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January 2010
Volume X, Issue 1
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Archer
Secures
Seminole
Title
16-Year-Old
Shasha Scores
World Title
U.S. Amateur
Champions
Crowned
Immonen
a Force at
World 10-Ball
Championship
Jasmine Ouschan
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Contents
Instructions
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Beat People With a Stick
12
Tricknology
Becoming the Player You Want to Be
Lights, Camera … Action!
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Pro Pool Workout
16
The Year of Pro Secrets
18
You Know the Drill
Kicking Strategy
Two Wrong Stances Don’t Make One Right
It’s a New Year—Get in Shape
On the Cover:
Austria’s Jasmine Ouschan hoists the
trophy from her latest triumph at the
WPBA Tour Championship event,
hosted by the Seminole Hard Rock
Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, FL,
where she bested Xiaoting Pan in the
final match.
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Features
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Two New World Champions Crowned
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The Scorpion Scores at Mizerak Championship
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Ouschan Aces WPBA Championship
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Shasha Named Women’s World 9-Ball Champion
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Immonen an Unstoppable Force
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Top Amateurs Crowned U.S. Amateur Champions
Chinakov and Lin Take Junior Titles
Archer Wins First Seminole Pro Title
Takes Home Season’s Third Title
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16-Year-Old Bests Top-Caliber Field
The Finn Collects the World 10-Ball Championship
Winner of Men’s and Women’s Divisions Advance to 2010 Pro Event
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Beat People with a Stick
Becoming the Player You Want to Be
BEAT PEOPLE WITH
A STICK
want to play with dignity. Accordingly, we’ll have to get clear on
by Tom Simpson
by Tom Simpson
What kind of player do you
really want to be? Be honest with yourself. Not everyone wants to be a pro.
Not everyone wants to gamble. Not everyone wants the pressure of being the
best in their poolroom or their league
or their town. Not everyone could anyway.
Non-Trivial
Pursuits
What matters
to you as a player?
How do you get pleasure or satisfaction or notoriety from the game? What’s rewarding about the game, for you? Some players enjoy the social aspects of playing a fun game with friends. Others like competition,
measuring themselves against the fierce yardstick of winning and
losing. Some love the endless challenge of the physical precision
and intense focus required to play well. For certain players, it’s
Sometimes the smallest of things can make the biggest of differabout performance under pressure, about the sweet satisfaction
ences. This is especially true in pool, perhaps our most precise game.
that comes with excellence. We all have some underlying needs
The players who are beating you are somehow performing more prewe’remore
trying
meet through
pool.
cisely,
effitociently,
more consistently.
What little things are they
doing—or not doing—that might help you?
Many players train or come to pool school with a goal.
They
want
skill level
in their league,
they
want
Are anyto
ofraise
thesetheir
common
habitsrating
or tendencies
smacking
you?
to beat their thinks-he-knows-everything buddy, or they hope to
somehow
break through to
a newtilt
level.
to down
feel better
Head bobbing—Some
players
theirThey
headwant
up and
durabout
their
game.
ing aiming and sometimes during the hit stroke. Try to get your head
positioned where you can see the shot and believe it, but only move
eyes—and
In pool
leagues,
in tournaments,
poolrooms everyyour
don’t
move them
during the hitin
stroke.
where, the player pecking order becomes established and is constantly
contested
and
Where
you currently
arecue
in ball
that
Focusing
on the
cueadjusted.
ball—Many
players
stare at the
while
they
drop
into
their
stance
and
then
try
to
acquire
the
target
line
pecking order is often a highly important component of your self
after
they are
alreadyplayers
down. Too
late. Align yourself
to the by
distant
esteem.
Countless
are continually
embarrassed
their
target
and
stay
sharp
on
that
as
you
drop.
Trust
that
your
body
will
belief that they are not playing at the level they “deserve.” Shakline
up
well
to
what
you
see
and
intend.
ing their heads in disgust, they mumble something like “I used to
play a lot better than this …” Some become so humiliated, they
chalking—Whenever
you’re
going
to they
do something
quitPoor
playing.
The disparity between
the
player
think theyexare
treme,
carefully
chalk
the
edges
of
your
tip.
This
is
where
(or want to be) and the player who keeps showing upweis miscue,
just too
and
this And
is when
we miscue.
Chalklevel!
your edges! A good chalk job
great.
this goes
on at every
contributes to your confidence and your calmness. We assume we are
good
Trywe
chalking
with one color
of chalk,
and
chalkers.
Mostly
tend tothoroughly
view our pool-playing
abilities
as they
then
chalk
your
normal
way
with
another
color.
Take
a
look.
You’ll
were on our very best day. Unfortunately, our best day is not going
be surprised.
to happen every day. Struggling with this difficult game, maybe
it’s the joy of our best day—those moments of confidence, of
Shooting before ready—Have as complete a plan as you can
clarity, of greatness—that keeps us coming back.
before you bend over. If doubt or a new idea arrives, stand up and
start over. Move and shoot at your own speed. Don’t rush. Don’t
While each individual player may have their own mix of
shoot until your body has settled into the shot and your confidence is
underlying
needs,
as good as it can
be. I think it’s safe to say we all want to play with
less pain and humiliation and more pleasure and gratification. We
the player we want to be and take real steps toward that.
What
you want
out
of billiards? How well do you
Try
thesedo
enormous
little
things:
“need” to play to be okay with yourself? What’s gratifying, and
what makes
you happy
to be in pool?ofWhat
could
you
achieve,
Confirming
tip position—You,
course,
have
a very
specific,
given
the
reality
of
your
current
level,
experience,
knowledge,
precise intention for exactly where you will strike the cue ball. Be sure
athletic
tenacity?
Vividly
imagine
that looks
to confiability,
rm thatand
your
stroke will
deliver
the tipwhat
as planned.
Thislike
sounds
and
feels like,
to betothat
player, starting
right
now. on
obvious,
but and
you decide
really have
be conscious
about tip
placement
every shot. If your stroke system allows, come to a full stop with your
CB, andwhatever
visually confi
rmbeen
your doing
tip placement
before
taking
tip at the
Obviously
you’ve
until now
has not
the hit
stroke.
quite
done
it. You’ll have to do something different, something
more. To get what you’ve never had, you must do things you’ve
Finding
best bridge
angle—The
purposeyour
of the
bridge is to
never done.
Foryour
example:
Practice
more, practice
weakest
provide
an
absolute
rock
that
guides
your
tip
to
the
precise
spot where
skills, actually study some books, take a lesson, compete against
you
intend
to
touch
the
cue
ball.
Any
bridge
that
achieves
this
is okay,
better players, give every shot your best shot, whatever it takes.
but
let’s
go
past
that
and
work
to
fi
nd
a
bridge
that
helps.
If
you
use an
What’s holding you back? Change! Do whatever you require of
open
bridge,
notice
the
skin
line
formed
by
your
thumb
resting
against
yourself, so you know you “deserve” that level. Give yourself
the side ofto
the
Try
adjusting
yourdignity—that
bridge so that player
line points
permission
beforefi
thatnger.
player
who
plays with
down
your
intended
stick
line
and
becomes
part
of
the
“vee”
of your
you want to be.
bridge. You might have to pivot your bridge hand slightly in your wrist
to find this alignment. You may find this gives you a better groove for
your stroke and helps you line up more accurately and consistently. If
One
out
to meet
destiny,
you
use either
a closedrides
(finger
loop)
bridge,their
try pivoting
yourorbridge hand
slightly
holding the
firmly in touch
they outward,
are consumed
byshaft
the stampede
of with
fate.the webbing
between your thumb and forefinger. The feeling will be that you are
stroking through a tube, against slight resistance. Try these bridge angles and see whether they improve your confidence or accuracy.
“
“
We eachfor
have
to aim—We
take responsibility
for ourofpersonal
Dowsing
final
all have habits
how we desee our
velopment
as
players.
We
can
get
only
so
far
with
our
athletic
final aim, how we “know” we are on it. Yet, we miss. Often
we miss
ability
and aangle,
haphazard
or non-existent
to getting
better.
the same
the same
way. Or, at approach
a higher level,
we might
not be
The
players
who
rise
to
higher
levels
of
play
are
not
“naturals”
hitting the part of the pocket we expected. Try this: Once you’veorcome
“lucky.
” It fireally
mattered
to them.
They
took responsibility
and
to your
nal aim,
stop moving
and see
it clearly.
Now, make the
smalldid
work.adjustment
They paidyou
whatever
theYou
price
was
for them.
Theyor try
estthe
aiming
can make.
pick
which
direction,
took
conscious
and persevered.
both.
Make thataction,
tiny aiming
adjustment, settle, and see it. Does it look
“more perfect” than your earlier final aim? Shoot straight and see what
This players
is a results-based
way the
to train
yourself
correctly
happens.
Some
rise through
ranks,
whiletomost
get see
the shots
you
to see imperfectly.
Your brain
to light
and say
stuck.
Some
aretend
motivated
to take action,
whilehas
others
areup
comyes when
the shot
on.“One
You either
may have
show
the correct
picture
fortable
where
theyisare.
ridestoout
to it
meet
their desa few
times.
tiny,
or they
are consumed by the stampede of fate.” Welcome to
pool.
Some of these little things are really big things. Try a little.
Tom Simpson is a Master Instructor in both the BCA and ACS In-
structor Programs. He delivers his acclaimed 3-Day Weekend Intensive
in Columbus, Ohio, and in selected cities nationwide. As inventor of Elephant Practice Balls®, the Stroke Groover™, and the Ghostball
Aim Trainer®, and authorized instructor for Secret Aiming Systems™,
Tom’s
helpedin
thousands
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Masterhave
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Tricknology
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TRICKNOLOGY
by Jason
Jason Lynch
by
Lynch
Diagram 3
What comes to mind when you
hear the phrase, “No bar, no pinball machines, no bowling alleys, just pool ...
nothing else. This is Ames, mister.”? Do
you hear the contempt that a stupid question was even asked in Ames, the holy
grail of pool halls? How about, “On the
snap Vincent!”? Can you see and hear in
your mind’s eye Tom Cruise blistering a break shot? My new personal
favorite is, “Whoa. What are you doing?” “I’m taking my shot.” “No.
It, dollars
Don’t
Poke
It it’s my shot.”
See, I just Stroke
paid five thousand
for your
shot. Now
I speak of The Hustler, The Color of Money, and Pool Hall Junkusing extreme top english. The cue ball will compress the 8 ball to
ies.
This
month
I
dedicate
my
column
to
one
shot
from
each
movie
that
the
and snap
of the
way,
theand
8 will
splitcombined.
the pocketWe’ll
on the
Therail
second
of theout
draw
shots
is aand
draw
a kick
put
was recently at the Michigan State V.N.E.A. Championship, and one
stands
out
in
my
mind.
bank.
some
running
english
on
the
cue
so
it
will
kick
long
enough
to
pocket
the
questions that I was asked by a good player was: “How do you hit
ball
that
is
resting
in
the
jaws
of
Pocket
A.
Cue
ball
placement,
believe
it
r drawDiagram
shot?” Randy,
1 this month is for you. First I will explain the or not,
The
second
shot
actually
has
two
parts
and
was
shown
in
the
is
dead
straight.
The
english
does
all
the
work
for
the
kick.
You
will
ue involved to juice a ball up with low english, and then I will explain
Color
of Money.
wasasshot
by Paul Newman,
who revisto put The
bottom
right
on this Itshot
is diagrammed.
This becomes
top
s involved in three different shots. All three require a strong stroke wantmovie
ited
his role
as Fast
Eddie
Felson.
The
object
of this
shot is to pocket
right
english
off
the
rail,
which
in
this
case
is
running
english.
fluid follow-through.
the 8 and hold the cue ball for a shot on the 9. Place the balls as shown
with the cue ball and the 8 ball lined up to the corner. Hit the cue ball
s in any pool shot, the stance, body position, and follow-through
into the rail with the same elevation and stroke as our first shot this
he biggest impact on the outcome of the shot. A ball hit with two of
month. The cue ball will compress the rail enough to snap back the 8
ee will not power-draw. For myself, I start with a comfortable stance
ball into the bottom corner pocket, while the top english will keep the
y bridge hand about 4 inches away from the cue ball. This allows me
cue ball in place for the shot on the 9.
w through and hit my mark more easily, since the cue is resting on a
that is closer than most of my shots.
The third shot is the newest movie shot, but it has been a favorite
ou can never hit low enough on a power-draw shot. I usually drag my
the cloth when I am stroking well. Your back hand should be loose
ght before the point of contact. You will want the cue to slap your
s you snap
your wrist
Diagram
2 to get maximum zip on the cue ball.
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he cue ball into more of a straight draw (away from Point X). I line
shot to hit Ball F into the right center of the pocket and hit the cue
ead bottom and a smooth snap of my wrist. Any side english will be
ental to the overall draw.
of many trick shot artists for many years. It was in the movie Pool Hall
Junkies and was made one-handed on the first take by Mars Callahan.
Freeze the 8 ball and cue ball on the side rail at the third diamond. Aim
at the side pocket with top right. The 8 will push to the side pocket and
the cue ball will kick it in.
What is the next phrase and shot that will captivate us and forever
have a place in our minds? Will it be a scene from the new movie,
Now it is time to get serious. The last of the shots for this month will
9-Ball? Will it come from Trick Shot Magic? I don’t know, but I hope
test any
player
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time,
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set as diagrammed; Ball 1 does not have to be made and Balls D and E are
adjustable. Hint: Place Ball E approximately one ball’s width away from
Jason Lynch grew up playing pool in Michigan. In his early twenties he
the cut of the slate of the side pocket.
started playing in the VNEA and placed as high as 16th in 8-ball and 9-ball.
