Tony “The Silent Assassin” Robles whipped through the winners’ bracket unscathed o­n Thurday, After sending Hawaii’s Rodney Morris to the o­ne-loss side with an 11-8 victory, he dealt Santos Sambajon, Jr., an 11-9 blow in the hot seat match.  Robles will return o­n Saturday for the final match, which will be taped by ESPN.

Sitting pretty in the hot seat, Allison Fisher escaped several demanding opponents o­n Thursday, including Hsin Huang 9-6 and Julie Kelly 9-6 in the hot seat match.  Kelly was responsible for sending Karen “The Irish Invader” to the o­ne-loss side after a nail-biting hill-hill match 9-8.  There Corr dealt defeat to Vivian “The Texas Tornado” Villareal in another tense hill-hill thriller before going o­n to meet Huang in the quarterfinals.  A relative newcomer to the pro scene, Huang gave Corr all she could handle before Corr pulled ahead to win the match 9-6.  Corr will have a rematch with Kelly o­n Friday evening in the taped ESPN match for second place, while Fisher awaits the winner for her Saturday afternoon match.

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