World Open 8-Ball Championship Player Groupings Announced!

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cool...

-looks like O'Sullivan & Hann can't get away from each other!
-wonder how Jasmin will do against Earl!!??
-hmm...Jimmy White & Wu ---> interesting

Here are the official groupings:

1 Hohmann, Thorsten
Moore, Steve
Jones, Loree Jon
Kiamco, Warren
Raney, Jim

2 Manalo, Marlon
Williams, Charles
Townsend, Scotty
Kennedy, Thomas
Gonzalez, Rafael

3 Orcollo, Dennis
Varner, Nick
Atwell, Glenn
Massey, Michael
Broadhurst, Jackie

4 Reyes, Efren
Heuwagen, Lee
Hofstatter, Gerda
Bulunmaz, Oezer
LeBron, Mike

5 Souquet, Ralf
Harriman, Danny
Basavich, Daniel
Dominguez, Ernesto
Keller, Ryan

6 Stalev, Evgeny
Melling, Chris
Alcoberro, David
West, Dallas
Cernero, Michael

7 Chamat, Marcus
Juva, Markus
Jungo, Jimitri
Fisher, Kelly
Friend, Bernard

8 Peach, Daryl
Lohtander, Marko
Jones, Samuel
Eberle, Max
Kutcher, John

9 Matlock, David
Schmidt, John
Kaplan, Joern
Fusco, James
Jones, Tammie

10 Appleton, Darren
Potier, Paul
San Souci, George
Murphy, Austin
Amine, Ouahbi

11 Alcano, Ronato
Ellerby, Sarah
Catledge, Wayne
Alcaide, David
Kenniston, Mary

12 Bustamante, Francisco
Hybler, Roman
Wims, John
Davis, Michael
Crane, Wade

13 Pagulayan, Alex
Becker, Kevin
Kucharo, Jon
Bryant, Charles
Alvarez, Frank

14 Diks, Rico
Morris, Carl
Watson, Gerry
Reljic, David
Carter, Linda

15 Owen, Gabriel
Younger, Johl
Hopkins, Allen
Robles, Tony
Mathews, Grady

16 Wu, Chia-Ching
Melton, Jeff
Joyner, Cliff
Chu, Hung Ming
White, Jimmy

17 Nevel, Larry
Wetch, Jimmy
Majid, Imran
Van Boening, Shane
Goh, Tuan Kiat

18 Hann, Quinten
O'Sullivan, Ronnie
Jones, Jeremy
Parica, Jose
Laurance, Ewa

19 Lining, Antonio
Walden, James
Harrison, Philip
Santl, Stefan
Manabu, Mori

20 Martinez, Rafael
Hunter, Bobby
Zimmerman, Michael
Corr, Karen
Franken, Aaron

21 Deuel, Corey
Sigel, Mike
Vickery, Howard
Wheeler, Adam
Thornfeldt, Helena

22 Adkins, Dee
Ortmann, Oliver
McCready, Keith
Schwartz, Larry
Travers, Laurent

23 Putnik, Ivica
Engert, Thomas
Chohan, Tony
Drago, Tony
Jakulj, Zlatko

24 Hill, Michael
Hernandez, Frank
Beckley, Jeff
Furuta, Kazuo
Leonardo, Gunnar

25 Feijen, Niels
Hoa, Tang
Calderon, Jerry
Carvajal, Alejandro
Chenman, Lee

26 Strickland, Earl
Ouschan, Jasmin
Storm, Tom
Acosta, Roland
Fusco, Pete

27 Immonen, Mika
Frank, Troy
Nunan, Ben
Wiseman, Ronald
Minici, Joseph

28 Kirkwood, Jason
Marquez, Marco
Macias, Johnathan
Facquet, Vincent
Webb, Monica

29 Van den Berg, Nick
Groce, Brian
Pascasi, Davide
Incardona, William
Gulyassy, Mike

30 Tot, Sandor
Okumura, Takeshi
Jahnke, Bernard
Di Liberto, Daniel
Kelly, Edwin

31 Lely, Alex
Takami, Goh
Eckert, Ralph
Brienza, Paul
Sakai, Miyuki

32 Sambajon, Santos
Takenaka, Hiroshi
Gay, Leil
Gallon, Brady
Davies, Ben

33 Hundal, Raj
Breedlove, George
Davenport, Kim
Tourangeau, Stan
Czetli, Aaron

34 Morris, Rodney
Salvas, Luc
Mckenna, Robert
Butera, Louis
Edey, Tyler

35 Beaufils, Yannick
Garrahan, Theodore
Fisher, Allison
Hui-Kai, Hsia
Di Toro, John

36 Putnam, Shawn
Broxson, David
Daulton, Shannon
Holtz, Patrick
Saleh, Brian

37 Gallego, Ramil
Butera, Sal
Petroni, Fabio
Judet, Toni
Martin, Ray

38 Archer, Johnny
Raybone, Neil
Bartram, Christopher
Toshikawa, Akikumo
Roberts, James

39 Boyes, Karl
Shaw, Jayson
