Clip and Run Two Rails

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Pool Myth-conceptions
Pro Pool Workout
Ten Steps to Pool Success
Step One: Setting Goals
Intermediate Objectives
Killer Instinct
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Pool Myth-conceptions
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Your dominant eye should be directly over the shaft. I wish it were
this easy. Your eyes have to be wherever they have to be for
your brain to correctly perceive your alignment and shot picture.
•
Topspin is the opposite of backspin. No, backspin breaks the
friction with the cloth. So-called “topspin” does not. Overspin doesn’t really happen. The best you can do, hitting near
the miscue line, is full natural roll. The difference between
one tip of follow and three tips of follow is in how soon the
cue ball attains full roll.
Players should try to hit the center of the cue ball on most shots.
Yes, if by center you mean the vertical axis on the back of
the CB. No, if you mean dead in the center of the back of the
ball. The only time the CB goes where your stick is pointing is
when you hit the vertical axis, that is, no sidespin. Sidespin,
although it’s often necessary, complicates shots.
•
Force follow is caused by lots of topspin. No, “force follow” is
the result the rpm’s of forward roll left in the cue ball after
that fast-rolling CB strikes an OB fairly full. The full hit on the
OB uses up the forward (linear) force, leaving the rotational
force (roll), which then spins on the cloth, to grab and accelerate the ball forward.
When you’re down on the shot, you should be able to easily lift
your bridge hand. If you can lift it, you are standing on your
feet and are more likely to have unintended body motion. If
you anchor your bridge to the cloth with a little weight or
finger pressure, you become a tripod, a much more stable
structure.
•
You should always take the same number of strokes. What
if you’re not ready when you get to your magic number of
strokes? Will you be able to stop? Take your hit stroke when
you are as ready as you can get.
•
Throw doesn’t exist. Yeah, right. This is physics. It’s not somebody’s opinion, even though some famous players may not
believe in it. Throw is real and must be factored into your
shot plan, whether you believe in it or not. Read up.
The cue stick must be kept level throughout the stroke. What
does the cue ball feel when struck? One force at one point in
one direction. Moment of impact is one- to two-thousandths
of a second and the ball is gone. Level at that moment is what
matters.
•
•
The cue stick should hover over your back foot. Why should this
matter? How about when you take a wide stance?
Sidespin changes the CB deflection angle off the OB. Nope. It’s
the same whether the CB is spinning or not.
•
•
More speed, more squirt. It sure seems like that would be the
case, but it’s not. Squirt increases with your tip offset. All
shafts cause CB squirt when you use sidespin. Some shafts
squirt less than others. Less is good.
Pool is easy for some people. Yeah, those with terrific athletic
ability and great eyesight tend to rise more quickly. But it’s
those who actually do the work that eventually become players. Pool is not easy for anybody. I think that’s why we like it.
his article may stir some players up. What follows are a few of
the most prevalent, enduring pool playing myths and “mythconceptions.” They often come up in pool school. You may choose
to write some of these off as just my opinion, but I see most of
them as demonstrably false. I don’t have the space in one page to
go into detail on each myth.
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Transfer of spin from CB to OB works like gears. It’s not like
gears. You can transfer only a few percent of the sidespin
from CB to OB. A cue ball with backspin can encourage an
object ball to begin rolling immediately on impact. However,
a rolling CB will not make the OB take backspin.
Break cues should be heavy. Seems to make sense. Not true
for most players. You can accelerate the lighter cue quickly
enough to end up with more power at the hit. Occasionally
a player will get better results with a heavy cue, but it’s unusual.
You should be looking at the CB during the hit. An unfortunate habit. It took me years to get over it. Looking at the CB
means you’re not fully using your body’s ability to line you
up to the distant target. It can also lead to poking. The exceptions: break shots and elevated shots.
If you are guilty of some of the above, I’d suggest you look
into it a little more deeply. You may be myth-taken.
Tom Simpson
Tom Simpson is a Master Instructor in both the PBIA
and ACS Instructor Programs. He delivers his acclaimed
3-Day Weekend Intensive in 12 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 innovations in training
have helped thousands of players. Listen to an audio
description of the Intensive, and read 35 instructional articles at
www.NationalBilliardAcademy.com. Contact: [email protected].
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lip safeties are a category of safeties included
in my new book Pro Safeties: The TOP 100 Safety
Shots in Pool. In this common and highly effective
safety, you are contacting the object ball with a thin
hit and moving the cue ball around the table to a
safe location. This defensive shot differs from a skim
safety in the thinness of the hit and in the overall intention for the object ball. In a skim safety, the goal
is to hit the object ball very thinly and barely move it
from the safe position where it already lies. In a clip
safety, the goal is to contact the object ball thinly,
but thickly enough to move it a small distance to a
safer position.
Since it is a common type of safety, there are also
several major variations. One of them, the Clip to the
Side and Run Two Rails, is the featured shot for this
column. As the name of the shot implies, the objective of this safety is to clip the object into a side rail
and run the cue ball two rails around the table and
hide it behind a blocker. Usually the overall objective of this type of shot is to leave the object ball on
an end cushion and move the cue ball way down
table for the added benefit of distance.
Side and Run Two Rails is a good option. All you have
to do is clip the edge of the 4 with a lot of left english
to take the cue ball wide to the first long rail. This will
take bumping into the 8 ball out of the equation.
The number-one goal is to get the cue ball behind
the 7 ball, but if you come in a little short or bump
into it, you’ll still have a good safety as the 4 ball, with
the correct hit, is almost guaranteed to be on the end
rail and hidden by the 6, 5, and 7. You may leave a
kick available for your opponent, but hopefully the
8 ball and/or the 7 will be in the way and complicate
that option. The main thing you don’t want to do is
to overshoot the cue ball target and leave a long thin
cut shot on the 4.
For a second variation, move the 4 ball to the X.
Here you could probably make it in the corner, but
the scratch in the other corner is a serious threat. InTom Simpson
stead, consider hitting less of the 4, moving it only
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10 InsidePOOL Magazine
October
2012
rules of◊ play.
Ken has
officiated at World Championship
events in the USA and the Philippines. He directs some of
Bob Henning is the author of The Pro Book, widely
considered to be the most advanced training resource for
competitive pool players. It brings the latest techniques of
the top coaches and trainers of all sports into pool. It is
intended for those who wish to prepare physically,
mentally, and psychologically for pool competition. Bob is
also the author of “The Pro Book Video Series,” a
complete, on-the-table training system, and he also released The Advanced Pro Book
and The Stroke Zone: The Pool Player’s Guide to Dead Stroke. In addition, he has
authored Cornbread Red, a biography of the colorful Billy Burge. Bob recently released
a new book titled Pro Safeties: The TOP 100 Safety Shots in Pool.
Robert LeBlanc
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Instruction
< by Mark Finkelstein
Step One: Setting Goals
E
veryone who plays pool has a different goal in mind as far as
where they want to take their game. Some want to be professional players, some want to be league champions, and others just
want to make a ball once in a while. However, whatever you want
from your pool game, you have to start somewhere.
What I plan to do in this new series is to give you the tools and
knowledge you will need to become successful in your pool game
no matter where you’re starting. Your job will be to do the work necessary to develop your skills. If you follow this path, I think you will
be excited with the results.
First we need to set some goals that are specific, measurable,
achievable, realistic, and time bound. For example, one goal might
be to become a competitive pool player at the end of a year. This is
specific, measurable by results in tournaments, achievable, realistic
(if you do the work), and it has a time limit.
