Also winning in the 7 p.m. winners’ side matches were Brandon Ashcraft over Brian Law 9-2; Cliff Joyner over Tony Chohan 9-8; Barry Emerson over Isaac Runnels 9-7 in a hard-fought match; and Toronto's Alex Pagulayan defeated countryman Santos Sambajon, Jr., 9-4. Charles "Hillbilly" Bryant took a quick 7-0 lead over Max Eberle, who made a determined rally to bring it to 7-6 before Bryant finished him off 9-6. Ian Costello defeated Jose Parica in a difficult hill-hill decision.  In the set's longest match, which lasted until 9:50 p.m., Mike Davis and B.J. Ussery traded traps and safeties, and both failed to take advantage of many opportunities before Ussery finally took the hill-hill match.

In the o­ne-loss side, Danny "Kid Delicious" Basavich eliminated Jimmy Mendoza 9-7, Dan Wallace defeated Jeff Schilder 9-6, Gerardo Jamito took care of Edwin Montel 9-8, Billy Palmer disposed of Danny "Funky Cold" Medina 9-8, John Schmidt defeated Glenn Atwell 9-8, Dave "Big Wave" Hemmah knocked off Nick Kruger 9-4, Tokyo's Kenighi Uchigaki beat Marshall Jung 9-6, and Arturo Rivera beat Robb Saez 9-4.

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