Pedro Piedrabuena
After three days of play at The Billiard House in Modesto, California, the initial field of sixty one players has been whittled down to just eight at the 2024 United States Billiard Association National Championship.
The original field of players competed in eight round robin groups of seven or eight players in twenty five point matches with the top three players from each group advancing.
The top players from those groups were Hugo Patino, Pedro Piedrabuena, Tae Kyu Lee, Miguel Torres, Raymon Groot, John Park, Quoc Thinh Le and Young Ha Choi. Patino, Piedrabuena, Lee and Torres were all undefeated in their groups and were seeded into the final twenty four player brackets based on average points per inning.
The final twenty four players got started on Saturday in a single elimination bracket that awarded byes to the top eight players from the group stages. After one round of players was eliminated, the final sixteen players all competed and the first three top group seeds eliminated with Carlos Mario Villegas defeating Young Ha Choi 40-27 and Jim Semerci beating Quoc Thinh Le 40-35 in 44 innings. Raymon Groot also lost to Sang Ho Kim 40-37 in 47 innings.
Play got underway on Sunday with the final eight players, who will play down to one winner today.
Fans can follow the action today with free live streaming in English courtesy of CaromSports and in Spanish by BillarOnline New Age. Complete event information is available on the United States Billiard Association website.
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