In 2005, he won the Michigan VNEA speed pool contest. He has also pocketed 11,100 and 12,011 balls in 24 hours as fundraisers for the American
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Pro Pool Workout
Kicking Strategy
PRO POOL WORKOUT
by Bob Henning
by Bob Henning
As I addressed in the last two
issues, mapping out specific kicks
and training to kick with consistent
cueing and speed are the keys to
advanced kicking. Substantial effort and practice in these areas can
only result in an increase of ability.
But ability to execute is not the only
component of successful kicking. There is also the employment
of correct strategy and tactics.
it will teach you how they generally turn out. Here are a few
pointers that can help you learn effective kicking tactics. They
are taken from The Advanced Pro Book:
Make Sure to Miss the Blocker. Don’t foul because you
tried to sneak through a small opening. Keep your confidence
up by avoiding situations where you end up putting pressure on
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the cue ball always contacts the object ball with the same rotation. The be able to visualize the path of a rolling cue ball during com
Bob Henning is the author of The Pro Book, widely considered to
but offer several possibilities of pocketing a ball if you move
tice all of the different cue ball paths, especially the 30-deg
only thing that varies is the hit on the object ball and the departure path
be the most advanced training resource for competitive pool players.
them with a stronger stroke. It is usually worthwhile to move
a half-ballofhit
the most
predictable
of the cue ball.
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cally, mentally, and psychologically for pool competition. Bob is also
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the author of “The
Book
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ing ball carom is that most players are not familiar with the different
training
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pathsGame
strategy
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Stroke Zone: The Pool Player’s Guide to Dead Stroke. In addition, he
is the
variable
that determines
the can
path,
but be
even
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but
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outcomes
that strategy
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easily
learned
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difference
in
hit
can
change
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cue
ball
path
by
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degrees.
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on the practice table. If you set up and practice specific kicks,
complexity keeps many players firmly restricted to the sliding ball
Bob Henning is the author of The Pro Book, widely cons
carom.
14
InsidePOOL Magazine ◊ January 2010
most advanced training resource for competitive pool pl
The
Year
of
Pro
Secrets
Two Wrong Stances Don’t Make One Right
by Matt Sherman
Q. My stance is in a funk, and my
shots are erratic. Help!
Q. My stance is in a funk, and my
shots are erratic. Help!
A. Have you seen TV’s www.
amazon.com/Magics-Biggest-Secrets-Finally-Revealed revealing
professional magic tricks? You
can practice thousands of hours to
(maybe) learn pro pool secrets. Or
you can read secrets I’m divulging monthly in InsidePOOL during
2010. My first pool year’s resolution is to reveal the secret of stance.
Pool is 80% shot selection, 20% shot execution.
Most of the 20% is stance and a pro secret because while
watching balls, rather than a pro’s movement, we lose detail. And only a rare look is taken directly along the shot
line.
How do pros stand differently than amateurs? A beginner sights over the cue ball like it’s a rifle. An intermediate sights over the cue stick like it’s a rifle. But the
secret is “arm on the shot line, head and body off the shot
line.”
A beginner (shooting center ball straight ahead) places their
head and trunk directly behind the
cue ball and then bends down. But
our stroking arm is to one side of
our body, so right-handers point
incorrectly to their left (Illustration A) and vice versa for lefthanders. The stroke must twist to
pocket balls (shudder).
Other amateurs place the
cue stick and stroking arm behind
the cue ball instead. Bingo! A bat,
not your trunk, goes on the baseball line. A club head, not your head, goes on the golf ball
line. A stick and arm, not your head and trunk, goes on
the cue ball/shot line.
The problem comes after twisting neck and back to
force the head above the stick (Illustration B). The body
is unbalanced, the stroke is constricted.
To form a stance for great pool, pros settle more
downward into the floor than sideways towards the stick
while blending three moves into one. Here’s a deconstructed pro stance:
Step 1. Stand upright, stick, and stroking arm on the shot
line, leaving the head and trunk on the
side.
Step 2. As the other arm comes in,
lower the trunk down, not sideways.
Step 3. Bring the head over only if
needed (more on this next month).
To learn the pro stance, do only
Steps 1 and 2 above for every shot
for a month (shoot with your eyes
sideways to the line like most pros).
You’ll resemble Illustration C.
Your stroking arm will feel out of
direct control, divorced from the rest of your body. Guess
what? You are playing pool for the first time and must get
used to the motion. Enjoy your rock solid balance. Enjoy
freer stroke arm movement.
Without a month’s practice, most
players relapse to Illustration B, so
wait on Step 3 for now. With Steps 1
and 2 only, you’ll shoot the best pool
of your life, so bear with me. Afraid
to change your stance? Change it or
fear missed shots and future neck and
back pain from standing incorrectly.
I realize some pros carve new
chin clefts with their sticks. They
also own binocular vision, strong
back muscles, and 10,000 hours of
practice drills. But even the “chin
pros” chin off the stick when needed,
as I’ll explain next issue, after you’ve
practiced for a month.
So practice Diagram C (1 and 2 only of 3) for now.
Next issue—the secret of pro head placement and a secret
about dominant eye aiming—why the dominant eye does
not go above the cue stick!
Matt “Quick Draw” Sherman has appeared dozens of times in major print
media and popular TV channels promoting billiards and entertainment. He has
taught hundreds of students and has directed pool leagues, pool tournaments,
pool fundraisers, and pool adult ed courses. Sherman directs the University of
Florida’s leagues, which have produced six national champions, and is the Guide
to Pool & Billiards at About.com, one of the world’s most popular websites. He
is the author of Picture Yourself Shooting Pool, available at Amazon.com as a
book/DVD combo and also as an electronic book.
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Total Statistics:
Total Matches:
74
Matches W-L:
43 - 31
Ball Count Ratio:
2.58
Success Rates: Shot:
Games W-L:
188 - 165
70%
Ball:
83%
LOT / Game: Self:
0.03
Opponent:
0.03
Match Closeness:
7%
Player Aggressiveness:
83%
Eight on Break:
2
Break and Run:
6
Games W-L:
4-2
Detailed Performance Against Handicap 2
Total Matches:
1
Matches W-L:
0-1
Ball Count Ratio:
1.65
Success Rates: Shot:
63%
Ball:
8p%
LOT / Game: Self:
1.00
Opponent:
3.50
Match Closeness:
-20%
Player Aggressiveness:
79%
Eight on Break:
0
Break and Run:
0
You Know the Drill
It’s a New Year—Get in Shape
by Rod Gustafson
Sometimes practice gets
boring when you are just shooting
racks of 9-ball or following your old
practice routines. It’s a good idea to
shake things up from time to time.
What follows are a couple of drills
to help you with your shot-making
and position play. As you go through
these exercises, make note of things
you have trouble completing. These drills will expose weaknesses that shooting racks of 9-ball racks never will. Armed
with this new information, you will have much more productive and focused practice sessions.
Diagram 1
B
Y
1
2
Z
3
A
Drill 1 - Find the Center of the Table
Set up the object balls as shown in diagram 1. It is often
said that if you “get in trouble” with your cue ball position,
just try and leave the cue ball in the center of the table. If you
do this you are likely to have a fairly short and manageable
shot. This drill will teach you the value of that bit of wisdom.
Begin with the cue ball anywhere in the shaded area.
Make any of the three object balls in corner pockets A or B
and move the cue ball back into the shaded area. Wherever
the cue ball stops in the shaded area is where you shoot from
next. Continue to shoot the remaining object balls and bring
the cue ball back into the center, shaded area (even on the
third and final shot). If you miss an object ball or do not get
the cue ball back to the center, reset all the balls and start over
from the beginning.
Drill 2 – Find the Center of the Table (Variation II)
Refer to Diagram 1 again. Move the 1 ball to Position
Y and the 3 ball to Position Z. The 2 ball remains on the foot
spot. All of the instructions for this drill are the same as for the
drill above. So … is this easier? Is it harder? Why?
Drill 3 – Avoid the Blockers and Play Shape Through the
Windows
In a game of 8-ball your Evil Opponent has left you with
a simple shot on your last object ball, the 9 ball. However,
there are a bunch of blockers in the way of your position to
the 8 ball. Set up the balls as shown and practice moving the
cue ball through the different“windows”in the diagram to get
position on the 8 ball (vary the thickness of the object ball hit
and use follow, draw, and english). Try to leave the cue ball at
Positions A through C. To reach Position D, hit the short rail
first. They will fear you.
In summary, it is easy to get in a rut when you practice.
Too often I find that what people call “practice” is really just
playing pool. Now, there is nothing wrong with that, except
that when you just play pool, you can’t reset shots and try
them
again or easily identify patterns of mistakes or weakE
nesses or control the shots that you are going to be confronted
with. You are at the mercy of where the balls happen to stop
X
rolling
or what your opponents leave you.
So what have you got to lose? Break out of your practice
rut. Get in shape. I think you’ll enjoy these drills.
Diagram 2
9
3
C
2
1
B
D
A
8
Rod Gustafson is the house pro at the Warehouse Saloon
and Billiards in Austin, TX, where he has been teaching since
1984. He is currently a BCA Master Instructor, an ACS Level 4
instructor, and a PAT III certified examiner.
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Two New World Champions
Chinakhov and Lin Take Junior Titles
by InsidePOOL staff
photos courtesy of Fran Crimi
R
uslan Chinakhov of Russia and Keng-Chun Lin of
Taipei became the new WPA World Junior champions after their stellar play at the WPA World Juniors
Championship. The event was held at the Crowne Plaza
Convention Center in Managua, Nicaragua, November
5-7 and saw 17 girls and 32 boys compete for top
honors.
The Confederation Panamerica of Billiards prepared
well for this event and kicked it off with an opening
ceremony. The players entered the arena by country,
and the Nicaraguan Military Band struck up the
national anthem. After the players, coaches, and
officials took an oath of sportsmanship, the Honorable
Taiwan Ambassador to Nicaragua shot the opening
break, and the matches commenced.
During the second day of play, defending champ
Brittany Bryant (CAN) suffered her first loss to eventual
Boy’s Results:
1st Rusian Chinakhov (RUS)
2nd Phil Burford (GBR)
3rd Stefan Nölle (GER)
4th Kuei-Min Lin (TPE)
5th Ivar Saris (NLD)
Maximilian Lechner (AUS)
7th Landon Shuffett (USA)
Nick Tafoya (USA)
winner Lin (TPE). Once there, Bryant was
unable to right herself in time, and she was
eliminated by Konishi Samia (JPN) 7-2.
This left only Lin and Liz Lovely (USA)
undefeated up to that point in the event.
Lin had delivered Bryant, Kamlia Khdjeva
(BEL), and Brianna Miller (USA) to the oneloss side, while Lovely defeated Anja
Wagner (GER), Samia (JPN), and Ana F.
Guevara (NIC). Remaining on the left side
of the chart were Samia and Wagner.
The final day of play began with
Wagner ending Samia’s event 9-7, sending
her home in fourth place. Then Lin put an
end to the winning streak of Lovely by the
same 9-7 margin to earn the hot seat. Now
Lovely was sent to the west side of the
chart to do battle with Wagner.
Wagner seemed to find her footing first
in the semifinal match against Lovely, and
she ended up the 9-5 victor, advancing to
the finals as Lovely ended up in third
place. But Wagner’s momentum was not
strong enough to carry over into the final
match against Lin. The Taipei representative bested Wagner 9-6, earning first place
and the gold medal.
In the young men’s division, Chinakhov was
untouchable, besting Phil Burford (GBR), Marcos
Garcia (NIC), Cristopher Tevez (PER), and Ryner
Monje (CRC). For the hot seat he had to face Stefan
Nolle (GER). Nolle had to that point been responsible for disappointing Kuei-Min Lin (TPE), Maximillian Lechner (AUT), Jorge Rivera (NIC), and Luis
Arias (PER). Still alive on the one-loss side were
Burford and Lin, who had to play each other in the
quarterfinal match.
In a stunningly one-sided match, Chinakhov
decimated Stefan 11-1, sending him to face the
winner of the quarterfinal match. This was a much
tighter contest, as Burford eked out an 11-9 victory
over Lin to advance.
The semifinal match offered another close call,
as Burford and Nolle traded racks back and forth
until the end, with Burford edging past Nolle to an
11-10 triumph. In the finals, though, Chinakhov was
still superior. Burford kept it close for much of the
match, but it was Chinakhov who walked away with
the gold medal after his 11-8 win.
G irl’s Results:
1st Keng Chun Lin (TPE)
2nd Anja Wagner (GER)
3rd Liz Lovely (USA)
4th Konishi Samia (JPN)
5th Kamila Khodjeva (BEL)
Brittany Bryant (CAN)
7th Karen Garcia (NIC)
Briana Miller (USA)
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ACES
WPBA Tour Championship
Takes Home Season’s Third Title
by InsidePOOL staff
photos courtesy of Anne Craig
and Michael Neuman
W
hen Jasmin Ouschan won the WPBA Championship event, she pulled off a coup for the
tour’s 2009 season, having won three of t
tour’s six major stops for the year. The 23-year-old
Austrian utterly dominated the field at the championship event, culminating in a 7-2 victory over Xiaoting
Pan in the finals.
