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Contents
Instruction
10 Pro Pool Workout
Kicking Maps
12 Tricknology
Massey? No, It’s Actually Massé
14 Beat People With a Stick

20/20 Position Hindsight
16 The 8-ball Debates

Fantasy League Play
Features
18 Shooting Star Classic Crowns Champs and Raises the Bar
20 Reyes and Bustamante Roll Back the Years for Glory

Philippines Defeat Germany in Epic Final
24 Hatch Hammers Empire State Field
26 El Matador Earns International Glory

David Alcaide Takes Home Gold in Portugal
28 Kim Captures Second Season Victory
30 Segal Cements Trick Shot Magic Title
34 InsidePOOL’s Holiday Buying Guide
38 Pool Players’ Getaway in Galveston Island
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PRO POOL WORKOUT
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contacts a point on a rail, and that path can be extended back-
by Bob Henning
Kicking is extremely important wards to originate from another point on another rail. Every kick
in advanced pool. If you and your op- also has a path the cue ball takes after it contacts the first rail,
ponent can both run out at a high level, and that can also be extended to another point on another rail.
then the player who gets the most op-
portunities to do so is going to win. If you knew the exact point to send the cue ball to have it hit an
In 9-ball, if you both break well and object ball, all you would have to do is aim at that spot and shoot. Since
know how to play safe, then the whole A good number
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Rolling Ball Caroms
giving up ball in hand. Reyes kicked to hit a specific part of the
didn’t know how to do it yourself. All you would have to
of the cue ball to the object ball and the path of the cue ba
do is get the proper map and plot out the course. Here’s
object ball. Although designed primarily to show aim and cue ball pat
Detroit, here’s Chicago, and here’s the highway to take.
this aid can be used very effectively for caroms.
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would be on a path that was a simple extrapolation fromin the jaws of a corn
sum of five times five? What about seven times seven? You are an object ball in the small hole and position the cue ball to
The rolling ball carom is easier to control than a sliding ball acar-known origination point and a known destination point.
probably able to answer these questions almost immediately. How
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about nine times eight? That’s a little tougher, but you probably
ball during the short interval when any applied backspin has worn off Good
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onlyIfthing you that varies
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multiplication Bob Henning is thea half-ball
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It brings the latest techniques of the top coaches and trainers of all
recite The
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do.cue ball will take after contact. The hit on the object the ballauthor of “The Pro Book Video Series,” a complete, on-the-table
is the single variable that determines the path, but even a very small training system, and he also released The Advanced Pro Book and The
You can use the diamonds on the table to do the same thing Stroke Zone: The Pool Player’s Guide to Dead Stroke. In addition, he
difference in hit can change the cue ball path by several degrees. This
with kicks. Every kick has a path the cue ball takes before it has authored Cornbread Red, a biography of the colorful Billy Burge.
complexity keeps many players firmly restricted to the sliding ball Bob Henning is the author of The Pro Book, widely cons
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Tricknology
Pocket F. Aim at Point X on the end rail and hit the cue ball
TRICKNOLOGY
Massey? No, It’s with extreme top right, a cue elevation of about 40 degrees,
by JasonActually
Lynch Massé and a medium stroke. You are trying to get the cue ball to
by Jason Lynch speed up and pass the object ball on the way to the pocket.
When I shoot massé shots in my The next shot is one that everyone loves to see executed.
show, it is inevitable that someone The cue ball dislodges the balls and makes a sound that has
asks if I said I was going to shoot the rat-a-tat-tat of a machine gun as it makes its way to pocket
a Massey shot, as in Mike Massey. the object ball into the side pocket. Place object ball E in the
The word “massé” is actually side pocket and place 11 balls in a line one ball’s width away
French for “curve.” Although Mike from the rail. Place the cue ball and the other three balls as
is one of the best at the massé shot, it is not named for him. shown. Raise your cue 80 degrees from level and hit the cue
Stroke It, Don’t Poke It ball with a downward stroke on the right side. The mistake
Diagram 1 most people make is to not hit the cue ball parallel to the rail.
A B
C Diagram
The second of3the draw shots is a draw and a kick combined. We’ll put
was recently at the Michigan State V.N.E.A. Championship, and one
questions that I was asked by a good player was: “How do you hit some running english on the cue so it will kick long enough to pocket the
B
er draw shot?” Randy, this month is for you. First I will explain the ball that Ais resting
2 in the jaws of Pocket A. Cue ball placement, believe
C
it
or not, is dead straight. The english does all the work for the kick. You will
1
que involved to juice a ball up with low english, and then I will explain
s involved in three different shots. All three require a strong stroke want toE put bottom right on this shot as is diagrammed. This becomes top
fluid follow-through. right english off the rail, which in this case is running english.
As in any pool shot, the stance, body position, and follow-through

X
the biggest impactF on the outcome of the shot. A ball hit with two of
ee will not
D power-draw. For myself, I start with a comfortable stanceF
E
my bridge hand about 4 inches away from the cue ball. This allows me
ow through and hit my mark more easily, since the cue is resting on a
Thatthanbeing said, I have three shots for you this
D Watch Video Here F
that is closer most of my shots.
E
month. All of them have been shown on ESPN’s “Trick

