Meanwhile, many of the matches o­n Tuesday provided plenty of excitement for fans and players alike.  Out of the eight winners' bracket matches, four of them went to hill-hill.  Johnny Archer had a 10-9 lead over Timmy Hall, but watched as Hall came back and tied it up and actually had a chance to run out in the last match.  But Archer escaped with the win and will face Tony Crosby this afternoon.

Raj Hundal and "Rocket" Rodney Morris both pulled out 11-10 wins in their matches.  Hundal broke and ran the final match against Mike Davis to pull out the victory, while Morris battled Bryant back and forth until he came out a winner.  Hundal and Morris will now face o­ne another today. 

Basavich watched his 5-0 lead disappear, as Jeremy Jones strung together six straight wins to take the lead.  With the match at 10 apiece, Basavich broke and ran up until the 8 ball, but he missed a tough shot, leaving Jones to finish out for the win.  Jones will face Charlie Williams, who defeated Steve Lillis 11-3. 

John Schmidt and Santos Sambajon Jr. both walked away with 11-2 wins over Danny Harriman and Jimmy Court, respectively.  The two will match up later today. 

In the west side, Gabe Owen faces Davis, with the winner taking o­n Bryant tonight.  Robb Saez and Harriman both won their second matches yesterday, putting them o­n course to face o­ne another today.  Basavich will face David Rowell, and Luc Salves plays Jeff Abernathy. 

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