IPT King of the Hill ready to begin

The International Pool Tour's King of the Hill Invitational 8-Ball Shootout is ready to begin and 150 of the top billiards talents in the world are at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida for the festivities.

With the kind of firepower involved in this event, every round of play will include more marquee matchups that most tournaments have in their entire event. Intriguing matches in just the 10am round include Karen Corr vs Kim Davenport, Earl Strickland vs Mika Immonen, Marlon Manalo vs Rodney Morris and Ralf Souquet vs Charlie Williams.

Check back later today for updates from first round of play or go to internationalpooltour.com for the most up to date results.

Day One, Round One: 10am
Karen Corr vs Kim Davenport
Nick V.d. Berg vs Jose Parica
Grady Matthews vs Johnny Archer
Allison Fisher vs Allen Hopkins
Niels Feijen vs Raj Hundal
Gerda Hofstatter vs Bill Incardona
Corey Deuel vs John Schmidt
Earl Strickland vs Mika Immonen
Helena Thorfeldt vs Thorsten Hohmann
Marlon Manalo vs Rodney Morris
Jeremy Jones vs Tony Robles
Shawn Putnam vs Keith McCready
Ralf Souquet vs Charlie Williams
Gabe Owen vs George San Souci

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