You can never
Shot hit low enough
Magic,” and allon acan
power-draw shot. I usually
be executed by you dragifmyyou The last shot is one that was made famous in the movie
n the use
cloth the
whenright
I am technique
stroking well.and
Yourset
back hand should be loose
the balls up correctly. The Hustler. Place 1 ball about even with the point of Pock-
ight before the point of contact. You will want the cue to slap your et A, and place 2 ball two balls out from the pocket cut and
Diagram
as you snap 2 to get maximum zip on the cue ball.
your wrist out from the side rail 1/8-inch. Elevate your cue 80 degrees
B like you are shooting into 1 ball. Hit the cue with bottom
he first example
A
is a cross-corner draw shot. The angle is what deter-C
the path of the cue ball after contact. If the cue ball hits the head rail, left and a medium stroke. The left english and the angle
the cue ball into more of a straight draw (away from Point X). I line of
Nowtheit iscue will
time allow
to get the The
serious. cuelast
ballof to
theturn
shotsto
formake 2 ball.
this month will
s shot to hit Ball F into the right center of the pocket and hit the cue test any player (myself included). This shot takes a snap of the wrist and a
really good follow-through. I shoot this with bottom right draw. I have seen
ead bottom and a smooth snap of my wrist. Any side english will be Make sure you get permission before shooting the sec-
ental to the overall draw. some players hit this with low left, so do what works for you. The balls are
ond and third shots. Shot number one will not hurt the table.
set as diagrammed; Ball 1 does not have to be made and Balls D and E are
Until next
F
adjustable. Hint: time, keepEstroking.
Place Ball approximately one ball’s width away from
the cut of the slate of the side pocket.
Jason Lynch grew up playing pool in Michigan. In his early twenties he
E
D E started
F playing in the VNEA and placed as high as 16th in 8-ball and 9-ball.
In 2005,
Good he won
luck, andthe Michigan Stroke
remember: VNEA speed poolpoke
it, don’t contest.
it! He has also pock-
eted 11,100 and 12,011 balls in 24 hours as fundraisers for the American
The first shot has been called “The Passing Lane” orJasonCancer Lynch
Society’s Relay for Life. In 2007 he had his best finish to date, plac-
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at the up playing
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U.S.in Michigan.
Open In his
and winning theearly
stroketwenties
category.he
“Scratching With Style.” This is the first massé I learnedstarted Jason is ranked 14th in the world by the WPA. His sponsors are Shelti9-ball.
playing in the VNEA and placed as high as 16th in 8-ball and Pool
and one I still like to shoot in my show. The set-up is easy:In 2005, he won
Tables, the Michigan
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Beat People with a Stick
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always “How do I shoot the current shot in such a
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by Tom Simpson ball, and that angle easily takes me to the one after that?”
It happens to all of us. A lot.
More than we want to admit. We’re Try these enormous little things:
Place your CB and take your shot. Most likely, your CB did
watching the shot we just hit, and as not land in the absolute perfect spot. Normal. However, now specifi
that c,
Confi rming tip position—You, of course, have a very
it unfolds, we realize our cue ball po- theprecise
shot isintention
over, you can probably see where that ideal spot would
for exactly where you will strike the cue ball. Be sure
sition is not going to be optimal. Or have been.
to confi rmFor
thatthe
yourPosition Hindsight
stroke will deliverexercise,
the tip as after every
planned. Thisshot,
sounds
worse. We all know, from suffering you study the situation and think about how you could move the on
obvious, but you really have to be conscious about tip placement
much disappointment, that this comes cue ballshot.
every to improve your position
If your stroke (bettercome
system allows, angle,to better distance,
a full stop with your
with the territory. Pool is a game of re- hook
tip at the CB, and visually confirm your tip placement beforethe
relief, better safety opportunity). Then, actually move taking
Non-Trivial
covery, much like golf. We’re rarelyPursuits
perfect, so we’re always try- cuetheball. How far you can move the CB is up to you. Novice play-
hit stroke.
ing to “get back in line” for the pattern we’re playing. And again ers benefit from moving as much as a hand-span from the current
like golf, the better we play, the less frequently and less horribly CB location.
Finding Better
your players might
best bridge allow themselves
angle—The purpose of to the
move the is to
bridge
we tend to get out of line. CB up to an
provide a ball’s
absolutewidth.
rock Now look your
that guides at your shot
tip to thefrom thespot
precise new,where
improved
you intend position.
to touchPlan yourball.
the cue next shot
Any sequence.
bridge Shoot.this
that achieves Adjust
is okay,
As the cue ball slowly rolls to a stop, it often dawns on position
but let’sand
go keep shooting.
past that and workWhen
to fiyou
nd a miss,
bridgeyou’re still If
that helps. up.you
Thisuse an
us what a better or simpler positioning plan would have been. is open bridge,
practice. notice
Shoot theway
this skinfor
lineaformed
while byandyour thumb resting
be serious about against
it.
OurSometimes
“positionthehindsight”
smallest ofisthings can make
20/20. the CB
As the biggest of differ-
crosses the the side of the forefinger. Try adjusting your bridge so that line points
ences. This is especially true in pool, perhaps our most precise
line to the “wrong side” of the next shot, we see the mistake game.
down your intended stick line and becomes part of the “vee” of
your
“
The
tooplayers whotoo
late. Or arelate
beating you are we’ve
we realize somehow performing
stopped with more pre-
too much bridge. You might have to pivot your bridge hand slightly in your wrist
cisely, more effi ciently, more consistently. What little things are they
angle or not enough angle or too much distance or not enough Tothisplay
to find our best,
alignment. we fimust
You may nd thisfind
givesthe
you right
a better groove for
“
doing—or
distance not
or doing—that might help
we got snookered or you?
we got stuck in a cluster… your stroke and helps you line up more accurately and consistently. If
you usebalance ofnger
a closed (fi planning andtryexecution.
loop) bridge, pivoting your bridge hand
Are any of these common habits or tendencies smacking you? slightly outward, holding the shaft firmly in touch with the webbing
We’re talking about planning shortcomings here, not execu-
tion errors. Rolling too far because I shot too hard is an execu- between your thumb and forefinger. The feeling will be that you are
Head bobbing—Some players tilt their head up and down dur-
tion error. Rolling too far because I didn’t realize it mattered
ing aiming and sometimes during the hit stroke. Try to get your head stroking through aforgives
This exercise tube, against slight execution
your small resistance. errors
Try these bridge
while fo- an-
or because I didn’t think gles and see whether they improve your confidence or accuracy.
positioned where you can see about
the shotexactly whereit,to
and believe butland—these
only move cusing you on playing smart and playing with a clear plan. Play-
your eyes—and don’t move them during the hit stroke. is before the
are planning errors. Obviously, the time to plan ers tend to get farther out of line with each shot and end up having
Dowsing for final aim—We all have habits of how we see our
shot. This tends to reduce embarrassment, chagrin, and losing. to take tougher shots and bigger risks or give up their inning with
final aim, how we “know” we are on it. Yet, we miss. Often we miss
Focusing on the cue ball—Many players stare at the cue ball a safety. By improving each leave, you’ll get the experience of
the same angle, the same way. Or, at a higher level, we might not be
they
while Gradually becoming
drop into better
their stance and players,
then try towe learn the
acquire many princi-
target line running more balls. Use yourweposition hindsight to Once
help you per-come
hitting the part of the pocket expected. Try this: you’ve
plesthey
after of position play:
are already down.shape
Toowedges, tangent
late. Align lines,
yourself stun,distant
to the natu- fect the ability to see your optimum position target for each shot.
to your final aim, stop moving and see it clearly. Now, make the small-
ral ball
target andpaths, and on
stay sharp onand
thaton.
as As
youwe incorporate
drop. Trust thatthese principles
your body will est aiming adjustment you can make. You pick which direction, or try
into
line upour
wellplay, we play
to what smarter.
you see This means we make better deci-
and intend. both.
Learning to see
Make that tinythe idealadjustment,
aiming position target
settle,(where
and seeyou’d place
it. Does it look
sions on shot selection, patterns, routes, and speed. To play our the“more
CB with ball in hand) is an important skill. However, in realwhat
perfect” than your earlier final aim? Shoot straight and see
best, we chalking—Whenever
Poor must find the right balance
you’re of planning
going to do and execution.
something ex- play, you can’t
happens. This always get there. Start
is a results-based way towith
trainknowing where
yourself to the see
correctly
Manycarefully
treme, playerschalk
can make terrific,
the edges seemingly
of your tip. This issensible
where weplans, but
miscue, ideal spot you
the shots is and
tendthen back
to see off to what’s
imperfectly. reasonable
Your brain forup
has to light your
and say
they
and don’t
this have we
is when the miscue.
execution skillsyour
Chalk to make
edges!them happen.
A good chalkSome
job skill
yeslevel
whenorthe
prudent in your
shot is on. game
You may situation—your
have optimum
to show it the correct picture
players execute
contributes to yourwell
confienough butyour
dence and don’t bother to
calmness. Weplan adequately.
assume we are position target. Generally go for simple, high probability shape,
a few times.
good chalkers. Try chalking thoroughly with one color of chalk, and leaving room for execution error. Think twice, shoot once.
then
chalk
Let’syour
putnormal way withhindsight
our position another color. Take ause
to good look.
inYou’ll
some Some of these little things are really big things. Try a little.
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The 8-Ball Debates
Fantasy League Play
Q. What is
The 8-Ball the best format
Debates
for team matches in league play?
by Matt Sherman and Donny Lutz
Q. Why
are there
Donny: so many
The most successfuldifferent
leagues I’ve sets of 8-
seen be-
gin by choosing a league president (or director), a secre-
tary, andcally
a separate treasurer.
win a national titleOne person
having can pool
played be allonly
three,
a hand
of course, but that can be a dictatorship! The president di-
also offers the possibility of winning the paid trip to Las
by Matt Sherman and Donny Lutz rects meetings, and the board of directors (team captains)
vote on perienced playersand
original formats tendany
to changes
like the BCA,
during VNEA, APS, et
the season.

