Second Day Wraps Up at IPT North American Open 8-Ball

Second Day Wraps Up at IPT North American Open 8-BallRound 2 Groups AnnouncedMika “Iceman” Immonen clinched his third win of the night when he defeated Gandy Valle 8-5 in the fourth round. “I was already in before that match started—we were basically playing for second and third. I did win, though. We played to improve our statistics,” the Finn explained.Visit the IPT North American Open image galleryDay 1 image galleryDay 2 image galleryMatch schedule“Breaks are hard and unpredictable,” he continued, “and every table seems to break different. The tables in general are more generous than the tables in Orlando. When you look at the corners, they look small, but I think the cut may be different because the play is more generous. The first round is always the toughest, but with games under your belt, now it’s up to your stamina and mental strength. I mean, we all can play at this point."
Hall of Fame member Loree Jon Jones defeated Zlatko Jakulj 8-2, which should boost her into Tuesday’s action. In the same group, Karl Boyes of the U.K. also should advance by virtue of his perfect record for the day. Allison Fisher and Karen Corr, the WPBA’s top two, both won their fifth-round matches—Fisher has won all four of her matches today, while Corr won one.Former world champ Thorsten “The Hitman” Hohmann won three out of four matches, with the last an 8-2 victory over Mike Vidas in the fifth round. Francisco Bustamante obliterated Hall of Famer Ed Kelly 8-0; Bustamante not only has a perfect record but holds one of the highest games-won percentages at 88.89%. Both undefeated going into the fifth round, Gabe Owen and Efren “Bata” Reyes met, with the Hall of Fame member winning 8-3. Reyes holds a 74.42% in the games-won category. Another undefeated Filipino, Alex Pagulayan won his last match of the day 8-2 over trick shot artist Mike Massey.Thirteen-year-old Austin Murphy and Danny Basavich played one of the last matches to finish this evening. The score was knotted throughout, but eventually Basavich took the very last rack to win 8-7 to huge applause. “I’m the best three-hundred-pound athlete you’ll ever see,” Basavich cracked after his win.Round 2 Groups Match schedule for July 25, 2006Group 41Kirkwood, JasonHeuwagen, LeeEllerby, SarahHarper, CoreyBasavich, DanielGarrahan, TheodoreGroup 42Bennett, KeithPagulayan, AlexMonday, SamOrme, ChrisFrost, ScottVarner, NickGroup 43Ginn, AnthonyStrickland, EarlPaez, IsmaelPinegar, JonathanWalden, JamesHofstatter, GerdaGroup 44Hundal, RajDiks, RicoOwen, GabeKoukiadakis, AndreasBroxson, DavidBroumpton, RichardGroup 45Reyes, EfrenBustamante, FranciscoHarrison, PhilipAdkins, DeeMacias, JonathanKlasovic, AndrejaGroup 46Sigel, MikeManalo, MarlonJones, Loree JonLohtander, MarkoCatledge, WayneHann, QuintenGroup 47Boyes, KarlFisher, AllisonAbood, GaryPutnik, IvicaBarger, FloydBeckley, JeffGroup 48Orcollo, DennisAlcano, RonatoSan Souci, GeorgeDeuel, CoreyWims, JohnValle, GandyGroup 