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IPT North American 8 Ball Open
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28 July 2006

IPT North American Open 8-Ball Championship
Round 5 Groups
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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IPT North American Open 8-Ball Championship
Round 4 Groups
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

European Player's Final Standings
Group Stage 5
Player	Rank	Prize Money
Nick Van den Berg	19/200	$17,000
Mika Immonen	19/200	$17,000
Niels Feijen	19/200	$17,000
Yannick Beaufils	19/200	$17,000
Michael Hill	19/200	$17,000
Ivica Putnik	19/200	$17,000
Alex Lely	19/200	$17,000
Raj Hundal	19/200	$17,000
Sandor Tot	19/200	$17,000
Group Stage 4
Player	Rank	Prize Money
Karl Boyes	37/200	$10,000
Sarah Ellerby	37/200	$10,000
Vilmos Foldes	37/200	$10,000
Markus Juva	37/200	$10,000
Marko Lohtander	37/200	$10,000
Carl Morris	37/200	$10,000
Ronnie O'Sullivan	37/200	$10,000
Group Stage 2
Player	Rank	Prize Money
John Wims	61/200	$5,000
Tom Storm	61/200	$5,000
Michael Schmidt	61/200	$5,000
Neil Raybone	61/200	$5,000
Fabio Petroni	61/200	$5,000
Oliver Ortmann	61/200	$5,000
Goran Mladenovic	61/200	$5,000
Robert McKenna	61/200	$5,000
Imran Majid	61/200	$5,000
Andreas Koukiadakis	61/200	$5,000
Andreja Klasovic	61/200	$5,000
Bernard Jahnke	61/200	$5,000
Philip Harrison	61/200	$5,000
Anthony Ginn	61/200	$5,000
Allison Fisher	61/200	$5,000
Ralph Eckert	61/200	$5,000
Richard Broumpton	61/200	$5,000
Group Stage 1
Player	Rank	Prize Money
David Alcaide	121/200	$2,000
Lee Chenman	121/200	$2,000
Karen Corr	121/200	$2,000
Tony Crosby	121/200	$2,000
Vincent Facquet	121/200	$2,000
Kelly Fisher	121/200	$2,000
Eric Hjorleifson	121/200	$2,000
Patrick Holtz	121/200	$2,000
Zlatko Jakulj	121/200	$2,000
Brian Saleh	121/200	$2,000
Helena Thornfeldt	121/200	$2,000
Jimmy White	121/200	$2,000

IPT North American Open Prize Money Breakdown
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
All prize money is regardless of number of players

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