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Topic: World Pool Masters this weekend

so whos going to win?

will bwin be showing streamed live?

cheers

bwin not showing this...it's a matchroom event...

club 8 (club in amsterdam) promised to give Jasmin an extra 20000 dollars if she wins this tournament...

WOW!!! I'm on my way to Club 8 now!!!


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oh i thought bwin would as they are taking bets on it

say hi to them from me?

I know that Rico is going out to commentate for Sky, so I'm assuming that they'll be showing it. Here's a list of TV stations involved:

http://www.worldpoolmasters.com/staticPage.asp?strPageName=TV

I'd love to know the views of the Americans on the WPM now they don't have a player in it!

The side event at Club 8 is underway... Quite incredible to see a twelve year old looking kid playing Oliver Ortmann, and so many superstars of pool all playing in an ordinary club.

I say ordinary, but it isn't that plain, although it's in serious need of some air-conditioning, Club 8 is a real players club... Nice tables (with super-fast looking cloth) and everything else a player could want including a great selection of pool cues and gadgets for sale.

There's a really varied bunch of players here, Imran, Rico and Tony of course... Des Morely, and even one of the Matchroom staff are playing in this comp, and I believe he took a rack off Chia Ching Wu... I kid you not!!!

Pat Holtz is out already, suffering from the heat a bit I think.

More gossip and backstage exclusives later.

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WOW!!!

So much going on!

Des Morley is here playing in the Challenge the Champions event... He's even won 100 Euros, although he's out now.

The good news is that Imran Majid managed to pull back from a 6-3 deficit (in a race to 7) against Niels Feijen, to win the final tactical rack which too over 15 minutes to complete.

Niels was forced to play a deliberate foul quite early in the game, and he pushed the three-ball into an unpottable position. Imran took ball-in-hand and managed to get Niels on two fouls and gave Niels a real stinker of a snooker for the third foul... Pretty devastating when that happens, but Niels escaped the third... Even managed to force Imran into a couple of fouls... Gripping stuff.

The pockets are normal size but a little "rattley" down the rail, if you know what I mean.

Here's the single elimination stages results:

WPM Warm Up Event at Club 8

LAST 16

7 Ronnie Alcano
4 Stefan Sprangers

7 Li He Wen
0 Des Morely

7 Naoyuki Oi
5 Gilliano Smit

7 Oliver Ortmann
3 Jelle Kijlstra

7 Nick van den Berg
4 Etienne Heckelman

7 Imran Majid
4 Tony Drago

7 Niels Feijen
1 Brian Beekers


QUARTER FINALS

7 Li He Wen
0 Ronnie Alcano

7 Oliver Ortmann
5 Naoyuki Oi

7 Nick van den Berg
4 Wu Chia Ching

7 Imran Majid
6 Niels Feijen



SEMI FINALS

7 Oliver Ortmann
3 Li He Wen

7 Nick van den Berg
2 Imran Majid


THE FINAL

7 Oliver Ortmann
6 Nick van den Berg

Li Hi Wen what a player,

Jerry Forsythe said a great comment about him not word for word in this quotation.

"This guy can walk in to any club and get action all day"

He is a dark horse of a player, dont be surprised if he gets in to the final, jet lag might be an issue however.

Any way enough about Pool

Lets get on to the real subject.......Hello Jasmin

Sad to report she was one of the few celeb players that couldn't make it to the Challenge the Champions event... So we'll have to wait until tomorrow!

SOOOO whos going to win i need a good tip to make a bet on bwin

What odds are they quoting?

are the first matches 2pm our time or dutch time?

Well i don't think there will be a lot of crowd.
The Dutch crowd has been already to Egmond aan Zee many times, and it is not a pleasant venue to be at.
The hotel is like a jail, where you have to stand in line for your morning coffee.
I heard not many tickets were sold.
It is a shame, because there are so many good venues to hold a WPM in Holland and those would attrack lot's of crowd, but they still choose for Egmond aan Zee.
I believe it is easy for Matchroom, because they have been there many times.
Well i hope it will be a succes, and for those who are going, have fun.
Think Engert will win this one...

MH
HOB Weert

odds all pretty high

Ralf Souquet (GER) 6.00

Wu Chia-Ching (TPE) 6.50

Ronnie Alcano (PHI) 6.50

Thomas Engert (GER) 11.00

Li He-Wen (CHN) 11.00

Niels Feijen (NED) 11.00

Oliver Ortmann (GER) 13.00

Nick Van Den Berg (NED) 13.00

Imran Majid (ENG) 17.00

David Alcaide (ESP) 17.00

Tony Drago (MLT) 21.00

Fabio Petroni (ITA) 23.00

Pat Holtz (SCO) 26.00

Naoyuki Oi (JPN) 34.00

Tyler Edey (CAN) 41.00

Jasmin Ouschan (AUT) 51.00

1/2 FOR Li to bt Holtz seems a bit tight?

does anyone know where you can find live scoring?

Hope you all backed Alcaide. he was very confident of beating Ralf.