Danny Kuykendall, who owns Danny K’s in Orange, CA, won his first three matches but lost his fourth o­n Thursday night to Louis Ulrich 9-3.  Ulrich upset Gabe Owen, who just won the Corpus Christi Classic in October, by the score of 9-6 o­n Wednesday evening.  Another upset was the match o­n Wednesday evening between Ian Costello and Ralf Souquet where Costello defeated Souquet by the score of 9-6, in which Souquet said, “I just played terrible.”

Ronnie “Everything’s Funny When You’re Winning Big Money” Wiseman is tearing through the winners’ bracket, along with Max Eberle, Mike Davis, Jeremy Jones, and defending champion John Schmidt.  December’s winner, Danny Medina, lost his first match to Lyn Weschler 9-7 but has won three matches since.

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