Although the advancement of Yi Gan and the others did not cause any waves in this competition, in Zhang Jian's live broadcast room, the netizens who followed along were shocked.

After all, this is a bridge-style game. Many top amateur and even professional players have difficulty achieving results after participating many times. It can be called one of the most valuable Chinese eight-ball competitions.

Especially starting from this station, the prize money for the champion has been increased from the previous 100,000 to 150,000, becoming the first domestic tournament with a prize money of more than 100,000.

In addition, points can be accumulated for the ranking of each tournament, and the players with the highest final rankings will have the opportunity to participate in the year-end drama-the International Finals.

At that time, not only will you be able to compete with the top middle eight players in the country, but you will also be able to compete with the champions of the bridge tournament qualifiers from other countries.

And world champions of snooker, American nine-ball, British eight-ball and even ball kings compete on the same stage.

Some games and finals can also be broadcast on the CCTV5 sports channel. Then you can show your style on TV so that your parents, relatives and friends can see you.

To put it in a small way, it is just a matter of honor. If you can win the championship, in a big way, for a billiards player, it will really bring glory to your ancestors.

Among the three, except for Park Zijian who admitted that he had a short professional football learning experience, Yi Qian and Zhang Fei are both amateur players who have not received systematic training since childhood.

They advanced to the top 32 together and were still a team, which had to arouse the interest of netizens.

They all discussed how far the three of Yi Gan could go.

Is there any chance that we can advance to another round together, or even someone can enter the finals and win the championship?

However, when the situation of the 32-to-16 matchup came out the next day, even the most optimistic netizens were not optimistic about the three of them.

Most people's view is that the three people's competition journey may end in this round.

It’s no wonder that netizens don’t have confidence in the three of them. In fact, the names of their opponents are quite famous. There are almost no fans who often pay attention to the top eight players who don’t recognize them.

Bu Zijian faced off against Liu Yong.

Although this player plays at a slow pace and his style is not very pleasing.

However, under its impregnable defense, it still has a good ability to clear Taiwan.

Liu Yong’s growth path in billiards is quite legendary.

From an ordinary car salesman, he met by chance the former head coach of the Chinese Snooker National Team, Mr. Pang Weiguo, and then joined the Ball Power Billiards Club founded by Pang Weiguo to teach.

There are countless provincial level champions.

In Shengjing City, where the development of Chinese eight-ball is at its peak, it was once recognized as the number one ball.

Of course, this title was given up after Yang Fan came out of nowhere and won two consecutive bridge championships domineeringly.

During his short stay in Chang'an City for more than a year, he won more than ten championships.

The third place in the bridge type Fuqing Station in 2015 and the second place in the bridge type Xining Station in 2017.

In the minds of fans, in terms of common drawing standards, he is also a first-line player who does his part.

Facing such a powerful opponent, Yi Qian and Zhang Fei were both worried about Bu Zijian.

However, Bu Zijian, who had just entered the field of Chinese eight-ball, knew nothing about Liu Yong's resume, so the two of them did not conduct popular science. Instead, they were looking forward to the performance of Bu Zijian, who was full of fighting spirit and overwhelming momentum.

Zhang Fei's opponent is Xie Zhaohui.

At that stage when there were not many billiards events and Chinese eight-ball was developing, there was once a title of "metabolism" in the domestic table tennis circles.

They are the nicknames given to four billiards players with distinctive styles and powerful abilities, who can be called the Four Heavenly Kings.

The Xie among them refers to Xie Zhaohui.

Having competed in the professional arena for nearly two decades, Xie Zhaohui has won numerous championships.

And in Linyu in 2014, he narrowly defeated Shi Hanqing 14-13 and won his first bridge championship, and was crowned with honor.

Nowadays, with the growth of age and the shift of focus, although he is no longer the favorite to win as long as he participates in the competition as he was when he was young, his rich competition experience and deep understanding of billiards still make him very competitive.

In recent years, I have gradually started to engage in the billiards coaching industry.

Transformed into a "teaching while playing" model, combined with his many years of experience in the field, he summarized his own set of unique teaching methods.

World Championship women's runner-up Yu Jinpeng, former member of the nine-ball national team and nine-ball world champion Chu Bingjie, as well as middle eight players Shi Weida and Meng Fanyu have all received teaching guidance from Xie Zhaohui.

Today, Xie Zhaohui has become the top billiards coach in China and is known as "Xie Tuo" in the billiards circle.

His gentle and friendly teaching style and rigorous and serious teaching attitude have been unanimously praised by people inside and outside the circle.

Facing such a well-known coach who he has seen almost countless times in videos, how can Zhang Fei not feel pressured and tremble?

Yi Qian didn't make any demands on Zhang Fei, he just asked him to do his best.

"If you want to take this career path, you will encounter these former idols and kings sooner or later. You can lose, but I hope you don't be afraid."

"If unfortunately you lose this time, I hope you can win it back next time."

Yi Gan's words aroused Zhang Fei's competitive spirit. Without saying a word, he opened a separate private room and went to practice tee shots with Bu Zijian.

Because he knew that in terms of billiards skills, he might not even be able to match one-tenth of Xie Zhaohui's, but if he teed off stably enough and cleared the table enough, there would still be a chance of winning.

The opponent Yi Gan faced actually made him a little happy.

Because as long as you defeat your opponent, the honor points representing the national championship will be available again.

Qiu Paomou, like Lei Weimin who Bu Zijian defeated yesterday, are both from Fujian Province.

Unlike Lei Weimin who is just starting out, Qiu Paomou is a well-known veteran who has been competing in the professional arena for many years.

He has a background in playing snooker, and because of his good accuracy, he also has a fierce attacking style.

Coupled with the characteristic of shooting left and right, he is also known as the Oriental Rocket and the Eighth Fujian O'Sullivan.

Since moving to the Chinese eight-ball game, he has immediately achieved dazzling results.

In 2009, he won the Jiaozuo "Hengsheng Chong·Qiao" Cup Championship in the first stop of the 2009 National Chinese 8-ball Ranking Tournament, and the "Haoyue Xingchen·Qiao Cup" in Kyoto, the second stop of the 2009 National Chinese 8-Ball Ranking Tournament.

Champion of the Cup.

By winning two consecutive tournaments, he finally secured the first place in the annual ranking with 8,227 points and became the eight-ball king of the 2009 National Chinese Eight-Ball Ranking Tournament.

In 2010, the second stop of the Ordos "Bochuang Qiao Cup" National Chinese Eight-Ball Ranking Tournament was runner-up.

In 2011, the second stop in Kyoto was "Yundu·Qiao's Cup" National Chinese Eight-Ball Ranking Tournament.

The two second place finishes were both lost to Wang Yan, the number one player in the eighth grade of China at the time.

Even so, in the three years from 2009 to 2011, he went from north to south, from east to west, and his madness will always remind fans of his invincibility in carrying the banner of the south alone.

From being unknown to being the "King of Southern Billiards", Qiu Paomou is the most "crazy knife" that cannot be underestimated in the Chinese billiards arena.

Yi Qian once watched a Chinese eight-ball game and got to know this player from the high-definition videos that appeared during the era of Wang Yan and Qiu Paomou.

The southern football king once performed brilliantly in the game and played against each other across the country. It was also the subject of Yi Qian's drunken bragging with his golf buddies at the barbecue stall.

Unexpectedly, Yi Qian is now standing on the court, facing a figure who was once considered one of the first players in billiards. He still has a lot of emotions in his heart.
Chapter completed!