In the 8:30 p.m. round, the featured match was between John Horsfall and Frankie Hernandez.  Horsfall, an excellent Canadian player, recently was runner-up to Francisco Bustamante at the International Challenge of Champions, held at the Mohegan Sun Casino in Uncasville, CT.  The match started off with Hernandez, a player out of New York, taking a strong 6-0 lead.  Things continued in this manner, with Hernandez moving up to a 9-3 lead, and then Horsfall made his move.  He won the next eight games in a row to win by the score of 11-9 in the most dynamic match of the evening.

There were some very difficult and close matches throughout Wednesday evening.  Earl “The Pearl” Strickland had Troy Frank 9-4 and Frank staged a monumental comeback to take the hill, o­nly to ultimately be defeated 11-10.  “Rocket” Rodney Morris out of Hawaii had a hill-hill match with Eddie Galati of Canada and came out the victor.  U.S. Amateur Tournament runner-up Scott Tollefson was up 10-8 against Donny Mills and ended up losing 11-10.  Defending champion Ralf Souquet met Marcus Chamat and battled with him to the hill, ultimately winning 11-10.  Scott “The Freezer” Frost, fresh off his first-place finish at the Legends of o­ne-Pocket event a couple of weeks ago, defeated opponent David Grossman 11-6 after some excellent and confident-looking play.

Scores from the 6:30 p.m. winners’ bracket evening rounds are as follows:

Niels Feijen d. Billy Kirschner 11-6

Corey Deuel d. Johnathan Pinegar 11-3

Shane McMinn d. Max Eberle 11-8

Jimmy Wetch d. Bill Elliott 11-4

Keith McCready d. Ted Guerrieri 11-4

John Newton d. David Krolick 11-7

Alex Pagulayan d. Sparky Ferrel 11-8

Ty Laha d. Jose Garcia 11-10

Danny Hewitt d. Shawn Putnam 11-2

Johnny Archer d. Mika Immonen 11-8

Mike Davis d. Pablo Matheu 11-10

Jose Parica d. Steve Lipsky 11-3

Ralf Souquet d. Marcus Chamat 11-10

Amar Kang d. Richie Richeson 11-9

Karl Sloezen d. Dave Bollman 11-10

Joey Korsiak d. Buddy Chilton 11-7

Scores from the 8:30 p.m. winners’ bracket evening rounds are as follows:

Eric Moore d. Jim Sandalar 11-1

Rodney Morris d. Eddie Galati 11-10

George SanSouci d. Gabe Owen 11-5

Scott Frost d. David Grossman 11-6

Francisco Bustamante d. Jeff Pillon 11-6

Santos Sambajon d. Hunter Lombardo 11-5

Efren Reyes d. Buzzy Lambriola 11-4

Donny Mills d. Scott Tollefson 11-10

Earl Strickland d. Troy Frank 11-10

Fabio Petroni d. David Howard 11-9

John Horsfall d. Frankie Hernandez 11-9

Jarrod Clowery d. Doug Jerrold 11-4

Luc Salvas d. John Binion 11-5

Nick Varner d. John Moody 11-3

John Schmidt d. Will Slone 11-3

Jeremy Jones d. Stepanov Konstantine 11-3

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