The WPBA Championship was hosted by the
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood,
FL, and the four-day event was the culmination of the
tour’s 2009 season. Held November 12-15, the tournament saw a full field of 64 players come out to compete
for top honors and bragging rights.
Early Favorites Crushed
First among them was defending champion
Monica Webb, but she did not get far in the goal to
retain her title. She escaped a hill-hill match in the first
round against New Mexico’s Anna Kostanian, but after
a 9-5 victory over Nicole Keeney, she fell to Pan 9-7.
Once on the one-loss side, she fell to Michell Monk 9-6,
ending her tournament in a seventeenth-place tie.
Another upset came with the result of the secondround match between Ga Young Kim and Kyone Sone
of Japan. Kim, the WPBA’s number-one player, was
sent west after their grueling hill-hill battle and had to
fight every inch of the way back to the final 16 draw,
besting Kostanian, Iris
Ranola, and Liz Ford.
But she fell to Karen
Corr the final 16 round
after another hill-hill
nail-biter, going home in
ninth place.
One player who has
yet to visit the winner’s
circle in some years is
Jeanette Lee, who has
had
several
high
finishes this season.
She ended up besting
Sone in the final 16 round to advance to play Vivian
“The Texas Tornado” Villareal in the quarterfinals.
These two have played each other a few times this
year, with the usual results: Lee advanced, this
time with a 9-5 victory.
The Road to Victory
Ouschan met Lee in the semifinals, having gone
undefeated through the event. A first-round whitewashing of Supadra
Geronimo (née Boonpasook) led to a
second-round victory
over Janet Atwell 9-7.
These matches were
followed up by a 9-1
routing of Tamara
Rademakers and a 9-5
win over Line Kjorsvik,
leading to her clash
with recent Billiard
Congress of America
Hall of Fame inductee
Jasmine Ouschan and runner-up Xiaoting Pan
Allison Fisher. In a
recieve their trophies in a short ceremony.
match where little seemed to go right for Fisher,
Ouschan was able to reach a 5-1 lead. Fisher clawed
her way back into the match, but it was too late, for
Ouschan broke and ran the last rack to win 9-5.
Results:
1st Jasmin Ouschan
2nd Xiaoting Pan
3rd Jeanette Lee
Kelly Fisher
5th Vivian Villareal
Allison Fisher
Karen Corr
Tracie Hines
9th Kyoko Sone
Melissa Mittle
Michell Monk
Line Kjorsvik
Ga Young Kim
Tamara Rademakers
Angelina Paglia
Laura Smith
Having dispatched of Kim in the final round of 16,
Corr moved on to face Kelly “KwikFire” Fisher in the
quarterfinals. But Corr was never given a chance in
this match, as Fisher avoided giving Corr open shots.
At that rate, it wasn’t long before Fisher was up 6-0 in
the race to 9. Corr managed to post two games before
Fisher reached the hill 8-2, and even though she
added another three racks to her total, Fisher finished
off the match 9-5.
Tracie Hines made a surprise showing in the final
16, going unscathed to face off against Angelina
Paglia, whom she eliminated 9-5. In turn, Hines’ event
was ended in the next round as she went up against
Pan in the last quarterfinal match. This bout went all
the way to double-hill, as neither player wished to
admit defeat. Pan had the break in the final rack and
broke and ran out to advance 9-8.
Ouschan’s Wave of Success
The only player to reach the semifinals via the oneloss side, Lee established a two-game lead 3-1 early
on in her match against Ouschan. However, this did
not last long, as Ouschan turned the tables and
brought the score to 4-3 in her favor. From there it was
a dogfight, with the players trading racks until the
score seesawed to hill-hill in the shortened race to 7.
Ouschan had the break in the final game and played a
safety afterward. Forced to kick at the object ball, Lee
missed entirely, giving Ouschan ball in hand. A fist
pump and a whoop of victory later, Ouschan had
cleared the table and moved on to her third WPBA
final match of the season 7-6.
Jeanette Lee made several strong showings in the
WPBA’s 2009 season.
Kelly “KwikFire” Fisher had a strong
2009 season, finishing third at the
WPBA championship.
Both winless this season, Fisher and Pan met in the
second semifinal to see who would move on to challenge Ouschan. But Pan simply outplayed Fisher in
this match. She took a two-game lead from the start,
always a step or two ahead throughout. Fisher drew
within a rack a couple of times, but soon Pan was up
5-2. A deliberate 6-9 combination put Fisher up
another game, but Pan reached the hill after Fisher left
her an open shot on the 1 ball in the next game. Without making a ball on the break in the last rack, Pan sat
down, but she was up again when Fisher badly missed
shape on the 4 ball and flubbed a two-rail kick attempt.
With ball in hand, Pan ran out easily to reach her first
final match of the season.
Looking for her first win since the 2008 BCA
GenerationPool.com
Championships,
Pan
entered the ring to face Ouschan, who was
hoping to add her third title of the season to her
resumé. From the start Pan was faced with few
opportunities—after having two kick shots in two
racks, the score was 2-0 Ouschan. The Austrian
took the next with a break and run, but Pan got on
the board when Ouschan missed the 3 ball,
making it 3-1. Both players broke and ran out the
following two racks, at which point Ouschan
surged ahead to reach the hill after winning two
safety battles. She broke in the last rack but
missed the 1 ball, and a lengthy defensive battle
ensued, with Pan leaving Ouschan hooked
behind the 7 and 6 balls for the 2. Unfazed,
Ouschan jumped the 7 and 6 balls and struck the
2 perfectly to huge cheers from the audience.
She was easily able to pocket the remaining balls
on the table to win her third title of the year 7-2.
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Amateurs Crowned U.S. Amateur Champions
Winner of Men’s and Women’s Divisions Advance to 2010 Pro Event
by InsidePOOL staff
photos courtesy of Jason Bowman
T
he top amateur
pool players in
the country came to
Strokers in Tampa,
FL, in early November to compete for
the coveted U.S.
Amateur Champion
title. Betty Sessions
of Conyers, GA,
became the 2009
U.S.
Amateur
Betty Sessions
Women’s Champion
after defeating Mary
Rakin of Daly City, CA, while Brian Parks of
Bakersfield, CA, earned the 2009 U.S. Amateur
Champion title in the Men’s Division after besting young gun Joseph Cole of Pelham, AL.
In the finals, Sessions came out strong in the
9-ball set, jumping out to an early 3-1 lead
before Rakin could win her first game. The players traded victories in the next two games
before Sessions rattled off four straight wins.
Rakin closed out the 9-ball set with a win but
trailed 8-3.
On the hill to begin the 8-ball set, Sessions
won the first game and closed out the match 9-3
to take home her first U.S. Amateur Championship title. She moved on to compete in the
WPBA’s U.S. Open next year. Rakin finished as
the runner-up after an impressive performance
in her first U.S. Amateur Championship competition. Former champion Michell Monk of
Orlando, FL, finished in third place.
The hill-hill battle between Parks and Cole
was a nail-biter, much to the delight of a large
audience of spectators. The players split the
8-ball set 4-4. In 9-ball, they continued to
trade wins through the first eight games. Parks
gained a narrow edge with consecutive wins
in the ninth and tenth games of 9-ball. The
20-year-old Cole responded well under pressure, coming back to win the next two games
and sending the match to the hill.
In the final game of 9-ball, it was Parks, the
seasoned West Coast shooter, winning his first
U.S. Amateur Championship title and earning
entry into the 2010 U.S. Open 9-Ball Championships. Cole finished as runner-up, while
defending champion Travis Gunn of Hewitt,
TX, finished in third
place, losing only to
Parks and Cole.
Dean Vince
of
Wesley Chapel, FL,
finished in fourth
place. Daniel Gambill of Hickory, NC,
and 2008 runner-up
Chris Walls of High
Springs, FL, tied for
fifth place.
The 2009 U.S.
Amateur Championship, produced
and conducted by
the American Pool-
Brian Parks
Mary Rakin
players Association (APA),
was held at Strokers in
Tampa, FL, November
6-8. Preliminary qualifying rounds were held
throughout the country
in mid-September, with
more than 1,500 players
attempting to qualify.
Sessions and Parks competed with the nation’s most highly
skilled amateur poolplayers who were all vying for the U.S.
Amateur title. The men’s division consisted of 128 players, while
the women’s division featured 30 players. As champions,
Sessions and Parks will return next year to defend their coveted
titles.
Michelle Monk, Betty Sessions, Mary Rakin
The U.S. Amateur Championship is a double-elimination
tournament that offers the nation’s top amateur players the
opportunity to showcase their skills through a combination of
8-ball and 9-ball matches, in the only APA event that does not
use The Equalizer® handicap system. The APA and its championships are sponsored by Cuetec Cues.
Joseph Cole
Chris Walls, Daniel Gambill, Travis Gun, Brian Parks, Joseph Cole, Dean Vance
location,” said Jefferson County league operator Jason Bowman.
APA Player of the Month
January Player of theWorld
Month
The APA Player of the Month is Doris Knox of Gaston,
OR. Pictured above, Doris is standing front row, far left, and
her daughter, Results:
Carol Pauli, is standing right behind her. Doris
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the 9-Ball Tri-Cup tournament, Doris proved her worth by
clinching a spot in the regional and first-place honors for her
be watched. Grace Nakamura won over Belanger 7-4, and Bryant
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Qualifier.
the game and the APA,” said league operator Boomer Humphreys.
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Northeast
Albay Undefeated in the Big Apple
Tri-State Tour / New York, NY
Regional Roundup
Northeast
by InsidePOOL Staff
Wilfredo Albay went undefeated through the field of 30 B-D players who gathAcesNovember
Tour Finale
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the Tri-State Tour’s
7 stop. Hosted by EastsideDeGiosafatto
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this eventCues
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purse.
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10-Ball
Tour /
Tri-State Tour / Parsippany, NJ
Comet Billiards Field
Windsor Locks, CT
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Lea Andrews
bout forbythe
hot
seat
against
Kyle
Ferris,
who
had
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Gary
Murgia
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Now
InsidePOOL Staff
on the one-loss side, Feliz faced Geoffrey Bauer and ended up going home with fifth
Geoffrey Bauer, Wilfredo Albay, Kyle Ferris
James DeGiosafatto Jr. came through the one-loss side to claim first in the Triplace after The
Bauer
advanced
Murgia tied
him for
fifth after Robert
Kight
2009
season of 7-4.
the Dominiak
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Northeast
AmaState Tour’s second stop of the new season. The $500-added C-D event drew 25
defeated
7-5. Tour concluded with its finale July 18, with Tom
Results:
teurhim
10-Ball
players to Comet Billiards
in Parsippany, NJ.
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Onerafield
roll, Bauer
surged
Kight
in the
quarterfinals
to the 2nd early
was hosted
by through
Pool Table
Magic
in Windsor
Locks, 7-5 and headed
C+-ranked DeGiosafatto’s
loss took
him
out of the spotlight,
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Bauer
$340 and as the fisemifinals
Ferris.
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Ferrisalso
had
a chance
to earn
CT, against
where owner
Mark
Kulungian
hosted
his annual
cue a rematch
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on theAlbay
A-side emerged,
Ryan
McCarthy seemed
the likely winner.
3rd C+-ranked
Kyle Ferris
$190
in the finals,
their
show. he barely missed it, as Bauer was on the winning end
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win hill-hill
over C+-ranked
Dave
Shlemperis
placed
him
in
the
hot
seat
4th Robert Kight $110 match against
battle. The finals were also close, as they were tied at 5-apiece, butDuane
it wasDaily,
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6-5
win
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C-ranked
Michael
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pulled awayAcciavatti
to end up
the 7-5
victor.
steadily
made
his way through the top half of
was treated to another 6-5 match but came out on the wrong end this time and moved
Gary Murgia
the winners’ side with wins over Mike Wheeler, Josh Lerner,
over to the left side of the bracket.
7th Teddy Lubis $50
Kevin Blackstock, then 13-year-old junior sensation Kevin Sun
to reach the hot seat match. On the bottom half of the winners’
side, DeGiosafatto
Trevor Healwas making his move. A 6-3 win over
Over on the one-loss
side Chris Grader made his way to the hot seat match accumulating wins
Scott
Winchell, Eric Tang, Roger Lakotko,
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Strikes
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and
lastly
Richard
Barrett.
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seat match went hill-hill,
Joss Northeast 9-Ball Tour / Yorkville,
with Acciavatti coming out on top to take a seat in the finals.
by Lea Andrews
C-ranked Antonio Navarro, a 7-4 win against D+-ranked Rick Shellhouse, and a 6-1
Results:
win over
Shlemperis landed him in the quarterfinals against C+-ranked T.J. Smithers,
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Hatch
himself: 6-3
$1,260
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some strong
wins,
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2nd
andRon
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Toney
(C+),
6-2 Casanzio
over Rodrigues.
went back and forth, with DeGiosafatto
3rdout
on Chris
$700
coming
top 6-5Orme
to face
Dailey in the semifinals.
