World Pool Masters 2008
The World Pool Masters 2008 was the sixteenth edition of an annual pool tournament . It took place from May 9-11, 2008 at The Riviera in Las Vegas , USA and was organized by Matchroom Sport and sponsored by PartyPoker.net .
The winner of the tournament was Filipino Alex Pagulayan , who prevailed 8: 6 in the final against Mika Immonen from Finland .
On the first day of the tournament, a Trickshot Masters was held, which the Pole Bogdan Wołkowski won.
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16 of the best pool players in the world were invited to the World Pool Masters. The game was played in the pool variant 9-ball . A shot clock of 35 seconds was set. If a player hadn't taken his shot by then, the opponent was fouled and " ball in hand ".
The game was played with a winner's break , ie the player who won the previous game may kick off the next game.
Tournament course
| Round of 16 | Quarter finals | Semifinals | final | |||||||||||
 Thomas Engert
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3 | |||||||||||||
 Rodney Morris
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8th | |||||||||||||
| Rodney Morris
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6th | |||||||||||||
 Alex Pagulayan
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8th | |||||||||||||
 Mark Gray
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7th | |||||||||||||
| Alex Pagulayan
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8th | |||||||||||||
| Alex Pagulayan
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8th | |||||||||||||
| Francisco Bustamante
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4th | |||||||||||||
| Francisco Bustamante
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8th | |||||||||||||
 Bruno Muratore
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1 | |||||||||||||
| Francisco Bustamante
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8th | |||||||||||||
| Imram Majid
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4th | |||||||||||||
| Imran Majid
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8th | |||||||||||||
| Shane van Boening
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4th | |||||||||||||
| Alex Pagulayan
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8th | |||||||||||||
 Mika Immonen
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6th | |||||||||||||
| Ralf Souquet
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3 | |||||||||||||
 Ko Pin-Yi
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8th | |||||||||||||
| Ko Pin-Yi
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8th | |||||||||||||
 Tony Drago
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4th | |||||||||||||
| Tony Drago
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8th | |||||||||||||
 Niels Feijen
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7th | |||||||||||||
| Ko Pin-Yi
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4th | |||||||||||||
| Mika Immonen
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8th | |||||||||||||
| Corey Deuel
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8th | |||||||||||||
| Christian Reimering
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5 | |||||||||||||
| Corey Deuel
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5 | |||||||||||||
| Mika Immonen
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8th | |||||||||||||
| Mika Immonen
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8th | |||||||||||||
| Daryl Peach
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2 | |||||||||||||
Prize money
A total of US $ 62,000 was distributed .
| Tournament placement | Prize money |
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| 1st place (tournament winner) | $ 20,000 |
| 2nd place (defeat in the final) | $ 10,000 |
| 3rd place (semi-finals) | $ 5,000 |
| 5th place (quarter-finals) | $ 2,500 |
| 9th place (round of 16) | $ 1,500 |
Trickshot tournament
At the World Trick Shot Masters (ie, a trick shot competition), which took place on the evening of the first day tournament, participated 6 players. The winner was Bogdan Wołkowski from Jaworzno , Poland .