On the way to reaching our long-term goal, we need intermediate steps that focus our efforts in a productive manner. We might
want to work on improving our safety play or increasing our ability
to pocket balls. We measure these intermediate steps by tracking
our progress with our drills and exercises.
‘ ’
What are
you waiting
for?
Finally, to work toward our intermediate goals, we need to
know what we are going to do every day in practice to reach them
and, ultimately, our long-range outcome goal. For example, as a
daily practice goal, I plan on hitting 100 straight-in shots. My intermediate goal might be to improve my pocketing percentage from
85% to 90%. My long-term goal might be to finish in the top eight
in a regional tournament. Let’s go through an example to help you:
Long-range goal: Top eight in a regional tournament one year out.
Intermediate goals:
• Play in monthly regional tournaments.
• Join a league. In looking for a league or tournament to play
in, we want to reach a little. Playing better players is good for
learning, playing players of equal skill develops your ability to
compete, and competing against players that you can beat develops your confidence. Look for a balance in any league or
tournament you play in.
•
•
•
Take a pool lesson once a month. The Professional Billiard Instructors Association (PBIA) website has a list of qualified instructors that can help you with your stroke and game.
Improve long, straight stop shot pocketing percentage by 10%
every three months. Set up a fairly challenging straight shot on
the diagonal between two corner pockets and shoot thirty stop
shots (two racks). Track your make percentage. Adjust the difficulty to where you can make at least two-thirds of your attempts.
Improve your speed/position control by 5% every three
months by using the classic “L” drill. Track the average number
of balls you make in each session.
Weekly goals:
• Play in a tournament.
• Once a week shoot with the bridge, shoot off the rail, and practice jump shots, curve shots, and jacked-up shots. Five minutes
for each category is good. Fifteen is better.
• Compete on league night.
• Plan an evening alone or with friends to watch videos of top pool
players. They will show you what a great stroke and game looks like.
Daily goals:
These goals are examples. Set goals that stretch yourself
but are realistic enough for you. Scale these goals to reflect the
amounts of time that are achievable for you and appropriate for
your intermediate goals.
Ken Shuman
•
•
•
•
•
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Ken Shuman of Sacramento, CA, is one of the country’s
Shoot 100 straight stoppremier
shots. tournament directors. He is an accomplished
Shoot 5 repetitions of speed/position
drills. an expert on the
professional referee control
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Play safe for 15 minutes.rules of play. Ken has officiated at World Championship
Kick for 15 minutes.
Do daily pattern drills totheexercise
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major tournaments,
including theroutes.
Derby City Classic,
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CSI’s National
tion of making good shots,
and practicing
pre-shot
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Championship
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U.S. Open
9-Ball Championship,
and the U.S. Open 10-Ball Championship. Contact Ken at
Doing this work for a month
will start you on the road to pool
[email protected].
success. What are you waiting for? Grab your calendar and start on
your plan today!
Next month we will look at the foundation skill of pool and how
to develop it. We will look at how to develop a straight stroke and how
to maintain it. Good luck in your practice, and see you on the road.
Mark Finkelstein
Mark Finkelstein is an ACS and PBIA Master Instructor,
accomplished player, instructional columnist for
NYCGRIND, and author of the book PoolRamblings,
available at McNally Jackson. Mark has been involved in
pool and billiards for almost 60 years and is available for
lessons or events at Slate Plus or Eastside Billiards in New York City. Visit Mfpool.com for more information.
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Instruction
Killer Instinct
M
ost of the time when you play casual matches they are,
at best, played as a matter of friendly competition or
something to pass the time of day. In either case, the games
and matches are rarely anything of importance or have anything of value at stake. Game wins and losses mean little to the
players.
But there are games with more meaning to the participants. For example, you are in a competition against an opponent with whom you have a personal long-running vendetta
or a chance to win (or lose) a few bucks. There may be some
friendly by-play, jokes, and teasing early in the match, but that
fades away quickly as the results of each game become more
and more important. This is the bare edge of the “killer instinct.”
It’s not at the “battle to the death” level, but the teeth and a
feral attitude are beginning to show.
In tournaments, the killer instinct is more obvious. There is
money at stake, along with prestige. To an observer, the players’
focus and attention is much more intense. The opponents may
pass a few courteous words,
butofthat
is mere
dressing.
Ken Shuman
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CA, iswindow
one of the country’s
The unspoken challenge
visible indirectors.
their attitudes.
Focus is on
premieristournament
He is an accomplished
the table, not each other.
professional referee and is considered an expert on the
Ken Shuman
‘ ’
rules of play. Ken has officiated at World Championship
the major tournaments, including the Derby City Classic,
the U.S. Bar Table Championship, CSI’s National
Championship Series, the U.S. Open 9-Ball Championship,
and the U.S. Open 10-Ball Championship. Contact Ken at
[email protected].
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the feral
animal do you
wantMark
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These
lessons or events at Slate Plus or Eastside Billiards in New York City. Visit Mfpool.com rarely advance their skills beyond a personal comfort level.
for more information.
There are a few who have the strength of desire and the
focused drive to do whatever it takes to compete at the higher
skill levels. These individuals possess the full-fledged killer instinct. During the match, no prisoners are taken. Each duel is
to the (figurative) death, and no mercy or kindness is offered or
intended.
Tom Simpson
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The question is: How much of the feral animal do you want
to experience? How much competitive spirit do you have (or
want to have)? When playing in a friendly group, intensive competitive attitudes are out of place. This focus would be a bit uncomfortable for your opponents. It may get to the point where
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As your skills improve, the game stays interesting only as
long as you are playing opponents at and slightly above your
level. Against weaker players, your skills may lessen simply because you don’t have to work at winning. Against far superior
players, there is no enjoyment in watching them have fun while
Robert “Cotton” LeBlanc is a well-known pool player
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ight on the heels of his major victory
at the Predator World 14.1 Tournament over none other than Efren
Reyes in the finals, John Schmidt also
claimed top honors at the Maryland Open
Straight Pool Championship, besting Germany’s Thorsten Hohmann for the prize.
The August 18-19 event was hosted by
Big Daddy’s in Glen Burnie, MD, and featured
am $18,000-added prize purse. There were 32
players competing at the start, with a round
robin format yielding 24 for the final singleelimination bracket, and the field was peppered with champions such as Johnny “The
Scorpion” Archer, Mika Immonen, Thorsten
Hohmann, Corey Deuel, Shaun “Get Some”
Wilkie, Warren Kiamco, and Mike Davis.
by InsidePOOL Staff
Archer caught a couple of breaks and Davis missed a shot, at which point Archer never sat down
again, pulling out the win 125-60. Wilkie took down room owner Rick Molineiro in spite of a 66ball run by “Levi” and advanced to play Schmidt, who put up a 57 and eliminated Wilkie 125-66.
Deuel had a quiet but sterling tournament, going 2-1 in the Saturday rounds before a loss
to Kiamco. After besting Don Polo 125-19, Deuel faced the always-tough Zion Zvi. Deuel stayed
strong and pulled out a 125-75 victory to get further along the cash trail. Brian Deska played a
long and hard-fought match, including a number of three-fouls, against Steve Lipsky, ever tough
to beat, with Lipsky finally pulling out the game 125-110. Lipsky then faced Hohmann, the 2011
world 14.1 champion, and and Hohmann got it going immediately and ran out to a 125-20 win.
Hohmann controlled the bottom half of the bracket, ousting Deuel 125-42 to reach the
semifinal round. His opponent, Immonen, notched the high run of the day with his 113-ball run
against Eckert to win 125-13. The day before, Dechaine scored the high run of the tournament
with his 125-and-out over Rick Molineiro.