On the one-loss side there were several close battles. The
4th Chance Chin $500
top half saw Ryan Bijur battling his way through after an early
It
was
Dailey
who
had
earlier
sent
DeGiosafatto
west 6-4, and in this match,
5th
Dan
Heidrich
$350
Shane Winters and Dennis Hatch are politely taking turns toploss, taking down wins in five matches until he ran into Roger
DeGiosafatto
his revenge,
moving on to the finals with a convincing 6-3 win. The
got
Bucky
Souvanthong
ping the
Joss
Northeast
9-Ball
Tour
fields,
and
since
Winters
was
Lakotko. Bijur came out on top and then quickly got called to
modified
final set
featured
player coming$200
straight out of a match and one player
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Grauone
the previous
stop’s
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went to
his next
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placewent coming
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Hatch played
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House
of Billiards
shot-making
and brilliant
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this matchininYorkville,
conplayed
getting
there,
and
DeGiosafatto,
taking
advantage
of the rolls coming his way,
Angelo Hilton
NY.
trol and ended Shen’s day in fifth place.
closed
out the win
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Parisian
Shane Winters
After getting
past
Chance
Chin 9-8,
faced
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half
of the one-loss
sideHatch
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Smith
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first-round
to
James DeGiosafatto Jr.
9-7 over
Chris
managed
to notch
one game.
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meet
up Orme,
with Sun.
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playedjust
brilliantly,
but Smith
Ryan McCarthy
left sidewas
of able
the bracket,
Dan
Heidrich
got
by Angelo
9-6 to 2nd
to send Sun
home
in fourth
place.
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for Smith
Duane Dailey
face Dave
Grau,
who’d
held
another
uncleenMark, 3rd
in the
semifinal
match
was
Grader. Hatch,
Another Dennis’
hill-hill battle
4th
T.J. Smithers
to two sued
games.
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held
between
Grader andBucky
Smith, Souvanthong
with Smith coming
outWinters—
on top
Michael Rodrigues
for a clean
sweep
of the
one-loss
side.
who’d fallen
in the
fourth
round
to Casanzio
9-6—to seven games 5th
Dave Shlemperis
to face Victor Conte Jr., who’d survived a hill-hill battle with Tim
The finals
between
Acciavatti
and Smith
were
a single
Parisian. Though
Heidrich
and
Souvanthong
both
fared
well, ad5. Both
players had been
playing
strong
day, and
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into the finals.
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finals
and
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home
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title
of
tour
finale
Casanzio. Unfortunately for Orme, it was a replay of their earlier
champion.
match—he
landed in third with an identical score of 9-7, allowing
Casanzio a rematch with Hatch.
Results:
1st evident
Tomfrom
Acciavatti
$240 +that
cue the true double-elimi
It was
the beginning
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Drew
Smith
+ cue of the hot seat match,
nation final
wasn’t
going to$140
be a replay
3rd opened
Chris Grader
$100
as Casanzio
up with a four-game
lead. Hatch answered
Kevin Sunstreak, though,
$70
with his4th
own seven-game
and the two traded games
5th wasShen
$45the rack that followed, Hatch
until Hatch
on the hill 8-6. In
was on his way Richard
out, butBarrett
his missed 8 ball gave Casanzio another
RogerDown
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chance7th
at the table.
the 8, but the 9 missed its mark,
Kevin
Blackstock
and Hatch was at the table once again, though he was looking at
a table-length bank shot. But it was no problem for “The Hatchet
Man,” and the 9 split the pocket for the win.
$500
$230
$150
$100
$55
Dennis Hatch
Regional Roundup
Northeast
Krah Capitalizes on Blaze Tour
Blaze 9-Ball Tour / Boothwyn, PA
by Jose Burgos
Matt Krah escaped a double-elimination final match to win the Blaze 9-Ball Tour’s November 8 stop. Hosted by Riley’s Billiards in
Boothwyn, PA, this stop featured players such as Mike Miller, Joey Testa, Shaun Wilkie, and Josh Brothers.
Krah led the top half of the bracket, notching victories over Wilkie 7-3, Randy Jaragoske 7-2, and Brothers 7-4. On a path to meet
him in the hot seat match, Miller scored wins over Bob Madara 7-4, Carl Khan 7-2, and Joey Testa 7-3.
The ensuing hot seat match between Krah and Miller went hillhill. After facing a 6-2 deficit, Krah came back to win the match 7-6
and send Miller to the one-loss side. Waiting for him there was Testa,
but it was all Miller this time, as he skated past Testa 7-2 to earn a
rematch with Krah in the finals.
In the true double-elimination finals, Miller had to defeat Krah
twice to win the event. It looked as though he was going to pull it off,
with his strong 7-1 victory in the first set. But in the second set it was
all Krah, who won 7-5 to take the title.
Results:
1st Matt Krah $750
2nd Mike Miller $360
3rd Joey Testa $290
4th Shaun Wilkie $100
5th Josh Brothers $50
Mike Danato
Mike Miller, Chris Riley, Matt Krah
Davis Takes Scenic Route to Win Dominiak Tour
Dominiak Cues Northeast Amateur 10-Ball Tour / Manchester, CT
by InsidePOOL Staff
The 70+ degrees with beautiful sunshine November 8 in New England kept a lot of players out of the poolroom. But the Dominiak
Cues Northeast Amateur 10-Ball Tour headed to World Championship Billiards in Manchester, CT, with 19 players showing up to try and
capture the title to the tour’s fourth stop. Phil Davis was the ultimate winner, defeating Steve Parise in the final match.
The top half of the winners’ side brackets saw tour regular Chuck Hill get a bye in the opening round and score wins over Ken DeBroske and Bart Rivezzi. But then he ran into a red hot Parise for a chance to make it to the hot seat match. In a close match Parise overcame
Hill and sent him to the one-loss side. The bottom half of the winners’ side bracket saw regular Mike Wheeler make his way to the hot seat
match to play Parise with wins over David Walsh, Glen Towle, and Brandon Charin. This match went to Parise after a few unforced errors
by Wheeler opening the door.
On the one-loss side Davis was mowing them down one by one after a second-round loss to Parise. Davis scored wins over Gene
Hunt, Towle, DeBroske, Hill, Charin, and finally Wheeler to make the finals and a rematch with Parise. Davis remained red hot and took
an early lead, as Parise looked a bit cold from sitting. It wasn’t long before Davis notched up a 5-2 victory.
Results:
1st 2nd 3rd 4th
5th Phil Davis Steve Parise Mike Wheeler Brandon Charin Chuck Hill Bart Rivezzi
$175
$100
$75
$50
$25
Steve Parise, Phil Davis
Regional Roundup
Tarantola Storms Castle Billiards for First Predator Tour Win
Predator 9-Ball Tour / East Rutherford, NJ
by Alison M. Fischer
The Predator 9-Ball Tour held its first ever stop at Castle Billiards in East Rutherford, NJ, November 7-8, where nearly a full
field of 61 players came out to compete in this A-D event. Some of
the top names who came out for this event include Lionel Rivera,
John Alicea, WPBA pro Megan Smith, and top NJ player Scott
Simonetti, but it was Jerry Tarantola who walked away with the
ultimate prize. On Sunday at noon, eight players returned on the one-loss
side. Borana “Queen B” Andoni continued her fight, but her
run was ended by Shawn Sookhai 7-3, and she took home fifth
place. After his win there, Sookhai moved on to face Scott Simonetti in the quarterfinals. However, Simonetti didn’t give Sookhai a
chance and easily won the match 7-2.
In the semifinal match, Jonathan Castillo was spotted one
game on the wire in a race to seven against Simonetti. The two
battled back and forth, with Simonetti reaching the hill first. But up
6-5, he couldn't retain position on the 9 ball, and he missed and left
a long shot for Castillo, which he duly fired in to go hill-hill. After trading a couple of innings in the final rack, Castillo missed a
risky bank on the 8, and Simonetti took the win to move on to the
finals.
In the final match with Tarantola, Simonetti got one game on
the wire going to 9. Tarantola jumped out to a 3-1 lead, but Simonetti came back with the next two racks to tie at 3 apiece. From
there, Jerry kept an edge over Simonetti until the match reached
hill-hill. All eyes were on the final table when Tarantola broke in
the last rack. A ball dropped on the break, and a cluster was narrowly avoided, and Tarantola ran out the rack to win.
On Sunday, the Predator Tour held their second day B-D
tournament, which drew 14 players. Once again, B-class player
Ariel Rivera landed in the finals, this time on the winners’ side.
However, Dave Ascolese did not give up easily after his secondround loss. He came back on the one-loss side to win three more
matches, besting Romeo Singh to meet Rivera in the finals, where
he defeated Rivera 7-4 to win the event.
Wilkie Wins Big on Joss Tour
Joss Northeast 9-Ball Tour / West Hempstead, NY
by Lea Andrews
Shaun “Get Some” Wilkie’s first win on the Joss Northeast
9-Ball Tour came in the form of a strong, undefeated run through
the hard-hitting field of this season’s fifth stop. The $2,000-added
event, held November 14-15, drew 35 players to Raxx Pool Room
in West Hempstead, NY.
Wilkie blew by Marc Vidal 9-2 to face in the hot seat match
Bucky Souvanthong, who’d held Sean Morgan to three games.
Wilkie claimed the hot seat 9-6, while Souvanthong moved west to
try for the rematch.
On the one-loss side, Joey Korsiak was making a move, getting by Zion Zvi 9-6 to face Nelson Oliveira, who’d had a 9-3 win
over Oscar Bonilla. But Olveira managed only one game against
Korsiak, who moved on to Morgan. Meanwhile, Al Lapena notched
Northeast
Open Results:
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 7th 9th 13th Jerry Tarantola $1,000
Scott Simonetti $600
Jonathan Castillo $400
Shawn Sookhai $300
Borana Andoni $200
Antonio Guerrero Justin Muller $175
Rafael DaBreo Redgie Cutler $125
Derek Schwager
Brian Russell
Teddy Cook Jeff Firester $100
Guy Iannuzzi
Junior Sanchez
Taron Gunness Second Day Results:
1st 2nd 3rd Dave Ascolese Ariel Rivera Romeo Singh $140
$90
$50
Scott Simonetti, Minnie & John Trobiano, Jerry Tarantola
wins over Mike Wong 9-6 and Lenny Savata 9-2 to face Vidal. Lapena’s bid for the quarterfinals was unsuccessful, planting him in
fifth 9-5, and Vidal met up with Korsiak, who’d advanced 9-6 over
Morgan. Another 9-6 victory put Korsiak up against Souvanthong
in the semifinals, and Korsiak’s 9-7 win earned him his spot in the
finals.
For the first several games of the true double-elimination final
match, a second set seemed inevitable. Korsiak broke and ran the
first rack, then the next four after that. When Wilkie finally got his
chance at the table, the two traded games to get the score to 7-2, but
then Wilkie made his move, taking six racks in a row to reach the
hill first 8-7. Korsiak managed to tie it up, and in the final rack, a
safety battle determined the winner. Korsiak had a length-of-thetable makeable kick on the 5 ball, which was near the side pocket.
The cue ball hit its mark—or at least, it seemed to. The 5 ball hit
both points of the side pocket before bouncing out, leaving Wilkie
a run to the final 9 of his first top finish on the Joss Tour.
Results:
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 7th Shaun Wilkie Joey Korsiak Bucky Souvanthong Marc Vidal Sean Morgan Al Lapena
Nelson Oliveira Lenny Savata
$1,400
$950
$700
$550
$400
$200
Regional Roundup
Northeast
Everton Repeats on Tri-State Tour
Tri-State Tour / Edison, NJ
Testa Takes Top Honors
Blaze 9-Ball Tour / Drexel Hill, PA
by InsidePOOL Staff
by Jose Burgos
Paul Everton scored a repeat victory when he won the Thanksgiving weekend stop on the Tri-State Tour, winning two tournaments in a row. The B-D handicapped event was hosted by Sand
Castle Billiards in Edison, NJ, and featured a plummy $750 prize
purse that attracted 36 contestants.
The Blaze 9-Ball Tour
made its way to Drexeline
Billiards in Drexel Hill,
PA, November 29, for a
$1,000-added stop. A strong
field of 49 players came
out to compete, including
Eddie Abraham, Brett Stottlemyer, Dave Grau, Josh
Brothers, and Matt Krah,
but it was Joey Testa who
took home the gold.
Abraham took con- Joey Testa
trol of the top half of the
bracket, notching wins over
Denise Reeves 7-6, Mike Miller 7-4, Joe Hong 7-2, and Grau 7-5. Striving to meet Abraham in the hot seat match, Testa tore through
the bottom half of the bracket, winning over Pat Burket 7-1, Eric
Perry 7-5, Kenny Rutman 7-2, and Stottlemyer 7-2.
In the one-sided hot seat match, Testa easily defeated Abraham 7-3, sending him to the one-loss side. Stottlemyer awaited
him, but he was left in the dust when Abraham steamrolled him
7-0 to return to the final match. In the double-elimination finals,
Abraham had to defeat Testa twice for the win. But Testa edged
Abraham out 7-5 in the first set to take the title.
Everton went unscathed to the final match, defeating Christian Smith 7-5 to reach the hot seat match. There he was faced with
Eric Tang, who was just off a strong hill-hill win over Rajesh Vannala. The hot seat match was little contest, as Everton was able to
send Tang packing to the one-loss side with a 7-3 win.
Smith exhibited more than a little determination in working
his way through the west side of the chart. He survived a hill-hill
bout against Tom McCloud, depositing McCloud in fifth place, and
then went on to play Vannala in the quarterfinal match. A smooth
7-3 victory later, Smith advanced to the semifinals to face Tang,
over from the hot seat match. Smith eliminated Tang 7-4 to earn
his rematch with Everton in the finals. But Everton, though he had
just undergone surgery four weeks prior, was unstoppable, surging
ahead to win the final match 7-4.
