Barnsley Metrodome
Queens Ground
Queens Road
Barnsley
South Yorkshire
S71 1AN
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Friday - Sunday 25-27 October 2013
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Niels Feijen - Holland / Michaela Tabb - Scotland / Darren Appleton - England
Feijen is the Master!
HOLLAND’S NIELS FEIJEN captured the 21st annual PartyPoker World Pool Masters crown as he came through a tense final to defeat England’s Darren Appleton 8-6. It was Feijen’s first victory in an event he has been competing in periodically for ten years and he picks up a $20,000 winner’s cheque.
It was consolation for his heart-break defeat in the final of the World Cup of Pool last month when he and his Dutch team mate Nick Van den Berg narrowly went down to the Philippines.
“The crowd was cheering hard for Darren. We had both been playing well all week and that is sport, somebody has to lose and somebody has to win. He played really well all week and it could have gone either way. I managed to win and it is a great feeling,” said a thrilled Feijen after being presented with his magnificent trophy by six-times Masters champion Ralf Souquet.
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Feijen had enjoyed wins over Mosconi Cup team mates Karl Boyes and Mika Immonen in the opening rounds and then beat Alex Pagulayan in the semi-final and it was another Mosconi team mate who awaited him in the championship match.
In front of a packed and vocal crowd at the Barnsley Metrodome, Appleton won a cagey opener that was full of safety. Feijen had played a superb table length jump shot that banked the 2 ball down table into the corner pocket. He missed the 4 though and Appleton, egged on by an excitable crowd, ran out.
He looked set to make it 2-0 but missed a shocker of an 8 ball, a straight in shot from around four feet, leaving it in the jaws of the pocket. Feijen didn’t hesitate to make it 1-1 and he broke confidently in the next.
A long pot on the 2 ball missed in the intended pocket but dropped into the opposite corner, but the Dutchman was blocked on his path to the 3 ball. They swapped safeties before Feijen once against made an outstanding jump shot to set up a run out and give himself the lead.
They shared the next two and when Appleton cleared up in the sixth, the match returned to parity. Feijen got back to the table after a dry break and played a couple of great combination shots - a carom off the 2 ball to sink the 8, then a 2/4 combo – to set up a run out and get to 4-3.
Feijen though scratched in the next as the white was kicked in and Appleton made no mistakes as he drew level at 4-4. Appleton ran out the next to take the lead and edge one step closer to the title but his march was halted as Feijen won the tenth.
It was now a race to three with the Dutchman breaking but he snookered himself behind the 5 ball and his escape left Appleton a shot on the 4. He made that and ran out, under some pressure, to regain the lead.
In the next Appleton jumped out of a snooker but missed the 4 ball up table to gift ball in hand to Feijen and he cleared for 6-6 and with the break he was now favourite for the match. He won the next from the break and his fate was now in his hands.
The final rack was a nerve wracking game as both had visits and chances. Feijen broke down when his 4/7 went in but he left himself no shot on the 4. Appleton looked like he was going to take the match into the 15th rack when he banked the 5 ball brilliantly down table but he overcut the 6 ball and missed the middle pocket.
Feijen then composed himself and ran the last three balls and with that he let out a huge victory roar.
“It was really nerve wracking. It went back and forth the whole time. I went 3-1 up, 3-3, 5-4 to him. Then I went 6-5 and 7-6 and thought I had blown it when I had a combination in the corner and had to make both balls. The last one didn’t go in and he played an unbelievable bank. But he missed the 6 and I took it from there,” said the Dutchman.
“Four weeks ago Nick Van den Berg and myself lost in the World Cup final. We gave it away when we had a chance to make it 9-7 to us but we ended up losing 10-8. That is in the back of your mind, you don’t want to lose another final when it is close.“
Appleton, playing in a major tournament for the first time in his home county, was devastated: “This is probably the most disappointed I have even been on a pool table. The balls might have punished me for missing an 8 to go 2-0.
“I feel that had I won that game I might have run away with the match. From there I was down 3-1. I played really well after that without getting any luck in the match. I hit the break perfectly at 6-5 but I didn’t get a shot so I put him in a good snooker and he came out and made that ball.
“In the last game he had a chance to win and missed it. I played a really good bank shot on the 5, landed a bit funny on the 6 and didn’t know whether to take it in the side pocket or the corner. The crowd was so loud I waited for them to calm down and by the time I played the shot there wasn’t long left on the clock. It was a really tough shot on the 6 ball.”
This was the 21st annual running of the PartyPoker.com World Pool Masters following its inaugural event in 1993. Some of the greatest players in the modern era of pool have won this title including the likes of Souquet, Strickland, Orcollo and Appleton. With a field of 16 players there are 15 matches in total – all race to eight racks.
