World Pool Masters 2009
The World Pool Masters 2009 was the seventeenth edition of an annual pool tournament . It was held from May 8th to 10th, 2009 at The Riviera in Las Vegas , USA . The tournament is organized by Matchroom Sport and sponsored by PartyPoker.net .
The winner of the tournament was Darren Appleton from England, who beat the Dutchman Nick van den Berg 8: 4 in the final .
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16 of the best pool players in the world are invited to the World Pool Masters. The game is played in the pool variant 9-ball . A shot clock of 35 seconds is set. If a player has not taken his shot by then, there is foul and " ball in hand " for the opponent.
The game is played with a winner's break , ie the player who won the previous game may kick off the following game.
A woman, the Korean Yu Ram Cha , was also invited; similar to 2007 , when Jasmin Ouschan was there. Shortly before the start of the tournament, it was announced that the originally invited Canadian Alain Martel will be replaced by his compatriot Tyler Edey because Martel had problems with the necessary visa.
Tournament course
| Round of 16 | Quarter finals | Semifinals | final | |||||||||||
 Alex Pagulayan
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2 | |||||||||||||
 Nick van den Berg
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8th | |||||||||||||
| Nick van den Berg
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8th | |||||||||||||
 Johnny Archer
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5 | |||||||||||||
| Johnny Archer
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8th | |||||||||||||
 Imran Majid
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2 | |||||||||||||
| Nick van den Berg
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8th | |||||||||||||
| Shane van Boening
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2 | |||||||||||||
| Shane van Boening
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8th | |||||||||||||
 Yu Ram Cha
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2 | |||||||||||||
| Shane van Boening
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8th | |||||||||||||
 Tony Drago
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5 | |||||||||||||
| Niels Feijen
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3 | |||||||||||||
| Tony Drago
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8th | |||||||||||||
| Nick van den Berg
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4th | |||||||||||||
| Darren Appleton
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8th | |||||||||||||
 Ralf Souquet
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8th | |||||||||||||
 Ruslan Chinakhov
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1 | |||||||||||||
| Ralf Souquet
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7th | |||||||||||||
| Darren Appleton
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8th | |||||||||||||
| Darren Appleton
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8th | |||||||||||||
| Raj Hundal
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3 | |||||||||||||
| Darren Appleton
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8th | |||||||||||||
 Mika Immonen
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6th | |||||||||||||
| Dennis Orcollo
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8th | |||||||||||||
 Tyler Edey
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3 | |||||||||||||
| Dennis Orcollo
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4th | |||||||||||||
| Mika Immonen
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8th | |||||||||||||
| Mika Immonen
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8th | |||||||||||||
 Fu Jianbo
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7th | |||||||||||||
Prize money
A total of US $ 62,000 will be distributed .
| Tournament placement | Prize money |
|---|---|
| 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 |
Individual evidence
- ↑ News from May 6, 2009 ( Memento from May 13, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) - Matchroom Sport homepage