Results:
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 7th Paul Everton Christian Smith Eric Tang Rajesh Vannala Tom McCloud Robert Hanna
Dave Fitzpatrick Scott Abramowitz
$790
$430
$250
$140
$85
$65
Results:
1st 2nd 3rd
4th 5th 7th 9th Joey Testa $1,370
Eddie Abraham $750
Brett Stottlemyer $450
Dave Grau $225
Joe Hong $150
Josh Brothers Matt Krah $100
Kenny Rutman Tim Anderson $70
Danny Basavich Abdllatif Chamseddine Lou Patrikios Christian Smith, Paul Everton
Regional Roundup
Northeast
Rozonewski Skates to First Place
Dominiak Cues Northeast Amateur 10-Ball Tour / Amsterdam, NY
by Kevin Vidal
The November 22 stop of the Dominiak Cues Northeast Amateur 10-Ball Tour attracted a strong field of 29 players to Main
Street Billiards in Amsterdam, NY. Many tour regulars such as
Tom Acciavatti, Mike Wheeler, and Chuck Hill were present, but it
was tour newcomer Paul Rozonewski who walked away with top
honors.
Hatch Crowned Ocean State Champion
Joss Northeast 9-Ball Tour / Providence, RI
by Lea Andrews
Newest 2009 Mosconi Cup USA Team member Dennis Hatch
didn’t let a late loss to Dave Grau slow him down on the way to
his third Joss Northeast 9-Ball Tour win this season—“The Hatchet
Man”had plowed through the field up to then, and he kept on until
he was crowned Ocean State 9-Ball Champion. The $5,000-added Ocean State 9-Ball Championships drew a contender-studded
108-player field to Snooker’s Billiards and Café in Providence, RI,
on November 21-22.
Rozonewski made his way to the hot seat match with wins
over Jared Zimmerman, Gene Hunt, Tom Hebert, and Chris Smith.
On the bottom half of the winners’ bracket, local player Keith Lauer was playing steady and got by Acciavatti in the first round and
Hatch’s only loss came in the winners’ side final four, where
continued to the hot seat match with scores over Hill, Edy Pazillo,
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1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th Paul Rozonewski $300
Keith Lauer Chuck Hill Chris Smith
Tim Blancha Walter Rogowski
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$75
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Hatch forced the second set of the true double-elimination final match easily, allowing Grau just one game in the first set. It
seemed the second set would go the same way as Hatch got out to
a 5-0 lead, and though Grau had other plans, they didn’t quite pan
out. He managed to tie the score at 5-5, but he couldn’t get any
further. “The Hatchet Man” had his eye on another win and he kept
it there, winning four straight games to earn first 9-5.
Results:
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1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 7th 9th 13th 17th Dennis Hatch Dave Grau Nelson Oliveira Shane Winters Ray McNamara Tom McGonagle
Dan Heidrich Kevin Guimond
Justin Muller Scott Tollefson
Chance Chin
Bucky Souvanthong
Joe Tucker Rick Sleeper
Al Lapena
John Ricciardelli
Ivaylo Petrov Pete Bowman
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Sean Morgan
Tom Sciminaro
Jeremy Sossei
Chris Leal
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Regional Roundup
Northeast
Simonetti Undefeated on Tri-State Tour
Tri-State Tour / East Rutherford, NJ
Everton Excels Through Adversity
Tri-State Tour / Queens, NY
by InsidePOOL Staff
by InsidePOOL Staff
Scott Simonetti bested the field of 53 players who came out
for the November 15 stop on the Tri-State Tour. This A-D event
was hosted by Castle Billiards in East Rutherford, NJ, and featured
a $500-added prize fund.
Though he had undergone surgery only three weeks prior, Paul
Everton couldn’t resist the urge to
get out November 21 and play some
pool. He went to the Tri-State Tour’s Justice Eagan, Paul Everton
stop at Master Billiards in Queens,
NY, joining 27 other players at the B-D
tournament, and took home the winner’s share of the $750-added
prize purse with his finals victory over Justice Eagan.
Going undefeated through to the finals, Simonetti matched up
with Christian Smith and triumphed 7-4 in order to reach the hot
seat match. His opponent there, Roger Hanos, had just come off a
close 6-5 victory over Sandie Paterino to meet him. Hanos tried to
keep up but fell short, and Simonetti won the hot seat 7-4 while
Hanos went to the left side of the chart.
Now on the one-loss side, Paterino began picking up her
stride, eliminating Jonathan Castillo in fifth place 6-3, while Smith
ousted Stu Warnock 7-2 to tie with Castillo. Smith and Paterino
collided in the quarterfinal match. It was a close call, but Paterino
escaped 8-6, advancing to the semifinals.
Waiting for her was Hanos, and though he put up a good fight,
it was Paterino again who advanced, this time with a 6-4 victory.
Her run was cut off when she came up against Simonetti in the
finals, though, as Simonetti squeaked by with a hill-hill, 8-7 win.
Results:
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 7th 9th Scott Simonetti Sandie Paterino Roger Hanos Christian Smith Stu Warnock Jonathan Castillo
Jason Hunt Duane Toney
Brian Hunter Diana Rojas
Antonio Navarro
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$825
$510
$320
$245
$100
Eagan was responsible for sending Everton to the one-loss
side of the chart in his quest for the hot seat. After a 7-4 defeat
of Everton, Eagan moved on to face Rene Villalobos, who had
just bested Romeo Singh hill-hill, in the hot seat match. Another
double-hill bout ensued, with Eagan moving onto easy street while
Villalobos was sent west.
Tour regular Emily Duddy was working her way through the
one-loss side, notching wins over Ronny Cochachi 7-6 and Masatoshi Ebihara 7-4 before meeting Singh, fresh off his winners’ side
match with Villalobos. After she trounced Singh 7-2, she moved
on to the quarterfinal match against Everton, who had survived a
hill-hill nail-biter against Ron Mason. There Duddy’s tournament
ended, as Everton advanced with a 7-3 win.
A 7-4 victory over Villalobos propelled Everton to the final
match against Eagan. This rematch was a long, drawn-out battle, in
which only ball in hand at hill-hill determined the victor—Everton
had a dead combination on the 9 ball and made it to win the final
match 9-8.
$80
Results:
$75
1st 2nd
3rd 4th 5th Paul Everton Justice Eagan Rene Villalobos Emily Duddy Ron Mason Romeo Singh
$650
$345
$220
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Regional Roundup
Southeast
Monday Sweeps Great Southern Tour
Great Southern Billiard Tour / Sanford, NC
by Lea Andrews
Sam Monday, an extremely familiar face in the late rounds of the Great Southern
Billiard Tour, went undefeated November 7-8 through a talented field to earn his first
win on the tour this season. Monday and 71 other players gathered at Speakeazy Billiards in Sanford, NC, for the $1,500-added event.
Shannon Daulton, Sam Monday, Jenny Bullis,
Jimmy Bullis, Chuck Cuneo
AA-ranked Monday breezed past A-ranked Larry Faulk 11-2 to arrive in the hot seat match versus B-ranked Scott Johnson, who’d
gone hill-hill 7-8 against A-ranked Eric Charlton, who was racing to 9. Cruising to victory once again, Monday allowed Johnson just two
games to claim the hot seat.
On the left side of the bracket, Chuck Cuneo eased by James Blackburn 7-2 to face Michael Fuller, who’d ousted room owner Jimmy
Bullis 11-6. Getting past Fuller 7-7, Cuneo moved on to Faulk and moved on 7-7 once again to the quarterfinals. Meanwhile, B-ranked
Kevin Boggs edged out last stop’s winner Adam Pendley 7-10 to face another previous winner, B-ranked Brad Shearer, whom he held to
2 games. Boggs didn’t fare as well against the next former winner he faced, Charlton, who advanced hill-hill 9-6 to meet Cuneo, who’d
been on a west-side mission to the finals since falling to Boggs in the first match he played. Cuneo wasn’t about to stop, and he moved
decisively past Charlton 7-4 to face Johnson, managing to hold him at bay 7-6 to face Monday.
On the way to the finals, Monday had given up, on average, not even two games per match. Cuneo, therefore, did very well to manage
four games in the only set of the true double-elimination finals. Cuneo’s valiant effort earned him second place, while Monday’s stellar
play all weekend earned him first. Another winner, Terri Faulk, earned $50 as the highest-finishing lady.
Delawder and Davis Earn Second KF Cues Tour Wins
KF Cues Tour / Palm Harbor, FL
Results:
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 7th 9th by Lea Andrews
Mike Delawder and Mike Davis each arrived at Strokers in
Palm Harbor, FL, the weekend of November 7-8 with one KF Cues
Tour win under his belt this season, and each left with one more.
Delawder topped the $1,000-added amateur event, which drew 52
players Saturday and Sunday, while Davis made a move through
the left side of Sunday’s $1,000-added open event, which drew
43.
On Saturday evening, the final four winners of the amateur
event battled it out for the right to play the hot seat match Sunday
morning. Eddie Wheat earned his spot with a 7-4 win over Bill
Stoll, while Delawder earned his by easing past Jason Bowen 7-1.
On the one-loss side, Mark Wathen got by Dennis Long 5-4 and
Wesley White 5-3 to meet Stoll, while Marc Shenandoah moved
through Justin McNulty 5-4 and Mike Champagne 5-1 to face Bowen. In the final matches of the evening, Wathen and Bowen got
their tickets to play on Sunday with a 5-2 win and a 5-3 win, respectively.
When Sunday’s play began, three of the final four players
were present, and Delawder’s forfeit gave Wheat the hot seat. Better late than never, Delawder was there to play the semifinal match
against Wathen, who’d held McNulty to three games. But Wathen
managed only three games himself against Delawder, who went on
to the single race-to-8 final match against Wheat. Delawder took
control early and kept it, earning his second win 8-2.
In the open event, tournament director Tony Crosby faced
John Morra, who’d sent Davis west earlier, and got by him 7-4 to
play the hot seat match. Having spent Sunday afternoon playing
the finals of one event, Wheat spent the rest of the day fighting to
get to the finals of the other. After holding Richie Richeson to four
games, Wheat held Crosby to five to claim his spot. Meanwhile,
Davis was making his move to claim the other, backing up a shutout win over Richard Broumpton with a 7-3 win over Justin Hall to
face Richeson, who managed four games.
In the quarterfinals, Davis met up with Dan Lavoie, who’d
gotten by Bobby Livrago 7-5, Mike Fieldhammer 7-6, and Morra
Sam Monday Chuck Cuneo Scott Johnson Eric Charlton Kevin Boggs Larry Faulk
Brad Shearer Michael Fuller
Jack Miller Adam Pendley
Jimmy Bullis
James Blackburn
$1,000
$500
$400
$200
$125
$75
$50
7-5. Davis’ 7-4 victory over Lavoie led to a 7-4 victory over Crosby to face Wheat in the finals in the early Monday hours. Because
of the time, the normal race-to-9 final set was abbreviated to 7, and
though Wheat didn’t fare any better in his second final set of the
weekend, he’d done very well to get there. Davis cruised to his
second KF Cues Tour win this season 7-1.
Amateur Results:
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 7th 9th Mike Delawder Eddie Wheat Mark Wathen Marc Shenandoah Jason Bowen Bill Stoll
Wesley White Mike Champagne
Justin McNulty Dennis Long
Louie Smith
Trey Jankowski
$650
$450
$350
$240
$140
$85
$65
Open Results:
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 7th Mike Davis $700
Eddie Wheat $500
Tony Crosby $350
Dan Lavoie $250
Richie Richeson
John Morra $130
Justin Hall $90
Mike Fieldhammer
Regional Roundup
Southeast
Dechaine and Meglino Score Ultimate Wins
J. Pechauer Southeast 9-Ball Open Tour / Fort Pierce, FL
Shuffett Shoots to Win
Great Southern Billiard Tour / Fairfield, OH
by Lea Andrews
by Lea Andrews
The J. Pechauer Southeast Open 9-Ball Tour made its way
November 7-8 to Ultimate Billiards in Fort Pierce, FL, where Mike
Dechaine topped the open event and Anthony Meglino dominated
the amateur/semi-pro division. The $1,000-added open event drew
16 players, while the$500-added amateur drew 17.
Fifteen-year-old Junior Nationals champion Landon Shuffett
came up one set shy of undefeated on the way to his second win
this year on the Great Southern Billiard Tour, which traveled farther
north than usual for its November 21-22 stop. The $1,500-added,
A-B amateur event drew 40 players to Michael’s Billiards in Fairfield, OH.
After suffering an early loss, Dechaine moved through the
left side of the bracket while the final four on the winners’ side
emerged. Tour director Tommy Kennedy got past Mike Hutchison
7-5 to reach the hot seat match, where he faced Jerry Calderon,
who’d edged out Hunter Lombardo 7-6. Kennedy claimed the hot
seat with a decisive 9-4 win, sending Calderon to the semifinals to
try to fight his way back.
On the one-loss side, Curtis Kelley faced Lombardo after
putting Meglino in seventh 7-4, but that score got flipped on him
against Lombardo and he landed in fifth. Dechaine, meanwhile,
was making his way through Randy Epperson 7-2 and Hutchison
7-5 to face Lombardo in the quarterfinals, where he prevailed 9-7.
Holding Calderon to six games, Dechaine faced Kennedy in the
single race-to-11 final set.