Rules Supreme
Donny: Having played at least six different formats
rewarded a bit more for your skill and not so much for yo
for team play over the years, I can say that I really like ro- By the way, perhaps the easiest way to speed up matches
tating the
Donny: lineup sorules
Changing that isyou play every
a natural part player
of the on the op- of pool. START Having
evolution
is to ON TIME! saidThere’s
all that,no
there’s
need not much
to wait forworse than, af
all play-
ers to belosing on to
present a slop
beginshot.the match! Incidentally, my fantasy
Whenposing
I beganteam.
to play,It wayprovides
back inthe the most meaningful
last century, there individual
were no “official”
8-ball league would be three-person “A” teams and a rotat-
averages, as well as the opportunity to meet new people.
ules. The general rules were shoot your group of balls in first, no defensive ing lineup, withMatt:everyBut punishing crimethree
player playing whengames
the 8 fiagainst
nds an un
hots (“dirty pool!”), and call every shot. The first 8-ball league rules Ieach be- of example,
the opposing team members—a nice 27-game
makes 8-ball fun for spectators who like a littl match!
Matt: I also like round robin formats. I suggest icebreaker
ame aware
questionsof were those used
for people by theone
to know National
anotherPocket
better Billiard Association,
over 8-ball. Higher-ranked players take psychological edge in match
hich began in 1964. They were similar to current World Standardized Matt:
the A greatmakes
odds, suggestion,
hustlersDonny,
“lucky,” andandhere
addsis one
dashforto the
ules, withI’ve
onebeen
glaring exception: You could push out
pondering formats to balance match length (ad- on any shot! Your
owners: Have basic drink orders and housekeeping
shoot softly to block pockets on a miss as they ought to, th ready
pponent had the
equately test option of taking
skill while keepingthe play
shot brisk).
or giving it back.
Scotch in aadvance (playing charts filled, fresh cubes of chalk).
Made for
doubles slop, so may all my opponents slap ‘em as hard as they li
ascinating defensive
is satisfying and game,
social but
and ahelps
match could
teams lastslower
with forever!and faster
players balance their rate of play. Learning opportunities abound. My fantasy 8-ball league format includes refresh-
Matt: My Picture Yourself Shooting Pool alerts gamblers to assess represent ments on aBCA rules
table are superb
waiting for for universal
players, and adaptation,
equipment and
thousands of players
hats, whocue want
cases, consistent
etc., ev- rule