Montal, Edwin
Dodson, Robin
Colenso, Colin

40 Hatch, Dennis
Schaar, Garrett
Klasovic, Andreja
Miller, Jason
Runnels, Ike
 
The spread ...

of the groupings looks pretty good to me just offhand. I didn't think that Walden made it, but evidently he must won a qualifier for the WO.
 
This group will truely test the level at which Mike Sigel is playing:

21 Deuel, Corey
Sigel, Mike
Vickery, Howard
Wheeler, Adam
Thornfeldt, Helena

I like Corey for sure to advance.
 
I am really looking forward to see how Jasmin is doing in the match against Earl Strickland... Think she will beat him!!!

Hope Ronnie O'Sullivan has done some hard practise time, because his group ain't easy...

Pity Luc Salvas and Tony Drago didn't end up in the same group... hopefully they meet during the tournament!!! Could be a fun match to watch. 8 - 7 after 30 minutes ;)
 
This draw looks better over all than the others. Should be a great tournament. Johnnyt
 
Group 5 looks to be pretty fairly tough...

5 Souquet, Ralf
Harriman, Danny
Basavich, Daniel
Dominguez, Ernesto
Keller, Ryan
 
Snapshot9 said:
of the groupings looks pretty good to me just offhand. I didn't think that Walden made it, but evidently he must won a qualifier for the WO.
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He did. Corpus Christi.
Maybe I'm just old and blind, but, I don't Archer?
 
Man, they all look tough too me.......after a couple of days there will be nowhere to hid...this should be a great week of pool for us sweaters:)
 
7 Chamat, Marcus
Juva, Markus
Jungo, Jimitri
Fisher, Kelly
Friend, Bernard

Not a great draw for Bernie, group 5 does look to be toughest
 
rackmsuckr said:
Interesting that Group 11 has 2 women in it. Probably because of Sarah's finish.
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It looks like the top finishers from Vegas were fairly evenly scattered throughout the groups. By design??

<<== admittedly has not read the IPT website to see if this question is answered
 
ScottR said:
It looks like the top finishers from Vegas were fairly evenly scattered throughout the groups. By design??

<<== admittedly has not read the IPT website to see if this question is answered
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The players were seeded according to the rankings from the money list (as there has been only one tournament so far it is the same as the finish in Vegas).
 
18 Hann, Quinten
O'Sullivan, Ronnie
Jones, Jeremy
Parica, Jose
Laurance, Ewa


Group 18 looks pretty tough, Ewa has no chance of making past round 1 imo.

I can't wait for Earl vs Jasmin, Earl better come ready to play!
 
Keith Buck said:
The players were seeded according to the rankings from the money list (as there has been only one tournament so far it is the same as the finish in Vegas).
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See? I should have read the website first. Thanks for answering my laziness without flaming me. :)
 
daddypool said:
And here is the way the drawing was done. Numbers were their ranking and qualifiers have a dash...there is no rhyme or reason (alphabetically or chronologically) that I could figure for their placement... a few were seeded by their known ability. You will see some interesting patterns on how the draw was done, though.

