es ▁of ▁Fer gal ▁O ' B rien , ▁R icky ▁Wal den ▁and ▁Li ang ▁W en bo , ▁before ▁being ▁white w ashed ▁ 0 – 4 ▁by ▁Mark ▁Sel by . ▁He ▁also ▁reached ▁the ▁last ▁ 1 6 ▁of ▁another ▁event ▁to ▁finish ▁ 3 8 th ▁on ▁the ▁P TC ▁Order ▁of ▁Mer it . ▁Th i rap ong pa ib oon ▁defeated ▁Jam ie ▁O ' Ne ill ▁ 1 0 – 8 ▁and ▁Mike ▁D unn ▁ 1 0 – 6 ▁in ▁World ▁Championship ▁Qual ifying , ▁but ▁his ▁season ▁was ▁ended ▁in ▁the ▁next ▁round ▁when ▁he ▁lost ▁ 8 – 1 0 ▁to ▁Matthew ▁S elt . ▁He ▁finished ▁the ▁year ▁ranked ▁world ▁number ▁ 7 1 . ▁▁ 2 0 1 3 / 2 0 1 4 ▁season ▁After ▁Th i rap ong pa ib oon ' s ▁ 5 – 0 ▁loss ▁to ▁Ross ▁Mu ir ▁in ▁the ▁first ▁round ▁of ▁Shang hai ▁Masters ▁qual ifiers ▁it ▁was ▁announced ▁by ▁World ▁S no oker ▁that ▁the ▁match ▁was ▁being ▁investig ated ▁due ▁to ▁unusual ▁bet ting ▁patterns . ▁However , ▁the ▁gover ning ▁body ▁concluded ▁the ▁case ▁in ▁January ▁ 2 0 1 4 ▁finding ▁no ▁link ▁between ▁the ▁player ▁and ▁susp icious ▁bet ting ▁activity . ▁The ▁only ▁ranking ▁event ▁Th i rap ong pa ib oon ▁qualified ▁for ▁this ▁season ▁was ▁the ▁Indian ▁Open ▁where ▁he ▁beat ▁Lü ▁Ha ot ian ▁ 4 – 1 , ▁before ▁losing ▁ 4