ocal rules Donny:
and to love I also like the
a poolroom thatformat where
posts their rules plain sight. like
a infive-play- I’ve adequate
I’m tired
racks
of
for jackets,
hiring Crane, Poole & Schmidt to mediate ru
er beneath
team match always consists of 25 games erything designed to speed play and limit distractions.
ambled a busted tin roof in the rain, where localand
rulestypi-
matched the
ules ofcally
golf.can be completed
I could lift my ballin from
2 1/2incidental
to 3 hourswateron without
two tables.
penalty.
Adapting
There’s no two ways universal rules
about it. could
8-ball is aalso
funhelp
game theand
World
Matt: Agreeing it’s the best, is there room to improve? Add gives Billiards
players of Sports
all add
skill 8-ball
levels a to future
run for Olympic
their money.Games.So Gen
Yet I’d swim those pool tables again to install a universal set of 8-ball many players
only are
should 8-ball
change,league
and members
for new in the
equipment U.S. that
only, it
such as
travel time, practice time, and, at some halls, not enough tables.
ules, covering all players everywhere. truly is limits
America’s game. Certainly, it’s a blast playing
or limiting cue ball position on the break where ne “reds
I’d like millions more to play but feel I write more pool and yellows” or some other type of 8-ball overseas, too.
Donny:
than play The Valley
pool myself National
because8-Ball
of slowAssociation
leagues. How andmight
the Billiard
you Con- Donny: The biggest complaint I hear from player
ress of
speed play, Donny? Or is play too fast now in your opinion? some
America have had nearly identical rules since their inception We’re getting
players, is that closertheytodon’t
the like
day slop.
whenBCA, pool VNEA,
and bil-and A
liards make it to the
0 years ago. They have tweaked their rules occasionally to eliminate some rently about 176,000) also put money into theOlympics. Now’s a good time to prac-
game, but
f the luckDonny:
factors,I such
wouldasputmaking the 8 ball
an unofficial on limit
time the break
of 30being tice more 8-ball for amateurs and
sec- always is another issue. I have a hunch that a referendum professionals alike.
among
win onds
or a loss.
betweenAlong shotswith
andthe45American
seconds for Cue“timeouts.”
Sports Alliance,
Not thatthey now
would favor the World Standardized Rules.
Donny “The Grumpy Old Coach” Lutz, BCA Certifi ed Instruc-
se theI World
want someone
Standardizedto useRules.
a stopwatch, but a simply
The American a rule Association,
Poolplayers that
encourages
anting courtesy
to be uniquely and discourages
designed for beginnerstalling.
and novice Allowing
players,a created recorded over 200 league and tournament titles including 43
tor, has
league MVPs. Matt: Reach As I said,
Donny at BCA or APA, pick something
poolcool.zoomshare.com. Matthew and
limitset
heir own ofoftwo timeouts
rules per game seems
which re-introduced to be
“luck a good
factors” number.
into the game such
worldwide.
“Quick Draw” ShermanBut realGuide
is the mentoeat slop
Pool andifBilliards
not quiche. In play
at About.
ncluding “slop” or no-call necessary on any shot except for the 8 ball.com, a top-fi ve website with over 53 million unique visitors month-
8-ball (another change I’d like to see), slop is of negligible
Matt: I would invite leagues to add table and practice ly. His Picture Yourself Shooting Pool book features DVD instruc-
time minimums to member minimums, allowing smaller halls ening rules allows longer races to be played efficiently. Le
tion and is available from Amazon and other outlets. Reach Matt
I totally agree that poolroom owners would be wise to post the house scoring systems are and
another
to petition for the right to host leagues using fewer tables. at billiards.about.com. Donny Mattmatter,
live onwhich
oppositewesides
will tackle
of
ules in plain sight. If it were up to me, I’d post the World
The league that first offers guaranteed practice time and ta- Standardized
Gainesville, FL, and are on opposite sides on many issues but have
ules, ble
the space
APA rules, and any
nationwide other
should seerules used ininleague
an upsurge or tournament
membership. somehow managed to win five doubles titles in recent competition.
lay.
16 InsidePOOL Magazine ◊ November 2009 Donny “The Grumpy Old Coach” Lutz, BCA Certified I
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Total Statistics:
Total Matches: 74
Matches W-L: 43 - 31 Games W-L: 188 - 165
Ball Count Ratio: 2.58
Success Rates: Shot: 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
Detailed Performance Against Handicap 2

