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.
World Snooker Championship finish in the final. This was the first Championship sponsored by a betting company after the banning of tobacco sponsorship. Dott won £200,000 for his victory with the 32 Crucible players getting at least £9,600, both significant reductions on the 2003 prize money. In the last round of the qualifying competition Robert Milkins had the first 147 break made during qualifying for the championship. Despite his maximum, Milkins lost to Mark Selby. The 2007 Championship was won by John Higgins who beat qualifier Mark Selby 18–13 in the final. The match finished at 00:55 am, even later than the 2006