THE last two British players have been eliminated from the 2010 PartyPoker.net World Pool Masters.

Scotland's Jayson Shaw lost 8-3 to Roberto Gomez before England's Daryl Peach suffered an 8-0 whitewash against Japan's Toru Kuribayashi in the afternoon session of day four.

Japan's Naoyuki Oi was also eliminated after losing 8-5 to American Charlie Williams in the latest matches at the Riviera Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.

In the opening game, qualifier Shaw made too many mistakes for a player of Gomez's standard and the Filipino joins compatriot Dennis Orcollo in the quarter-finals.

Shaw lost the initiative in the third game as he made an elementary error going from 6 to the 8, as he left the cue ball behind the 9 ball. That handed the rack to Gomez for 2-1 and another shocker, scratching when the run out was elementary. It was a choker for the young Scot as Gomez increased his lead to 3-1.

A run out in the next increased his lead, but Gomez tried a Bustamante-style 'behind the back' shot instead of using the bridge and completely miscued. He made contact with the 6 ball but failed to reach a rail.

With ball in hand, Shaw took full advantage and he ran the next following a decent break to get to within one rack of Gomez at 4-3. A missed pink 4 down the rail, though down the rail, let the Filipino back in and he increased his lead to 5-3.

From there it was all Gomez as he took the last three racks to seal the win and move into the quarter-finals where he faces a tough one in Ralf Souquet.

"I played good - maybe I would give myself seven or eight out of ten. My shot (behind the back that caused a miscue) happened at exactly the same time as the shot clock warning bell ringing and I just hit it badly," said Gomez.

"But I just forget about everything I had done wrong as it would destroy your game if you are thinking about your mistakes.

"He had a lot of chance but missed them and that gave me courage to grab the chances. Playing Ralf Souquet will be a great match and I have to prepare well. I've played him once in Taiwan and I won.

"But everyone is confident of winning this tournament and everyone here is a master."

In the second match of the afternoon, Charlie Williams looked the business as disposed of entertaining Japanese player Naoyuki Oi, coming from 4-1 down to win 8-5.

Having been used to race to 9 matches in the first two rounds, Williams assumed that this match was race to 9 also and returned to his chair after potting what was the case 9 ball.

Referee Nigel Rees had to tell the American that he had indeed won the match, much to his pleasure.

"That was a big win for me and I'm pleased to get in the last eight. Now I'm in the championship ring and it looks a bit easier," said Williams.

"Oi is a very aggressive player so I knew he would come at me. I thought I had got here early enough to practise but I didn't so I hadn't hit one ball in practise today.

"The first shot I hit was actually in the game and it showed as I made some early mistakes but it's my fault as I should've been here at 2pm.

"At 4-1 Oi was playing good but I didn't give up and just tried to work it back one frame at a time.

"Being 4-1 down it wasn't looking good at all but I figured out the break quicker that he did and that gave me some momentum.

"At the end I didn't know it was a race to eight. Nigel looked at me and someone jumped up and I thought I'd committed a foul!"

In the final match of the afternoon, Japanese qualifier Toru Kuribayashi looked a million dollars as he mastered the break superbly to record an 8-0 whitewash over England's Daryl Peach.

Making two and three balls at a time and leaving easy run outs, Kuribayashi left Peach seated for most of the match and the young Japanese looks a massive dark horse for the title. He now plays Charlie Williams in the next round.

"I played really well and I am really happy with my performance. If I keep playing like that then I know I can win the tournament," said the Japanese.
Play continues this evening.
Saturday Afternoon - Results
Roberto Gomez (PHI) 8-3 Jayson Shaw (SCO)
Naoyuki Oi (JAP) 5-8 Charlie Williams (USA)
Daryl Peach (ENG) 0-8 Toru Kuribayashi (JAP)

Saturday Evening Matches
Round Three
Rodney Morris (USA) v Thomas Engert (GER)
Oliver Ortmann (GER) v Thorsten Hohmann (GER)
Quarter-Final
Dennis Orcollo (PHI) v John Morra (CAN)

After 17 years as a 16-player invitational competition, the Masters, one of the longest established tournaments in pool, is now a 64 player event and takes place over five days instead of three.

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.

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.

The prize fund is set at a guaranteed $100,000 with $20,000 going to the eventual champion.