Dechaine got to a 3-0 lead, but Kennedy rallied, managing to
get within one at 9-8. Seeing the out that would tie the score, Kennedy went for four-rail position for the 3 ball, managing to pocket
a tough 2, but the cue ball found a pocket instead of the fourth rail,
leaving Dechaine out and on the hill. Dechaine earned his win in
the next rack, taking ball in hand to make an unlikely, thin-cut 1-9
combination.
In the amateur event, Meglino breezed pastTony Odonnell 7-1
to face in the hot seat match Prescott Buckwold, who’d squeaked
by Bill Mallen 7-6. On the left side of the bracket, Johnny Aguilar
moved past Mel Rowe 5-3 and Odonnell 5-3 to face in the quarterfinals Matt Holland, who’d notched wins over David Pencar 5-4
and Mallen 5-2. Their hill-hill battle ended in Aguilar’s favor, and
he moved on to Buckwold, who’d fallen 7-5 in the hot seat match.
Buckwold earned his rematch with Meglino by holding Aguilar to
three games, but there wasn’t much he could do in the single raceto-9 final set to earn his revenge. Meglino offered few chances and
didn’t allow Buckwold to hit the string even once, earning his win
decisively 9-0.
Open Results:
1st 2nd 3rd 4th Mike Dechaine
Tommy Kennedy Jerry Calderon Hunter Lombardo Amateur/Semi-Pro Results
1st 2nd 3rd 4th Anthony Meglino Prescott Buckwold Johnny Aguilar Matt Holland A-ranked Shuffett faced fellow A-player Alex Olinger in the
winners’ side final four, but it was Olinger who reached 9 first,
sending Shuffett west 9-8. Joining Olinger in the hot seat match
was Craig McParthlin, who’d had his own hill-hill victory over
Robert Frost, but McParthlin came up short 9-7 against Olinger.
On the left side of the bracket, B-ranked Stephen Dillon won
hill-hill 7-8 over A-ranked Jordan Grubb to face John Lynch,
who’d gotten past B-ranked Chris Hutcheson 7-5. But that score
got flipped on him against Dillon, who moved on to Shuffett 7-5.
Meanwhile, Mike Cantrell notched a strong 9-3 win over fellow
A-player Ed Hancock, moving on to Mitch Scearce, who’d won
7-6 over AA-ranked Danny Barnes, who was racing to 11. Cantrell
held Scearce to six games to meet up with Frost, keeping him at
two games to advance to the quarterfinals against Shuffett, who’d
rebounded from his loss by shutting out Dillon. Cantrell fared better than Dillon, but his six games were only enough to earn him
fourth place and send Shuffett to the semifinals. There, McParthlin’s seven games earned him third place, and Shuffett moved on to
the true double-elimination final match.
In the first set, Shuffett and Olinger stayed locked up until a
pivotal shot gave Shuffett the advantage. With the score tied at
7-7, Olinger played safe, leaving Shuffett a three-rail kick. Though
Shuffett’s kick didn’t hide Olinger, it left him tough enough to keep
him from getting out, and Shuffett took that rack and the next to
push the second set 9-7. In the final set, Shuffett seemed to have
the edge, getting in front and staying there to earn first with a decisive 9-4 win.
Results:
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 7th Landon Shuffett Alex Olinger Craig McParthlin $250
Mike Cantrell Stephen Dillon Robert Frost
John Lynch Mitch Scearce
$1,000
$500
$150
$80
$50
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$400
$300
$200
$405
$275
$300
$200
Landon Shuffett, Mike Medley, Alex Olinger
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Morra Defeats Davis at DMIRO Stop
Team DMIRO 10-Ball Tour / Spring Hill, FL
Birthday Win for Morrison
Great Southern Billiard Tour / Inman, SC
by Mike Andrews
by Lea Andrews
A star-studded field piled in to Capone’s Billiards in Spring
Hill, FL, Thanksgiving weekend, with players like Donnie Mills,
Mike Davis, John Morra, and Rafael Martinez showing up to compete in the Team DMIRO 10-Ball Tour stop. Since there were not
enough open/pro players to fill two brackets, the field played in one
bracket by random draw, with Canada’s John Morra taking home
the first-place prize.
Tony Morrison had more to be thankful for on the weekend
after Thanksgiving than leftover turkey and stuffing—a win on the
Great Southern Billiard Tour is the perfect birthday gift for any
player, and that’s exactly what Morrison got. Morrison, who celebrated his birthday November 29, joined 54 other players at GJay’s in Inman, SC, for the $1,500-added A/B amateur event November 28-29.
Sunday afternoon saw the final four players return to battle it
out for the nearly $3,000 prize pool. Davis and Richeson collided
on the winners’ side playing for the hot seat, while Morra and Mills
met on the west side in the quarterfinal match. Morra had suffered
a loss to Davis 7-4 earlier, while Mills was on the one-loss side
courtesy of Tony Crosby.
After being tied at 4 apiece with Richeson for the hot seat,
Davis was able to pull ahead 7-4 and finally won the set 9-7. On
the left side of the chart, Morra
was working his way back,
first eliminating Mills 9-6
and then ousting Richeson
9-7.
John Morra
Results:
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 7th John Morra Mike Davis Richie Richeson Donnie Mills Tony Crosby Bobby Livargo Rafael Martinez Shawn Miller
The final match between Morra and Davis was
a single race to 13. Davis
grabbed an early lead of
3-0, but Morra came back
to tie it 3-3. The two traded
the next six racks to bring
the score to 6 apiece. At that
point Morra jumped ahead
by running two racks in a
row. A missed jump shot
by Davis put Morra ahead
even more, and soon Morra
crossed the finish line with
a 13-8 victory.
$1,035
$740
$445
$245
$145
$145
$75
Mike Davis, Mike Andrews, Rocky McElroy, John Morra
Joel Cain, Justin Price, Tony Morrison, Shannon Daulton
A-ranked Morrison got into the hot seat match following a
shutout win over Jeff Baumgarner, and it was there that Morrison
was dealt his only loss. Having just won 7-6 over AA-ranked Brian
White, who was racing to 10, Justin Price sent Morrison west hillhill 7-8.
On the left side of the bracket, Josh Newman got by Mike
Basha 9-4 to face Zack Robbins, who’d won hill-hill 7-6 over
Chase Smith. Holding Robbins to three games, Newman moved
on to Baumgarner. Meanwhile, Eddie Adams edged out fellow
A-player Harold McAbee 9-8 to face Brian Davis, who’d gotten
past Ken Hitchcock 7-3. After breezing past Davis 9-1, Adams
met up with a challenge: White. White advanced 10-5 into the
quarterfinals against Baumgarner, who’d reached his goal of seven
games while Newman was one game shy of his goal of 9. A strong
7-5 victory pitted Baumgarner against Morrison once again, but
unfortunately for Baumgarner, the result was nearly the same as the
earlier shutout. Managing to hit the string just once in the semifinal
match, Baumgarner landed in third while Morrison got his rematch
with Price.
Morrison pushed the second set of the true double-elimination
final match by winning the first set hill-hill 9-6. Accustomed to the
pressures of higher-level competition, seasoned player Morrison
handled the stress of the final set a bit better than the less-experienced Price, who made it to the hill but couldn’t mark up the final
game—Morrison clinched his birthday victory hill-hill 9-6.
Results:
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 7th 9th Tony Morrison Justin Price Jeff Baumgarner Brian White Eddie Adams Josh Newman
Brian Davis Zack Robbins
Harold McAbee Ken Hitchcock
Chase Smith
Mike Basha
$1,000
$500
$300
$150
$100
$60
$30
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TAP Nationals a Success
TAP Nationals / North Charleston, SC
by Kelly Senior
TAP players, licensees and corporate returned home in midNovember after enjoying another successful National event. The
event was hosted by the Embassy Suites and Charleston Convention Center in North Charleston, SC. From all across the United
States and Canada, the best of the best arrived to compete for the
right to say, “We are TAP’s 2009 national champions!”
Southeast
Also, congratulations to our Singles Winners 8-Ball – 2/3
Winner Kordi Williams; 4 Winner Nick Eischlager; 5 Winner Nick
Comstock, 6 Winner Carl Johnson, and 7 Winner Kevin Clark.
Singles Winners 9-Ball – 2/3 Penny McHenry, 4/5 Colin Pyne, and
6/7 Rob Brandenburg.
In 2010 and 2011 the TAP League will be returning to Las Vegas, NV, for Nationals. They will also be adding a new event, Rally
at Bally’s, which will be like the Rally in the Valley event held in
March in Valley Forge, PA, held each year Allen Hopkins’ Super
Billiards Expo.
Tables, provided by Ed Hagan/Diamond Sports Marketing,
were available to practice on throughout the entire day. The fun
started Sunday evening with an elaborate party, which included gift
boxes for each TAP player in attendance that were provided by
TAP’s owner, CEO, and president, Loyd Schonter.
Team events for 8-ball started November 9, with 9-ball team
events starting Tuesday morning. Singles events for both formats
were played each evening, and mini tournaments went on throughout the night into the early morning hours. Players enjoyed 100%
payback in the singles event, as well as open tables and great competition, with players throughout the USA and Canadian leagues
representing each of their TAP territories.
Once again, the Predator Group was an event sponsor, providing hand towels from their Predator and Poison lines to all TAP
players, Predator Air Jump cues with joint protectors to each player
on the National Championship 8-ball and 9-ball teams, and various
cues and cases for the player prize giveaways.
Congratulations to the 2009 TAP 8-Ball National Team Champions, “Time Out” from Washington, with players Brad Rickey,
Jason Curtis, Turk Flicking, Christa Curtis, Brian Englund, Tommy
Silva, Kerry Brush, and Robert Campbell.
Congratulations to the 2009 TAP 9-Ball National Team Champions, “Mulligan’s Larry” from Ohio, with players Larry Holschuh,
Greg Kencson, Dave Smith, Bryan Kasper, Patrick Mahoney, Ron
Kencson, Miranda Newcomer, and Elaine Ramos.
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Seaver Sweeps Flamingo Tour Finale
Flamingo Billiards Tour / Orlando, FL
Southeast
Compton Chips Away at the Midwest Competition
by InsidePOOL Staff
A missed ball-in-hand shot had Jeannie
Seaver steaming at herself, and it was this
that led to her dominating victory over Michell Monk at the November 21 stop on the
Flamingo Billiards Tour stop. This end-of-theyear, $250-added event was hosted by Corner
Pocket Billiards in Orlando, FL.
Midwest 9-Ball Tour / Olathe, KS
by Lea Andrews
Out of the full field of the 128 players who gathered July 17-19 for the Midwest 9-Ball Tour
ers Billiards in Olathe, KS, only one man, Chip Compton, made it through unscathed. The $4,00
event, run by Evelyn and Danny Dysart, was run alongside a $1,000-added one-pocket event, as w
event.
Both Seaver and Monk came out of the
Compton’s 9-4 win over Nick Hickerson landed him in the final four on the winners’ side, wh
one-loss side to make the final eight in the
by Dustin Gunia, who was coming off of a hill-hill win over Steve Rector. With a 9-5 win over Joh
of the Flamingo Billiards Tour at the Orlando stop.
modified double-elimination format. Monk, The women
emy “Double J” Jones met up in the final four with James Davis, Jr., who’d edged out Chad Vilmo
fresh off her top-16 finish at the WPBA Na9-3 win over Jones pitted him against Compton, who’d sent Gunia west 9-4.
tionals, defeated new Flamingo Billiards Tour members Sandy Hamor 7-4 and Rachel Delaney 7-2 but came up short against Stephanie
Mitchell's strong play 7-5.
On the one-loss side, Gabe “The Babe” Owen was making a run for the finals, moving throug
Gabriel 9-8, and Gunia 9-6 before running into James Baraks in the quarterfinals. Baraks had be
Seaver’s day started with a loss to Mary Kenniston
7-3,
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member.
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Niki Rasmussen 7-5 and Janis Sessions 7-0.
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Following the redraw, Kenniston rematched with Seaver,
time
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Sandy Hamor 7-4, and Sabra MacArthur-Beahn defeated
impressive
Cavanaugh
7-4.in the true double-elimination finals, Davis
punching
his ticketnewcomer
to the finals.Kelly
Taking
an early lead
sibility of a second set appear likely. After getting up 3-0, though, he soon found himself tied at
The quarterfinals also featured a match-up of the tour’s
two
ranked
players,
Helene Caukin
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clinching
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win
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out to
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last. Monk
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the title of 2009 Flamingo Billiards Tour Champion. a tournament-winning break and run.
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Colbert took first with a 7-6 win over Michelle McDermott.
match.
In the first game of the finals, Seaver took out her frustrations on the break by jumping the cue off the table. But she quickly settled
into dead stroke with beautiful position play and precision shots. Monk had chances in the second and seventh games but came up short
on the 8 ball each time. Seaver’s long run-outs and total control led to a quick 7-0 victory and her first Flamingo Billiards Tour win.
