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31 July 2006
Hohmann wins $350,000 at IPT North American Open!
The most historic event in pool history has just concluded with Thorsten “The Hitman” Hohmann winning $350,000 for his double-hill victory over “Marvelous Marlon” Manalo.
Complete with Michael Buffer announcing his trademark phrase, modified for the occasion to “Let’s get ready to rack ‘em!” the IPT’s first major event was an unqualified success. Two of the best players in the world performed in front of a wall-to-wall crowd, and the set was classy and striking. Manalo had chosen Jose Parica as he corner man, while Charlie Williams was in Hohmann’s corner.
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Empty breaks seemed to plague Manalo throughout the match, but the layouts were coming up pretty cut and dried. Both were playing fluidly—Manalo missed one combo attempt, and Hohmann rattled two balls, but everything came to a head when the score reached 6-all in the race to 8. Hohmann broke and popped the cue ball into the side pocket, and Manalo chose solids and ran out to reach the hill. However, he came up empty on his last break. Hohmann opted for stripes and played a perfect out, joining Manalo on the hill. The German showed no anxiety, just determination as he approached the table for the last time. He broke and made the 9 ball. With an easy layout, he had no trouble as he swiftly cleared the table, winning the final match 8-7. In doing so, he won the biggest prize in pool history, $350,000. Manalo earned $99,000 for his second-place finish.
Tour founder Kevin Trudeau presented Hohmann with the money in a silver briefcase, as well as an enormous silver trophy. Calmly, Hohmann made a short speech, thanking Trudeau first and then praising the audience, his friends, his corner man, and his sponsors.
“I wasn’t nervous at all, the entire match,” Hohmann reported. “I felt really confident, I had a good night’s sleep, slept eight hours, and woke up still full of confidence because of yesterday. I just enjoyed the match. I could’ve won even higher—I wasn’t nervous, I just took my eyes off the ball. Charlie (Williams) was there for me and said just do it, you’ve done it so many times this week, you can do it again. I had my chance, on that last run-out, my mom could’ve run out that last rack, it was so easy, so I’m thankful, and maybe it was my destiny.”
The IPT’s next major event will be held September 2-10 at the Grand Sierra Resort & Casino in Reno, NV. First place will award a stunning $500,000, with a total prize fund of $3,000,000. Be sure to be there!
Click here for tournament results, statistics, pictures, and stories from the IPT North American Open 8-Ball Championship!
Thorsten Hohmann | 0 : 1 | Marlon Manalo |
Thorsten Hohmann | 0 : 2 | Marlon Manalo |
Thorsten Hohmann | 1 : 2 | Marlon Manalo |
*Thorsten Hohmann | 2 : 2 | Marlon Manalo |
*Thorsten Hohmann | 3 : 2 | Marlon Manalo |
Thorsten Hohmann | 4 : 2 | Marlon Manalo |
Thorsten Hohmann | 4 : 3 | Marlon Manalo |
Thorsten Hohmann | 4 : 4 | Marlon Manalo* |
Thorsten Hohmann | 5 : 4 | Marlon Manalo |
Thorsten Hohmann | 5 : 5 | Marlon Manalo |
Thorsten Hohmann | 5 : 6 | Marlon Manalo* |
Thorsten Hohmann | 6 : 6 | Marlon Manalo |
Thorsten Hohmann | 6 : 7 | Marlon Manalo |
Thorsten Hohmann | 7 : 7 | Marlon Manalo |
*Thorsten Hohmann | 8 : 7 | Marlon Manalo |
Evgeny Stalev Efren Reyes Dennis Orcollo Ralph Souquet Marlon Manalo Thorsten. Hohmann | ||
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Thorsten Hohmann | ||
| Ralph Souquet | ||
| Evgeny Stalev | ||
| Darren Appleton | ||
| Daryl Peach | ||
| Marcus Chamat | ||
| Rico Diks | ||
| 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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