Total Matches: 1
Matches W-L: 0-1 Games W-L: 4-2
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

Shooting Star Classic Crowns
Champs and Raises the Bar
by InsidePOOL Staff
T
photos courtesy of Mike Fieldhammer
he Shooting Star Hotel and Casino hosted the first annual Shooting Star Classic 8-Ball tournament Sep-
tember 4-7 in Mahnomen, MN. The hotel’s 15,000 square foot event center had recently presented such
acts as LeAnn Rimes, Jay Leno, and Styx, but on this Labor Day weekend, it accommodated several hun-
dred pool players and fans, competing in six pool tournaments on 34 pro-cut 7-foot Diamond pool tables.
Tournament directors and promoters Samm Diep and Mike Fieldhammer, along with the casino, took a risk
on hosting a new tournament in the upper Midwest over the last long weekend of the summer. “Historically, sum-
mertime in Minnesota is a tournament snooze-fest—even the most avid pool player likes to get outside a few
months out of the year,” said Fieldhammer. “Tournament attendance has been suffering in the past several years,
and we wanted to give the tournament scene a shot in the arm.” Their risk paid off. More than 250 players arrived
for their chance at over $18,000 in total prize money, of which $5,000 was added by the Shooting Star Casino.
“Being competitors ourselves, we wanted to put on a first-class event that players will look forward to for
years to come. We went to great lengths to keep the event fun and professional, yet affordable,” said Diep. The
tournament offered quality equipment with affordable greens fees, generous payouts, reasonable room rates
at a top notch hotel/casino, on-time matches, sensible match times, and live streaming from a feature table.
Scotch Doubles
The inaugural event kicked off Friday night with a 64-player Scotch doubles event. All were welcome to play,
and they did. Scotch teams saw the likes of former touring professional Jimmy Wetch and Mario Parayno as partners.
Minnesota’s dynamic duo Beau Runningen and Tony Hilla versus the Iowa/Nebraska pairing of Jerrod Frideres and
Dustin Gunia chopped the total $1,380 prize and hit the road.
Scotch Doubles Results:

1st Runningen/Hilla $690
2nd Frideres/Gunia $690
3rd Sheinhaus/Sherman $380
4th Calleja/Moua $230
Men’s Open
The 128-player men’s open field was underway
by noon Saturday and saw a 12-player waitlist, most
of who either got in or played in the masters divi-
sion. Some notable players were Midwest up-and-
comers Matt Berg and Chase Plumley, Chicago’s se-
cret weapon Shannon Schroeder, and Canadian names
Andrew Thomas, Joe Kluka, and Blair Lawson.
Taking advantage of the Labor Day long weekend, the

men’s open division wrapped up Monday afternoon. Brad
Krystofiak of Cambridge, MN, soared through the full
field without losing a match. In fact, the only to get more
than two games on him was runner-up Cullen Newton in
the final match of the tournament. The modest Krysto-
fiak hesitated to comment on his stellar finish, claiming,
“I’m seventy-five-percent happy with my performance.”
Krystofiak felt nervous in his semifinal match but

loosened up to claim his first title. He attributes the win
to his new pool table and return to competition. Demitrius Jelatis

ters title. “Although I didn’t get to play Jimmy or Lee, this
is the first tournament I’ve played in fifteen years of com-
peting in Minnesota that both of them were in the field.
It was an honor to play alongside players like that and
so many others I've looked up to for years,” said Jelatis.
Men’s Masters Results:

