Irish Professional Championship 1988
Irish Professional Championship 1988
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| Tournament type: | Non-ranking |
| Attendees: | 14th |
| Venue: | Antrim Forum , Antrim , Northern Ireland |
| Opening: | February 8, 1988 |
| Endgame: | February 10, 1988
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| Defending champion: |
 Dennis Taylor
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| Winner: |
Jack McLaughlin
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| Finalist: |
Dennis Taylor
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| Highest Break: | 131 ( Dennis Taylor )
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The Irish Professional Championship 1988 was a professional snooker tournament without influence on the world rankings in the context of the 1987/88 season to determine the Northern or Irish professional champions. The tournament was held from February 8 to 10, 1988 in the Antrim Forum in the Northern Irish city of Antrim . After three tournament wins in a row, defending champion Dennis Taylor lost his title in the final with a 4: 9 to Jack McLaughlin . Taylor, by contrast, played the tournament's highest break with a 131 break.
Prize money
For the first time since 1981 the tournament had no sponsor, which reduced the prize pool by about two-fifths to £ 14,000, including a prize for the tournament's highest break.
| Prize money | |
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| winner | £ 5,000 |
| finalist | £ 2,750 |
| Semi-finalist | £ 1,250 |
| Quarter finalist | £ 625 |
| First round | 150 pounds |
| Highest break | 350 pounds |
| All in all | £ 14,000 |
Tournament course
As in previous years, a total of fourteen players took part in the tournament, twelve of whom - with the exception of former world champions Dennis Taylor and Alex Higgins , who were seeded for the quarter-finals - played their first game in the first round. While the first round games lasted a maximum of nine frames, the quarter and semi-finals were played in the best of 11 frames mode . The winner of the tournament was finally determined in the best of 17 frames mode .
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Round of 16 best of 9 frames |
Quarterfinals Best of 11 frames |
Semi-final best of 11 frames |
Final Best of 19 frames |
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| Jack McLaughlin
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5 | |||||||||||||||||
 Pascal Burke
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3 | Jack McLaughlin
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6th | |||||||||||||||
| Paul Watchorn
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5 | Paul Watchorn
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5 | |||||||||||||||
| Eugene Hughes
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2 | Jack McLaughlin
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6th | |||||||||||||||
| Joe O'Boye
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5 | Joe O'Boye
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4th | |||||||||||||||
| Dessie Sheehan
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0 | Joe O'Boye
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6th | |||||||||||||||
| Alex Higgins
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4th | |||||||||||||||||
| Jack McLaughlin
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9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Dennis Taylor
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4th | |||||||||||||||||
| Dennis Taylor
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6th | |||||||||||||||||
| Tony Kearney
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5 | Tony Kearney
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3 | |||||||||||||||
| Patsy Fagan
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3 | Dennis Taylor
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6th | |||||||||||||||
| Paddy Browne
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5 | Paddy Browne
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5 | |||||||||||||||
| Jackie Rea
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0 | Paddy Browne
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6th | |||||||||||||||
| Tommy Murphy
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5 | Tommy Murphy
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5 | |||||||||||||||
| Billy Kelly
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1 | |||||||||||||||||
final
In a purely Northern Irish final, Jack McLaughlin , who had reached his first professional final with a victory in the decider and two more wins, met defending champion Dennis Taylor , who was six-time champion for the quarter-finals and had made it to the final for the eighth time in a row .
Although the first frame went to Taylor, his opponent first took the lead 3-1 and then 4-2. After Taylor cut to 4: 3, McLaughlin extended his lead to 7: 3 before Taylor was able to reduce it to 7: 4 with a 63 break. But McLaughlin won the next two frames to win the match and tournament.
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Finale: Best of 17 Frames Antrim Forum , Antrim , Northern Ireland , February 10, 1988 |
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Jack McLaughlin
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9 : 4 |
Dennis Taylor
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| 52: 64 , 67 : 43, 87 : 38 (71), 69 : 15, 26: 67 , 110 : 15 (71), 17: 85 , 71 : 61, 68 : 20, 72 : 20, 6: 82 ( 62), 69 : 29, 77 : 0 |
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| 71 | Highest break | 62 |
| - | Century breaks | - |
| 2 | 50+ breaks | 1 |
Century Breaks
During the tournament, four players played a total of five century breaks .
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Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Ron Florax: 1988 Irish Professional Championship. CueTracker.net, accessed May 3, 2019 .
- ↑ a b Ron Florax: 1988 Irish Professional Championship - Finishes. CueTracker.net, accessed May 3, 2019 .