49Archer, JohnnyDaulton, ShannonMcKenna, RobertImmonen, MikaO'Sullivan, RonnieStorm, TomGroup 50Hohmann, ThorstenOrtmann, OliverTot, SandorPeach, DarylTademy, MarkCalderon, JerryGroup 51Hatch, DennisSchmidt, JohnBreedlove, GeorgeFu, JianboMcCready, KeithJones, SammyGroup 52Souquet, RalfButera, SalJoyner, CliffStalev, EvgenyWetch, JimmyMajid, ImranGroup 53Zimmerman, MichaelLining, AntonioLuat, RodolfoVickery, HowardPutnam, ShawnGroce, BrianGroup 54Foldes, VilmosEckert, RalphWatson, GerryYounger, JoelMekari, TomokiPotier, PaulGroup 55Marquez, MarcoMartinez, RafaelMorris, RodneyDavenport, KimBeaufils, YannickHopkins, AllenGroup 56Raybone, NeilMoore, SteveNevel, LarryOkumura, TakeshiJuva, MarkusJahnke, BernardGroup 57Petroni, FabioAppleton, DarrenMontal, EdwinJones, JeremyHunter, BobbySambajon, SantosGroup 58Chamat, MarcusMorris, CarlFrank, TroyWilliams, CharlieBartram, ChristopherTownsend, ScottyGroup 59Chohan, TonyHill, MichaelSchmidt, MichaelGay, LeilLely, AlexFeijen, NielsGroup 60Salvas, LucVan den Berg, NickKucharo, JonHogue, GregMatlock, DavidMladenovic, GoranBrowse Round 1 ResultsGroup 1Alex LELYLou BUTERAJackie BROADHURSTJon KUCHAROJason KIRKWOODGroup 2Niels FEIJENKaren CORRRay MARTINLee Heuwagen Greg HOGUEGroup 3Tuan Kiat GOHKeith Bennett Sarah 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 18Jeff Beckley Ike RUNNELSShannon DAULTONCorey DEUELRonnie WISEMANGroup 19Robert MCKENNAJohn WIMSShane VAN BOENINGThorsten HOHMANNMichael VIDASGroup 20Jim RANEYCharles BRYANTOliver ORTMANNMika IMMONENGandy VALLEGroup 21 Mike LEBRONVincent FACQUETDennis HATCHRonnie O’SULLIVANSandor TOTGroup 22 Leonardo GUNNARTom STORMDaryl PEACHJohn SCHMIDTKonihiko TAKAHASHIGroup 23 Colin COLENSOJimmy FUSCOGeorge BREEDLOVERalf SOUQUETMark TADEMYGroup 24 Jianbo FUPaul BRIENZALaurant TRAVERSJerry CALDERONSal BUTERAGroup 25 Warren KIAMCOBrian SALEHMichael ZIMMERMAN Keith MCCREADY Cliff JOYNERGroup 26 Aaron FRANKENSammy JONESEvgeny STALEVTony ROBLESAntonio LININGGroup 27 Stephan SANTLVilmos FOLDESRodolfo LUATJimmy WETCHMori MANABUGroup 28 Imran MAJIDRalph ECKERTThomas KENNEDYAaron CZETLIHoward VICKERYGroup 29 Lee CHENMANAdam WHEELERGerry WATSONShawn PUTNAMMarco MARQUEZGroup 30 Michael CERNEROJohl YOUNGERBrian GROCEJose PARICARafael MARTINEZGroup 31 Neil RAYBONEDavid RELJICRafael GONZALEZRodney MORRISTomoki MEKARIGroup 32 Tyler EDEYPaul POTIERKim DAVENPORTJason MILLERSteve MOOREGroup 33 Yannick BEAUFILSWade CRANEFabio PETRONIMax EBERLELarry NEVELGroup 34 Darren APPLETONAllen HOPKINSPatrick HOLTZMike DAVISTakeshi OKUMURAGroup 35 Ryan KELLEREdwin MONTALMarkus JUVAMarkus CHAMATArturo RIVERAGroup 36 John DITOROCarl MORRISBernd JAHNKEJeremy JONESRobb SAEZGroup 37 Lance SALAZARDanny DILIBERTOBobby HUNTERTony CHOHANTroy FRANKGroup 38 Ouahbi AMINEAlejandro CARVAJALMick HILLCharlie WILLIAMSSantos SAMBAJONGroup 39 Roland ACOSTAChris BARTRAMFrank ALVAREZLuc SALVASMichael SCHMIDTGroup 40 Stan TOURANGEAULeil GAYScotty TOWNSENDNick VAN DEN BERGTony CROSBVisit Inside POOL Magazine for the latest news 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