World number 16 Ian McCulloch was a surprise casualty on the opening day of the UK Championship in York. The Englishman, who reached the last four of this year's World Championship, lost 9-7 to Scotland's Jamie Burnett, who will now take on Paul Hunter.
World number 18 Barry Pinches lost out 9-3 to Welshman Dominic Dale.
There were also victories for Ali Carter and Marco Fu while Gerard Greene advanced after Australian Quinten Hann failed to turn up for their match.
Carter, a quarter-finalist in 2004, trounced Jamie Cope 9-3 and goes forward to face Alan McManus in round two while Fu won 9-6 against Michael Judge and will face former world champion Ken Doherty.
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