2025 PBA Playoffs Opening Round

S. Samek

The PBA Tour playoffs are ready to start. This week the top 12 bowlers decided by the PBA Tour points list entered the playoffs. It’s a 12- player bracket with the top four receiving byes.

Each match is race to two games. This week features the round one matches. Let’s see who will advance to the quarterfinals.

The first match was the number nine seed Anthony Simonsen vs the number eight seed Ethan Fiore. Simonsen took the first game in commanding fashion 258-200. He then followed it up in game two with a 230, which was more than enough to advance past Fiore’s 158. That secured him the match 2-0 and earned him his spot in the quarterfinals.

The second match of the round saw number five see Tim Foy Jr. go up against number 12 see Kyle Troup. Troup won the first game 224-212. He would then follow that up with a 265 in game two to win by 50 pins and finish off the upset win 26-215 over Foy Jr. This punched his ticket to the quarterfinals.

Jesper Svensson faced Jakob Butturff in the battle of the seven vs 10th seed in the third round one match. Butturff won a close game one 200-192. Game two was even closer with Svensson sneaking out a 199-197 win to a roll-off. Svensson then won the roll-off 60-39 to advance to the quarterfinals.

Chris Via the number six seed then faced number 11 seed Ryan Barnes in the last round one match. Barnes won the first game easily firing a 279 to Via’s 188. However, Via rebounded with a game two win 234-185 to force a roll-off. He would then go on to win the roll-off 59-40 to advance to the quarterfinals.

Now with round one concluded it’s time for the quarterfinals. Top seed EJ Tackett will face Simonsen. Number four seed Graham Fach will face Troup. Second seed Andrew Anderson will face Svensson. Jason Belmonte, the number three seed will then face Via.

The quarterfinals will air on May 10th and 11th 2025. Who will reach the PBA playoffs semifinals? Tune in and find out.