In the top bracket Archer was waiting for Schmidt after his 125-82 win over Dave Daya. “Mr.
400” had just won a close match with Kiamco 125-98, when Kiamco had recorded a 103-ball run in
his previous match against sYednak.
Both semifinal matches were lopsided affairs: Hohmann routed Immonen 150-1, while
Schmidt won his bout with Archer 150 to -1. In the finals, Hohmann held a 21-14 lead but then left
Schmidt a shot after a safety situation. Schmidt went on to dominate the final match completely,
taking first place with a well-deserved 150-21 score over Hohmann.
In the single-elimination round, Mike
Dechaine got past Charlie Strayer 125-31 and
advanced to the next round, where he was
bested by Dave Daya 125-108 in one of the
best matches of the day. Amsterdam Billiard’s
Michael Yednak had a strong first-round
match against Bob Maidhof, knocking him
out and advancing to the money round. He
then faced Warren Kiamco and went down
125-47.
Chicago’s great world 14.1 champion
and cue maker Bob Hunter had a tough draw
and was ousted in the first round by Archer,
who then faced Davis, who was the numberone seed following a terrific run the day before. Their match was nip and tuck before
1st 2nd 3rd 5th 9th Results:
Results:
John Schmidt $4,000
Thorsten Hohmann $3,000
Mika Immonen $1,800
Johnny Archer
Dave Daya $800
Warren Kiamco
Brandon Shuff
Corey Deuel
Steve Lipsky $400
Zion Zvi
Ralph Eckert
Danny Barouty
Shaun Wilkie
Michael Yednak
Mike Dechaine
Mike Davis
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T
he world’s largest pool tournament, as recognized by
Guinness Records, returned to Las Vegas in mid-August as thousands of amateur pool players competed for more than $1 million in prize money. More than 2,100
teams in 8-ball, 9-ball, doubles, and masters made the trek to
Sin City to compete August 16-25 in the American Poolplayers Association’s Annual Team Championships, sponsored by
Aramith, Action Cues, and PoolDawg.
All teams in the 8-ball championships squared off in a
modified single-elimination format that ensured each team
played at least twice before elimination. All 8-ball open division teams automatically received $350 in national qualifier
money, and the top eight teams won at least $5,000. In the
8-ball ladies’ division all teams automatically earned $350 national qualifier money, with the top eight teams winning at
least $1,000.
Babes
Southern Style
Fight Club
Two Peas in a Pod
Triple Threat
Fantastic Four
In the 8-ball open division, “Hate Joey, Not Us” of Trenton, NJ, defeated “Shark
Week” of Warren, OH, 3-1 in the finals to take home $25,000 in cash and the championship title. Shark Week received $15,000 in prize money for being runners-up.
In the finals of the ladies’ 8-ball division, it was “I’m a 7 at Drinkin’” of Matthews,
NC, defeating “Take Advantage” of Arlington, VA, 3-2 to win $10,000 in first-place prize
money. As runners-up, Take Advantage received $5,000 in cash.
The 9-ball open national championship saw each team compete in a modified
single-elimination format that ensured each team played at least twice before elimination. All national qualifiers received a minimum of $350, with the top eight teams
winning at least $2,000.
In the open 9-ball tournament, it was “Babe’s” of New Derry, PA, besting “Southern
Style” of Lafayette, LA, 50-32 in the finals. Babe’s took home $15,000 in first-place prize
money, and Southern Style received $7,000 in cash for second.
After winning their divisions in weekly APA 8-ball and 9-ball league play and then
placing in local team championships throughout the United States, Canada, and Japan,
734 open 8-ball, 430 open 9-ball, and 52 ladies’ 8-ball teams, all consisting of five to
eight players, qualified to compete in the 2012 National Team Championships.
In the open 8-ball doubles championship, it was “I’m With Stupid” of Belchertown,
MA, winning $6,500 in the finals with a victory over “Fight Club” of Woodbridge, VA.
Fight Club received $4,000 as runners-up in the 384-team event.
The finals of the masters championship event featured “Triple Threat” of Saginaw,
MI, defeating “Fantastic Four” of Battle Creek, MI. Triple Threat took home $10,000 in
first-place prize money, while Fantastic Four received $5,000 as runners-up in the 256team event.
In the open 9-ball doubles championship, “Two Peas in a Pod” of Raleigh, NC, won
over “H-Cues Double Malt Scotch” of Nashville, TN. Two Peas in a Pod took home a firstplace prize of $5,000 and the championship trophy, while H-Cues Double Malt Scotch
walked away with $3,000 in prize money.
Charlie Hans of Middletown, OH, bested Ron Bates of Coldwater, MI, for $1,800 in
the finals of the APA Wheelchair Challenge. Bates took home $900 as runner-up.
In addition, the APA conducted nearly round-the-clock MiniMania tournaments,
which took place daily and were open to all APA members. The MiniMania tournaments
offered multiple formats with 100% prize money payback that awarded nearly $250,000.
‘
I’m With Stupid
H-Cues Double Malt Scotch
Thousands of amateur
pool players competed
for more than $1 million
in prize money.
Charlie Hans
Ron Bates
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Kim
Captures World
Championship
for Korea
Yalin Women’s World
10-Ball Title Glory
by InsidePOOL Staff
photos courtesy of Alison Chang, Chito Ines, Emille Soriano, and Bruce Li Xiaolong
K
orea’s Ga Young Kim finally overcame her demons
to claim glory for her country. In her second appearance in the finals of the Yalin Women’s World 10-Ball
Championship, Kim faced last year’s number one in the world,
Siming Chen of China, and completely dominated the match,
putting herself and South Korea back on top of women’s pool.
The Dragon Promotions produced the Fourth Annual Yalin
Women’s World 10-Ball Championship, which was held August
20-24 at Robinson’s Galleria Mall in Manila, Philippines. The
event was supported by Yalin Billiards, OB Cues, Championship
Tour Edition Cloth, Aramith Balls, Tour Edition Chalk, and ABSCBN. Star Billiards and Pool & Billiard Magazine also supported
the event.
Siming Chen, Ga Young Kim
After the first day of play, three of South
Korea’s four players remained in the hunt. Kim,
Eun Ji Park, and Yu Ram Cha all came through
the grueling round robin stage relatively unscathed.
Kim Blazes a Trail
Cha was the only of the three to go undefeated and clinch a top eight seed, which rewards
the players with a bye into the sweet sixteen. She
defeated defending world champion Kelly Fisher
on the way in a 6-5 battle and ousted 13-year-old
Filipina sensation Cheska Centeno 6-2.
Eun Ji “Erica” Park dropped one match to
number-one seed Xiaofang Fu of China but then
dominated her opponents from Taiwan, Iran,
Venezuela, and Italy. But Kim is by far the most
decorated player from Korea, men or women.
She dropped her match to past champion Jasmin Ouschan of Austria in a repeat of the 2010
finals, but she went on to dominate the rest of
her group, earning the number-ten seed.
In the first round of the single-elimination
stage, Park was ousted by Ho Yun Tan of Taipei
8-4, but Kim bested Japan’s Akimi Kajitani 8-4,
while Cha had a bye. Kim’s next victim was Ya
Ting Chen of Taipei, whom she dominated 8-3,
while Cha dealt Kimura Maki an 8-4 loss in the
round of 16.
Forging on, Kim had a hard-fought battle
against the tough Austrian Ouschan in the
quarterfinals. But Ouschan couldn’t get past
Kim, who won their match 8-5. Cha also was
successful, eliminating the final Taiwanese
player, Lai Hui Shan, from the event 8-4.
Korean Players Collide
This set up the all-Korean semifinal between that country’s two top-ranked players.