Here are the official groupings:

1 Hohmann, Thorsten 1
Moore, Steve 39
Jones, Loree Jon 99 See how 99 and 100 are together here?
Kiamco, Warren 100
Raney, Jim 169

2 Manalo, Marlon 2
Williams, Charles 40
Townsend, Scotty 98
Kennedy, Thomas 101
Gonzalez, Rafael 168

3 Orcollo, Dennis 3
Varner, Nick 41
Atwell, Glenn -
Massey, Michael 102
Broadhurst, Jackie 167

4 Reyes, Efren 4
Heuwagen, Lee 42
Hofstatter, Gerda 97
Bulunmaz, Oezer -
LeBron, Mike 166

5 Souquet, Ralf 5
Harriman, Danny -
Basavich, Daniel 96
Dominguez, Ernesto 103
Keller, Ryan 165

6 Stalev, Evgeny 6
Melling, Chris -
Alcoberro, David -
West, Dallas 104
Cernero, Michael 164

7 Chamat, Marcus 7
Juva, Markus 43
Jungo, Jimitri -
Fisher, Kelly 105
Friend, Bernard 163

8 Peach, Daryl 8
Lohtander, Marko 44
Jones, Samuel 95
Eberle, Max 106
Kutcher, John 162

9 Matlock, David 9
Schmidt, John 45
Kaplan, Joern -
Fusco, James 107
Jones, Tammie 161

10 Appleton, Darren 10
Potier, Paul 46
San Souci, George 94
Murphy, Austin 108
Amine, Ouahbi 160

11 Alcano, Ronato 11
Ellerby, Sarah 47
Catledge, Wayne 93
Alcaide, David 109
Kenniston, Mary 159

12 Bustamante, Francisco 12
Hybler, Roman -
Wims, John 92
Davis, Michael 110
Crane, Wade 158

13 Pagulayan, Alex 13
Becker, Kevin -
Kucharo, Jon 50
Bryant, Charles 111
Alvarez, Frank 157

14 Diks, Rico 15
Morris, Carl 48
Watson, Gerry 91
Reljic, David 112
Carter, Linda 156

15 Owen, Gabriel 14
Younger, Johl 49
Hopkins, Allen 90
Robles, Tony 113
Mathews, Grady 155

16 Wu, Chia-Ching -
Melton, Jeff -
Joyner, Cliff 89
Chu, Hung Ming -
White, Jimmy 154

17 Nevel, Larry 16
Wetch, Jimmy 51
Majid, Imran 88
Van Boening, Shane 114
Goh, Tuan Kiat 153

18 Hann, Quinten 17
O'Sullivan, Ronnie 52
Jones, Jeremy 87
Parica, Jose 115
Laurance, Ewa 152

19 Lining, Antonio 18
Walden, James 53
Harrison, Philip 86
Santl, Stefan 116
Manabu, Mori 151

20 Martinez, Rafael 19
Hunter, Bobby 54
Zimmerman, Michael 85
Corr, Karen 117
Franken, Aaron 150

21 Deuel, Corey 20
Sigel, Mike 55
Vickery, Howard 84
Wheeler, Adam 118
Thornfeldt, Helena 149

22 Adkins, Dee 21
Ortmann, Oliver 56
McCready, Keith 83
Schwartz, Larry 119
Travers, Laurent 148

23 Putnik, Ivica 22
Engert, Thomas -
Chohan, Tony 82
Drago, Tony -
Jakulj, Zlatko 147

24 Hill, Michael 23
Hernandez, Frank -
Beckley, Jeff 81
Furuta, Kazuo -
Leonardo, Gunnar 146

25 Feijen, Niels 24
Hoa, Tang -
Calderon, Jerry 80
Carvajal, Alejandro 120
Chenman, Lee 145

26 Strickland, Earl 25
Ouschan, Jasmin -
Storm, Tom 79
Acosta, Roland 121
Fusco, Pete - no score, but a member

27 Immonen, Mika 26
Frank, Troy 57
Nunan, Ben -
Wiseman, Ronald 122
Minici, Joseph 144

28 Kirkwood, Jason 27
Marquez, Marco 58
Macias, Johnathan 78
Facquet, Vincent 123
Webb, Monica 143

29 Van den Berg, Nick 28
Groce, Brian 59
Pascasi, Davide -
Incardona, William 124
Gulyassy, Mike 142

30 Tot, Sandor 29
Okumura, Takeshi 60
Jahnke, Bernard 77
Di Liberto, Daniel 125
Kelly, Edwin 141

