Riviera Hotel & Casino
2901 Las Vegas Blvd, South
Las Vegas,
Nevada 8910909
USA
www.partypoker.net
www.matchroompool.com/page/WorldPoolMasters/Score - Live scoring.
www.matchroompool.com/page/WorldPoolMasters/Home - Live text commentary.
Wednesday-Sunday 12-16 May 2010
Germany's Oliver Ortmann and Thorsten Hohmann start their Last 16 match.
This photograph used with permission courtesy of Matchroom Sport / JP Parmentier
Orcollo First Man Through to Semis
ACTION CONTINUED at the PartyPoker.net World Pool Masters at the Riviera Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas as the final two quarter-finalists were determined and Dennis Orcollo became the first player to reach the semi-finals.
The standard of play was high throughout and in the opening match of the evening, Thomas Engert defeated Rodney Morris 8-5 to leave Charlie Williams the sole remaining US hope in the event. Engert, a two-time winner of this event in 2004 and 2007, clearly has the Masters mojo as he looked very comfortable throughout.
"That was the first time I've played well in this tournament. I broke well and the balls were on my side,” said Engert.
"Read More..." for the details.
"Sometimes it wasn't easy to run out - it's never easy to run out against Rodney - but I took my chances. It was a good match for both of us.
"Last year I played maybe seven or eight tournaments and that's not enough. But now I'm playing on the Euro Tour and here and getting some momentum.
"Every time I play I feel better at the table and felt much better than at the first match. I'm not thinking about winning it yet. Everyone wants to win and in pool you have to wait for your chances."
There was another guaranteed German in the quarter-finals as former World Champions Oliver Ortmann and Thorsten Hohmann squared off and it was 1996 WPC champ Ortmann who proved superior.
It was an excellent show from Ortmann who came from 4-1 down to complete an outstanding 8-6 victory.
"I didn't do anything wrong but I was down 2-1 and then 4-1, but I just tried to concentrate on my own game and I was playing ok so that was the point of the match. I took my chances and was happy to do so,” said Ortmann.
"At the end of the day the victory was right as I was playing good and he was a bit lucky.
"I'm focused and feeling pretty confident. I'm just trying to do what I can and I feel really confident at the moment.
"I've played well against Darren Appleton, well against Bustamante and well here and I definitely have a chance to win the tournament.
"Thomas Engert played great against Rodney Morris so it's going to be a tough match but I think I will have my chances."
In the final match of the evening, Dennis Orcollo continued his rich vein of form as he overcame Canada’s John Morra 8-3 to book his semi-final spot.
Morra didn’t have that many opportunities but Orcollo will be hard to stop as he chases his first Masters crown.
"I played really well and I did everything. I won the first four games and I felt comfortable every time as I always had a shot. I had a lot of chances to clinch the game so I did.
"It was the same type of performance as in the other matches - I didn't change my game so the momentum was always there. I was always thinking positively and my mind was focused.
"The competition is really great and the World Pool Masters is a wonderful event with so many top players so it's been very hard to go into the semi-finals."
Play continues on Sunday afternoon.
Oliver Ortmann - Germany.
This photograph used with permission courtesy of Matchroom Sport / JP Parmentier
Oliver Ortmann - Germany.
This photograph used with permission courtesy of Matchroom Sport / JP Parmentier
The Philippine's Roberto Gomez in action in Las Vegas.
This photograph used with permission courtesy of Matchroom Sport / JP Parmentier
Wins for Gomez, Williams and Kuribayashi
THERE WERE THREE further Round 3 matches at the Riviera Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas as the PartyPoker.net World Pool Masters reached its penultimate day. With all-round play rising to a high standard, there were wins for Charlie Williams, Roberto Gomez and Toru Kuribayashi.
In the opening game, Scottish qualifier Jayson Shaw made a few too many mistakes for a player of Roberto Gomez’s standard and the Filipino joins compatriot Dennis Orcollo in the quarter-finals.
Shaw lost the initiative in the third game as he made an elementary error going from 6 to the 8, as he left the cue ball behind the 9 ball. That handed the rack to Gomez for 2-1 and another shocker, scratching when the run out was elementary. It was a choker for the young Scot as Gomez increased his lead to 3-1.
A run out in the next increased his lead, but Gomez tried a Bustamante-style ‘behind the back’ shot instead of using the bridge and completely miscued. He made contact with the 6 ball but failed to reach a rail.
With ball in hand, Shaw took full advantage and he ran the next following a decent break to get to within one rack of Gomez at 4-3. A missed pink 4 down the rail, though down the rail, let the Filipino back in and he increased his lead to 5-3.
From there it was all Gomez as he took the last three racks to seal the win and move into the quarter-finals where he faces a tough one in Ralf Souquet.
"I played good - maybe I would give myself seven or eight out of ten. My shot (behind the back that caused a ) it happened at exactly the same time as the shot clock warning bell ringing and I just hit it badly,” said Gomez.