Xiaofang Fu
Efren Reyes, Siming Chen
Billiards Unites China and
Philippines for Noble Cause
C
hina’s top pro Siming Chen volunteered to take time out
from her quest for her first world championship title to
help the recent flood victims via ABS-CBN Foundation’s
Sagip Kapamilya, along with national hero Efren “Bata”Reyes. Reyes’
hometown of Pampangawas one of hardest hit during the flood.
OB Cues donated a cue for the cause, and the raffle winner not
only won the cue but the chance to play on a team side by side with
Chen and Reyes on television. ABS-CBN filmed the special match with
all proceeds going to charity.
“It is our duty and privilege to help this great country. Philippines
has been an honorable and hospitable host to our event and supportive of our Chinese professional players. The Filipino people are a kind,
good people and anything we can do to help we will,” said Eric Ding,
president of Yalin Tables. Yalin is China’s top international table manufacturer and made additional contributions to the charity.
“I love coming to the Philippines to play. The fans are so good to
us. I feel terrible [that] such tragedy has happened here. Of course I will
take time out to help the charity if my skills can help at all,” said Chen,
who also won the Philippines Open last year.
Shane Sinnott of OB Cues, Cindy Lee of Dragon Promotions, Marcel
Sabioof Championship Cloth, and Peter Musngi of ABS-CBN attended
the special event as sponsor participants on the teams.
“It’s heartwarming to see such great effort and support from foreign players and companies who want to help our people. It’s inspiring
to see billiards in China and Philippines as a unifying force and just be
human beings helping their fellow men,” said Musngi, vice president of
ABS-CBN Sports.
Both women were superb, with non-stop exciting jumps, kicks, powerful break shots, and
offensive firepower. Leading 3-1, Cha gave Kim
a slim opportunity that she took to level the
score at 3-3. Cha made one costly error going
for a 10-ball combination instead of opting for
a run-out, and Kim took the lead.
Siming Chen, Ga Young Kim
At 5-4, Cha was able to break again and
sent the cue ball high in the air, landing perfectly in the center of the table. The rack looked
good for a run-out to tie the match. But the
3 ball went three rails around the table and
scratched, and Kim ran out. Cha’s next opportunity was off a safety, she was facing a tablelength shot on the 1 ball with the cue ball frozen to the 8 ball. Cha jacked up and speared the
1 ball in perfectly and ran out. But a dry break
in the next did it for Cha—Kim was determined
to get to the finals, and she ran out and then
broke and ran the last rack to win 9-5.
In the other semifinal match, China’s number-one player, Fu, faced off with 19-year-old
Chen. Neither had ever reached this far into
this event before, and it was a tightly contested
match, with Chen leading by one-game margins throughout. But it was Fu’s fatal scratch on
the 7 ball in the fourteenth rack where she had
a chance to tie the match at 7 that decided her
fate. Chen was able to close the match out at
9-6.
Chen Challenges Kim
It was China versus South Korea for the
glory. The final began with Kim continuing her
lightning-fast pace, taking the first three racks
in a blink of an eye. In about 15 minutes, she
took command of the match to the tune of a
4-1 lead. Chen seemed overcome with the blitz
and never really shook her off. She pocketed
some nice shots but wasn’t able to control her
cue ball well. But Kim looked to be supremely
Ga Young Kim, Siming Chen
confidence at the table, coming with every challenging shot and executing intricate safeties
and positional play.
Leading eventually at 9-3, Chen was given another chance off after a safety. She made a
nice carom shot off the 3 ball, sending the cue ball down table off and into the 10 ball perfectly,
pocketing it as she called it. Chen then broke and ran the next, making the audience hopeful
for a comeback. But it was not to be.
Xiaotang Fu, Siming Chen, Ga Young Kim,
Yu Ram Cha
Chen made a positional error in the next rack and was forced to kick the 6 ball. The
effort was halfhearted as the disappointment was apparent on her face from the earlier mistake. Kim faced the final four balls that stood in her way and pocketed the first three. As the
cue ball landed perfectly for the final 10 ball shot, Kim showed her first emotion in the whole
event by looking up to the sky. She pocketed the final shot and clenched her fist in the air in
victory.
“I have improved my result from last year, so I am happy about that. I am getting
closer,” said a disappointed Chen in the award ceremony.
Kim was ecstatic to have won the world title. “I really did not practice any more than usual
for the event, but I was doing a ‘Dancing with the Stars’ TV show in Korea leading up to the
world championship, and so I was really in a happy mood,” she explained. “So I think my happiness and positiveness carried over to here this week.”
M
ike “Fireball” Dechaine bounced
back from a loss in the hot seat
match to Shawn “Big Bubba”
Putnam to best him in the finals for the
Turning Stone Classic XIX title. Dechaine
was part of a full 128-player field to gather
at the Turning Stone Resort and Casino in
Verona, NY, the weekend of August 24-26.
The tournament was promoted by Mike
Zuglan of the Joss Northeast 9-Ball Tour
and boasted a $25,000-added prize purse.
Upsets peppered the winners’ side
bracket. Johnny Archer suffered a firstround, hill-hill loss to Blaine Barcus and
had to fight his way through the west side,
eventually taking home ninth place after
being ousted by Rodney Morris 9-5.
Florida’s Hunter Lombardo breezed
through Jerry Crowe and Mike Yednak in
the first two rounds to meet up with 2008
and 2009 U.S. Open champion Mika Immonen. The Finn, just off a close match
with Shaun “Get Some” Wilkie, just couldn’t
keep up with Lombardo, who recorded a
9-6 victory to advance to face Raj Hundal,
who took second at this event last December.
Shane Van Boening was another
highly rated pro who was destined for
disappointment in his third-round match.
Though “The South Dakota Kid” had no
troubles in his first two matches against
Tim Parisian and Josh Ulrich, he foundered
against Ron Casanzio, a regular on the TriState Tour, and was sent to the one-loss
side 9-5 to be eliminated by Oscar Dominguez 9-5.
Warren Kiamco, who recently took
third place in the Master of the Table division of Diamond Billiards’ Southern Classic, was upended by Mike Davis 9-5 after
surviving a close 9-6 match against Hall of
Fame inductee Karen Corr.
With arguably one of the toughest
draws in the event, Dechaine first dealt
Jason Klatt of Canada a donut 9-0 to next
face Dennis “The Hatchetman” Hatch, long
seeking a Turning Stone title of his own.
Hatch put up a fight, but Dechaine was
able to hold him off and win 9-6. The next
two matches against Jason Hubert and
Matt Krah both went to Dechaine 9-4.
After surviving a hill-hill affair with
Morris, Dechaine went on to challenge
Hundal, who had just bested Tom D’Alfonso
9-6. Dechaine was able to handle Hundal
easily to advance to the hot seat match 9-5.
Douses
Turning Stone
Field
by InsidePOOL Staff
Shawn Putnam
In the other winners’ bracket, Putnam pushed past Corey Deuel 9-4 to meet Mario
Morra, just off a 9-6 defeat of Donny Mills. It was a close match, but he triumphed over
Morra 9-7 to await a finals opponent.
Once deposited on the one-loss side, Morris fought a double-hill match with
Brandon Shuff but was sent home in seventh place 9-8. In the other bracket, Mills had
an easier time with Jeremy Sossei, winning 9-4, and then sent Hundal home in fifth
place. With his 9-2 drubbing of Morra, Mills met Shuff in the quarterfinal match.
It was Shuff by a long shot as he surged ahead to deposit Mills in fourth place, but
Dechaine, determined to face Putnam again in the finals, shot Shuff down in the semifinal match 9-6. In the extended race-to-13 final match, Putnam never really seemed
to get started, and Dechaine blazed spast him to claim the title 13-4.
