WITH THE 20th annual ClubWPT.com World Pool Masters set for Friday to Sunday 5th to 7th October in Kielce, Poland, the line up and draw for pool’s most prestigious invitational events is announced.
Promoters Matchroom Sport have brought in some of the greatest 9 ball exponents from around the world and the field is headed by reigning champion and six times Masters winner Ralf Souquet and World No.1 Darren Appleton, a Masters winner in 2009.
Other previous champions in the event include Tony Drago (’03), Raj Hundal (’05), recent China Open winner Dennis Orcollo (’10) and Canada’s ’04 World Champion Alex Pagulayan (’08 ).
In addition, following on from their magnificent success at the recent World Cup of Pool in the Philippines, where they won silver medals, the Polish pair of Karol Skowerski and Wojciech Szewczyk, along with countrymen Radoslaw Babica and Mateusz Śniegocki’ will surely fancy their chances of being there or thereabouts come Sunday evening.
There is one female player in the event – World No.1, China Open and reigning World 9 Ball Champion Kelly Fisher of England; and the dangerous Shane Van Boening carries the hopes of the United States.
Working in partnership with the regional billiard organisation, Swietokrzyskie Stowarzyszenie Bilardowe as well as the Mayor’s office in Kielce, Matchroom Sport will be returning to Poland for a pool event for the first time since 2006.
The event takes place at the Hala Legionow, Kielce’s state of the art sports venue and the winner will receive $20,000 from a total prize fund of $66,000.
Darren Appleton (England) Radoslaw Babica (Poland) Tony Drago (Malta) Kelly Fisher (England) Raj Hundal (India) Ko Pin-yi (Taiwan) Li Hewen (China) Dennis Orcollo (Philippines) Alex Pagulayan (Canada) Omar Al Shaheen (Kuwait) Karol Skowerski (Poland) Mateusz Śniegocki’ (Poland) Ralf Souquet (Germany) Wojciech Szewczyk (Poland) Shane Van Boening (USA) Nick Van den Berg (Holland)
Commented Kielce native Karol Skowerski, who will surely enjoy all the local support once action gets underway; “I am very happy that I can play in the World Pool Masters in front of a home crowd. Kielce is my hometown. I was born here, grew up here, live here, and here for the first time I played pool.
“17 years ago, when I began my adventure with a pool table, I never imagined that I would be able to compete against the best players in the world, especially to play in the event like this in my own city. Now dreams come true, and I will try to show the best game,” he added.
2012 ClubWPT.com
WORLD POOL MASTERS
THE LAST 16 DRAW
Ralf Souquet (1)
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Mateusz Śniegocki
Alex Pagulayan (8 )
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Raj Hundal
Li Hewen (5)
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Radoslaw Babica
Dennis Orcollo (4)
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Kelly Fisher
Ko Pin-yi (3)
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Wojciech Szewczyk
Nick van den Berg (6)
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Omar Al Shaheen
Shane Van Boening (7)
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Karol Skowerski
Darren Appleton (2)
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Tony Drago
2012 ClubWPT.com
WORLD POOL MASTERS
THE QUARTER-FINALS
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WORLD POOL MASTERS
THE SEMI-FINALS
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WORLD POOL MASTERS
THE FINAL
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WORLD POOL MASTERS
THE PRIZE FUND
1st
US $ 20,000-00
2nd
US $ 10,000-00
3rd
US $ 5,000-00
4th
US $ 5,000-00
5th
US $ 2,500-00
6th
US $ 2,500-00
7th
US $ 2,500-00
8th
US $ 2,500-00
9th
US $ 2,000-00
10th
US $ 2,000-00
11th
US $ 2,000-00
12th
US $ 2,000-00
13th
US $ 2,000-00
14th
US $ 2,000-00
15th
US $ 2,000-00
16th
US $ 2,000-00
Total Prize Fund: US $ 66,000-00
The 2012 ClubWPT.com World Pool Masters is sponsored by ClubWPT.com, the official legal online subscription poker platform of World Poker Tour. Cloth is supplied by Iwan Simonis, Super Aramith balls by Saluc, tables by Diamond Billiards and the Official Cue is Predator.
Matchroom Sport are one of the world’s leading producers of televised sport and are responsible for over 1,000 hours of original programming across a range of sports. Based in the UK and chaired by charismatic founder Barry Hearn, the World Pool Masters is one of a stable of pool events that include the World Cup of Pool and the Mosconi Cup.
2012 ClubWPT.com
WORLD POOL MASTERS
THE WINNER'S LIST
1993
Werner Duregger
AUT
1994
Ralf Souquet
GER
1995
Daryl Peach
ENG
1996
Ralf Souquet
GER
1997
Earl Strickland
USA
1998
Francisco Bustamante
PHI
1999
Alex Lely
NED
2000
Ralf Souquet
GER
2001
Francisco Bustamante
PHI
2002
Ralf Souquet
GER
2003
Tony Drago
MLT
2004
Thomas Engert
GER
2005
Raj Hundal
ENG
2006
Ralf Souquet
GER
2007
Thomas Engert
GER
2008
Alex Pagulayan
PHI
2009
Darren Appleton
ENG
2010
Dennis Orcollo
PHI
2011
Ralf Souquet
GER
2012
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The 2012 ClubWPT.com World Pool Masters is sponsored by ClubWPT.com. Cloth is supplied by Iwan Simonis, Super Aramith balls by Saluc, tables by Diamond Billiards and the Official Cue and Chalk is Predator.
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