Dozens of top players all over the world competed this past weekend for coveted IPT qualifier spots in five events accross the globe. Two winners from each event will have a spot at the next IPT event scheduled September 2-10 at the Grand Sierra Resort and Casino in Reno, Nevada. The Reno tournament is worth a total prize amount of $3,000,000 with $500,000 to the first place finisher. Below are the list of names of the individuals who qualified:
Paradise Pool and Billiards, Corpus Christi, Texas
- Rafael Martinez (Mexico)
- James Walden (USA)
Billiard Cafe Skyline, Lamerthein, Germany
- Thomas Engert (Germany)
- Joern Kaplan (Germany)
Broadway Pool Club, Shanghai, China
- Kazua Furuta (Japan)
- Hung Ming Chu (China)
Paradise Pool and Billiards, London, UK
- Tony Drago (Malta)
- Imran Majid (England)
Jillian's Cleveland Flats, Cleveland, Ohio
- Jason Kirkwood (USA)
- Hiroshi Takenaka (Japan)
Qualifiers are scheduled throughout the world every weekend in August. Please click here for the IPT qualifier schedule and further information.