WITH THE 2010 PartyPoker.net World Pool Masters set to get underway at the Riviera Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas next Wednesday 12th May, Matchroom Sport can announce the first round matches and groups. 2010年的partypoker.net(线上的博奕公司，有兴趣自己上一下)撞球大师赛将在 5月12日在拉斯维加斯里及结合赌场和饭店的Riviera Hotel正式开幕，主办单位也公布了 部份第一轮的名单。 The 64 player field is drawn into eight groups of eight players who compete in race to nine, double elimination play to separate the field down to 32. 比赛型式为1组8人共8组64人，在进到32强之前都是采用双淘淘制。 Defending champion Darren Appleton has a potential banana skin to negotiate as he faces off against powerful young Korean girl Yu Ram Cha in his first match. At the same venue last year, Yu Ram sent Shane Van Boening packing from the Predator Ten Ball and she will be looking to dent Appleton ’s hopes. 卫冕冠军Appleton要尬上在台人气瞬间飙高的人气美少女车游兰，去年在同样的 饭店办的predator 十号球锦标赛(她师傅办的那一场)大爆冷门的让shane van boening 打包回家，车游兰能否再创造奇蹟? In other men v women matches, WPBA legend Allison Fisher faces Taiwan ’s two-time World Junior champion Ko Pin-yi in what looks to be an intriguing encounter. ’05 Masters winner, India ’s UK-based Raj Hundal, faces another Korean girl in Ga Young Kim, while Jasmin Ouschan ( Austria ) has a tough opener against Indonesian Ricky Yang, the WPA No.8 ranked player. 至於英国超级老将Allison Fisher要对上台湾新生代高手，两度夺下世界青少年 冠军的柯秉逸，上半生绝大部份时间都耗在英国的印度选手Hundal要面对的是极可能下半 生都耗在台湾的韩国选手金佳映，但Jasmin Ouschan 就没这麽好运，她将面对排名高居世界第 8的印尼选手杨汉中 Another marquee match-up is Earl Strickland, a Masters winner in 1997, against 2007 WPC runner-up Roberto Gomez ( Philippines ) and the incomparable Efren Reyes has a tough proposition in Spain ’s David Alcaide. 三度拿下世界冠军的史翠南对老菲Gomez，撞坛长青树Efren Reyes对决西班牙 名将David Alcaide。 Three top American stars face qualifiers in their opening games. Shane Van Boening goes in against unknown Ukrainian Evegeni Novosad while Johnny Archer faces the dangerous Vietnamese player Luong Chi Dung. Elsewhere Rodney Morris faces young Scot, Jayson Shaw. 三位美国大将第一场的对手都是利用从16人扩编到64人的机会来比赛的人。Van Boening要碰上听都没听过的乌克兰选手Evegeni Novosad，Johnny Archer对决具有潜在危险 性的梁志东。Morris第一场的对手则是英国新秀 Jayson Shaw。 Groups 1 to 4 play their games on eight tables on Wednesday 12th may, while the remaining four groups complete their matches on Thursday 13th. After that the Masters moves to single elimination with the round of 32 taking place on Friday 14th and then the event goes to the TV stages on Friday evening and the weekend. 32强之後的比赛电视公司几乎都会录起来卖给世界各地的电视台。 After 17 years as a 16-player invitational competition, the Masters, one of the longest established televised tournaments in pool, will now feature 64 players and take place over five days instead of three. 比赛人数从之前的16增加到64人，比赛时间也比之前长了2天。 Working in conjunction with Cuesports International, the Masters takes place during the annual BCA National 8-Ball Championships, which sees thousands of players and fans flock to the Riviera for a lengthy festival of pool. 这段不重要 Seven previous winners - Ralf Souquet, Daryl Peach, Francisco Bustamante, Tony Drago, Raj Hundal, Alex Pagulayan and defending champion Darren Appleton - are among the players invited. 7位之前拿过大师赛冠军的个中高手都被邀请参赛。 No American player has won the Masters since Earl Strickland triumphed in 1997 but a large contingent from the USA - Johnny Archer, Corey Deuel, Oscar Dominguez, Dennis Hatch, Rodney Morris, John Schmidt, Shane Van Boening, Charlie Williams, Earl Strickland, Ernesto Dominguez and David Grau - will be hoping to change that statistic. 除了史翠南之外美国还没半个人有拿过大师赛冠军，这次精锐尽出希望能再下一城。 There has been a multitude of qualifying events around the world, with the final one in the ‘The Race to Vegas’, taking place at Pool Sharks in Vegas on Tuesday 11th May. Four spots in the main event will be up for grabs. 最後一场有4个名额的资格赛将在比赛前一天举行 Television is produced by Matchroom Sport and will be seen as 15 x one hour programmes in 14 countries around the world with more to be added to the list. 电视台会把录下来的比赛剪裁成15个1小时的节目，藉时包含纬来在内的 14个国家 以上的电视台都会播出这场比赛的精华内容。 The prize fund is set at a guaranteed $100,000 with $20,000 going to the eventual champion. 总奖金10万美金，冠军一人包2万 --

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