The IPT World Open Eight-ball Championship was an eight-ball pool tournament held between 3–9 September 2006 at the

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, by the

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. It was the third and last event of the tour It was the richest event in the history of cue sports. The total purse was $3M where $500K was offered to the winner.

Summary

The tournament held a total of 200 players (150 tour members and 50 qualifiers). The players were divided into several groups of certain numbers. Those leading in each group proceeded into the next round where they were placed into new groups. Every match was a race to 8.

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was the victor defeating

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8 games to 6. After the event no new tournaments were held again by the IPT.

Prize fund

References

World championships in pool 2006 in cue sports 2006 in sports in Nevada Cue sports in the United States Sports in Reno, Nevada International sports competitions hosted by the United States September 2006 sports events in the United States {{Sport-event-stub

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Prize fund

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