Robles defeated Niels Feijen o­n Friday night 150-19 with a 114 ball run to reach the score that is standard for championship level straight pool. He went o­n to beat Danny Barouty 150-60 and Jose Garcia 150-98 to reach the hot seat match. Hohmann claimed his spot with a 150-112 win over Dick Lane, a Texas player whose performance highlighted a cast of legends from the game’s heyday. Dallas West and Grady Mathews are other respected deans of 14.1 who made a go of it, and other deposed entrants of note include Allen Hopkins and Steve Lipsky.

On the other side of the bracket, Barouty and Garcia are matched up when play resumes at noon. Garcia stopped Hopkins with back-to-back runs of 65 and a 150-48 victory, while Barouty handled Lane 150-49. Barouty is coming off a second-place finish behind John Schmidt at the recent Legends of Straight Pool event in Colombia, SC, but Garcia is o­ne poolroom owner who can surprise even experienced players at their own game.

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