It was the first of the five Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) premier events in the 2010 calendar and the second edition of the tournament.

Taylor was eliminated in the semi-finals by Paul Nicholson, who won the match 10 legs to 9 and proceeded to qualify for the final, defeating Dennis Priestley, Steve Beaton and Adrian Lewis in the three intervening rounds.

Nicholson's opponent in the final was Mervyn King, whom he beat 13–11 for his first major PDC tournament win.

[3] It was the second edition of the tournament and featured a 32-player draw at the Circus Tavern in Purfleet, Essex for the second successive year.

"[11] The Professional Dart Players Association donated £50,000 to raise the overall prize fund from £200,000 in 2009 to £250,000 in 2010, with the winner receiving £60,000.

[9] Colin Lloyd tied Denis Ovens four times before winning 6–5 on the double 16 ring in the final leg.

Steve Beaton took a 5–0 lead and then won 6–2 over Tony Eccles after the latter prevented a whitewash with two finishes on the double 16 ring.

Osborne led 3–1 and finished on the double 4 and 16 rings to beat Co Stompé 6–3 and requite his loss to the latter in the first round of the 2009 Las Vegas Desert Classic.

Baxter failed to complete a nine-dart finish after missing the double 12 ring on his ninth throw.

Lewis established a 6–3 advantage on checkouts of 120 and 84 as well as finishes of 13 and 15 darts to which Hamilton came back to reduce the deficit to a single leg.

Hamilton's finish on the double 8 ring moved the match to a final leg decider, which Lewis won on a 56 checkout.

[18] In the last second-round game, Osborne achieved a 160 checkout in his 6–2 defeat of Van Gerwen, saying afterwards: "Michael wasn't at his best but I can only worry about my own darts and that's what I did.

Osborne, the 2009 Championship League Darts champion, opened up a 6–3 lead from errors made by Newton in the first nine legs.

King subsequently took the next three legs on a 64 checkout and a finish on the double 16 ring for the last semi-final spot in a 9–2 win.

Osborne won the next two with finishes in 13 and 14 throws respectively before his errors allowed King to claim the next three legs on a checkout of 101 and the double 20 ring.

King struck the double 20 ring in the 18th leg to end the match an 10–8 winner and earn a spot in the final.

Osborne said the beginning of the match was when he became aware of what he was confronted with and conceded "it wasn't good enough at the end of the day.

Two misses from Taylor at the double 16 ring allowed Nicholson to obtain a three-leg advantage and go within one leg of taking the second berth in the final.

Nicholson restored the score to a tie with a finish on the double 12 ring, but King clinched four of the next six legs to go 9–7 in front.

[20] Nicholson commented on the effect of his victory: "It's absolutely incredible and means a massive amount to me, I had a lot of my energy sapped from the semi-final against Phil, but I was desperate to win the final.

"[22] He added his play was receding following a Players Championship event in Barnsley in June 2009 and that advice from King helped him.

[20] He said he was upset to lose because he felt the final was his worst performance of the competition but hoped to win the tournament in the future.