Official Player Groupings Announced for IPT North American Open 8-Ball Championship

Official Player Groupings Announced for IPT North American Open 8-Ball ChampionshipThe IPT is proud to announce the player groupings for the IPT "North American Open 8-Ball Championship." The methodology for determining the groups was complex. All of the Hall of Fame members were placed in separate groups; female players were placed into separate groups; all of the players who qualified through the qualification tournament system were placed into separate groups (since there are 50 qualifiers and 40 groups, some groups have two qualified players); finally, a number of the top players, historically, were placed into separate groups. All of the placed players were placed randomly into their respective groups.
Once the tournament starts, there is a predetermined format that dictates which players advance to which brackets in future rounds. The official tournament format will be announced shortly and will include the bracket population flow chart. Please refer to the IPT Web Site for Official Rules and tournament formats.If you can't make it to the North American Open in person, you can follow the action on line at www.internationalpooltour.com. Group 1Alex LELYLou BUTERAJackie BROADHURSTJon KUCHAROJason KIRKWOODGroup 2Neils FEIJENKaren CORRRay MARTINWei LIUGreg HOGUEGroup 3Tuan Kiat GOHJim REMPESarah ELLERBYEric HJORLEIFSONDavid MATLOCKGroup 4Alex PAGULAYAN Mike MASSEYTammy JONESGoran MLADENOVICCorey HARPERGroup 5Austin MURPHYDanny BASAVICHEwa LAURANCESam MONDAYAnthony GINNGroup 6Mike GULYASSYEarl STRICKLANDMiyuki SAKAIChris ORMETeddy GARRAHANGroup 7Raj HUNDALDallas WESTMonica WEBBIsmael PAEZScott FROSTGroup 8William INCARDONANick VARNERHelena THORNFELDTJonathan PENEGARRico DIKSGroup 9Gabe OWENEfren REYESMary KENNISTONJames WALDENLuis CONDOGroup 10Francisco BUSTAMANTEEd KELLYGerda HOFSTATTERJim WEASTAndreas KOUKIADAKISGroup 11Mike SIGELPhilip HARRISONJames ROBERTSDavid BROXSONLinda CARTERGroup 12Joe MINICIDee ADKINSMarlon MANALORobin DODSONRichard BROUMPTONGroup 13Zlatko JAKULJLoree Jon JONESJohn MACIASErnesto DOMINGUEZKarl BOYESGroup 14Grady MATHEWSAndreja KLASOVICMarko LOHTANDERAllison FISHERJeff ABERNATHYGroup 15Dennis ORCOLLOKelly FISHERGary ABOODWayne CATLEDGEJohn KUTCHERGroup 16Ivaca PUTNIKJimmy WHITEQuinten HANNDavid ALCAIDERonato ALCANOGroup 17Bernie FRIENDLarry SCHWARTZGeorge SANSOUCIJohnny ARCHERDenver BARGERGroup 18Pete FUSCOIke RUNNELSShannon DAULTONCorey DEUELRonnie WISEMANGroup 19Robert MCKENNAJohn WIMSShane VAN BOENINGThorsten HOHMANNMichael VIDASGroup 20Jim RANEYCharles BRYANTOliver ORTMANNMika IMMONENGandy VALLEGroup 21Mike LEBRONVincent FACQUETDennis HATCHRonnie O’SULLIVANSandor TOTGroup 22Leonardo GUNNARTom STORMDaryl PEACHJohn SCHMIDTKonihiko TAKAHASHIGroup 23Colin COLENSOJimmy FUSCOGeorge BREEDLOVERalf SOUQUETMark TADEMYGroup 24Jianbo FUPaul BRIENZALaurant TRAVERSJerry CALDERONSal BUTERAGroup 25Warren KIAMCOBrian SALEHMichael ZIMMERMAN Keith MCCREADY Cliff JOYNERGroup 26Aaron FRANKENSammy JONESEvgeny STALEVTony ROBLESAntonio LININGGroup 27Stephan SANTLVilmos FOLDESRodolfo LUATJimmy WETCHMori MANABUGroup 28Imran MAJIDRalph ECKERTThomas KENNEDYAaron CZETLIHoward VICKERYGroup 29Lee CHENMANAdam WHEELERGerry WATSONShawn PUTNAMMarco MARQUEZGroup 30Michael CERNEROJohl YOUNGERBrian GROCEJose PARICARafael MARTINEZGroup 31Neil RAYBONEDavid RELJICRafael GONZALEZRodney MORRISTomoki MEKARIGroup 32Tyler EDEYPaul POTIERKim DAVENPORTJason MILLERSteve MOOREGroup 33Yannick BEAUFILSWade CRANEFabio PETRONIMax EBERLELarry NEVELGroup 34Darren APPLETONAllen HOPKINSPatrick HOLTZMike DAVISTakeshi OKUMURAGroup 35Ryan KELLEREdwin MONTALMarkus JUVAMarkus CHAMATArturo RIVERAGroup 36John DITOROCarl MORRISBernd JAHNKEJeremy JONESRobb SAEZGroup 37Lance SALAZARDanny DILIBERTOBobby HUNTERTony CHOHANTroy FRANKGroup 38Ouahbi AMINEAlejandro CARVAJALMick HILLCharlie WILLIAMSSantos SAMBAJONGroup 39Roland ACOSTAChris BARTRAMFrank ALVAREZLuc SALVASMichael SCHMIDTGroup 40Stan TOURANGEAULeil GAYScotty TOWNSENDNick VAN DEN BERGTony CROSBY

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