Results:
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 7th 9th 13th 17th Mike Dechaine Shawn Putnam Brandon Shuff Donny Mills Mario Morra Raj Hundal
Rodney Morris Jeremy Sossei
Tom D’Alfonso Johnny Archer
Hunter Lombardo
Corey Deuel
Stevie Moore Oscar Dominguez
Ron Casanzio
Matt Krah
John Morra Cleiton Rocha
Mike Davis
Shane Van Boening
Jennifer Barretta
Warren Kiamco
Dany Normandin
Joe Landi
$8,000
$5,000
$3,600
$2,600
$2,000
$1,600
$1,200
$850
$550
Brandon Shuff
“Ginky”SanSouci
George
Honored NYC
Dagotdot and
Strickland Merit
Memorial Titles
by Jerry Tarantola and Alison M. Fischer, NYC Grind.com
photos courtesy of NYCGrind and Brian Leong
O
in
everyone in the room and inspired others to
strive for that same level of heart.
To honor SanSouci, who died in 2011, pool
players joined together at the Second Annual
George “Ginky” SanSouci Memorial, held at Amsterdam Billiards in New York City over Labor
Day weekend. A joint effort by the Tri-State
Tour, Predator Tour, and Mezz Tour, two divisions of events were held at the memorial—an
amateur 9-ball event and an open/pro 10-ball
event.
ne of the unique attributes of
George “Ginky” SanSouci was that
he had an unwavering belief in himself and would to strive to grind
the “W” in each game he chalked his cue for.
It was this inner drive that he displayed when
he got to the table that held the attention of The field in the amateur 9-ball was filled to
the 128-player limit. The event featured a handicapped split format, where A/B-level players
were separated in the top half of the bracket,
and C/D-level players were on the bottom. Daniel Dagotdot
George Poltorak
on to take six matches before ending his run with another loss to Wong
7-3. He ended with a solid fifth-place tie with Chan.
Wong’s win over Gabia kept him alive to go on to the quarterfinal,
where Poltorak took down the match in a close 7-5 finish. Moving on to
the semifinal, Poltorak continued to play tough, winning 7-3 over Patrick Meyers.
Poltorak then moved on to the finals against Dagotdot. As Poltorak was rated a C+ and Dagotdot an A+, Poltorak was spotted four
games on the wire in an extended race to 9. If Poltorak reached 9 first,
the race would be extended to 11.
Poltorak and Dagotdot Face off in the Finals
Dagotdot Displays His Dominance
Dominating the A/B half of the winners’ bracket was Daniel
Dagotdot, one of the area’s top young emerging players. To open the
event, Dagotdot drew one of his close friends and mentors, Noel Bensurto, for the first match of the event to be featured on the live stream,
which was co-produced by NYC Grind and InsidePOOL Magazine.
The score ended 7-6 in Dagotdot’s favor, and he then moved on to
tear through the bracket, defeating Kapriel “Kapo” Delimelkonoglu 8-6,
Trevor Heal 7-5, Chad Bowling 7-0, Phil Davis 7-5, and Kelly Wong 8-7, setting himself up to meet the winner of the C/D bracket in hot seat match.
The C/D bracket was highlighted by NYC player Patrick Meyers, who has been spotted in the final rounds of area events, including the Predator Tour. Meyers worked his way through the bracket
with wins over Izzy Matos 7-2, Ray Feliciano 7-4, Kyle Bubet 7-6,
Vincent Morris 7-6, Kirill Safronov 7-5, and Nick Chan 7-4. Patrick
Myers then moved on to the take on Dagotdot but came up short,
as Dagotdot won 9-6.
While Dagotdot waited in the hot seat, George Poltorak rose to
become the hero of the one-loss side. After his winners’ side loss to
Nick Chan in the fourth round, Poltorak regained control and went
on to best Mike Ettl 7-4, Willie Johnson 7-3, Kirill Safronov 7-0, and Sal
Marcelo. Poltorak then had a rematch with Nick Chan, avenging his
earlier loss by winning 7-6.
The final match got off to an unexpected start, with Poltorak jumping ahead to lead the way, going up 9-3 to extend the race to 11 games.
After winning the next rack to get to the hill, Poltorak was only one
game away from winning his first major tournament.
But Dagotdot was not ready to give up yet. In a dramatic turn of
events, Dagotdot closed out 9 ball after 9 ball before reaching the tying
win, making the score 10-10.
With a crowd held tightly in suspense of the outcome, Poltorak was
in a favorable position to win the final rack. He left Dagotdot hooked on
the 2 ball and forced him to kick. Dagotdot did not get a good hit on the
2 and gave Poltorak ball in hand. From there Poltorak ran from the 2 to
the 7 ball, but he missed the 8 after leaving himself tough.
Dagotdot was not left with an easy shot on the 8 ball, but he took
his time and executed the shot, then pocketed the 9 ball for a tremendous comeback win.
Reflecting on his win, Dagotdot explained what kept him going,
even when he was trailing badly, was something he learned from watching SanSouci. “I kept in mind that even though my opponent doesn’t expect me to win, I will never go home without giving it everything I’ve got.” The open/pro 10-ball division brought in a full field of 48 players.
Top names included Filipino champion Warren Kiamco, recent Turning
Stone XIX champion Mike “Fireball” Dechaine, former world champion
Another impressive comeback was charged by Brooklyn player Ron Gabia in the A/B bracket. After two wins in the winners’ bracket,
Gabia was sent west after a 7-2 loss to Kelly Wong. Gabia then went
Earl Strickland
George "Ginky” SanSouci
Memorial
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Earl Strickland, Predator Tour owner Tony Robles, Oscar Dominguez,
Mike Davis, Zion Zvi, and many others.
mentary 1 ball in the first rack. Neither player was initially able to establish control, as they went back-and-forth to tie at 5-5.
Favorites Find Their Way
But that proved to be the turning point in the match, as Strickland began
to string together racks, and the opportunities Dechaine afforded him were
turning into run-outs. Dechaine lacked the swagger he earlier displayed, and
Strickland took the reins to dominate the rest of the match and win 13-5.
Three of the likely favorites in the event did not disappoint and
came through to end up in the top three positions. Dechaine, the defending 2011 Ginky Memorial champion, charged the winners’ bracket
at Amsterdam. His run was marked with wins over Jonathan Smith 8-4,
Billy Lana, Matt Krah 8-6, Ryan McCreesh 8-6, and Zvi as he went on to
the second day undefeated. Likewise, Strickland was also red hot as he
cruised through the winners’ side on Day 1, defeating Jerry Tarantola
8-1, Robles 8-2, Nelson Oliveira 8-4, and Jeremy Sossei 8-4.
Strickland and Dechaine were then paired up for the hot seat battle. Too many errors on Strickland’s part resulted in an 8-6 final score in
favor of Dechaine in this match, locking in his spot in the finals.
Another notable favorite in the event, Kiamco, was sent to the
one-loss side a few rounds earlier after being defeating by Zvi 8-6 in the
final eight of the winners’ side. Kiamco bounced back to eliminate Jorge
Rodriguez 8-2, McCreesh 8-2, and Sossei 8-2.
Zvi’s win landed
him in the quarterfinal
for another go against
Kiamco, but the match
result was starkly different this time around.
Zvi’s previous win was
not to be repeated
here, as Kiamco whitewashed him, winning
eight unanswered racks
to lead to an 8-0 final
score.
