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Tuesday-Sunday 6-11 September 2011
MC John McDonald with Team Philippines A - Dennis Orcollo & Ronnie Alcano
Orcollo/Alcano through as USA tumbles out
TEAM USA, sporting the most garish pairs of strides this side of John Daly, were shocked out of the PartyPoker.net World Cup of Pool as they went down to the wire with Singapore and came out second best at the SM Mall North in Manila.
Their exit followed on from the dismissal of England at the hands of Estonia, China by the Swiss and Holland by the Thais to leave the event wide open.
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Corey Deuel & Mike Dechaine - Team USA
The American pair of Mike Dechaine and Corey Deuel looked the part in their outlandish costumes but soon found themselves in a fight as the Singaporeans took the game to them, as veteran Bernard Tey and Chan Keng Kwan were clearly not fazed by their more illustrious opponents.
The Singaporeans took a 5-1 lead which clearly sobered the Americans who duly put their heads down and won the next four games to leave the match poised at 5-5. They shared the next two to go 6-6 and the crowd were really enjoying the entertainment.
To add to the drama it went to hill-hill and Kang broke for the match. He nearly downed the 9 ball, but in the end it was partner Tey who did the business as another top seed tumbled out of the competition.
Bernard Tey & Chan Keng Kwang - Team Singapore
The PartyPoker.net World Cup of Pool takes place at the Block Atrium at the SM Mall North in Quezon City, Manila. It features 32 two-player teams representing 31 nations – hosts Philippines have two sides. The total prize-fund is $250,000 with $60,000 going to the winning pair.
In the second match of the evening, Philippines A – Dennis Orcollo and Ronnie Alcano – joined Reyes and Bustamante in round two as they won eight racks on the spin to oust Austria.
It wasn’t exactly a dream draw for the Austrian pair of Jasmin Ouschan and Mario He, but they showed no nerves as they won the opening two racks to quieten down the crowd. However, that was to be it for them as Alcano and World No.1 Orcollo turned up the heat to sprint past them and book a round two spot against Malta or Canada.
Dennis Grabe & Erki Erm - Team Estonia
England and Holland are out
POOL MINNOWS Estonia put a broad sword through England’s PartyPoker.net World Cup of Pool hopes with a marvellous upset 8-6 victory at the SM Mall North in Quezon City, Manila. The dynamic duo of Dennis Grabe and Erki Erm looked a good bet as they matched their more storied opponents to record a fantastic win and move into the second round.
Chris Melling and Darren Appleton looked a little shell-shocked at the end as the Estonians punched the air in delight and gave it the big high five. But the English pair only had themselves to blame as they looked lack-lustre and made critical errors.
"At the beginning it was very hard with the pressure as we'd never played in front of such a big crowd but we didn't have anything to lose,” said a jubilant Grabe.
"But we knew if we played well we could beat them. In a race to eight everyone has a chance. We didn't expect to win and it was a surprise but we had been hoping."
England had a great chance to win the match as they scrapped it out to take a 6-5 lead in the race to eight match. Appleton though, scratched and Grabe made a 3/9 combo to level and the Estonians took the lead when Melling sunk the cue ball in the next.
England looked set to level it but Melling left the cue ball short of position to leave his side snookered. They escaped but Grabe and Erm downed the remaining three balls for a famous victory.
"England is a very strong team but it was a very important match for us and this was our first time here,” said Erm.
"I think if we play well we can beat anybody as we made some mistakes but still won, but if we play perfectly we have a chance against everyone.”
The PartyPoker.net World Cup of Pool takes place at the Block Atrium at the SM Mall North in Quezon City, Manila. It features 32 two-player teams representing 31 nations – hosts Philippines have two sides. The total prize-fund is $250,000 with $60,000 going to the winning pair.
In the other match of the afternoon session, Thailand upset the odds as they knocked Holland out of the competition by an 8-4 score line. With World 10 Ball Champion Huidji See at the helm, partnered by rising junior star Marco Teutscher, Holland was expected to make light work of the Thai pair of Nitiwat Kanjanasri & Kobkit Palajin.
At 5-0 down that was never going to happen as the Thai duo quietly went about their business. They had a stutter as the Dutch got the score back to 7-4 but that was to be it as Thailand made their way into the second round where they will meet Estonia.
The 2011 World Cup of Pool is sponsored by PartyPoker.net, the world’s leading online poker school. Cloth is supplied by Iwan Simonis, Super Aramith balls by Saluc, tables by Star Xing Pai and the Official Cue is Predator.
Ralf Souquet and Thorsten Hohmann - Team Germany
Germany impress as they hammer Aussies
TEAM GERMANY comprised of Ralf Souquet and Thorsten Hohmann, fired out a loud warning shot to their PartyPoker.net World Cup of Pool rivals as they completed an 8-0 whitewash – the first of the tournament – over the Australian pair of Greg Jenkins and Dave Rothall.
The PartyPoker.net World Cup of Pool takes place at the Block Atrium at the SM Mall North in Quezon City, Manila. It features 32 two-player teams representing 31 nations – hosts Philippines have two sides. The total prize-fund is $250,000 with $60,000 going to the winning pair.
"Australia had pretty good chances in the first couple of racks and it should've been 2-0 to them but they handed us them and after that we controlled the match,” said Souquet.
“We ran three or four from the break and the match was history. It's a really short format and one mistake could cost you three or four games."
