IPT World Open Eight-ball Championship

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The IPT World Open Eight-ball Championship was an eight-ball pool tournament held between 3–9 September 2006 at the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, Nevada, by the International Pool Tour. It was the third and last event of the tour It was the richest event in the history of cue sports. The total purse was $3M where $500K was offered to the winner.[1]

Summary[]

The tournament held a total of 200 players (150 tour members and 50 qualifiers). The players were divided into several groups of certain numbers. Those leading in each group proceeded into the next round where they were placed into new groups. Every match was a race to 8.[2]

Efren Reyes was the victor.[3] From this point, no new tournament was held again by the IPT as the players have yet to be paid in full from their participation in the event.[4]

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References[]

  1. ^ "Efren Reyes wins World Open 8-Ball Championship".
  2. ^ "UNBREAKABLE" (PDF). billiardsdigest.com. Retrieved 7 February 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ "Reyes is World 8-ball king; Takes home P25.275M top prize".
  4. ^ "Reyes is World 8-ball king; Takes home P25.275M top prize | Philstar.com". philstar.com. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
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