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2013 PartyPoker.com World Pool Masters
Barnsley Metrodome
Queens Ground
Queens Road
Barnsley
South Yorkshire
S71 1AN
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Friday - Sunday 25-27 October 2013

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Niels Feijen - Holland
Semi Final Line up set

THE SEMI-FINALS of the PartyPoker World Pool Masters will be between Alex Pagulayan and Niels Feijen and then Chang Jung-lin and Darren Appleton as the star studded invitational event reaches its thrilling climax at the Barnsley Metrodome on Sunday evening.

The Sunday afternoon session saw the three remaining quarter-finals take place and the opener saw two of Europe�s big guns at this year�s Mosconi Cup face off as Mika Immonen and Niels Feijen took to the arena at the Metrodome. It was the Dutchman who got off to a flyer as he won the lag and took the opening four racks, not missing anything along the way.

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Mika Immonen - Finland
Immonen finally took to the table in the fifth to make a safety and Feijen followed suit. They traded high quality safeties before a kick from Immonen left the 1 ball over the top corner pocket and Niels wasted no time in running out.

Another break and run took the score to 6-0 and the Finn needed a miracle. Feijen won the next and when Immonen scratched making a one rail escape, it just about summed up his afternoon. The match ended without the final 9 ball dropping as the Finn unscrewed his cue and called it a day.

Commented Feijen, �I am delighted as Mika is not an easy opponent but my safeties were good, I was executing well, running out well, and I didn�t give him a chance. That is what you have to do at this level or they will do it to you.

�I was 4-0 up but I knew if I gave him any air he would come back to make it 4-4. I had to keep putting the heat on him, breaking well and executing well, and that is what I did.

�I practiced the break a little bit yesterday and my timing was better. I was getting shots, especially in the second half of the match. In the last rack I didn�t get a shot but I put a good safety on him and that sealed the game. �

Immonen was bitterly disappointed after playing around half a dozen shots in the entire match: �I don�t know what to say, I never had an open shot. He got a little bit lucky with some breaks and it is beyond frustrating.

�He got away with some nip and tuck there but he played brilliantly, was breaking well. This is the worst match of my career probably. I didn�t play badly but it was the worst lack of opportunities. �

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Chang Jung-Lin - Taiwan
Chang Jung-lin of Taiwan booked his berth in the semi-finals as he beat Nick Ekonomopoulos 8-3. The tall Taiwanese, a World 8 Ball champion last year, looked in control in the latter half of the match as he lead 3-2 and then 5-3.

Ekonomopoulos had a chance to get within one but made a bad miss and from there Chang coasted away to take an 8-3 victory.

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Nick Ekonomopoulos - Greece
�I played good and I�m very excited about my chances. I�ll need a bit of luck along the way but I think I�ve got a good chance.�

Nick added, �I didn�t break well and in a race to 8 with winner breaks, that makes it difficult. I missed an easy ball to get to 5-4 when it was 5-3 and that was it. He played well though so full credit to him.�

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Darren Appleton - England
The final last eight match saw a real clash of the titans as Shane Van Boening and Darren Appleton squared off in front of an enthusiastic crowd at the Barnsley Metrodome.

Appleton started reeling off the racks and in a short space of time found himself 6-0 up with Van Boening�s table time non-existent. However, when Appleton missed a tricky 3/9 combo and left it on for the American, there was a glimmer of light.

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Shane Van Boeing - USA
Van Boening swiftly broke and ran the next to leave the Yorkshireman looking uneasy in his chair and when he did the same in the next the atmosphere in the arena shifted. Van Boening though hugely overran getting position on the 3 ball, and left the white jawed in the corner pocket. He attempted to swerve his way out but missed the object ball.

Appleton, with ball in hand, dished up to reach the hill at 7-3 and when he ran out the next, the home town crowd erupted.

�I couldn�t have wished for a better start, I broke really well in the game, it is the best I cued the ball for maybe two years,� said Appleton.

�I felt totally in control of what I was doing. I was really focused, every shot I felt that I wasn�t going to miss. It is very rare that you go out there and play for absolute best and have that feeling of total control. Every difficult shot, I knew I was going to make it.

�I only slept three or four hours last night but the adrenaline took over and I didn�t feel tired at all. I was hitting the ball badly in practice before the match but when I got to the arena I felt really pumped up and something clicked,� he added.

This is the 21st annual running of the PartyPoker.com World Pool Masters following its inaugural event in 1993. Some of the greatest players in the modern era of pool have won this title including the likes of Souquet, Strickland, Orcollo and Appleton. With a field of 16 players there are 15 matches in total � all race to eight racks and culminating in the final on the Sunday evening.

