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28 July 2006
| Group 79 Quinten Hann Evgeny Stalev Efren Reyes Larry Nevel Darren Appleton Rodolfo Luat | Group 80 Francisco Bustamante David Matlock Daryl Peach Dennis Orcollo Ronato Alcano Ralph Souquet | Group 81 Marlon Manalo Alex Pagulayan Thorsten. Hohmann Marcus Chamat Gabriel Owen Rico Diks |
Peach, Appleton and Diks progress to $30,000 matches - Hill and Hundal out!
The hatchet came down on half of the 36-player field after Thursday’s last round at the North American Open 8-Ball Championship. The brutal, five-round format killed off 18 players who earned $17,000 for their 19th-place finishes, while 18 remain to attempt to carve out a bigger piece of the incredible $2,000,000+ prize fund.
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In Friday’s rounds, players will be guaranteed at least $30,000 each for tying at 7th place. Of the 18 players to advance, 5 made it to the IPT’s multi-million-dollar event through qualifiers—Rico Diks, David Matlock, Rodolfo Luat, Ronato Alcano, and Larry Nevel!
From the Filipino contingency, nine began the day, and seven are left. Not a bad average. Those that will not be returning are Santos Sambajon Jr. and Antonio Lining. “The Magician” squeaked by into Friday’s rounds by coming out ahead in the hill-hill bout he played against Mick Hill of the U.K. While running the table, Reyes came within a hair’s breadth of scratching after pocketing the 8 ball in the corner, eliciting a huge gasp and then a burst of applause from the substantial crowd.
Earl Strickland engendered controversy during his second-round, televised match with Nick Van den Berg of Holland. Strickland made several comments to Van den Berg’s family members who were in the audience, and things escalated from there. In an interview later, Van den Berg called Strickland “a disgrace to the sport,” while Strickland was unrepentant, saying, “I know I’m a terrible person, but you still have to show me some kind of respect.” IPT Tour Director Deno Andrews is investigating the situation. Behavior that is deemed unsportsmanlike conduct can result in a suspension or loss of a Tour Card. Strickland’s day came down to a hair-splitting match with Ronato Alcano, who won the Manila stop of the ferocious 2005 San Miguel Asian 9-Ball Tour and celebrated his 34th birthday today. Though Alcano held an early 4-1 lead, from there it was every man for himself, and it turned out to be another nail-biter. In the very last rack, Strickland still had two object balls on the table but couldn’t make either of them. Instead of opting to play safe, he blasted them, and Alcano was able to run out (though he left himself an almost 45-degree angle on the 8!) for the win. Alcano advances, Strickland is eliminated.
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| Group 73 D. Adkins N. Van den Berg E. Strickland T. Hohmann Q. Hann R. Alcano | Group 74 E. Reyes M. Hill F. Bustamante G. Owen I. Putnik S. Sambajon | Group 75 C. Deuel M. Manalo D. Peach A. Lely S. Tot D. Appleton |
| Group 76 ID. Orcollo A. Pagulayan M. Immonen N. Feijen Y. Beaufils R. Luat | Group 77 A. Lining R. Martinez S. Putnam L. Nevel R. Diks D. Matlock | Group 78 R. Souquet R. Morris J. Kirkwood M. Chamat R. Hundal E. Stalev |
| Nick Van den Berg | ||
| Mika Immonen | ||
| Niels Feijen | ||
| Yannick Beaufils | ||
| Michael Hill | ||
| Ivica Putnik | ||
| Alex Lely | ||
| Raj Hundal | ||
| Sandor Tot | ||
| Karl Boyes | ||
| Sarah Ellerby | ||
| Vilmos Foldes | ||
| Markus Juva | ||
| Marko Lohtander | ||
| Carl Morris | ||
| Ronnie O'Sullivan | ||
| John Wims | ||
| Tom Storm | ||
| Michael Schmidt | ||
| Neil Raybone | ||
| Fabio Petroni | ||
| Oliver Ortmann | ||
| Goran Mladenovic | ||
| Robert McKenna | ||
| Imran Majid | ||
| Andreas Koukiadakis | ||
| Andreja Klasovic | ||
| Bernard Jahnke | ||
| Philip Harrison | ||
| Anthony Ginn | ||
| Allison Fisher | ||
| Ralph Eckert | ||
| Richard Broumpton | ||
| David Alcaide | ||
| Lee Chenman | ||
| Karen Corr | ||
| Tony Crosby | ||
| Vincent Facquet | ||
| Kelly Fisher | ||
| Eric Hjorleifson | ||
| Patrick Holtz | ||
| Zlatko Jakulj | ||
| Brian Saleh | ||
| Helena Thornfeldt | ||
| Jimmy White | ||
| Total Prize Fund | $2,050,000 | |
| 1st Place | $350,000 | |
| 2nd Place | $99,000 | |
| 3rd Place | $80,000 | |
| 4th Place | $65,000 | |
| 5th Place | $50,000 | |
| 6th Place | $40,000 | |
| 7th - 18th Place | $30,000 each | |
| 19th - 36th Place | $17,000 each | |
| 37th - 60th Place | $10,000 each | |
| 61st - 120th Place | $5,000 each | |
| 121st - 200th Place | $2,000 each | |
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