Aramith Masters Championship 2017
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Aramith Masters Championship 2017 World Pool Series 2017 - 2nd Series 
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| Tournament type | World ranking tournament |
| venue | Steinway Billiards, Astoria , New York |
| opening | 5th April 2017 |
| Endgame | April 8, 2017 |
| discipline | 8 ball |
| winner |
 Eklent Kaçi
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The Aramith Masters Championship 2017 was a snooker tournament in the discipline 8-Ball , which from 5 to 8 April 2017 in Steinway Billiards in New York district of Astoria in the USA took place. It was the second tournament in the World Pool Series .
The winner was the Albanian Eklent Kaçi , who defeated the Filipino Carlo Biado 2-0 (6: 4, 7: 5) in the final and won a world ranking tournament for the first time. Third place went to Darren Appleton and Jayson Shaw . Ruslan Tschinachow , the winner of the first WPS tournament , was eliminated in the preliminary round.
The challenge tournament taking place at the same time, the Kamui Challenge , was won by the Filipino Lee Van Corteza with a 2-1 final victory over the Finn Mika Immonen .
mode
The mode has changed significantly since the first tournament of the World Pool Series. The 82 participants competed against each other in the double knockout system up to the round of 16 and then in the knockout system . In the double knockout phase, one set was played out of nine competitions, which had to be won by a margin of two games. With a score of 8: 8, a shootout was played in which both players played five balls from a given position and received one point for each ball sunk. In the final round, several sets were played in best-of-3 mode . Six competitions were played within the sets, with another two points ahead of the game to be won. When the score was 6: 6, a decision game was played in the first two sets, in the third set the winner was determined in a shootout.
Prize money
The prize money has been significantly reduced compared to the first tournament.
| Prize money | |
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| winner | US $ 14,000 |
| finalist | US $ 7,000 |
| Semi-finalist | US $ 4,500 |
| Quarter finalist | US $ 3,000 |
| Round of 16 | US $ 1,800 |
| 17.-24. space | US $ 750 |
| total | US $ 62,400 |
Preliminary round
The following players were eliminated in the preliminary round:
| 2nd round of losers (65th - 82nd place) | 3rd round of losers (49th-64th place) | 4th loser round (33rd - 48th place) |
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| 5th losers round (25th - 32nd place) | 6th losers round (17th - 24th place) | |
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Final round
| Round of 16 | Quarter finals | Semifinals | final | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 |  Billy Thorpe
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4th | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 16 |  Darren Appleton
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6th | 6th | Darren Appleton
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5 | 6th | 6th | ||||||||||||||||||
| 9 |  Denis grave
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7th | 6th | Denis grave
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7th | 4th | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 8th |  Raj Hundal
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6th | 3 | Darren Appleton
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3 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 |  Ramil Gallego
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6th | 3 | 2 | Carlo Biado
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6th | 7th | ||||||||||||||||||
| 12 |  Ralf Souquet
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2 | 6th | 6th | Ralf Souquet
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4th | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | Thorsten Hohmann
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6th | 4th | 6th | Carlo Biado
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6th | 6th | ||||||||||||||||||
| 4th | Carlo Biado
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4th | 6th | 6 1 | Carlo Biado
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4th | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 |  Francisco Sánchez
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6th | 4th | ? | Eklent Kaçi
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6th | 7th | ||||||||||||||||||
| 14th | Eklent Kaçi
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2 | 6th | 6th | Eklent Kaçi
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6th | 6th | ||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Brandon Shuff
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2 | 6th | Jeffrey de Luna
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0 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 6th | Jeffrey de Luna
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6th | 7th | Eklent Kaçi
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6th | 7th | |||||||||||||||||||
| 7th | Roberto Gomez
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3 | 3 |  Jayson Shaw
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4th | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Chris Melling
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6th | 6th | Chris Melling
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4th | 6th | 6th | ||||||||||||||||||
| 15th |  Alexander Kazakis
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3 | 6th | 3 | Jayson Shaw
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6th | 3 | 6 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Jayson Shaw
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6th | 3 | 6th | |||||||||||||||||||||
Web links
- Aramith Masters Championship 2017 at azbilliards.com
- Aramith Masters Championship 2017 at sixpockets.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b 2nd Series. In: worldpoolseries.com. Retrieved April 5, 2017 .
- ↑ WPS 2nd Series - Kamui Challenge Championship. In: cuescore.com. Retrieved April 9, 2017 .
- ↑ Ted Lerner: World Pool Series Reveal Exciting New Format For Aramith Masters. In: worldpoolseries.com. March 30, 2017. Retrieved April 5, 2017 .
- ↑ a b format. (No longer available online.) In: worldpoolseries.com. Archived from the original on April 9, 2017 ; Retrieved April 5, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b WPS 2nd series - Aramith Masters Championship. In: cuescore.com. Retrieved April 5, 2017 .