1st Demetrius Jelatis $1,400
2nd Felix Beardy $1,000
3rd Jerrod Spence $700
4th Marc Oelslager $380
Women’s Masters
Though the field was smallest of 12, it included play-
Beau Runningen,Tony Hilla, Jerrod Frideres, Dustin Gunia ers from seven states and two countries. Of the six wom-
en to return on day two, Chicago prevailed, taking the
gold and bronze. Kristen Castaldo of Oak Brook, IL, cap-
Men’s Open Results: tured third place, while her road partner, Jacqui Herrera-
1st Brad Krystofiak $1,400 Schroeder, met Jeri Bouvette for a rematch in the finals. The
2nd Cullen Newton $1,000 single-set finals saw a repeat 5-3 score in Herrera-Schroed-
3rd Charlie Garza $700 er’s favor, crowning her the new women’s masters champ.
4th Ron Latterell $500
Women’s Masters Results:
Women’s 1st Jacqui Herrera-Schroeder $900
Open 2nd Jeri Bouvette $600
The women’s 3rd Kristen Castaldo $400
open concluded with 4th Kelly Haffner $200
a double-set finals re-
sulting in favor of the All four singles champions received custom Delta-13 Elite
hot seat winner. Of racks engraved with the event name, date, and “CHAMPION,” along
the 24 players, Nata- with their prize money and a large commemorative tournament
lie Plumley cruised check. Even the second-chance winner Pat Powers won $300
through the open la- and a Delta-13 rack for carving through the field of 32 players.
dies’ field to meet up
with Joan Jacobs in Event sponsors included Shooting Star Casino,
the finals. Jacobs nar- SammsPocket.com, BilliardCoach.com, Tiger Products,
rowly escaped a hill- Delta-13 Rack, Peters Billiards, PoolDawg.com, Predator
hill battle with Fargo’s Group, and Simonis Cloth. With support from their spon-
Sam Matuska before Jacqui Herrera-Schroeder sors, the Shooting Star Classic was able to provide coin-
meeting Plumley in free play the entire weekend for only a $10 greens fee.
the finals pit for a four-hour grudge match. Jacobs dished out a
4-0 victory in the first set but slightly over-stroked the key ball at
hill-hill, coming just shy of the prize. Plumley was elated for the
victory.
Women’s Open Results:

1st Natalie Plumley $900
2nd Joan Jacobs $600
3rd Sam Matuska $380
4th Veronia Lyons $180
Men’s Masters
The men’s masters division was drew 45 players and was no
cakewalk, with the likes of Wetch, Runningen, Lee Heuwagen,
as well as the famous Wisconsinite Gene Albrecht. After cruis-
ing through the A-side and defeating Felix Beardy for the driver’s
seat, Demetrius Jelatis faced him again in the finals. Beardy was
ready to retaliate, taking the first set 5-2. After a quick break, a
refreshed Jelatis returned to
flip the score in his fa-
vor and claim the
men’s mas-
Natalie Plumley
November 2009 ◊ InsidePOOLmag.com 19
Reyes and Bustamante Roll Back the Years for Glory
Philippines Defeat Germany in Epic Final by Matt Jackson
victory. The USA’s exit meant that no defending champions have
managed to retain the trophy in the history of the World Cup of Pool.
Team Philippines B, though, put in their best performance yet as they

brushed aside the English challenge of Darren Appleton and Imran Majid
to advanced to the semifinals 9-1. The legendary duo, who won this title
in 2006, came alive at last following two less-than-stellar showings in the
opening two rounds. They were certainly helped by the poor performances
of England, who gave them plenty of opportunities that they feasted on.
The Filipinos rode their luck at times but it was the seasoned Bustaman-
te who led the team which some trademark flashy pots and tight safety.
Philippines A, consisting of Dennis Orcollo and Ronnie Alcano,

moved into the last four as they shook off the stubborn challenge of
Poland to win 9-5. Like their countrymen Reyes and Bustamante,
they were under pressure from the large crowd gathered and also
from the Polish pair of Radoslaw Babica and Mateusz Sniegocki, who
looked very comfortable in the early stages, given the circumstances.
And in a clash of the pedigreed European giants, Germany held

off the late challenge of Holland’s Niels Feijen and Nick Van den Berg
to book a spot in the semifinals. The match ended 9-7, and the closing
stages were highly exciting as both pairs fought for the opening that
would give them a run at the finishing line. The Germans broke well
throughout, while the Dutch matched them with some quality shots.
“Niels was making all the jump shots, but the break is a very
important factor. We played well and just missed a few posi-
tions, but luckily we got through,” said Hohmann afterwards.
Efren Reyes and Francisco Bustamante Epic Encounter Sees Philippines B Through to Final
hold their trophy aloft as their hometown In an absolute thriller of a match, the Philippines B team of Efren
crowd cheers with abandon. Reyes and Francisco Bustamante, made their way through to the final,
T
besting China 9-8 in front a crowd in excess of 1,000. With the arena
eam Philippines B, made up of legendary cuemen Efren full, hundreds looking on from balcony, and at least three hundred people
Reyes and Francisco Bustamante, delighted an entire na- still lining up for long-sold-out tickets, the two teams were introduced
tion September 6 at the SM North Mall Annex in Quezon to the crowd, and it was China who got the match underway, but some
City, Manila, as they came from behind to defeat the Ger- errors from a nervy Fu Jianbo allowed the Philippines to open up a lead.
man team of Thorsten Hohmann and Ralf Souquet by
11-9 in the final match of the PartyCasino.net World Cup of Pool. Another miss from Fu let their opponents get to the table,
and they looked good to go into a 2-0 lead. Another miss, this time
It would be hard to think of a more nerve-wracking, thrilling or from Li, gave the Filipinos a chance, but they couldn’t cash in,
tense major pool final as both teams had chances to win and both dis- and China steadied their nerves with their first rack of the match.
played their awesome skills as well as frailties under pressure. There
were upwards of 2,000 people watching from every possible angle, and
the atmosphere in the arena was charged from the start. In addition,
millions more were viewing in homes, bars, and clubs across the Philip-
pines as the event was aired live in its entirety on Solar Sports and CS9.