31 Lely, Alex 30
Takami, Goh -
Eckert, Ralph 76
Brienza, Paul 126
Sakai, Miyuki 140

32 Sambajon, Santos 31
Takenaka, Hiroshi -
Gay, Leil 75
Gollan, Brady - Correct spelling of last name!
Davies, Ben -

33 Hundal, Raj 32
Breedlove, George 61
Davenport, Kim 74
Tourangeau, Stan 127
Czetli, Aaron 139

34 Morris, Rodney 33
Salvas, Luc 62
Mckenna, Robert 73
Butera, Louis 128
Edey, Tyler 138

35 Beaufils, Yannick 34
Garrahan, Theodore 63
Fisher, Allison 72
Hui-Kai, Hsia -
Di Toro, John 137

36 Putnam, Shawn 35
Broxson, David 64
Daulton, Shannon 71
Holtz, Patrick 129
Saleh, Brian 136

37 Gallego, Ramil -
Butera, Sal 65
Petroni, Fabio 70
Judet, Toni -
Martin, Ray 135

38 Archer, Johnny 36
Raybone, Neil 66
Bartram, Christopher 69
Toshikawa, Akikumo -
Roberts, James 134

39 Boyes, Karl 37
Shaw, Jayson -
Montal, Edwin 68 Switches and goes up
Dodson, Robin 130
Colenso, Colin 133

40 Hatch, Dennis 38
Schaar, Garrett -
Klasovic, Andreja 67
Miller, Jason 131
Runnels, Ike 132 Switched direction again
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I hope you can figure out what I meant by switching directions. ;) And there went all my nice spacing...:mad: :(
 
It would have been interesting to listen in and see how they decided that Wu was 16th and Gallego 37th. I don't have a problem with them being seeded, just wondering how they decided where they should go.
 
It looks like they set the seeds for each group regardless of whether the player qualified or not. Look at the IPT Ranking List.

The first 40 players are seeded directly into the first 40 groups - Thorstenn Hohmann #1 through Dennis Hatch #40. In the event the player did not qualify, they place the highest ranked qualifier into their place. In group 14, since Rodolfo Luat didn't qualify, they moved Rico Diks from 16 to 14. In group 16, they must have determined that Chia-Ching Wu is the top qualifier that is not yet seeded (that's understandable) and inserted him into the #16 slot.

Here are the IPT rankings for a few of the groups:
Group 1 - 1, 41, 120, 121, 200 (Jim Raney is tied for 199th, so this probably goes to the 200th seed.)
Group 20 - 20, 60, 101, 140, 181
Group 40 - 40, 81 (went to a qualifier since Goran Mladenovic isn't playing), 81, 160, 161

Here's the formula:
The first name in Groups 1 through 40 are the ranked players 1 through 40.
The second name is 41 through 80.
The third name is 120 through 81.
The fourth name is 121 through 160.
The fifth name is 200 through 161.

In the event the ranked player didn't qualify, they inserted a qualifier.

If this is the formula used for every tournament, we can set the groups for the future tournaments leaving blank spaces for the qualifiers. Since the next two tournaments involve only the 150 IPT card holders, the ranking list may need to be adjusted to ignore the qualifiers to create a new list.
 
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