The tour’s twelfth-ranked Richie Richeson also took a first round loss. But it was not bad news for everyone. Mario Cruz won an early match, as Donnie Mills beat Luis Vierra 9-3.

With o­nly 36 players, the initial seeding of the 64-player bracket left 28 byes, which puts the event well into the second round with less than 5 hours of play completed.

Coming in the next round has Lavoie verses Saez, who is ranked fourth o­n the tour as well as more matches from the other high ranked players such as Immonen, Williams, Morris, Martin and many others.

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