"But I just forget about everything I had done wrong as it would destroy your game if you are thinking about your mistakes.
"He had a lot of chance but missed them and that gave me courage to grab the chances. Playing Ralf Souquet will be a great match and I have to prepare well. I've played him once in Taiwan and I won.
"But everyone is confident of winning this tournament and everyone here is a master."
In the second match of the afternoon, Charlie Williams looked the business as disposed of entertaining Japanese player Naoyuki Oi, coming from 4-1 down to win 8-5.
Having been used to race to 9 matches in the first two rounds, Williams assumed that this match was race to 9 also and returned to his chair after potting what was the case 9 ball.
Referee Nigel Rees had to tell the American that he had indeed won the match, much to his pleasure.
"That was a big win for me and I'm pleased to get in the last eight. Now I'm in the championship ring and it looks a bit easier,” said Williams.
"Oi is a very aggressive player so I knew he would come at me. I thought I had got here early enough to practise but I didn't so I hadn't hit one ball in practise today.
"The first shot I hit was actually in the game and it showed as I made some early mistakes but it's my fault as I should've been here at 2pm.
"At 4-1 Oi was playing good but I didn't give up and just tried to work it back one frame at a time.
"Being 4-1 down it wasn't looking good at all but I figured out the break quicker that he did and that gave me some momentum.
"At the end I didn't know it was a race to eight. Nigel looked at me and someone jumped up and I thought I'd committed a foul!"
In the final match of the afternoon, Japanese qualifier Toru Kuribayashi looked a million dollars as he mastered the break superbly to record an 8-0 whitewash over England’s Daryl Peach.
Making two and three balls at a time and leaving easy run outs, Kuribayashi left Peach seated for most of the match and the young Japanese looks a massive dark horse for the title. He now plays Charlie Williams in the next round.
“I played really well and I am really happy with my performance. If I keep playing like that then I know I can win the tournament,” said the Japanese.
Play continues this evening.
Saturday Evening Matches
Round Three
Rodney Morris (USA) v Thomas Engert (GER)
Oliver Ortmann (GER) v Thorsten Hohmann (GER)
Quarter-Final
Dennis Orcollo (PHI) v John Morra (CAN)
After 17 years as a 16-player invitational competition, the Masters, one of the longest established tournaments in pool, is now a 64 player event and takes place over five days instead of three.
Working in conjunction with Cuesports International, the Masters takes place during the annual BCA National 8-Ball Championships, which sees thousands of players and fans flock to the Riviera for a lengthy festival of pool.
Television is produced by Matchroom Sport and will be seen as 15 x one hour programmes in 14 countries around the world with more to be added to the list.
The prize fund is set at a guaranteed $100,000 with $20,000 going to the eventual champion.
Charlie Williams - USA, watched by referee Nigel Rees.
This photograph used with permission courtesy of Matchroom Sport / JP Parmentier
Action from Las Vegas.
This photograph used with permission courtesy of Matchroom Sport / JP Parmentier
2010 PARTYPOKER.NET | |
WORLD POOL MASTERS | |
| GROUP 1 | GROUP 2 |
| A RAJ HUNDAL IND B SHANE VAN BOENING USA C RAFAEL MARTINEZ USA D COREY DEUEL USA E JASON KLATT CAN F DAVID GRAU USA G EVGENI NOVOSAD UKR H GA YOUNG KIM KOR | A ROBERTO GOMEZ PHI B KO PIN-YI TPE C OSCAR DOMINGUEZ USA D NIELS FEIJEN NED E HUIDJI SEE NED F KUO PO CHENG TPE G ALLISON FISHER ENG H EARL STRICKLAND USA |
| GROUP 3 | GROUP 4 |
| A EFREN REYES PHI B DARYL PEACH ENG C DENNIS HATCH USA D THORSTEN HOHMANN GER E RADOSLAW BABICA POL F TRON ENGEBAKK NOR G JOHN MORRA CAN H DAVID ALCAIDE ESP | A RONNIE ALCANO PHI B OLIVER ORTMANN GER C MARK GRAY ENG D FRANCISCO BUSTAMANTE PHI E DO HONG QUAN VIE F NAOYUKI OI JPN G BEN NUNAN AUS H TYLER EDEY CAN |
| GROUP 5 | GROUP 6 |
