportion of competitors were from Asia. Mark Selby won in the final 8–6 against Ricky Walden. The top four players from each group qualified for the knock-out stage. All matches were best of 9 frames.
Mark Selby of the bookmakers' favourites for the title, Selby was defeated 10–8 in the first round by Mark King. The following year in the Welsh Open quarter-final, he was handed a writ by a member of the audience, supposedly his former manager George Barmby. Selby reached the final of the Masters again where he was runner-up to Ronnie O'Sullivan, and also reached the quarter-finals of the 2009 World Championship, losing 12–13 to Higgins, who again went on to win the title. He opened the 2009/10 season with two first round defeats, before coming from 4–8 down to beat Jamie Cope 9–8