Play continues at 6.00pm with two semi-finals followed by the final.

Alex Pagulayan (CAN) v Niels Feijen (HOL)
Chang Jung-lin (TPE) v Darren Appleton (ENG)

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WORLD POOL MASTERS
THE FULL LINE-UP
Karol Skowerski (POL)	Defending Champion
Darren Appleton (ENG)	2 x World Champion and 2 x US Open Champion
Chris Melling (ENG)	China Open Champion
Daryl Peach (ENG)	2007 World Champion
Karl Boyes (ENG)	2010 World 8 Ball Champion
Efren Reyes (PHI)	2 x World Champion and 1 x US Open champion
Chang Jung-lin (TPE)	2012 World 8 Ball Champion
Ga Young Kim (KOR)	2 x World Champion
Shane Van Boening (USA)	2 x US Open Champion
Ralf Souquet (GER)	6 times Masters Champion
Niels Feijen (HOL)	2008 World Straight Pool Champion
Mika Immonen (FIN)	2 x World Champion, 2 x US Open Champion
Alex Pagulayan (CAN)	2004 World Champion
Omar Al Shaheen (KUW)	World No.14
David Alcaide (SPA)	European No.5
Nick Ekonomopoulos (GRE)	World No.9
16 Players - Single Elimination Knockout

With a field of 16 players there are 15 matches in total � all races to eight racks and culminating in the final on the Sunday evening.

Tickets are priced at a �10 for the evening sessions and �5 for the afternoon sessions. Both prices include a booking fee.

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WORLD POOL MASTERS
THE SCHEDULE
Friday 7.00pm 25 October 2013	Round 1 � Karol Skowerski (POL) v Chris Melling (ENG) Round 1 � Ralf Souquet (GER) v N. Ekonomopoulos (GRE) Round 1 � Karl Boyes (ENG) v Niels Feijen (NED)
Saturday 1.00pm 26 October 2013	Round 1 - Mika Immonen (FIN) v Efren Reyes (PHI) Round 1 � Alex Pagulayan (CAN) v Ga Young Kim (KOR) Round 1 � Chang Jung-Lin (TPE) v Daryl Peach (ENG)
Saturday 6.00pm 26 October 2013	Round 1 � Shane Van Boening (USA) v Omar Al Shaheen (KUW) Round 1 � Darren Appleton (ENG) v David Alcaide (ESP) Qtr Final 1 - Skowerski / Melling v Pagulayan / Kim
Sunday 1.00pm 27 October 2013	Qtr Final 2 Boyes/ Feijen v Immonen/ Reyes Qtr Final 3 Souquet/ Ekonomopoulos v Chang / Peach Qtr Final 4 Van Boening/Al Shaheen v Appleton/Alcaide
Sunday 6.00pm 27 October 2013	Semi Final 1 Semi Final 2 Final
15 x 1 Hour Programmes for International Syndication

The Masters will once again sport a $20,000 top prize, and the event will be produced by Matchroom Sport Television who will be making 15 x 1 hour programmes of the tournament for international syndication.

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WORLD POOL MASTERS
THE LAST 16 DRAW
Karol Skowerski (1)	3 : 8	Chris Melling
Alex Pagulayan (8 )	8 : 2	Ga Young Kim
Karl Boyes (5)	6 : 8	Niels Feijen
Mika Immonen (4)	8 : 6	Efren Reyes
Ralf Souquet (3)	2 : 8	Nick Ekonomopoulos
Chang Jung-Lin (6)	8 : 6	Daryl Peach
Shane Van Boening (7)	8 : 4	Omar Al Shaheen
Darren Appleton (2)	8 : 3	David Alcaide

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WORLD POOL MASTERS
THE QUARTER-FINALS
Chris Melling	4 : 8	Alex Pagulayan
Niels Feijen	8 : 0	Mika Immonen
Nick Ekonomopoulos	3 : 8	Chang Jun-Lin
Shane Van Boening	3 : 8	Darren Appleton

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WORLD POOL MASTERS
THE SEMI-FINALS
Alex Pagulayan	-vs-	Niels Feijen
Chang Jung-Lin	-vs-	Darren Appleton

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WORLD POOL MASTERS
THE FINAL
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The 2013 PARTYPOKER.COM World Pool Masters is sponsored by PartyPoker.com, the world's leading online poker school. The Official Table is by Diamond Billiards; Cloth is supplied by Iwan Simonis; the Official Balls are Super Aramith and Predator is the Official Cue.

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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

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.

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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	Karol Skowerski	Poland

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