| A RICKY YANG INA B DENNIS ORCOLLO PHI C MARCUS CHAMAT SWE D DARREN APPLETON ENG E YU RAM CHA KOR F MANNY CHAU PER G SHAUN WILKIE USA H JASMIN OUSCHAN AUT | A JOHNNY ARCHER USA B LEE VAN CORTEZA PHI C JOHN SCHMIDT USA D RODNEY MORRIS USA E JAYSON SHAW SCO F NOEL BRUYNOOGHE BEL G CARLOS CABELLO ESP H NEIL CUMMINS ENG |
| GROUP 7 | GROUP 8 |
| A IMRAN MAJID ENG B CHARLIE WILLIAMS USA C THOMAS ENGERT GER D TONY DRAGO MLT E KEVIN UZZELL ENG F AHMAD TAUFIQ BRU G TORU KURIBAYASHI JPN H STEVIE MOORE USA | A KAREN CORR IRE B RALF SOUQUET GER C KARL BOYES ENG D MIKA IMMONEN FIN E LO HI-WEN TPE F ERNESTO DOMINGUEZ USA G MAX EBERLE USA H BARTOSZ ROZWADOWSKI POL |
Group Format: Double elimination, top four players in each group proceed to the Last 32 Single Elimination Final Round | |
2010 PARTYPOKER.NET | ||||
WORLD POOL MASTERS | ||||
THE LAST 32 RESULTS | ||||
 |  | |||
 |  | |||
 |  | |||
| | |||
 | | |||
 |  | |||
 | | |||
|  | |||
 |  | |||
|  | |||
 | | |||
| | |||
| | |||
| | |||
| | |||
| | |||
2010 PARTYPOKER.NET | ||||
WORLD POOL MASTERS | ||||
THE LAST 16 RESULTS | ||||
| | |||
| | |||
| | |||
| | |||
| | |||
| | |||
| | |||
| | |||
2010 PARTYPOKER.NET | ||||
WORLD POOL MASTERS | ||||
THE QUARTER-FINALS | ||||
| | |||
| | |||
| | |||
| | |||
2010 PARTYPOKER.NET | ||||
WORLD POOL MASTERS | ||||
THE SEMI-FINALS | ||||
|  | |||
| | |||
2010 PARTYPOKER.NET | ||||
WORLD POOL MASTERS | ||||
THE FINAL | ||||
| | |||
RELATED ARTICLES AT WWW.PRO9.CO.UK
2010
2010 PartyPoker.net World Pool Masters - Last 16 Underway at Riv
2010 PartyPoker.net World Pool Masters - Down to Last 32
2010 PartyPoker.net World Pool Masters - Underway in Vegas
2010 PartyPoker.net World Pool Masters - Groups and Fixtures
2010 PartyPoker.net World Pool Masters - Final Qualifier Today
2010 PartyPoker.net World Pool Masters - Masters Match Ups Announced
2010 PartyPoker.net World Pool Masters - Field Announced for Next Month’s Masters
2010 PartyPoker.net World Pool Masters - Four Spots Decided in Malaysia
2010 PartyPoker.net World Pool Masters - Weekend Qualifer Results
2010 PartyPoker.net World Pool Masters - More Masters Qualifiers Announced
2010 PartyPoker.net World Pool Masters - Masters Qualifiers Announced
2010 PartyPoker.net World Pool Masters - Masters Invites Announced
2010 PartyPoker.net World Pool Masters - Masters Details Published
2010 PartyPoker.net World Pool Masters - GB9 Schedule Qualifier
2009
2009 PartyPoker.net World Pool Masters - Appleton Takes Masters Crown!
2009 PartyPoker.net World Pool Masters - The Final Four!
2009 PartyPoker.net World Pool Masters - Day 2 Results and Photos!
2009 PartyPoker.net World Pool Masters - Day 1 Results and Photos!
2009 PartyPoker.net World Pool Masters - New Matchroom Pool Website
2009 PartyPoker.net World Pool Masters - Yu Ram Cha Takes on the Men
2009 PartyPoker.net World Pool Masters - Martel out, Edey in
2009 PartyPoker.net World Pool Masters - Johnny Archer interview!
2009 PartyPoker.net World Pool Masters - Shane Van Boening interview!
2009 PartyPoker.net World Pool Masters - Raj Hundal interview!
2009 PartyPoker.net World Pool Masters - Tickets available now!
2009 PartyPoker.net World Pool Masters - Draw and Schedule Announced!
2009 PartyPoker.net World Pool Masters - Back at the Riv!
2008
ALEX PAGULAYAN is the 2008 PartyPoker.net World Pool Masters Champion
Majid and Drago out - Immonen sole European in World Pool Masters
Majid, Immonen and Drago through at PartyPoker.net World Pool Masters
Engert, Muratore and Gray eliminated at PartyPoker.net World Pool Masters
PartyPoker.net World Pool Masters Site Starts Today
PartyPoker.net World Pool Masters 2008 - Draw announced
Final Names Added to Starting Line Up
2008 PartyPoker.net World Pool Masters Announced
2007
TV Schedules for the PartyPoker.net World Pool Masters 2007
PartyPoker.net World Pool Masters 2007
Challenge the Champions! Side Event - World Pool Masters 2007
WIN TICKETS AND HOTEL ACCOMMODATION!!!
WIN FREE TICKETS to the PartyPoker.net World Pool Masters
PartyPoker.net World Pool Masters - Tickets
Draw announced for PartyPoker.net World Pool Masters 2007
Players announced for 2007 World Pool Masters
Buy a super World Pool Masters souvenir mug.
Chat about this tournament in our forums.