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Quarterfinals Round Fills and Alcaide Advances to Semis
Spain’s David Alcaide became the first player to make it through to Sunday’s semi-finals of the PartyPoker.net World pool Masters as he handed Oliver Ortmann a decisive defeat at the Hotel Zuiderduin at Egmond on the Dutch coast. The German took the early lead at 2-1 but Alcaide [...]

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Van den Berg Cruises Past Ouschan
Nick Van Den Berg started the match by winning the lag at the Hotel Zuiderduin, Egmond aan Zee in Holland. He never looked back from there. It was the opening match of the third session of the 2007 PartyPoker.net World pool Masters as Ouschan became only the second [...]

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Engert Makes a Recovery
Germany’s Thomas Engert came back from 3-1 down to defeat Tony Drago and set up a clash with 2005 World Champion Wu Chia-ching.
Drago had started well and looked on course to defeat Engert for the second year running in the PartyPoker.net World pool Masters, but the German won seven of the last [...]

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Wu Hits a Gear to Proceed Into Last Eight
Wu Chia-ching cruised into the quarter-finals of the 2007 PartyPoker.net World pool Masters with a stunning 8-1 victory against debutant Tyler Edey.
The Canadian actually won the lag and claimed the opening rack but that was as good as it got for him as the 2005 World Champion [...]

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Niels Feijen
Nickname: The Terminator
Lives: The Hague, Holland
Date and place of birth: 3 February 1977, Holland
Family: Wins / high finishes in the last 12 months: Third at the WPA World 8-Ball Championships, semi-finalist in 2006 Euro Tour events (Rankweil, Sindelfingen and Monfalcon), quarter-finalist in 2006 World pool Masters, winner of [...]

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Feijen Comes Back To Earn Quarterfinal Birth
Holland’s Niels Feijen produced an impressive comeback to defeat Imran Majid and move into the quarterfinals of the 2007 PartyPoker.net World pool Masters.
Feijen, who was backed by a large home crowd at the Hotel Zuiderduin, Egmond aan Zee, trailed 3-0 in the early stages of the match but recovered [...]

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Mollien Captures World pool Masters Trick Shot
Rob Mollien of Holland became the first ever Dutchman to lift the highly prestigious PartyPoker.net World pool Trick Shot Masters title following a performance of the highest quality as he closed the show at the Hotel Zuiderduin.
The 32 year-old from Amsterdam is a professional magician by trade but he [...]

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Holtz Sails Through to the Quarterfinals
Pat Holtz edged into the quarter-finals of the PartyPoker.net World pool Masters with a hard-fought 8-6 triumph over Chinese player Li He-wen.
Holtz, who will play either Niels Feijen or Imran Majid on Sunday afternoon, was delighted to still be in the competition.
I never give in, the guy always has [...]

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Ortmann Books Passage into Next Round
Oliver Ortmann locked in his place in the final eight of the 2007 PartyPoker.net World pool Masters with a decisive 8-3 victory over Naoyuki Oi.
Ortmann, who will now meet David Alcaide in the next round, secured the victory, despite having a back injury.
I [...]

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