The tournament took place at the Stadthalle Dinslaken in Dinslaken, Germany, from 29 July–1 August 2010, featuring a field of 32 players and £200,000 in prize money, with £50,000 going to the winner.
World number one Phil Taylor once again successfully defended the title after an 11-1 demolition of Wayne Jones, who played his first ever televised final.
The top 16 players from the PDC Order of Merit after the World Series of Darts Festival in Las Vegas automatically qualified for the event.
Draw and schedule of play as follows:[1] Scores after player's names are three-dart averages (total points scored divided by darts thrown and multiplied by 3) The PDC announced on 20 May 2010 that UK entertainment channel Bravo would broadcast the entire event live.
[2] This was the first and only time that Bravo televised live darts before the channel closed in 2011.