2016 US Open 8-Ball Championship underway at The Rio

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
2016 US Open 8-Ball Championship underway at The Rio
CueSportsInternational,Henderson,NV(July23,2016)
Thewinners’sideofthebracketisfilledwithheavyhittersafterthefirstdayofcompetitionwascompleteatthe2016USOpen8-Ball
ChampionshipattheRioAll-SuiteHotel&CasinoinLasVegas.
Thorsten‘TheHitMan’Hohmann,Rodney‘TheRocket’MorrisandthelegendaryFranciscoBustamanteremainontheA-sideofthebracket,
alongwithVilmosFoldes,AmarKang,JesseBowman,RoryHendrickson,JoshRobertsandMattEdwards.
The63-playerfieldwasparedto28bythetimethefinalroundsfinishedSaturdaynight.
SomeofthosemakingearlyexitsfromthefieldincludedMikeMassey,ErnestoDominguez,SalButera,JasonKlattandHunterLombardo.
TheBsideofthebracketisfilledwithchampions,includingAlexPagulayan,JohnSchmidt,Shane‘TheSouthDakotaKid’VanBoening,whowon
the2016USOpen10-BallChampionshipFridayandMike“Fireball”Dechaine,therunner-upinthe2015USOpen8-BallChampionships.
VanBoening,whoplaysGregHaradaJr.at10a.m.Sunday,wasbeat7-9inthetournament’sfirstroundbyTaylorAnderson.VanBoeningplays
GregHaradaJr.at10a.m.Sunday.JohnSchmidt,Mr.400,putPagulayanintheloser’sbracketinasecond-roundmatch.Schmidtwassentto
theleftsideofthebracketthefollowingroundbyAmarKang.
TheUSOpen8-BallChampionshipisatrueopentournaments.Anyplayerwillingtoputuptheentryfeeisallowedtoplayandthe
championshipstraditionallyattractthetopplayersintheworld.ThetournamentisbeingplayedwithCyclopballson7-footDiamondtables
coveredwithSimonisCloth.
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The2016USOpen8-Ball&10-BallChampionshipsarebeingheldinconjunctionwiththe40 BCAPLNationalChampionships,whichistaking
placethroughJuly30atTheRioAll-SuiteHotel&Casino.Theeventfeaturesmorethan5,000amateurplayersrepresenting47states,nine
Canadianprovincesand11countries,competinginapproximately40divisions,on300Diamondpooltables.Theannualtournamentwillalso
includeabout50exhibitors.TheRioAll-SuiteHotel&Casinoistheofficialhostvenue.OthersponsorsincludeViking,Kamui,OmegaBilliards,
Cyclop,Diamond,Simonis,andPredator.
Generaladmissionforspectatorsnotparticipatingintheamateurtournamentsis$25perpersonperday.DaypassesareavailableattheCSI
registrationdeskintherotundaoutsidethePavilion.EventVIPseatsareavailablefor$200andareavailableonlineat
http://www.playcsipool.com/2016-vip-seats.html.
Toviewtournamentbrackets,gotoctsondemand.com.
Formoreinformation,photos,ortosetupinterviews,contactMaryCoffman,CSIMarketingManagerat509-308-9814(cell);orbyemailat
maryc@playcsipool.com.
CUTLINE:ThelegendaryFrancisco‘Django’Bustamanteisamongtheundefeatedplayersatthe2016USOpen8-Ball
ChampionshipsattheRioAll-SuiteHotel&CasinoinLasVegas.ThetournamentcontinuesthroughMonday.
CSIistheparentcompanyoftheBCAPoolLeagueandtheUSAPoolLeague.CSIalsoproducesindependenteventsliketheUSBarTableChampionships,USOpen10BallChampionship,USOpen8-BallChampionship,andmuchmore.Formoreinformation,visitwww.playcsipool.comorcallCSIatp702-719-POOL.
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