Results:
1st 2nd 3rd 5th 9th Jeannie Seaver Michell Monk Sabra MacArthur-Beahn Stephanie Mitchell
Helene Caukin
Kelly Cavanaugh
Sandy Hamor
Mary Kenniston
Janis Sessions
Mimi McAndrews
Shanelle Loraine
Rachel Delaney
Jeannie Seaver, Michell Monk
$370
$240
$130
$75
EllenDysart,
Shriner,
Stephanie
Mitchell,
Chip Compton, Evelyn Dysart, Mike Durbin
Brittany Colbert, Evelyn
Michelle
McDermott
Sabra MacArthur-Beahn, Mimi McAndrews
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Monday Unstoppable at Jacoby Event
Jacoby Custom Cues Carolina Tour / Goldsboro, NC
Russell Rules Viking’s Rocky Mount Stop
Viking Cue 9-Ball Tour / Rocky Mount, NC
by Lea Andrews
Tiger
Bay Area
by
InsidePOOL
StaffAmateur Tour
Sam Monday, who earned his first Great Southern Billiard
Tour win this season earlier in November, made an undefeated run
through a tough field to earn his first Jacoby Custom Cues Carolina Tour win this season the weekend of November 21-22. The
$1,000-added open event drew 14 competitors to Greentop Billiards in Rocky Mount, NC.
Mitchell Mows Down Strokers Field
/ Palm Harbor, FL
weekend on July 18. Balancing her tour director and playing duties
Sam Monday and B.J. Ussery came out on top of hill-hill
matches over Delton Howard and Michael “Bulldog” Fuller, respectively, to meet up in the hot seat match. There Ussery managed just two games in the race to 7 and moved west to try for a
rematch.
On the one-loss side, Steven Page notched a 7-1 win over Jason Rader to face Mike Turner, who’d had his own 7-1 win over
Nigel Francis. Holding Turner to four games, Page moved on to
Fuller. Meanwhile, Charles “Boots” Patrick marked up 7-2 victories over Chad Pike and Chris Turner to face Howard. Howard kept
Patrick to five games, advancing to the quarterfinals against Fuller,
who’d breezed by Page 7-3. After another 7-5 victory, Howard
faced Ussery in the semifinals, where both men were vying for the
rematch with Monday. It was Howard who earned it, marking up
game after game to earn his spot 7-1.
to take home third place after a loss in the semifinals to Younger
On thewho
one-loss
top west
three leaders
in this
season’s
Chapman,
hadside,
beenthesent
by Russell
after
their tour
hot seat
standings
were
fighting
to
stay
through
to
the
end.
Points
match. Chapman earned his rematch with Russell, but itleader
was Rusand two-time event winner Michell Monk moved past third-ranked
sell
who took home the win in the first set 9-1.
In the early bird tournament Friday, Mike Turner took home
$100 for his 7-6 win in the finals over Tommy Briscoe, who took
home $55. Willie Odom earned $25 for third. On Sunday, Angela Delcorpo topped the ladies’ division, while Dylan Letchworth
topped the juniors’. In the winner-takes-all second chance event,
Ira Jenkins won $80 for his 7-4 victory over Odom. Michael Fuller
earned $105 for first in the break contest, and in the break-and-run
contest, the balls lined up just right for B.J. Ussery, who pocketed
them all to pocket the $504 jackpot, which will reset at $50 per
ball at the next event. This event’s raffle winner was Leo Kearney,
whose ticket won him an $850 limited-edition Jacoby cue.
Vi
The Viking Cue Amateur 9-Ball Tour took center stage at by
by Lea Andrews
Dot’s Cue Club in Rocky Mount, NC, as amateur players from
around the region filled the room for a weekend packed with action
Stephanie
Mitchell,
who
had a good
showingforatthe
theweekend
WPBA’s and
November
21-22.
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following
lion’s share when he won over Younger Chapman in the finals.
perfectly,
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first place
by defeating
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Following
a 5-2 winMike
over Amy
In the single race-to-11 final match, Howard got on board first
after topping a safety battle on the 1 ball, but when the cue ball
landed on the floor on his next break, Monday ran out to make
it 1-1. The two traded racks until it was 3-3, but it was then that
Monday made his move, taking the next seven racks to reach the
hill 10-3. Although Howard managed one more game after his
safety on the 5 ball gave him ball in hand, it was his last. In the
final rack, Howard played safe on the 1, and Monday chose an
intentional foul to tie up the 4 and the 5. His plan was successful—
Howard made the 1 through 4 but missed the 5, leaving Monday a
short run to the 9 and the win.
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the second round by Linwood Whitehead. He fought his way back
Sabra MacArthur Beahn 6-3 to meet up with a fellow two-time win-
Results:
ner, number-two-ranked Melissa Morlan, who’d gotten by Sheilla
1st
Glenn
who prevailed,
$1,250moving on to a 6-1
Coleman
4-2. ItRussell
was Monk
2nd
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Rasmussen
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win overYounger
Chen. Meanwhile,
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Ellis
with
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though, couldn’t
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landed inMike
fifth with
a score
of 4-3.
Yingling
7th Mike Frowein $70
a roll, Huber
didn’t let Monk stand in her way, moving
On Linwood
Whitehead
past her 4-3 to greet Lantz in the one-loss semifinal match, where
she earned her spot in the finals with a 4-1 win. Mitchell, who’d
played very strongly all day
long, wasn’t quite up to her
par in the final set, but by tak- Results:
Stephanie Mitchell $300
ing advantage of any unlikely 1st
2nd
Samantha Huber $225
ball in hand that came her
Stacey Lantz
$150
way, she continued her 5-2 3rd
4th
Michell
Monk
$100
trend once more, closing out
5th
Amy Chen
$50
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Carter Crashes Oshkosh Event
Billiard Congress of Wisconsin Open 9-Ball Tour / Oshkosh, WI
Ochoa Takes Down Heavy Hitters
Lone Star Billiards Tour / San Leon, TX
by InsidePOOL Staff
by InsidePOOL Staff
Fourteen talented pool players made their way to Varsity Club
in Oshkosh, WI, to compete in the November 8 installment of the
Billiard Congress of Wisconsin’s Open 9-Ball Tour. Jeff Carter took
top honors and the lion’s share of the $400-added prize purse.
It was a star-studded weekend for pool—or perhaps a “Sylver Star” weekend—for pool on the Lone Star Billiards Tour at
Casper’s Billiards in San Leon, TX, November 7-8. This event
drew 69 top Texas players, including tour regulars Sylver Ochoa,
Jui Lung Chen, Charlie Bryant, Dennis Strickland, and Bobby
Pacheco.
On the top half of the winners’ side Carter played tough,
notching wins over Oshkosh player Tylor Westhuis 8-2, Scott Kugel 8-4, and Willie Munson 8-7. On the bottom half, Tim Volkman
of Oshkosh competing tenaciously, scoring victories over junior
player Zack Marquardt 8-3, John Ribbich 8-4, and Bob Treffeisen
8-4. The two competitors finally meet in a showdown, and seasoned vet Carter took the hot seat 8-6.
Jonathan “Jonny Rocket” Demet lost his first match to John
“Ribeye” Ribbich 8-3, but he fought back hard on the one-loss
side, earning wins over Marquardt 6-1, Jerry Follis 6-4, Maurice
Letourneau 6-4, Munson 6-5, Treffeisen 6-3, and Volkman 6-0 to
reach the finals against Carter.
In the double-elimination finals, Demet had to best Carter
twice for the win. Carter went up to an early 3-0 lead in the first
set, but it wasn’t long before Demet fought back to knot the score at
4-all. However, Carter again surged ahead, winning the next three
racks in a row. He broke dry but didn’t leave Demet a shot on the
1. However, Demet jumped and pocketed the 1 ball, but after making the 2 ball, he missed. With this opportunity, Carter ran out to
become the champion.
Results:
1st 2nd 3rd 4th Jeff Carter Jonathan Demet Tim Volkman Bob Treffeisen Jeff Carter
$330
$220
$150
$100
The final four on the winners’ side saw Strickland versus Bryant and Ochoa against Pacheco. By scores of 9-5, 9-3, respectively, Bryant and Ochoa emerged victorious. It was a tense winners’
bracket match, but Ochoa took it home 9-8.
From the one-loss side emerged matches Andy Jethwa against
Derek Fontenot and Chen versus Sonny Bosshamer. Fontenot
and Chen reached fifth place, and that was the end of their trail
ride. They succumbed to Pacheco and Strickland, two of the final
four defeated on the winners’ side Sunday morning. Pacheco took
Strickland out with ease and met up with Bryant to fight for second place. Pacheco defeated Bryant 7-2 and earned a rematch with
Ochoa, who sent him west earlier that day.
In the double-elimination final match, Pacheco and Ochoa
traded game for game, with Pacheco ultimately edging out Ochoa
9-7. The second set produced a score of 6-6 racing to 7 with Pacheco
breaking the balls. He made two balls on the break and proceeded
to execute a tough side pocket cut on the 2 ball. But he scratched,
and at that point it was over. Ochoa cleared the table and took home
the 7-6 victory.
Results:
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 7th 9th 13th Sylver Ochoa
Bobby Pacheco Charlie Bryant Dennis Strickland Jui Lung Chen Derek Fontenot
Sonny Bosshamer Andy Jethwa
Jeremy Byrd Manuel Ayala
Zaid Thweib
Jason Bacon
Yoko Joe Blaine Barcus
Jeffory Roy
Eric Aicinena
$920
$550
$375
$275
$150
$125
$60
$40
Sylver Ochoa, Roy Robinson, Bobby Pacheco
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Kitto Comes in First on Lucasi Tour
Lucasi Hybrid All-American Tour / Dubuque, IA
by InsidePOOL Staff
The Lucasi Hybrid All-American Tour traveled to Dubuque, IA,
November 14 to at Bulldog Billiards, where Scott Kitto was crowned
the winner. The $500-added event featured 22 players in a doubleelimination 8-ball format on 7-foot bar boxes. Kitto, rated an 8 on a regional handicap system, displayed some
old flashes of brilliance in taking the undefeated march to the hot
seat. His wins included edging both Shane Kelly 8-6 in the A-side
semifinals and Tony Garcia 8-4 in the A-side finals. In his A-side
semifinals match, Garcia upset Josh Johnson 5-2.
On the B-side Tony Sundstrom and Brian Hearl eliminated Kelly and Johnson at fifth place by 5-4 and 4-3 margins, respectively. Hearl then ousted Sundstrom at fourth place 4-4. Hearl continued
his momentum by winning the B-side finals 4-3. The tournament
finals were all Kitto, as he fully controlled the action to claim an 8-1
victory over Hearl for the title.
Results:
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
Scott Kitto Brian Hearl Tony Garcia Tony Sundstrom Josh Johnson Shane Kelly
$500
$300
$150
$90
$60
Scott Kitto, Brian Hearl
Jicks Jumps Ahead of the Competition
Billiard Congress of Wisconsin Tour / Kenosha, WI
by Jonathan Demet
Eighteen of Wisconsin’s top amateurs came out for the
$300-added Billiard Congress of Wisconsin 9-Ball Amateur Tour
stop November 15. Hosted by Claws Billiards in Kenosha, WI, the
stop was won by Jason Jicks, who defeated Tom Radowski in the
finals.
On the top half of the winners’ bracket, Paul Scott, a topranked amateur, was playing well. Wins over Ken Steinley 8-2,
Chris Gitzlaff 8-5, and Terry Nixon 8-6 put Scott in position to
play for the hot seat. On the bottom half, A-player Jicks shows his
skills by defeating junior player Kevin Ruiz 7-2, A-player Marko
Stanosevic 7-5, and A-player Radowitz 7-1. The hot seat match
went hill-hill, but Jicks was the ultimate winner and sent Scott to
the one-loss side.
Radowitz made his way through the west side of the chart by
defeating Dan Hau 6-3 and Stanosevic 6-1 and had to face Scott
for a chance at the finals. Radowitz took an early 3-1 lead, and both
players needed two games, but Radowitz had control and made it
to the hill. A failed safe gave Scott a chance, and he made a strong
safety. Radowitz made a good hit on the 1 with a two-rail kick, but
Scott maintained control of the game. A failed attempt at the 4-9
combo left Radowitz an open shot on the 4 ball, and he cleared the
table to send Scott home in third place.
Jason Jicks, Tom Radowitz
Results:
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th Jason Jicks Toom Radowitz Paul Scott
Marko Stanosevic Dan Hau Terry Nixon
$240
$140
$85
$25
After trading the first two racks in the final match, Jicks pulled
ahead of Radowitz to take a 4-2 lead. Radowitz fought to stay within two games of Jicks, executing a nice combination on the 9 ball to
do so, but still Jicks reached the hill first 6-3. Jicks had ball in hand
on the 3 ball in the next rack and attempted to break out a cluster
but left no shot on the 5 ball for himself. A failed kick shot left Radowitz with ball in hand on the 6 ball, and he ran out to make it 6-4
Jicks. Radowitz put another game under his belt after Jicks missed
the 7 ball, but Jicks countered and took the next rack to win the title
7-5.
Regional Roundup
Central
Carter Wins Again on BCW Tour
Billiard Congress of Wisconsin Tour / Sturtevant, WI
Albrecht Aces Lucasi Tour
Lucasi Hybrid All-American Tour / Coon Rapids, MN
by Jonathan Demet
by InsidePOOL Staff
Nineteen players showed up for the Billiard Congress of Wisconsin Tour’s November 22 event, with Jeff Carter becoming a
repeat champion on the tour. The event was hosted by Boomers
Billiards in Sturtevant, WI, and boasted a $600-added prize purse.