The event, held September 1-6, featured 32 two-man teams in a
single-elimination format. Last year’s champions, the USA pairing of
Rodney Morris and Shane Van Boening, barely escaped the Malta team
of Tony Drago and Alex Borg in the first round 8-7. They then trounced
the Indonesian team of Muhammad Bewi Simanjunktuak and Muham-
mad Zulfikri 8-5, becoming the first team through to the quarterfinals.
That was as far as the U.S. got, however, as the defending champs
slumped to a 9-5 defeat at the hands of 2007 winners Li Hewen and
Fu Jianbo of China. Though Morris and Van Boening had a 3-1 lead
in the beginning, the Chinese duo won seven racks in a row for an
8-3 advantage. America took the next two, but any hopes of a sensa- The German duo of Thorsten Hohmann and
tional fightback ended in the fourteenth rack as China completed the Ralf Souquet defeated some of the toughest
players in the world to reach the finals.
The precise Germans against the all-round prowess of the Phil-
ippines was never likely to be a runaway for either team, and so it
proved. Neither side could gain any momentum in the early stages,
as neither team could manage more than a one-rack lead at any time.

With the scores tied at 4-4, they were deadlocked in a safety
battle that Souquet broke with a table-length bank on the 3 ball. From
there, the Germans completed a decent run-out to take the lead at 5-4.

Team Germany then downed the 1 ball off the break,
and with the 2 ball on, Hohmann and Souquet ran out
to gain a two-rack lead for the first time in the match.

That didn’t last for long, though, as a fruitless break from Hohm-
ann let Philippines A to the table, and they ran out to narrow the lead to
6-5 Germany.
Semifinalists Philippines A consisted of

Dennis Orcollo and Ronnie Alcano, both
Orcollo made an illegal break to bring the Germans back to the
huge crowd favorites at the event.
table, but Hohmann missed a long pot on the 1 ball as the crowd gasped.
The two smiling Pinoys negotiated the table, and it was back to all
That was to be their only success for some time, as Philip- square at 6-6.
pines B got on a roll, winning the next three with some free-wheel-
ing play. The crowd needed to be warned several times by referee A bad miss on the 2 ball down the rail by Alcano gave Germany
Michaela Tabb as their enthusiasm got the better of them at times. a perfect chance to regain the lead. There was no hesitation as they
ran through the table to get themselves within two racks of victory.
The Chinese duo dug deep and fought their way back into
the match, and they clawed back the racks to trail 5-6 but, with Souquet’s break saw two balls drop and the 1 ball out in the open.
a chance to level it, Fu came up short and left the 4 ball over the But Hohmann chose to play safe rather than attempt the low-percent-
middle pocket, and the Philippines calmed the crowd by clear- age pot. Alcano took on the 1 ball and missed it. Souquet played what
ing the table to restore a two-rack lead at 7-5 in the race to 9. was the shot of the match to pot the 1 ball and gain a three-rail posi-
tion, through a crowd of balls, to leave his partner perfect on the 2 ball.
Reyes, though, missed the red 3 as the crowd gasped, and
China grabbed the opportunity to run out and get within one They made no mistakes from there and cleared to get to the hill at
of the opposition, but a dry break in the fourteenth rack scup- 8-6.
pered their momentum. However, there was some controver-
sy as Reyes fouled, failing to hit a rail after hitting the blue 2. Scenting the victory, Souquet missed the 1 ball to throw
the Philippines a life jacket, but Alcano completely blew
Reyes disputed this, but referee Tabb had already called it, leaving the 1 ball hanging in the jaws of a blind pocket.
“touching ball” to indicate that the 2 ball was locked on
the rail and therefore could not then touch it after contact. The run-out was a tough one, with the Germans perma-
nently out of position, but the cool heads of Hohmann and
There was disaster for Li, though, as he hopelessly miscued Souquet guided Germany home for a magnificent win.
on the straight 4 ball, and with the balls out in the open, Philip-
pines ran out to increase the lead to 8-6—one away from victory. “We’re really looking forward to the final. This was
a tough match, but to play against Efren in a major fi-
Reyes came up with an illegal break, though, and the Chinese nal will be another highlight of my career—he is my favor-
nervously went through the table to get one back at 8-7. Fu deliv- ite player, and Bustamante is also a great player,” said Souquet.
ered an excellent break in the next, dropping two balls and leaving
the 1 ball on. The Philippines got back to the table, but Reyes left
what looked like a decent safety shot after China ran out of position.

Li’s jump shot, under immense pressure, was perfect, and he
potted the 2-ball with good position for the 3. It was great charac-
ter shown from China, and the match became a one-rack shoot-out.

Fu missed a critical 1-2 combo, though, and the Philippines had
their destiny in their own hands. They went through the balls, being
cheered by the crowd before Bustamante sunk the final 9 for the win.
Super Germans See off Philippines A

Another outstanding performance from Germany was evident as
they took down tournament favorites Philippines A by a 9-6 scoreline.