Moving on to the
semifinal
between
Strickland and Kiamco,
the crowd was anticipating a great match by two masters. The two
battled back and forth until they matched each other at hill-hill, ten
games each. In this final game, as Kiamco was running out the rack for
the win, the unimaginable happened. Kiamco pocketed the 9 and followed the cue ball into the pocket after it, turning the winning game
over to Strickland.
Strickland Wreaks Revenge
The beginning of the final match between Strickland and Dechaine proceeded in lackluster fashion, with Dechaine missing a rudi-
Through the efforts of the players, event coordinators, and everyone at Amsterdam Billiards, the Second Annual George “Ginky” SanSouci Memorial was a great success. Additional support for the event was
given by Harold Siegel, Gregg McAndrews, and Justin Marcus.
Daniel Dagotdot, Patrick Meyers, George Poltorak
Amateur 9-Ball Results:
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 7th 9th 13th Daniel Dagotdot George Poltorak Patrick Meyers Kelly Wong Nicholas Chan Ron Gabia
Ron Mason Sal Marcelo
Nick Verducci Junior Sanchez
Kirill Safranov
Phil Davis
Willie Johnson Bogie Uzdejczyk
Scott Simonetti
Mike Aro
Open/Pro Results:
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 7th 9th Earl Strickland Mike Dechaine Warren Kiamco Zion Zvi Oscar Dominguez Jeremy Sossei
Nelson Oliviera Ryan McCreesh
Jorge Rodriguez Joey Korsiak
Matt Krah
Brian Deska
Results:
Oscar Dominguez was also forging a comeback through the oneloss side after his first-round loss to McCreesh. Dominguez got past
Tarantola, Joey Landi, Emily Duddy, and Jennifer Barretta on Day 1 of
the event to move on to the second day, where he eliminated Brian
Deska 7-5 and Oliveira 7-3. However, Dominguez’s run ended after falling short in a comeback
against Zvi, who elimiMike Dechaine
nated him 8-6. Dominguez would end the
event tied for fifth place
with Sossei.
Strickland expressed appreciation for the New York pool community and acknowledged SanSouci in the speech he gave. He also thanked
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World�Cup
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Glory
Immonen and
Makkonen Pairing
Best Team Poland
by Matt Jackson
photos courtesy of Matchroom Sport / Carina Altomonte
F
inland are the 2012 PartyPoker.net World Cup
of Pool champions, as they put paid to the
dreams of Poland, winning 10-8 in a tight final in front of a packed crowd in Manila. It was blend of
youth and experience as 39-year-old Mika Immonen,
who has operated at the highest level for the past 15
years, paired up with 24-year-old Petri Makkonen to
deliver the goods time and again.
Their efforts won them the trophy, gold medals, a
check for $60,000, and, more importantly, the title of
World Cup of Pool champions. However, the Polish pair of
Karol Skowerski and Wojciech Szewcyk were magnificent
throughout the competition but came up just short in
the closing stages of the championship match.
“We were down four-to zero to the Koreans and
got over that hurdle. Then we beat the champions,
Germany. Then we beat the Philippines, and that was
an immense hurdle and a lot of pressure. And another champion pair in the USA. Coming from that route,
I feel that we really deserve this,” said Immonen.
“It feels absolutely great. It hasn’t sunk in yet—it
will later. I can’t describe it. Every match before, Mika
shot the last nine ball. But this game I shot the last
nine, and that was great. That was the greatest moment of my career,” said an awestruck Makkonen.
Hill-Hill Squeakers
The prestigious Matchroom Sport tournament ran from September 4-9 at Robinson’s Place, Ermita, Manila, where 32 two-player
teams fought tooth and nail to represent their respective countries.
On Day 3 the event had winnowed down to eight.
Rodney Morris and Shane Van Boening of Team USA eked past
China with a hill-hill nail-biter. Representing China were He Wen Li,
who was recently runner-up at the World 9-Ball Championships, and
Liu Haitao. Though the American pair held an 8-2 lead, the Chinese
were able to level the score at 8. In the decider, China made two balls
on the break but were forced to play safe as the two sides went back
and forth with the safeties. Finally China got a ball in hand opportunity as Van Boening fouled with a three-rail escape.
He Wen Li
The USA looked in pieces as they watched their opponents run
out to victory as the Chinese were down to the 7 ball with three easy
shots on the table. Then, inexplicably, Li scratched into the side pocket to hand the USA an unlikely win.
Said a relieved Morris, “We got lucky there at the end! But if you
look back they got really lucky, too, when they were coming back. So
these things even out. Everything was going for them.”
In the second quarterfinal, there was more deciding rack heartbreak, this time for the English pair of world 9-ball champ Darren Appleton and Chris Melling who went down 9-8 to the Chinese Taipei
teenagers Han En-hsu and Hsin Ting-chen, who coolly ran out the
tricky final rack for victory.
The pressure
gets easier
after every
game.
- Petri Makkonen
Coming from a
country
containing
the likes of World 8
Ball king, Chang Junglin, Ko Pin-yi and Yang
Ching-shun, there was
some surprise when
the 18- and 19-yearFabio Petroni, Bruno Muratore old were nominated
for the event after winning a qualifying tournament in Taipei. However, the way they played
in the event would indicate that there is seemingly endless production line of world-class pool talent.
The match was close from the early stages and always looked
like it was going to go close. The match then went 6-6 then 7-7 before a quick break and run got the English to the hill with the break.
But the Taiwanese took advantage of an opening made by Melling to
level the score at 8-8.
The English could only sit and watch with a sick look on their
faces as Han and Hsin ran the final rack for a great victory and a spot
in the semifinals.
Polish pairing Karol Skowerski and Wojciech Szewcyk overcame
a lackluster Italian pairing of Bruno Muratore and Fabio Petroni to
advance to the semifinals after a match in which Italy led only once
after taking the opening rack.
At 8-4 the Poles were on the brink of victory but missed a 7
ball into the center pocket when the pot up table looked the easier
option. The Italians took that and the next to pile the pressure on
Poland. Petroni, though, was the ultimate villain of the piece, as he
missed 7 ball and Poland cleared up to take an excellent win.
A delighted Karol
Skowerski said, “I think
we played not very
well, but it worked. This
is really big for us because at the beginning
of the tournament we
dreamed about this
achievement.
Darren Appleton
Hometown Crowd Let Down
In the last quarterfinal match, Finland extinguished Filipino
hopes as they made light work of Efren Reyes and Francisco Bustamante to run out convincing 9-5 winners and book a semifinal match
up against the USA.
The Philippines were never at the races as the huge hometown crowd were gradually quieted as the Finns began to control
the game. Makkonen dogged the 9 ball in the opening rack, but
after that the youngster seemed to grow in confidence abetted by
Immonen.
Finland led over the early stages, but the Filipinos found themselves at 6-5 and still in the match. A ball-in-hand opportunity for the
Finns in the next made the score 7-5, and they took the next two to
take the match, Immonen closing it out with a great 7-9 combination.
Commented Immonen, “We’ve already beaten two World Cup
of Pool champions, and if we keep it together, break well, keep our
composure, then we have every chance. We’ve had our moments—
the last match Petri carried me and tonight I carried him.”
For the Philippines it was a disappointing evening with so much
expectation resting on the veterans’ shoulders.
“They played good because we missed a lot in the beginning
and that give them confidence. All our break shots are no good. They
break really good. That’s the whole match,” said Reyes.
Bustamante added, “It wasn’t our night, I guess, because we
just don’t break good. We had two illegal breaks and then they ran
four racks on us. Whoever gets the break is going to win. They played
good and had confidence so congratulations to them.”