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THE FULL LINE-UP | ||||
| Karol Skowerski (POL) | Defending Champion | |||
| Darren Appleton (ENG) | 2 x World Champion and 2 x US Open Champion | |||
| Chris Melling (ENG) | China Open Champion | |||
| Daryl Peach (ENG) | 2007 World Champion | |||
| Karl Boyes (ENG) | 2010 World 8 Ball Champion | |||
| Efren Reyes (PHI) | 2 x World Champion and 1 x US Open champion | |||
| Chang Jung-lin (TPE) | 2012 World 8 Ball Champion | |||
| Ga Young Kim (KOR) | 2 x World Champion | |||
| Shane Van Boening (USA) | 2 x US Open Champion | |||
| Ralf Souquet (GER) | 6 times Masters Champion | |||
| Niels Feijen (HOL) | 2008 World Straight Pool Champion | |||
| Mika Immonen (FIN) | 2 x World Champion, 2 x US Open Champion | |||
| Alex Pagulayan (CAN) | 2004 World Champion | |||
| Omar Al Shaheen (KUW) | World No.14 | |||
| David Alcaide (SPA) | European No.5 | |||
| Nick Ekonomopoulos (GRE) | World No.9 | |||
With a field of 16 players there are 15 matches in total – all races to eight racks and culminating in the final on the Sunday evening.
Tickets are priced at a £10 for the evening sessions and £5 for the afternoon sessions. Both prices include a booking fee.
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THE SCHEDULE | ||||
| Friday 7.00pm 25 October 2013 | Round 1 – Karol Skowerski (POL) v Chris Melling (ENG) Round 1 – Ralf Souquet (GER) v N. Ekonomopoulos (GRE) Round 1 – Karl Boyes (ENG) v Niels Feijen (NED) | |||
| Saturday 1.00pm 26 October 2013 | Round 1 - Mika Immonen (FIN) v Efren Reyes (PHI) Round 1 – Alex Pagulayan (CAN) v Ga Young Kim (KOR) Round 1 – Chang Jung-Lin (TPE) v Daryl Peach (ENG) | |||
| Saturday 6.00pm 26 October 2013 | Round 1 – Shane Van Boening (USA) v Omar Al Shaheen (KUW) Round 1 – Darren Appleton (ENG) v David Alcaide (ESP) Qtr Final 1 - Skowerski / Melling v Pagulayan / Kim | |||
| Sunday 1.00pm 27 October 2013 | Qtr Final 2 Boyes/ Feijen v Immonen/ Reyes Qtr Final 3 Souquet/ Ekonomopoulos v Chang / Peach Qtr Final 4 Van Boening/Al Shaheen v Appleton/Alcaide | |||
| Sunday 6.00pm 27 October 2013 | Semi Final 1 Semi Final 2 Final | |||
The Masters will once again sport a $20,000 top prize, and the event will be produced by Matchroom Sport Television who will be making 15 x 1 hour programmes of the tournament for international syndication.
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THE QUARTER-FINALS | ||||
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THE SEMI-FINALS | ||||
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THE FINAL | ||||
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The 2013 PARTYPOKER.COM World Pool Masters is sponsored by PartyPoker.com, the world's leading online poker school. The Official Table is by Diamond Billiards; Cloth is supplied by Iwan Simonis; the Official Balls are Super Aramith and Predator is the Official Cue.
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THE PRIZE FUND | ||||
1st | US $ 20,000-00 | |||
2nd | US $ 10,000-00 | |||
3rd | US $ 5,000-00 | |||
4th | US $ 5,000-00 | |||
5th | US $ 2,500-00 | |||
6th | US $ 2,500-00 | |||
7th | US $ 2,500-00 | |||
8th | US $ 2,500-00 | |||
9th | US $ 2,000-00 | |||
10th | US $ 2,000-00 | |||
11th | US $ 2,000-00 | |||
12th | US $ 2,000-00 | |||
13th | US $ 2,000-00 | |||
14th | US $ 2,000-00 | |||
15th | US $ 2,000-00 | |||
16th | US $ 2,000-00 | |||
Matchroom Sport are one of the world’s leading producers of televised sport and are responsible for over 1,000 hours of original programming across a range of sports. Based in the UK and chaired by charismatic founder Barry Hearn, the World Pool Masters is one of a stable of pool events that include the World Cup of Pool and the Mosconi Cup.
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THE WINNER'S LIST | ||||
 | Werner Duregger |  | AUT | |
| Ralf Souquet | | GER | |
| Daryl Peach | | ENG | |
| Ralf Souquet | | GER | |
| Earl Strickland | | USA | |
| Francisco Bustamante | | PHI | |
| Alex Lely | | NED | |
| Ralf Souquet | | GER | |
| Francisco Bustamante | | PHI | |
| Ralf Souquet | | GER | |
| Tony Drago |  | MLT | |
| Thomas Engert | | GER | |
| Raj Hundal | | ENG | |
| Ralf Souquet | | GER | |
| Thomas Engert | | GER | |
| Alex Pagulayan | | PHI | |
| Darren Appleton | | ENG | |
| Dennis Orcollo | | PHI | |
| Ralf Souquet | | GER | |
| Karol Skowerski | | Poland | |
| Niels Feijen | | Holland | |
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