Parica, the 54-year-old resident of La Puente, California, who is also known as "The Giant Killer," crushed Mike Abou-daher 11-9 to advance against Ronnie Wiseman, who blanked Tony Crosby 11-0.

Parica also drew a bye in the first round then opened his campaign by outplaying Trump 10-Ball champion and Canadian player Danny Hewitt 11-5.

Four-time world champion Johnny "The Scorpion" Archer of the U.S. drubbed Carmen Lombardo 11-4 to move up against Mike Davis, an 11-9 winner over New England young gun Jarrod Clowery.

Archer, a five-time Player of the Year, then went o­n to beat Canadian-based Filipino Edwin Montal 11-7 in his second game.

Other notable cue artists advancing to the next round were 2001 World Pool Cardiff champ Mika "The Iceman" Immonen of Finland, Danny "Kid Delicious" Basavich, Charlie "The Korean Dragon" Williams, Bill Ferguson, Jimmy Wetch, Tony Robles, Steve Lipsky, and Rodney Morris of the U.S. and Niels "Terminator" Feijen of the Netherlands.

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