Scott "The Freezer" Frost met George SanSouci in the 8 p.m. round, which was another close match.  With Frost o­n the hill, SanSouci missed a 6 ball in the corner pocket o­n the way to clearing the table.  Frost made the 6 and got shape o­n the 7, and SanSouci conceded the match, which Frost won 11-8.

Results from the 8 p.m. winners' bracket matches are as follows:

Niels Feijen d. Corey Deuel 11-9

Keith McCready d. John Newton 11-4

Alex Pagulayan d. Jose Garcia 11-10

Danny Hewitt d. Johnny Archer 11-10

Ralf Souquet d. Amar Kang 11-6

Joey Korsiak d. Karl Sloezen 11-4

Rodney Morris d. Eric Moore 11-4

Scott Frost d. George SanSouci 11-8

Francisco Bustamante d. Santos Sambajon 11-8

Efren Reyes d. Donny Mills 11-4

John Horsfall d. Jarrod Clowery 11-5

Fabio Petroni d. Earl Strickland 11-10

Luc Salvas d. Nick Varner 11-7

Jeremy Jones d. John Schmidt 11-8

In the midnight round, the featured match was between Efren Reyes and Francisco Bustamante o­n the television table.  These two masters enthralled the crowd with their excellent play, rarely allowing more than a o­ne-game lead.  Again, the match was close the entire time, with few mistakes o­n either part.  It came down to an unsuccessful combo attempt by Bustamante that led to Reyes taking over the table to make the score hill-hill, and then Reyes broke and ran the following rack to win the match 11-10.

On a neighboring table, "Earthquake" Keith McCready and last year's runner-up in the Open, Alex Pagulayan, kept the crowd entertained with their match.  In this match as well, the score was almost never more than o­ne game apart, and both players were giving the match their utmost.  When McCready was o­n the hill with Pagulayan at 8, he addressed the 9 ball and said, "You guys can go ahead and post this o­n the Internet, because this is a done deal!" but then missed the 9 ball.  Pagulayan, unable to believe his good fortune, won that match and the next to make it a hill-hill match.  However, he bobbled the 2 ball in the last rack, and with the help of a super safety o­n the 7 ball, McCready tucked that match under his belt with an 11-10 win.

Another emotional moment in the tournament came when Danny "Kid Delicious" Basavich took Earl Strickland to the hill in the o­ne-loss side of the brackets.  The two played a hard-fought battle, with Strickland fresh off his loss to Petroni in the winners' bracket featured match.  Tied hill-hill, Strickland played a safe o­n the 1 ball but Basavich kicked it in with aplomb.  After a tough shot o­n the 4 ball, it was all Basavich as he ran out for the 11-10 win with a victory scream.

The results from the 10 p.m. and midnight matches are as follows:

Vickery d. Durbin 11-8

Gregory d. Pike 11-3

Eberle d. Gabriel

Pinegar d. Kirschner 11-3

Deuel d. Valle

McMinn d. Richeson

Nevel d. Newton 11-9

Basavich d. Strickland 11-10

Chohan d. Clowery 11-9

Varner d. Grossman

Schmidt d. Galati

Luat d. Petralba

Binion d. Zeiner 11-7

Hernandez d. Henson 11-7

Frank d. Wilkie 11-4

McCready d. Pagulayan 11-10

Parica d. Hewitt 11-9

Morris d. Frost 11-7

Reyes d. Bustamante 11-10

Jones d. Salvas 11-6

Davis d. Gregory 11-3

SanSouci d. Binion 11-7

Matches in the o­ne-loss side will resume Saturday morning at 11 a.m. and in the winners' bracket at 3 p.m.  Visit InsidePOOL for the latest in the sport of billiards and pool.