Dubliner Ken Doherty upset Scottish world number one John Higgins 6-2 in Saturday's first semi-final.
John Higgins was another shock casualty after qualifier Andrew Higginson came from behind to win 5-3.
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But John Higgins of the Bakers, Food and Allied Workers Union said "thousands" applied for the jobs.
Allen made his professional debut in the tournament last year when he beat Steve Davis and John Higgins.
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Two Elan witnesses, John Higgins and Gregory Coleman, claimed that Skakel confessed to killing Martha with a golf club.
Former world champions Ronnie O'Sullivan, Stephen Hendry, Steve Davis, John Parrott, Dennis Taylor, Mark Williams and John Higgins joined White among the mourners.
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Australia's Neil Robertson beat Ireland's Fergal O'Brien 5-2, world number five John Higgins beat Tom Ford 5-4 and Joe Perry beat Matthew Stevens 5-1.
Dott now faces fellow Scot John Higgins, who eased past Australia's Neil Robertson, the player who beat him at the Welsh Open in January.
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World snooker champion John Higgins is made an MBE for services to the game, as is Ian Anderson, frontman of veteran rock band Jethro Tull.
"The standard he played to beat John Higgins at the Masters was very high, " said Ebdon, ahead of the Dublin event that begins on Sunday.
O'Sullivan, 31, who lost in last year's Masters final 10-9 to John Higgins, added he is determined to put his problems behind him at Wembley.
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Compatriot Mark Williams also progressed, a 5-3 victory over Northern Ireland's Joe Swail earning the two-time former world champion a date with the current Crucible king John Higgins.
World number two Stephen Hendry faces Finland's Robin Hull, Paul Hunter is pitted against Malta's Tony Drago and John Higgins opens his campaign against local boy Michael Judge.
The Northern Ireland Trophy runs from August 13 to 20 and will feature the world's top 32 players including Ronnie O'Sullivan, Stephen Hendry, Ken Doherty, John Higgins and world champion Graeme Dott.
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Graeme Dott is out of the reckoning after losing 4-0 to Anthony Hamilton, his third successive defeat, while world champion and world number one John Higgins cruised to a 4-0 win over Mark King.
Robertson needs a win, while a draw will be good enough for Doherty, with the victor set to play either world champion John Higgins or Joe Perry , the only players who can now qualify from Group one.
"The likelihood that Greece will leave the euro zone in due course suggests to us that it is too soon to expect stock markets inside the euro-zone and perhaps soon to be outside to recoup lost ground, " said John Higgins, senior markets economist at Capital Economics.
On May 2nd the News of the World, a British Sunday tabloid, published an account of a sting operation in which John Higgins, the world's top-ranked snooker player, and his agent Patrick Mooney, appeared to agree to accept bribes in return for losing specific frames in future contests.
Michael McKean and John Michael Higgins are priceless as Stefan Vanderhoof and Scott Donlan, a gay couple from New York City.
Meanwhile, Akyroyd plays a potential love interest -- described as "charming and successful" -- that Fran's ex Peter (John Michael Higgins) sets up for her.
Guest himself takes the role of the director, and brings along his usual repertory players, including Bob Balaban, Michael McKean, Eugene Levy, and John Michael Higgins.
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