Many exciting matches took place, including a 9-5 win of Amar Kang over defending champion Ernesto Dominguez, Arturo Rivera’s win over Dan Wallace, and o­n the o­ne-loss side, Angel Paglia ran through the brackets before getting knocked out by Victor Castro in a hill-hill match. o­n Sunday the rest of the tournament will conclude, with many exciting matches to come, including a match o­n the winners’ side between Tony Chohan and Amar Kang, Dave “The wave” Hemmah and Max Eberle, Morro Paez and Aaron “Ironman” Aragon, and Ian Castello and Glen Rosette.

The rules are Texas Express, rack-your-own, race to 9 o­n the winners’ side and the race o­n the o­ne-loss side was shortened to 7 because of the incredible turnout.  The tournament, which was originally scheduled to start at noon, had play starting as early as 10:20 a.m. because of the amount of players in the tournament. o­n Sunday the final 48 players will battle it out to see who wins the Swannee Memorial.

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