Day Three of U.S. Open Ends

Day Three of U.S. Open EndsBy InsidePOOL StaffThe third day of the 28th annual U.S. Open came to a close on Wednesday evening, with players and fans alike moving to Q-Master Billiards afterwards for Barry Behrman's "hurricane party." Winds between 75-95 miles per hour are sweeping through Chesapeake, with sheets of rain pounding the area as well. Play has been suspended for all of Thursday and will resume on Friday morning at 10 a.m.There were some excellent matches on Wednesday in the winners' bracket, with many fine players being sent to the one-loss side. The featured match in the 6:30 p.m. round on the televised table was between Mika "Iceman" Immonen and Johnny "The Scorpion" Archer. The two international stars traded games throughout the match until Archer pulled into a 9-7 lead. After a foul by Immonen, Archer took ball in hand and reached the hill. He made nothing on his next break, and Immonen cleared the table, but the Finnish player scratched on the break and left Archer an open table for him to win the match 11-8. As a consolation prize, Immonen did make a 9 ball on the break to win the Billiard Club Network's bonus prize of $500.
In the 8:30 p.m. round, the featured match was between John Horsfall and Frankie Hernandez. Horsfall, an excellent Canadian player, recently was runner-up to Francisco Bustamante at the International Challenge of Champions, held at the Mohegan Sun Casino in Uncasville, CT. The match started off with Hernandez, a player out of New York, taking a strong 6-0 lead. Things continued in this manner, with Hernandez moving up to a 9-3 lead, and then Horsfall made his move. He won the next eight games in a row to win by the score of 11-9 in the most dynamic match of the evening.There were some very difficult and close matches throughout Wednesday evening. Earl “The Pearl” Strickland had Troy Frank 9-4 and Frank staged a monumental comeback to take the hill, only to ultimately be defeated 11-10. “Rocket” Rodney Morris out of Hawaii had a hill-hill match with Eddie Galati of Canada and came out the victor. U.S. Amateur Tournament runner-up Scott Tollefson was up 10-8 against Donny Mills and ended up losing 11-10. Defending champion Ralf Souquet met Marcus Chamat and battled with him to the hill, ultimately winning 11-10. Scott “The Freezer” Frost, fresh off his first-place finish at the Legends of one-Pocket event a couple of weeks ago, defeated opponent David Grossman 11-6 after some excellent and confident-looking play.Scores from the 6:30 p.m. winners’ bracket evening rounds are as follows:Niels Feijen d. Billy Kirschner 11-6Corey Deuel d. Johnathan Pinegar 11-3Shane McMinn d. Max Eberle 11-8Jimmy Wetch d. Bill Elliott 11-4Keith McCready d. Ted Guerrieri 11-4John Newton d. David Krolick 11-7Alex Pagulayan d. Sparky Ferrel 11-8Ty Laha d. Jose Garcia 11-10Danny Hewitt d. Shawn Putnam 11-2Johnny Archer d. Mika Immonen 11-8Mike Davis d. Pablo Matheu 11-10Jose Parica d. Steve Lipsky 11-3Ralf Souquet d. Marcus Chamat 11-10Amar Kang d. Richie Richeson 11-9Karl Sloezen d. Dave Bollman 11-10Joey Korsiak d. Buddy Chilton 11-7Scores from the 8:30 p.m. winners’ bracket evening rounds are as follows:Eric Moore d. Jim Sandalar 11-1Rodney Morris d. Eddie Galati 11-10George SanSouci d. Gabe Owen 11-5Scott Frost d. David Grossman 11-6Francisco Bustamante d. Jeff Pillon 11-6Santos Sambajon d. Hunter Lombardo 11-5Efren Reyes d. Buzzy Lambriola 11-4Donny Mills d. Scott Tollefson 11-10Earl Strickland d. Troy Frank 11-10Fabio Petroni d. David Howard 11-9John Horsfall d. Frankie Hernandez 11-9Jarrod Clowery d. Doug Jerrold 11-4Luc Salvas d. John Binion 11-5Nick Varner d. John Moody 11-3John Schmidt d. Will Slone 11-3Jeremy Jones d. Stepanov Konstantine 11-3Visit InsidePOOL for the latest in the sport of billiards and pool.

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