Bustamante Unbeaten for Fourth Straight Day at IPT Billiards Tournament

Bustamante Unbeaten for Fourth Straight Day at IPT Billiards TournamentIn a very tight match that saw some excellent play from both opponents, Francisco Bustamante dealt Oliver Ortmann his first loss of the day in a double-hill nail-biter. Bustamante will enter the fifth day of the event without having suffered a loss.“I made a ball on the break one time, I think. I just get lucky he don’t run out every time. He miss a couple balls. I just relax, every time I finish early, I relax and have some coffee. Tomorrow is a different day—you never know. I will try hard tomorrow.”IPT World Open 8-Ball Championship ForumsVisit the IPT World Open 8-Ball Championship Image GalleryOrtmann has no worries, though—he and other German counterparts Ralf Souquet and Thomas Engert will be returning tomorrow. Both Engert and Souquet went 4-1 for the day’s matches.
Of the nine U.S. players to enter today’s rounds, four will return on Friday. Charlie Williams, unbeaten for the day, went up against buddy Rodney Morris and was dealt an 8-6 defeat. Both Williams and Morris will advance. Corey Deuel had three wins out of five in a tough bracket that included Alex Pagulayan, Ronato Alcano, and Mika Immonen. In the last round, Deuel met Alcano and won 8-6, breaking and running two racks.Alcano missed advancing by a couple of games, but four Filipinos will head into Friday’s matches: Bustamante, Alex Pagulayan, Dennis Orcollo, and Efren Reyes.Spain’s David Alcaide lost his last match for today but will still advance with a 4-1 record. Up against Quinten Hann of Australia, he faltered, as Hann broke and ran four racks to dominate their match.“The whole tournament I have played like an absolute cripple,” Hann announced. “It’s the worst I have ever played in my life. I’ve been twitchy—I felt like I had Mike Tyson holding my arm. That last match I started to relax the first time all week.“I’ve won three, lost two. [The tour card is] already guaranteed, and I think I am in the top forty, especially if I get through today. “I actually felt like I played normal the last match—if I get through, I think I fancy playing well tomorrow, I have to sooner or later.”Though Hann does not advance, Alcaide does. Other Europeans who will advance are Fabio Petroni, Mick Hill, Karl Boyes, Dimitri Jungo, and Niels Feijen, who squeaked by with a win over Darren Appleton in the final round. Feijen had to win to advance, as he lost his first two matches. He eagerly scanned the charts to see if he advanced, and when he realized he did, he let out a sigh and exclaimed, “Wow. That’s pressure!”Eighteen players will play in Friday’s rounds, and only six will make it through to Saturday. Eighteenth place will pay $30,005 and seventh pays $41,995. After that, the amounts begin at $50,000 for sixth place all the way up to $500,000 for first. The pressure is on at the World Open 8-Ball Championship, which has the biggest prize pool in the history of the sport of $3,000,000 total. Quick LinksPlayer StatsPrize Money Breakdown Round 5 GROUP 76D. AlcaideM. HillD. AppletonN. FeijenJ. KirkwoodQ. HannGROUP 77R. AlcanoL. NevelA. PagulayanM. ImmonenF. PetroniC. DeuelGROUP 78F. BustamanteA. LiningD. HarrimanT. DragoM. LohtanderO. OrtmannVisit Inside POOL Magazine for the latest news from billiards and pool.Visit www.internationalpooltour.com to sign up for live streaming video of the matches.

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