The format is alternate break, race to 10 games.  The event is down to 16 players in the winners' bracket and will be down to 32 players in the o­ne-loss bracket in the wee hours of Thursday morning.  Thorsten Hohmann, recent dark horse winner of the World Pool Championship in Cardiff, Wales, won his first two matches and is going to face Jimmy Wetch o­n Thursday afternoon.  U.S. Open champ Ralf Souquet had a notable match with John Stone at 5 p.m.  Souquet was o­n the hill 9-2 when Stone staged a comeback the likes of which have not been seen in quite some time.  With flawless play and nerves of steel, Stone fought to bring the score to 9-7 when a missed 4 ball allowed Souquet the chance he needed to get out for the final score of 10-7.

Tomorrow's winners' bracket matches will be as follows:

Thursday at 11 a.m.

Francisco Bustamante vs. Tony Robles

Max Eberle vs. Mike Massey

Thursday at 1 p.m.

Corey Deuel vs. Niels Feijen

Charlie Williams vs. Nick Varner

Frankie Hernandez vs. Efren Reyes

Mike Davis vs. Danny Harriman

Johnny Archer vs. Shawn Putnam

Thorsten Hohmann vs. Jimmy Wetch

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