There were a couple of forfeits in the first day’s matches, including Danny Harriman and Jeremy Seaman.  Holland’s Niels Feijen suffered an 11-5 defeat at the hands of Danny Hewitt, who took top honors at the 2003 Trump Marina 10-Ball Challenge.  New Jersey room owner Jose Garcia was bested 11-6 by Hisashi Yamamoto in a well-played match by the Japanese player.  Brian Groce, who hails from Indiana and won the BCA Master’s division in 2003, sent Dave “The Wave” Hemmah packing 11-6.  A tremendous hill-hill match took place between current U.S. Open champion Jeremy “Double J” Jones and George Breedlove, with Jones being sent to the o­ne-loss side.  Santos Sambajon, Jr., defeated Eddie Galati 11-7, and Rodolfo Luat won his match against Kasuki Masuda 11-5, but countryman Efren Reyes was usurped by Satoshi Kawabata of Japan 11-8.  Reigning world champion Thorsten Hohmann defeated Canadian champ John Horsfall 11-8, and defending champ Ralf “The Surgeon” Souquet sent San Diego’s Victor Ignacio to the o­ne-loss side 11-7.

In the women’s division, some favorites prevailed, while a few surprises popped up as well.  “The Duchess of Doom,” Allison Fisher delivered Liz Schwartreich to the west side of the chart 9-4, and Karen Corr defeated Ming “The Empress” Ng 9-1.  However, Stacy Hurst bested Hall of Famer Loree Jon Jones 9-3, and Jennifer Barretta dealt Jennifer Chen her first loss 9-7.  Rachael Abbink continues to prove herself by defeating Susan Mello 9-0, and Leslie Anne Rogers defeated Melissa Herndon 9-6.

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