Apterous Masters 2010

The 2010 Apterous Masters is an online tournament organised by Ben Wilson in February 2010. 24 of the best players from the show, Apterous and real-life events were invited to play in a knock-out tournament against each other and a group of 'wildcard' entries who entered the tournament via a series of qualifying games. All games will be played on Apterous.

Play-ins

Before the tournament proper, a number of play-ins were organised to select the wildcard players. These were open to anyone, and thirty-two people competed for thirteen spaces in the event. As such, there would be two rounds of qualifying, with some players getting seeded straight into the second round. All games in qualifying rounds were best-of-3 matches.

#	Date	Type	Player 1	Score	Player 2	Host
Qualifying round 1
		P	Ian Volante	102–84	Michael Wallace	Apterous
		P	Ian Volante	97–80	Michael Wallace	Apterous
		P	Ian Volante	2–0	Michael Wallace	Apterous
		P	Craig Chittenden	60–107	Karen Pearson	Apterous
		P	Craig Chittenden	93–75	Karen Pearson	Apterous
		P	Craig Chittenden	62–102	Karen Pearson	Apterous
		P	Craig Chittenden	1–2	Karen Pearson	Apterous
		P	Tom Rowell	64–81	Edward McCullagh	Apterous
		P	Tom Rowell	82–90	Edward McCullagh	Apterous
		P	Tom Rowell	0–2	Edward McCullagh	Apterous
		P	Chris Philpot	104–109	Matt Morrison	Apterous
		P	Chris Philpot	53–86	Matt Morrison	Apterous
		P	Chris Philpot	0–2	Matt Morrison	Apterous
		P	Andrew Feist	57–98	Niall Seymour	Apterous
		P	Andrew Feist	81–78	Niall Seymour	Apterous
		P	Andrew Feist	72–89	Niall Seymour	Apterous
		P	Andrew Feist	1–2	Niall Seymour	Apterous
		P	Jim Bentley	113–84	Julie Taylor	Apterous
		P	Jim Bentley	91–70	Julie Taylor	Apterous
		P	Jim Bentley	2–0	Julie Taylor	Apterous

Round 1

The thirteen qualifiers would join the nineteen masters who accepted their places in the tournament, namely reiging champion Paul Howe, Innis Carson, Kai Laddiman, Jon O'Neill, Mark Tournoff, Charlie Reams, Junaid Mubeen, Nick Wainwright, Steven Briers, Kirk Bevins, Ryan Taylor, Chris Davies, Andrew Hulme, Martin May, Richard Priest, Dinos Sfyris, Oliver Garner, Jimmy Gough and Jack Hurst.