The Australians had few visits and when they did they struggled under the conditions. The Germans meanwhile had no such trouble as they calmly went about their business. Both players were coming in on the back of wins – Souquet the World Pool Masters here in Manila and Hohmann the World 14.1 in New York.
They will be certainly one of the teams to be beat here. Hohmann commented, "If I could pick any player in the world to be with then it would be Ralf. I'm coming off a big win last week and Ralf won the Masters so our confidence is very high."
In the second match of the day, Malaysia earned themselves the dubious honour of a second round match with Germany as they laboured to a win over France. Patrick Ooi and Ibrahim Bin Amir are World Cup veterans and they will be delighted with their 8-6 win over Vincent Facquet and Stephan Cohen.
The 2011 World Cup of Pool is sponsored by PartyPoker.net, the world’s leading online poker school. Cloth is supplied by Iwan Simonis, Super Aramith balls by Saluc, tables by Star Xing Pai and the Official Cue is Predator.
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2011 PARTY CASINO.NET | |
WORLD CUP OF POOL | |
MATCH SCHEDULE | |
| Tuesday September 6 Round 1 – race to 8 12.00 noon China v Switzerland Indonesia v Sweden 3.00 pm Spain v Korea Japan v Croatia 6.00 pm Finland v India Philippines B v Kuwait | Wednesday September 7 Round 1 – race to 8 12.00 noon Germany v Australia France v Malaysia 3.00 pm England v Estonia Holland v Thailand 6.00 pm USA v Singapore Philippines A v Austria |
| Thursday September 8 Round 1 & 2– race to 8 12.00 noon Chinese Taipei v Russia Italy v Hong Kong 3.00 pm Poland v Vietnam Canada v Malta 6.00 pm Round 2 China/Switzerland v Indon./Sweden Philippines B/Kuwait v Finland/India | Friday September 9 Round 2 – race to 8 12.00 noon Spain/Korea v Japan/Croatia Germany/Australia v France/Malaysia 3.00 pm England/Estonia v Holland/Thailand USA/Singapore v Poland/Vietnam 6.00 pm Chin. Taipei/Russia v Italy/Hong Kong Philippines A/Austria v Canada/Malta |
| Saturday September 10 Quarter Finals – race to 9 2.00 pm Quarter Final Quarter Final 6.00 pm Quarter Final Quarter Final | Sunday September 11 Semi Finals – race to 9 1.00 pm Semi Final 1 Semi Final 2 6.00 pm Final - race to 10 Final |
2011 PARTYPOKER.NET | |||
WORLD CUP OF POOL | |||
EUROPE (15) | |||
| 1. | | Austria | Mario He & Jasmin Ouschan |
| 2. | | Croatia | Carlo Dalmatin & Philipp Stojanovic |
| 3. | | England | Darren Appleton & Chris Melling |
| 4. | | Estonia | Dennis Grabe & Erki Erm |
| 5. | | Finland | Mika Immonen & Petri Makkonen |
| 6. | | France | Stephan Cohen & Vincent Facquet |
| 7. | | Germany | Ralf Souquet & Thorsten Hohmann |
| 8. | | Holland | Huidji See & Marco Teutscher |
| 9. | | Italy | Fabio Petroni & Bruno Muratore |
| 10. | | Malta | Tony Drago & Alex Borg |
| 11. | | Poland | Karol Skowerski & Radoslaw Babica |
| 12. | | Russia | Konstantin Stepanov & Ruslan Chinakhov |
| 13. | | Spain | David Alcaide & Francisco Diaz-Pizarro |
| 14. | | Sweden | Marcus Chamat & Thomas Mehtala |
| 15. | | Switzerland | Dmitri Jungo & Ronni Regli |
ASIA (13) | |||
| 16. | | China | Fu Jianbo & Li Hewen |
| 17. | | Hong Kong | Lee Chenman & Kenny Kwok |
| 18. | | India | Raj Hundal & Amar Kang |
| 19. | | Indonesia | Irsal Nasution & Riyan Setiawan |
| 20. | | Japan | Yukio Akagariyama & Lo Li-wen |
| 21. | | Korea | Lee Gun Jae & Hwang Yong |
| 22. | | Malaysia | Ibrahim Amir & Patrick Ooi |
| 23. | | Philippines A | Dennis Orcollo & Ronnie Alcano |
| 24. | | Philippines B | Efren Reyes & Francisco Bustamante |
| 25. | | Singapore | Bernard Tey & Chan Keng Kwang |
| 26. | | Taiwan | Ko Pin-Yi &Ko Ping-chun |
| 27. | | Thailand | Nitiwat Kanjanasri & Kobkit Palajin |
| 28. | | Vietnam | Nguyen Phuc Long & Luong Chi Dung |
REST OF THE WORLD (4) | |||
| 29. | | Australia | Greg Jenkins & David Rothall |
| 30. | | Canada | John Morra & Jason Klatt |
| 31. | | Kuwait | Klaled Al Mutaira & Omar Al Shaheen |
| 32. | | USA | Corey Deuel & Mike Dechaine |
2011 PARTYPOKER.NET | ||
WORLD CUP OF POOL | ||
THE PRIZE FUND | ||
| Winners: | US$60,000 x 1 | |
| Runners Up: | US$30,000 x 1 | |
| Semi-Finalists: | US$16,000 x 2 | |
| Quarter-Finalists: | US$10,000 x 4 | |
| Last 16: | US$5,000 x 8 | |
| Last 32: | US$3,000 x 16 | |
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