Last Round Ends Some Hopes, Advances OtherRound 5 AnnouncedIPT discussion forum (/forums/index.php)Day 5 image gallery (/pool_billiard_photos/thumbnails.php?album=19)Match schedule (/ipt-north-american-8-ball-championship-tournament-/content/view/3729/102/)Efren “Bata” Reyes squeaked by into Friday’s matches by virtue of a hill-hill win that had a huge throng of spectators crowded around it. Running out against Mick Hill from the U.K., Reyes came within millimeters of scratching [...]
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It All Comes Down to the Last RoundIPT discussion forum (/forums/index.php)Day 5 image gallery (/pool_billiard_photos/thumbnails.php?album=19)Match schedule (/ipt-north-american-8-ball-championship-tournament-/content/view/3729/102/)“Again, I made a comeback like in the match before,” Hohmann commented. “I was lucky again—Nick missed the shot because the ball skidded on him. I don’t know, I’m not as consistent. I had some good matches, some tough [...]
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Kirkwood Earns a WinIPT discussion forum (/forums/index.php)Day 5 image gallery (/pool_billiard_photos/thumbnails.php?album=19)Match schedule (/ipt-north-american-8-ball-championship-tournament-/content/view/3729/102/)Earl Strickland won his second match out of three today so far, dusting former snooker star Quinten Hann 8-1; however, his fellow Mosconi Cup teammate Rodney Morris lost to Evgeny Stalev 8-6. Morris’s one win today comes from an 8-6 victory over Jason [...]
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Reyes Bustamante Both Suffer LossesIPT discussion forum (/forums/index.php)Day 5 image gallery (/pool_billiard_photos/thumbnails.php?album=19)Match schedule (/ipt-north-american-8-ball-championship-tournament-/content/view/3729/102/)Michael Hill was responsible for defeating Bustamante, in a double-hill match that saw Bustamante hover on the hill first before Hill swept by. “I feel exhausted, to be honest,” Hill stated. “I just have to try to regroup now [...]
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Strickland Goes off the AirIPT discussion forum (/forums/index.php)Day 5 image gallery (/pool_billiard_photos/thumbnails.php?album=19)Match schedule (/ipt-north-american-8-ball-championship-tournament-/content/view/3729/102/)“He got under my skin, Strickland, because he was talking to my family and saying stupid stuff,” Van den Berg affirmed afterward, “and he even tried to start a fight with my brother-in-law. Those are things you can’t do. It’s nice to [...]
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Players Ready for Second RoundIPT discussion forum (/forums/index.php)Day 5 image gallery (/pool_billiard_photos/thumbnails.php?album=19)Match schedule (/ipt-north-american-8-ball-championship-tournament-/content/view/3729/102/)“It really is affected in the mornings or when it’s damp out. The top of the bone is an inch above the bottom bone. I had a three-inch blood clot in my chest after falling two-and-a-half stories, so when my arm was [...]
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Hundal, Hohmann Win First RoundIPT discussion forum (/forums/index.php)Day 5 image gallery (/pool_billiard_photos/thumbnails.php?album=19)Match schedule (/ipt-north-american-8-ball-championship-tournament-/content/view/3729/102/)When asked how he felt about the rest of the day, he said, “I feel good because I just creeped in the backdoor yesterday in the most naughtiest of ways possible. But I’m here, I’m here to play, starting off the day [...]
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