Final twelve in Rochester

Day two is underway at the Joss Northeast 9-Ball Tour event at Classic Billiards and first round matches are now complete.

On the winners side, Earl Strickland defeated Danny Hewitt 9-2 and Keith McCready defeated Ian Costello 9-3. Strickland and McCready will play for the hot seat later today.

On the one loss side, Santos Sambajon scored the 9-5 win over Charlie Williams, Mark Ford upset Evgeny Stalev 9-7, Mike Zuglan defeated Phil Sherman 9-5 and Alex Pagulayan ended Raphael Saldana's run with a 9-6 loss. Sambajon will play Ford and Zuglan will play Pagulayan in the next round.

Complete brackets are available online as well as pictures from the event.

Photo courtesy of Diana Hoppe - Pool Pics by Hoppe