Countdown Online Masters 2009

The Countdown Online Masters 2009 is an online tournament organised by Ben Wilson which started in March 2009. 16 of the best players from recent years were invited to the tournament as well as some "wildcards" from the wider Countdown online community. For the first time, all the games will take place on Apterous.

Play-ins

9 of the 16 "masters" invited were able to compete. These were Charlie Reams, Junaid Mubeen, Kirk Bevins, Jon Corby, Jon O'Neill, Steven Briers, Nick Wainwright, Mark Tournoff, and the 2008 winner Paul Howe. However, Craig Beevers, Paul Gallen Stewart Holden, Conor Travers, Chris Wills, Dan Vanniasingham and David O'Donnell didn't play for various reasons. This left 7 "wildcard" slots available for people from the wider countdown community. The results were:

Oliver Garner defeated Ian Volante

Dinos Sfyris defeated Ian Dent

Innis Carson defeated Gary Male

Richard Priest defeated Jon Stitcher

Michael Wallace defeated Kai Laddiman

Jimmy Gough defeated James Hurrell

Ben Pugh defeated Neil Zussman

Round 1

Nick Wainwright 113-89 Innis Carson Paul Howe vs. Jimmy Gough Mark Tournoff vs. Jon Corby Kirk Bevins vs. Dinos Sfyris Charlie Reams vs. Oliver Garner Jon O'Neill vs. Ben Pugh Steven Briers vs. Richard Priest Junaid Mubeen vs. Michael Wallace