Groups Announced For IPT World Open Championships

The International Pool Tour announces the official player groupings for the IPT World Open 8-Ball Championship. The tournament starts Sunday, September 3, 2006 at 10am in Reno, Nevada at the Grand Sierra Resort.

This historic event boasts the biggest prize fund in the history of the sport. $3,000,000 is the total prize purse, and the winner of the tournament will win an historic $500,000!

Here are the official groupings:

Group 35:

Beaufils, Yannick
Garrahan, Theodore
Fisher, Allison
Hui-Kai, Hsia
Di Toro, John

Allison Fisher bows to El Maestro!

In the pro-am challenge matches the night before the Viejas WPBA tournament, Tony Sorto went up against Allison Fisher, the undisputed #1 woman professional pool player in the world... and beat her like a red-headed stepchild.

Actually, Allison was more of a spectator than a competitor. But, truth be told, Allison seemed to be mesmerized (one might even say smitten) by El Maestro's talents on the table.