The 10 Ball Sarajevo Dynamic Open 2010
Radon Plaza Hotel
Demala Bijedića 185
Sarajevo
Boznia
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LIVE STREAM VIDEO - SF1: 3.05pm, SF2: 5.05pm FINAL: 7.30pm CET Sunday
Thursday-Sunday 7-10 October 2010
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Super Souquet wins in Sarajevo
Looking for the
solid phenolic table tops throughout the event, Ralf Souquet stylish precision, meticulous attention to detail, and super-human nerves of steel carried him relentlessly towards the enormous 10-Ball trophy on offer in Sarajevo - breaking a six-month dry-spell without a title for "The Surgeon" - Germany's most decorated player.
The final day of action saw the Last 32 round matches played out to the nationally televised final stages, and with Appleton, Peach, Hundal, Boyes and Dalmatin all big name players looking threatening in the Quarter-Finals - all appeared to be in with a shout of taking the trophy. Ultimately it was India's Raj Hundal who won through to the final and it was a good-natured but relatively one-sided affair as nothing could stop the irresistible force of "The Kaiser" as he cruised to a 10-4 victory - the commentators really appreciating Rajs fun gesture of literally "throwing in the towel" so Ralf didn't need to shoot the final ball of the match.
In an interview afterward, Ralf thanked the organizers and sponsors who had worked so hard to make the event happen, he thanked the audience for staying so late to watch the final, and he thanked his opponent for the challenge.
With an impish grin on his face, Raj's interview was just three words, "I hate Ralf" he said. The audience and Ralf fell about laughing, appreciating the humor, and Raj packed his cues with a big smile on his face. The perfect end to a great tournament that was enjoyed by the players and fans watching the free video live-stream around the world.
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Finals Day - From the Last to the Grand Final
It's a truly massive day of pool in Bosnia today as the Sarajevo 10 Ball Open has sorted the wheat from the chaff and will now commence and complete all the single elimination matches from The Last 32 through to The Final - all in one day! No mean feat, and a Herculian task for the players, but the conditions are exemplary and there is nothing but good comments from the competitors staying at the five star rated Radon Plaza Hotel.
The field is still littered with names from the cream of European pool - Ralf Souquet, Daryl Peach, Raj Hundal, Karl Boyes, Imran Majid, Darren Appleton, Karlo Dalmatin, Bruno Muratore, and many others are still in the mix - along with some very exciting new names from countries we rarely see represented like Macedonia and Bulgaria.
Good luck to all the players today, from all of us at Pro9, and remember you can watch the final and semi-finals LIVE on TV SA starting a 3.05pm London time. Full details are in the article above - in the useful links section.
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Day 1 - The 10 Ball Sarajevo Dynamic Open 2010
Photographs �Marko Smiljanic - and used here by Pro9 with express permission.
�13,000 prize fund attracts big names to Sarajevo
Tournament Director Ramiz Turulja has once again managed to attract the cream of Europe's bountiful crop of top pool players, and this time he's got new sponsors and a new game too - formerly a 9-Ball event, this year it's 10-Ball in sunny Boznia, held at the five star rated Radon Plaza Hotel.
Only the best equipment is being used with 16 Dynamic II tables, all with the best Artemis cushions and Ivan Simonis pool cloth is provided for the entrants attracted to this event by the superb playing conditions and healthy prize fund. The group/double elimination with alternate breaks tournament that progresses to a single elimination format in the final stages has attracted confirmations from Ralf Souquet, Daryl Peach, Raj Hundal, Karl Boyes, Imran Majid, Brett Armer, Darren Appleton, Ivica Putnik, �andor Tot, Karlo Dalmatin, Bruno Muratore, Vilmo� Foldes, and a lot of others too!
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Photographs �Marko Smiljanic - and used here by Pro9 with express permission.
Photographs �Marko Smiljanic - and used here by Pro9 with express permission.
Photographs �Marko Smiljanic - and used here by Pro9 with express permission.
Photographs �Marko Smiljanic - and used here by Pro9 with express permission.
The Five Star Radon Plaza Hotel
The other kind of pool at the Five Star rated Radon Plaza Hotel venue.
THE 10 BALL SARAJEVO DYNAMIC OPEN 2010 |
SARAJEVO - BOSNIA |
THE SEMI-FINALS |
| Karlo Dalmatin |  | 7 : 10 |  | Raj Hundal |
| Darren Appleton |  | 6 : 10 |  | Ralf Souquet |
THE 10 BALL SARAJEVO DYNAMIC OPEN 2010 |
SARAJEVO - BOSNIA |
THE FINAL |
| Raj Hundal | | 4 : 10 | | Ralf Souquet |
THE 10 BALL SARAJEVO DYNAMIC OPEN 2010 |
SARAJEVO - BOSNIA |
THE PRIZE FUND |
1st | Euro � 4,000 |
2nd | Euro � 2,000 |
3rd | Euro � 1,000 |
4th | Euro � 1,000 |
5th | Euro � 500 |
6th | Euro � 500 |
7th | Euro � 500 |
8th | Euro � 500 |
9th - 16th | Euro � 250 |
17 - 32nd | Euro � 60 |
| TOTAL PRIZE FUND = Euro � 13,000 |
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