Setting up an all-Northern Europe final affair, Poland and Finland came through their semifinal matches to make for an intriguing clash in Manila. Earlier Finland had tussled with Team USA before
breaking away at the close to clinch it, while the Poles were dominant
against a Taiwanese team who weren’t able to deliver a similar performance to their quarterfinal show.
Within 30 minutes the Poles found themselves 5-0 up. Calm under pressure, Skowerski and Szewcyk seemed to improve with each
match as they completed some difficult run-outs. The Taiwanese pair
of Han En-hsu and Hsin Ting-chen were never in it as they chased af-
Efren Reyes
ter a big deficit, and in the end they
lost by 9-4.
Skowerski, the senior of the
two, said, “It’s impossible. One week
ago we didn’t dream about the final. We are just happy to reach the
quarterfinal. The semifinal is historical. The final is another level. Maybe
we can win this tournament.”
The 18-year-old Szewcyk
added, “We are not the strongest
possible team. We are not top two
in Polish ranking, but what we did
here was amazing.”
Han En-hsu, Hsin Ting-chen
Finland reached their second PartyPoker.net World Cup of Pool
final as they buried American hopes, running out 9-7 winners. The
Finnish pair of Mika Immonen and Petri Makkonen turned over a 5-2
deficit to win seven out of nine racks as they closed the match out.
American Hopes Fall
The American pair of Morris and Van Boening were in control of
the match in the first half, but some crucial mistakes by Morris let the
Finns off the hook, coupled with an outrageous fluked 9 ball that saw
the Finns get to 8-7 at a critical moment.
In the final rack, the Americans had a great chance to clear, but
Morris badly missed a 6 ball, and with that the Finns ran out for the
victory in what was a close-run match.
Immonen said, “We hung in there. Our break was a bit off at
the beginning and then we adapted. That’s what it is in pool. We did
better on the long shots than they did. Petri’s really doing better. We
don’t make little mistakes get to us. We analyze it and then brush it
off and move on, but in the finals we have to play more solid.”
Morris was disappointed but only had himself to blame. “Shane
played real good, but I didn’t—I dogged it and it cost us the tournament. A least three times I dogged it. The turning point was at fivetwo when Shane got kissed in and scratched. They tied it up from
there and then we had to fight it out. When they fluked the nine to
make it eight-seven that was the game right there.”
Shane Van Boening
We put everything
we had into this
match.
- Mika Immonen
Finland Wins Historic Final
The final match between Teams Finland and Poland was always
close, with the scores progressing from 3-3 to 5-5 to 7-7 and then 8-8.
With the situation finely poised there was drama in what was the penultimate rack. Makkonen scratched playing a difficult jump shot, and
the Poles cleared to the 6 ball as a bad position forced Szewczyk into a
difficult shot down the rail. The 6 hit the knuckle and the Finns cleared
to move within one of the title.
Finland was breaking for the match, but the Polish pair made it
back to the table after Immonen missed a tricky one on the 2 ball. Poland got down to four balls before Szewczyk missed a makeable cut in
the side pocket to hand the table to Finland, and it was Makkonen—
whose lowly #35 ranking on the Euro Tour belies his immense potential—who nailed the winning 9 ball.
Immonen reported, “I’m completely spent right now. We put
everything we had into this match. It was a high-quality final and it
was the toughest match we had. We were hanging by the skin of our
teeth; the rolls were against us all night. But we came with the tough
shots. We both made some terrific long shots. Our decision-making
was good, too, and they missed a few opportunities.
“Last year we got knocked out in the first round. This time we got
in a lot more practice. We were more in tune with each other. We had
a common goal. I told Petri if I tell you something just trust it, and that
can take the pressure off you. He’s a great shot-maker and he took the
pressure so well. Now he can say that he’s been there and done that.
Mika helps. The pressure gets easier after every game. After we beat
the Philippines we can’t be nervous and after that it got easier.”
The Poles were stoical in defeat having far surpassed their expectations.
“Almost. What a shame. We had a lot of chances and I think we
played quite nervous at the end of the match. I missed a six ball, he
missed a six ball. Up until then we played fantastic, but that is pool;
it’s a lot of pressure,” said Skowerski. “I’m not too disappointed. It was
close, but I’m not going to cry. We made something special. We created history in Polish pool.”
The 19-year-old Szewcyk said, “I don’t want to be unthankful,
but I do regret. I feel disappointed but also a great pride of course.
We had a chance and it was our mistake that decided it, not a runout from Finland. I think this tournament gave me so much experience that I couldn’t earn anywhere else. There’s no tournament
where the pressure is bigger than here. The sad thing is that the
adventure is over.”
Wojciech Szewcyk, Karol Skowerski
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Morris and Andoni Split Tri-State Tournament
Tri-State Tour / Brooklyn, NY
by InsidePOOL Staff
DaBreo Dispatches Culhane for Title
Tri-State Tour / East Rutherford, NJ
by InsidePOOL Staff
Raphael DaBreo easily trumped Ed Culhane at the August 11
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There was a 35-player field that gathered at Castle Billiards in East
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out the winner 11Results:
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1st Raphael DaBreo $600
but DaBreo got the
2nd Ed Culhane $350
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3rd Sam Hoffman $250
the final match, win4th Mike Aro $150
ning top honors 7-3.
5th Naldo Trancoso $75
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Borana Andoni, Vincent Morris, Kevin Beckley,
Mike Harrington
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tinued to dominate in
the next round as he
1st Vincent Morris $730
relegated Davladze to
Borana Andoni
fourth place 8-5.
3rd Mike Harrington $350
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Morris split, with Morris taking the title.
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elimination format, playing down to four on each side with the final eight redrawing into a single-elimination bracket.
Once in the single-elimination bracket, Mulligan started out
with a close match over Janis Sessions and then was bested in a
hill-hill match with Chris Fields. However, Mulligan grew stronger as
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Laha Latches Onto Great Southern Win
Great Southern Billiard Tour / Marietta, GA
by InsidePOOL Staff
Duke Laha narrowly escaped Rod
Rentz to take top
honors at the August
11-12 stop on the
Great Southern BilShannon Daulton, Duke Laha, Rod Rentz,
liard Tour after having
Melanie Archer
gone undefeated to
the finals. The amateur 9-ball tournament featured a $1,500-added
prize purse and hosted a full field at Johnny Archer’s Marietta Billiard Club in Marietta, GA.
Unchallenged until his final match with Rentz, Laha easily handled Toppy Athakhanh in the winners’ side final four 9-2, as Rentz
took down Tommy Najar 9-3 in the other bracket. Laha then rolled
over Rentz to take the hot seat 9-3 and await a finals opponent.
Najar scrambled to stay alive on the west side of the chart,
whitewashing Clay Fisher 9-0. Athakhanh ended up tied with Fisher after being eliminated in fifth place by Josh Roberts 11-5. Najar
then nudged aside Roberts in the quarterfinals 9-6.
Rentz put an
end to Najar’s day in
the semifinals, ousting him 9-4 to earn a
rematch with Laha for
the title. The first set of
the double-elimination
final match was tooth
and nail, as Rentz
eked out a 9-8 victory
to force a second set.
Laha, though, had had
enough and quickly
put an end to the bout
9-4 for the win.