Gene Albrecht went undefeated at the November 21 stop on
the Lucasi Hybrid All-American Tour, defeating Randy Matthiesen
in the finals. The $500-added event was hosted by CR’s Sports Bar
in Coon Rapids, MN, and featured 31 players in a double-elimination 8-ball format on 7-foot bar boxes. In the top bracket Claudio “The Claw” Parrone of Kenosha
made it to the hot seat match with wins over Jon Giles 8-2, Marlon
Angeles 8-5, and Gil Hernandez 8-6. In the bottom half of the
winners’ side Carter was playing well, and he also made it to the
hot seat match with victories over Willie Munson 8-4, Jonathan
Demet 8-5, and Tommy Pawloske 8-1. Carter was the winner in
that match, going on to an 8-3 victory.
On the one-loss side Craig Powers steamrolled through the
bottom bracket as Mark Berry was fighting all the way through the
top half after a loss to Powers in the first round. Berry earned his
revenge and took down Powers in a hill-hill victory. A nice crowd
stuck around to watch the semifinals between Berry and Parrone,
which made for great entertainment. Berry ended up in the finals
with a victory over Parrone 6-3. Unfortunately for the crowd, Berry withdrew because of a time constraint for a third-shift job, and
Carter took home another purse and another title.
Results:
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th Jeff Carter Mark Berry Claudio Parrone
Craig Powers Tommy Pawloske Gil Hernandez $370
$160
$115
$45
$45
The Big Tuna Surfaces in Louisville
Bank Pool Tournament / Louisville, KY
by Tom Fryer
Frank Wilson, widely known as “The Big Tuna,” dominated
a field of 64 players at Louisville, KY’s, Bank Shot Billiards November 28-29. Once again promoter Truman Hogue filled the field
for this event a week in advance. The players were anxious to pay
the $30 entry fee for the event, which featured a race to 3 on the
winners’ side, a race to 2 on the one-loss side, and a $300-added
pot. Nine-foot Diamond tables were used in the 9-ball banks event. An optional $5 entry to the high-run pool gathered another $240 in
this side pot. Entries were limited to players that Hogue ranks as
"B" skill. Most of the players who cashed were undefeated Saturday, but Gary Dewitt went to the left side early and still managed
to battle back to a fifth-place tie with Campbellsville's Eric Elliott,
who had played strong Saturday before two losses Sunday.
Fourth place went to Jerry Sauer Jr., who took Wilson to a
fifth rack in the quarterfinals only to see Tuna run five and out to
advance. The Tuna went on to run his first three shots in his next
match, totaling eight straight banks to win the $240 high-run pot.
Paul Arnold took third place and $300 by winning his first five
matches before being derailed. The crafty veteran of 69, who once
took a 20-year sabbatical from the game, was not even the oldest
player to cash: 76-year-old Glen Greenwell not only took an early
loss but scrapped all the way to final and forced a true doubleelimination decider with a 3-1 victory over Tuna.
The event was handicapped with Master players giving AA
players a one-game spot, AA players spotting one game to A players, etc. ACS National Masters champion Albrecht and A-player
Matthiesen made it to the A-side finals, but Albrecht was not fazed
by giving a two-game spot to vanquish Matthiesen 5-1 to gain the
hot seat.
On the B-side
AA-player Allen
Reich took a onegame spot from
Master player Max
Krause to eliminate Krause at
seventh place 4-1. Joining
Krause
was Master-player Kim Stigall,
Randy Matthiesen, Gene Albrecht
who fell to fellow
Master-player Dan
Voeller 5-1. The next round was not as kind to Voeller and Reich,
as both were whitewashed at fifth place by respective opponents
AA-player Ryan Wenger and AA-player Brad Vollmers. In the Bside semifinals Vollmers continued his hot hand to dispatch fellow
AA-player Ryan Wenger to fourth place by another 5-0 margin. In
the B-side finals A-player Matthiesen took a one-game spot from
Vollmers and ended Vollmers’ day at third place by a 4-2 score. In
the finals, Matthiesen had to race to 3, while undefeated Albrecht
raced to 5, and at 2-4 Matthiesen had the opportunity to force a
second set, but he hooked himself on his set 8 ball and Albrecht
finished
off the layout to score a 5-2 win for the title.
Results:
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 7th Gene Albrecht Randy Matthiesen Brad Vollmers Ryan Wenger Dan Voeller Allen Reich
Max Krause Kim Stigall
$340
$200
$135 $100
$60
$40
The Big Tuna took Greenwell out by a 3-0 count in the decider for the $850 first prize. He was solid all weekend and was
death on the straight backs—the perfect formula to win in banks.
Results: 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 7th Frank Wilson Glen Greenwell Paul Arnold Jerry Sauer Jr. Gary Dewitt Eric Elliott Dan Gregoire Traynor Frate
$850
$450
$300
$150
$100
$75
Regional Roundup
Central
Two in a Row for Ochoa
Lone Star Tour / Houston, TX
by InsidePOOL Staff
It was a small but strong field that turned out at Parker’s Billiards in Houston, TX, the weekend of November 21-22 for the Lone Star
Tour stop. Battling it out for a $2,080 purse were 36 players, including tour regulars Blaine Barcus, Bobby Pacheco, Andy Jethwa, Javier
Franco, and Louisiana’s own Derek Fontenot found themselves in the final 16 on Saturday night, with Sylver Ochoa taking home the ultimate prize Sunday.
Barcus, Brian Rosenbaum, and Marc “Mighty Mouse” Garza traveling fast through the one-loss side, earning top finishes for their
excellent match play. However, after the smoke cleared, it was only Fontenot and Jethwa on the winners’side and Ochoa and Franco dueling on the one-loss side.
One the east side Fontenot knocked down his last road block, Jethwa, 9-7, while on the west side Ochoa took out Franco 7-6. Ochoa
continued his streak by eliminating Jethwa 7-4, leaving him in third. The final match brought back Fontenot to defend his territory against
Ochoa, who was fighting for his second consecutive tour victory. Ochoa took charge, winning the first set 9-8 to send the match into overtime. In the second race to 7 Ochoa pulled ahead and closed it out 7-5.
Results:
1st Sylver Ochoa $550
2nd Derek Fontenot $350
3rd Andy Jethwa $250
4th Javier Franco $150
5th Blaine Barcus $100
Bobby Pacheco
7th Ernesto Bayaua $80
Marc Garza
9th Rodney Stewart $60
Lanny Herrin
Brian Rosenbaum
Eugene Evans
13th Will Felder $45
Don Bullard
Tom Welch
Blaine Barcus, Sylver Ochoa, Bobby Parker, Andy Jethwa
David Coates
A Win for Wilder on Lucasi Tour
Lucasi Hybrid All-American Tour / Davenport, IA
by InsidePOOL Staff
Chris Wilder took down the November 21 installment of the Lucasi Hybrid
All-American Tour, besting Mason Parks in the finals. The $500-added event was
hosted by Miller Time Billiards in Davenport, IA, and featured 27 non-master
players in a double-elimination 8-ball format on 7-foot bar boxes. Results:
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
7th
9th
Chris Wilder Mason Parks Christ Aiardo Craig McLaren Don Boll Jason Totten
Terry Anderson Jr. Roger Garnsey
Robert Huskey Adan Faupl
John Gorsch Sr.
Ken Haynie
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Wilder took down the A-side, completing his undefeated trek via wins over
Craig McLaren in the semifinals 5-2 and Parks in the finals 5-2. Parks had earlier
$30
vanquished Christ Aiardo 5-1 in the semifinals just prior to his loss to Wilder.
On the B-side Don Boll and Jason Totten eliminated Terry Anderson Jr. 5-1
and Roger Garnsey 5-2, respectively, at seventh place, In turn in the next round
both Boll and Totten were resigned to fifth place at the
Mason Parks, Chris Wilder
hands of Aiardo and McLaren, respectively, 5-3 and 5-1. Aiardo then knocked out
McLaren at fourth place by a 5-4 margin, but Aiardo’s run was ended at third place by
Parks 4-5. Parks made the tournament finals interesting by eclipsing Wilder 5-4 in the
first set, requiring a second set to settle the results. But Wilder was not to be denied the
title, and he dominated Parks in the deciding set 5-1 to win the day.
Regional Roundup
Central
Strickland in the House on OB Cues Tour
OB Cues Ladies’ 9-Ball Tour / League City, TX
by InsidePOOL Staff
The OB Cues Ladies’ 9-Ball Tour held their championship stop November 21-22 at Legend’s Billiards in League City, TX. Of the 49
players who came out for the event, it was Orietta Strickland who ended up in the winner’s circle, taking her first tour title.
Before the tournament started, the year-end awards were given out. The 2009 OB Cues Ladies’ Tour Champion was awarded to Lisa
Marr, while the Most Improved Player award was given to Lisa Henderson-Major.
As the main event commenced, there were many strong matches right out of the chute, and there were some early favorites who
found themselves on the left side of the bracket sooner than expected. On Sunday, Strickland was on a winning mission and was taking no
prisoners. For the hot seat match, it was Amanda “The Natural” Lampert versus Strickland, and at first it was looking like Lampert, who
was ahead 5-3, was going take the hot seat. But Strickland knotted the score at 5-all and won the next two for a 7-5 victory to wait for her
finals contender.
Lampert was not done yet and wanted a rematch. After soundly defeating Tara Williams 7-1, she beckoned for Strickland to bring it
on again. But Lampert sat out most of the finals match, as Strickland kept control of the match with some superb play, finishing off the set
at 7-1.
Results:
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 7th 9th 13th Orietta Strickland Amanda Lampert Tara Williams Julie Comitini Lisa Henderson-Major Leslie Anne Rogers
Jennifer Kraber Terry Petrosino
Jennifer Pavlovick Michelle Cortez
Deanna Henson
Courtney Peters
Lisa Marr Ming Ng
Kim Pierce
Rebecca Riley
$750
$560
$405
$270
$155
$105
$80
$50
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Regional Roundup
Western
Lucasi Tour Crowns Three Winners in AZ
Lucasi Hybrid All-American Tour / Tempe, AZ
by InsidePOOL Staff
The Lucasi Hybrid All-American Tour traveled to Tempe, AZ, November 8 with three
events as part of the Southwest Pocket Billiards Championships at Skip & Jan’s Sports Bar. The
$900-added events featured 35 players over three divisions: men’s bar table 8-ball, women’s bar
table 8-ball, and open big-table 8-ball. Larry Eans
In the men’s bar table 8-ball division, Larry Eans and Charles Peten clipped Bob Soto and Vic
Tyynismaa 4-3, respectively, in the A-side semifinals. In the A-side finals, Eans took down Peten
4-2. On the B-side Stephen Henderson stopped Mike Hamman at fourth place by a 3-1 margin, but in turn Henderson’s run finished at third
place at the hands of Charles Peten 3-1. Peten met up with undefeated Larry Eans in the finals but was no match, as Eans captured the title
by a 4-1 margin.
The women’s bar table 8-ball division featured Patience West and Lynda Niichel taking A-side semifinals matches over MaryHelen
Mondragen and Teresa Eibner 4-0, 4-2, respectively. West then edged Niichel 4-3 to take the tourney hot seat. In the B-side finals, Mondragen eliminated Niichel at third place by a 3-1 margin. The tourney finals crowned West with the title, as she prevailed by a 4-2 score
over Mondragen.
In the men’s big table 8-ball division Travis Choate defeated Mike Boyer in the A-side finals 4-2. Boyer later fell to the stroke of Don
Thompson 4-2 in the B-side finals. Choate then captured the tournament finals with a 4-2 win over Thompson 4-2 for the title.
Men’s Bar Table 8-Ball Results:
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
Larry Eans Charles Peten Stephen Henderson Mike Hamman $225
$125
$100 $75
Women’s Bar Table 8-Ball Results:
1st
2nd
3rd
Patience West $200
MaryHelen Mondragon $100
Lynda Niichel $75 Men’s Big Table 8-Ball Results:
1st
2nd
Travis Choate $200
Don Thompson $100
Piazza Captures Turkey Shootout
Lucasi Hybrid All-American Tour / Fort Collins, CO
by InsidePOOL Staff
The Lucasi Hybrid All-American Tour brought the “Annual Turkey Shootout” to Fort Collins, CO, where Tony Piazza took home top
honors over the 64-player field. The Thanksgiving weekend event featured a $1,000-added prize fund and was hosted by Match-Ups.
Top Colorado gun Piazza pulled out all the stops over the weekend and captured the hot seat with an unblemished record, completing
his run in the A-side semifinals and finals with respective wins over Mike Hogan 5-4 and Shane Wertz 5-3. Wertz had earlier knocked off
Jesus Rivera to make the A-side finals.
On the B-side Nick Smith vanquished Dan Gonzales 5-2, while Mark Haddad dispatched Frank Urbaniak by the same score to eliminate Gonzales and Urbaniak at seventh place. Both Smith and Haddad won their next B-side round over Mike Hogan and Jesus Rivera
by respective 5-2, 5-1 scores to tie Hogan and Rivera for fifth place. In the final four, Smith ended Haddad’s run at fourth place by a 5-3
margin, but Smith’s weekend was ended in the B-side finals courtesy of a 5-3 loss to Wertz. In the finals, Piazza continued to dominate,
as he turned back Wertz in the first set by a 5-2 score for the title.
Results:
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 7th 9th Tony Piazza Shane Wertz Nick Smith Mark Haddad Mike Hogan Jesus Rivera
Dan Gonzales Frank Urbaniak
Dave Gomez Mark Morgan
Blaine Plantz
Johnny Vasquez
$600
$440
$300
$150
$100
$80
$50
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