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

The tournament proper

#	Date	Type	Player 1	Score	Player 2	Host
First round
		P	Nick Wainwright	113 – 89	Innis Carson	Apterous
		P	Paul Howe	113–80	Jimmy Gough	Apterous
		P	Mark Tournoff		Jon Corby	Apterous
		P	Kirk Bevins	105–109	Dinos Sfyris	Apterous
		P	Charlie Reams	80–82	Oliver Garner	Apterous
		P	Jon O'Neill	96–114	Ben Pugh	Apterous
		P	Steve Briers	109–113	Richard Priest	Apterous
		P	Junaid Mubeen	80–77	Michael Wallace	Apterous