Results:
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 7th 9th Duke Laha Rod Rentz Tommy Najar Josh Roberts Clay Fisher Toppy Athakhanh
Mike Langley Dylan Letchworth
Woodie Ochle Mark Rochester
Jeff Hooks
Steve Cox
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Mulligan Takes Flamingo Tour by Storm
Flamingo Billiards Tour / Fort Pierce, FL
by InsidePOOL Staff
Tropical Storm
Isaac’s gusting wind
and rain wasn’t about
to stop 30 players
from creating a whirlwind 9-ball event at
the Flamingo Billiards
Tour Stop August 25
at Ultimate Billiards in
Fort Pierce, FL. When
Cassidy Mulligan, Crystal McCormick,
the whirlwind had
Justin Gilsanen
died down, Cassidy
Mulligan stood in the winner’s circle, having won her first event
on the tour. The $250-added competition was a modified double40 InsidePOOL Magazine ◊ October 2012
Mulligan then found herself in a revenge match against Fields
that went double-hill. With three balls left to win the match and
make it to the semifinals, Fields started to execute the perfect pattern to get on the 8 and 9, but the cue ball unexpectedly caught
the corner of the side pocket and sent the cue ball in the wrong
direction. Mulligan got her revenge.
Nicolle Cuellar blew past Susan Roberts to reach the semifinals, and McCormick swept over Cheryl Perez. But Cuellar settled
for third after McCormick won their match 7-5. In the other semifinal match Mulligan sent Cloke home 7-2, setting McCormick
against Mulligan in the final match.
With the score tied at 5 in the race to 7, Mulligan reached the
hill first after McCormick scratched one ball away from running out.
But McCormick restored parity in the next after Mulligan missed
a long cut on the 9.
Results:
After a couple of in1st Cassidy Mulligan
$400
nings each in the final
2nd Crystal McCormick $275
rack, Mulligan got out
3rd Nicolle Cuellar
$150
of line on the 8 and
Christie Cloke had to bank it, which
4th Chris Ann Fields
$ 60
she did perfectly to
Cheryl Perez
make the last 9 and
Kim Richeson
win the match.
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onslaught from Darrin Blitch in the finals
of the Great Southern Billiard Tour’s
Shannon Daulton, Mark Thwaites, Darrin Blitch,
August 25-26 installBrad Black
ment, winning the
last set of the double-elimination final match to take the title. The
$1,500-added tournament drew 60 players to The Coliseum in
Greenville, SC, for the amateur-only 9-ball event.
Going undefeated through the winners’ side, Thwaite bested
Matt Mancini 7-6 to reach the hot seat. His opponent there, Wendell
Thompkins, had just sent Jamie Anders to the west side 9-3. Thompkins soon followed Anders, as Thwaites won their match 7-4.
Anders was soon eliminated in fifth place after Romy Malonzo
won their match 6-1. Mancini joined him there, as Blitch was making his move through the one-loss side and ousted him 7-8. Blitch
then forged ahead in the quarterfinals to send Malonzo home in
fourth place 7-2.
Blitch went on to
tackle Thompkins in
the semifinal match,
defeating him 7-4 to
reach the doubleelimination
finals
against
Thwaites.
Blitch took the first
set 7-5, but Thwaites
turned the tables
in the second and
claimed the title with
a 7-3 win.
A fourth-round loss to David Styers deposited Roberts in the
west side, where he sent Dix home in fifth place 11-5. Wendell
Thompkins tied with Dix after being ousted by Styers 7-3. Meeting
Styers for the second time yielded better results for Roberts, who
relegated him to fourth place 11-3.
Roberts advanced to face down Abernathy in the semifinals,
winning their match 11-4. He almost overcame Gonzalez in the
double-elimination
Results:
finals, dominating the
1st Steven Gonzalez $750
first set 11-3. But Gon2nd Josh Roberts $500
zalez eked out a 10-9
3rd Jeff Abernathy $300
victory in the second
4th David Styers $175
set to win top honors.
5th Wendell Thompkins $100
Greg Dix
7th David Slaughter $50
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Results:
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 7th 9th Mark Thwaites Darrin Blitch Wendell Thompkins Romy Malonzo Jamie Anders Matt Mancini
Scott Howard Steve Cox
Hugo Hernandez Marvin Reed
Ron Frank
Mike Langley
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Gonzalez Grasps Great Southern Title
Great Southern Billiard Tour / Myrtle Beach, SC
by InsidePOOL Staff
Steven Gonzalez narrowly escaped
a late onslaught by
Josh Roberts from the
one-loss side of the
chart to grab the title
at the Great Southern
Billiard Tour’s SepShannon Daulton, Steven Gonzalez,
tember 1-2 event. The
Josh Roberts, James Carroll
$1,200-added amateur event attracted a field of 40 to Shore Thing Billiards and Bar in
Myrtle Beach, SC.
Gonzalez took the right side of the chart by storm, besting
David Styers in the winners’ side final four 9-4 before meeting Jeff
Abernathy, who had just defeated Greg Dix 11-7. Gonzalez went on
to give Abernathy his first loss 9-6 and await an opponent in the
final match.
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Lone Star Tour Titles for Ferrers Jr. Bryant, and Sanders
Lone Star Billiards Tour / Round Rock, TX
by InsidePOOL Staff
Three
champions
emerged with titles at
the Lone Star Billiards
Tour’s Texas Open warmup 9-ball tournament
August 11-12, with Frank
Ferrers Jr., Charlie Bryant,
and Kim Sanders winning
their respective divisions. Manny Chau, Charlie Bryant
Skinny Bob’s in Round
Rock, TX, hosted the event, which drew 120 players with 167
total entries.
In the winners’ side final four, Ferrer Jr. defeated Lee Rosa
to reach the hot seat match, as Cielo Vasquez bested Brian
Anderson. Vasquez then
went on to vanquish Ferrer Jr. to remain undefeated. Tracy Sanders cut
a path through the oneloss side, ousting Steve
Pennington and then Ricardo Espinosa before depositing Brian Anderson
in fifth place 4-3, tying
with Rosa. In the quarterfinals Sanders took down
Kim Sanders, Liz Kirkman
Mallow 4-2 to reach Ferrer Jr., but Ferrer Jr. wanted his rematch with Vasquez in the
finals, and he earned it 4-3.
Winners’ side action in the open division saw James Davis
Sr. slide by James Henson 8-7 and Bryant dust Manny Chau 8-4.
After a west-side round, Cielo Vasquez eliminated Will Felder 6-5,
and Corey Dordek fell
Amateur Results:
to Doug Young, who
1st Frank Ferrer Jr. $735
was then ousted by
2nd Cielo Vasquez $525
Henson 6-1. Vasquez
3rd Tracy Sanders $300
was sent home by
4th Mike Mallow $175
Chau 6-2, as was Hen5th Lee Rosa $100
son 6-4. Hot seat ac
Brian Anderson
tion saw Bryant blow
7th Ricardo Espinosa $70
past Davis Sr. 8-5,
Will Felder
with Davis Sr. going
9th Patrick Hill $40
on to be dusted off
Steve Lindgren
in the next round by
Steve Pennington
Chau 8-5. In the first
Cesar Garcia
of the two set-final,
13th J.P. Lopez $25
Chau came on strong
Raul Escobedo
with an 8-5 win. But
Nick Banks
Bryant came back in
Rich Anglin
the second cool and
composed to win 6-2.
In the 18-player ladies’ field, Kim
Sanders defeated Liz
Kirkman for the hot
seat. Kirkman then
defeated Kim Pierce
4-3 on the one-loss
side but fell to Sanders in the final. Nicole
McDaniel finished a
respectable fourth.
In the first of the two-set final match, Ferrer came on strong
and confident over Vasquez 5-2. The second set, though, was a
different story as
Vasquez
reached
the hill 3-0. Ferrer Jr.
fought back and at
double-hill was left
with a short-rail bank
shot on the 9-ball,
which he pocketed Frank Ferrer Jr., Frank Ferrer
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Corey Dordek Doug Young
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