“This is why we came here. Of course you have to fight—that’s
Dennis Orcollo carefully considers
what it’s all about,” said a fired-up Hohmann afterwards.
his next move as teammate

Ronnie Alcano looks on.

Philippines Face off Against Germany There was more suspense as Hohmann left the 8 on, but Reyes
The tension was palpable as emcee John McDonald introduced the left his partner with a horrible 9 ball and he missed it. Souquet gath-
two teams into the arena for the race-to-11 championship match, and it ered himself and dropped the 9 ball to put his team 9-7 to the good.
was the Philippines who got off to a flyer as they took the first three to
the delight of the massive crowd. In the fourth, though, Bustamante’s A bad miss on the 1 ball from Bustamante let the Ger-
break was an illegal one, but Germany passed back the table and Reyes mans in, but Hohmann missed the orange 5 ball. Reyes, recover-
pushed out. ing his confidence, banked it in, and from there, the Philippines
made it 9-8. They took the next to level the score at nine racks
That left an intense, high-quality safety battle as none of each, and the crowd were almost out of control with excitement.
the players dared to make a mistake. Finally it was the Philip-
pines who made the error and the Germans got on the scoreboard. The Chinese team of Li Hewen
and Fu Jianbo faced off against
The Germans took the next to go 2-3, and then in the sixth Philippines B in the semifinals.
game, an excellent kicked double-bank shot on the 2 ball by Reyes
set the Philippines up for a good run-out, and they completed it
to put a two-rack gulf between themselves and their opponents.

Reyes and Bustamante then ran out the next to take the score to
5-2, and that left the German pair looking a little glum in their chairs.
They got to the table in the next, but Hohmann scratched to give ball
in hand to Bustamante.

A bad miss by Bustamante, though, on the green 6, saw the table
return to Germany, and they cleared to win their first rack since the fifth
game.

A terrible snatch on the 7 ball by Reyes saw it miss, and it rolled
up table from where Hohmann deposited it to set up the run-out for Ger-
many. They then took the next from the break to tie the match up at 5-5.

The eleventh game hinged on a miss on the orange 5 by Bustamante
that tried to fall into the corner pocket but stayed out. Germany seized the
opportunity to run out as they took the lead for the first time in the match.

Souquet returned the favor in the next as he missed the 1
ball and left it on for Bustamante. There was more 6 ball trou-
ble for Reyes as he missed an absolute sitter. Hohmann came
to his rescue as he, too, missed it into the middle pocket.

It was shaky stuff, but the Philippines managed to complete the A dry break from Bustamante left the 1 ball on, but Sou-
run-out to restore parity at 6-6. Both teams had visits in the next, but it quet, feeling the heat, missed a pressure pot on the orange 5. Reyes,
was Germany who took it, despite Souquet nearly scratching going from fighting the choke, squeezed the 5 ball past the 8 and into the mid-
the 8 to 9. That restored their one-rack lead as the score moved to 7-6. dle pocket, and from there, the Philippines reached the hill first.

Reyes, who was looking increasingly tentative, missed the or- The Philippines enjoy huge good fortune as the balls rolled
ange 5, and Germany needed no second invitation to run out as in their favour, but at this stage it was all about nerves rath-
they increased their lead to two racks for the first time in the match. er than precision play. In the end, after visits from both sides,
it was the Philippines in the shape of Efren Reyes who rolled
A good break from Hohmann saw the 1 available, but with the the winning 9 ball home, which saw the crowd erupt in delight.
balls positioned awkwardly, the teams exchange safeties before a bril-
liant kicked bank shot from Hohmann put Germany in the ascendancy. “We should have won easily, 11-6, but it was just
the way the match went—but that’s the way it is. There
They scuppered themselves, though, with more defense, is nothing you can do about it,” said a dejected Souquet.
and it was Reyes who bagged the 9 ball to give the Philippines
a fighting chance as the score went to 8-7 in favor of Germany. “We had enough chances, and I’m very, very disappointed we
didn’t win. To be honest, I still don’t believe that it was a fantastic
A crunching Bustamante break came up dry, and Souquet chose match as both teams made a lot of errors, but it was very dramatic for
to push out. They exchanged safeties before Souquet jumped out of a the spectators and there was a lot of tension for both teams,” he added.
snooker and fluked the 1 ball. Nothing was on and a long safety battle
ensued. “We are very happy, because we thought we were lucky. When
they were leading we thought we were going to lose as the score was 9-7
There was huge drama as Bustamante escaped a tough snook- and they were still playing easy run-outs,” said an elated Bustamante.
er and potted the 3 ball, but Reyes missed once again, this time
on the 4 ball. Trying to do too much with cue ball, Souquet missed It was the second time Bustamante and Reyes have won this cov-
the pot on the black 8, but Bustamante could only play safe. eted title, and they each collected checks for $30,000.
Hatch Hammers Empire State Field
by Kevin Pickard
T
he Seminole Tribe of Florida’s Pro
Tour visited the Northeast Septem-
ber 12-13, partnering with the Pred-
ator 9-Ball Tour to bring the Empire State Champi-
onships into fruition. The 103-player event was hosted
by Raxx Pool Room in West Hempstead, NY, and fea-
tured a hefty $6,500-added prize purse. Walking away
with the lion’s share was Dennis “The Hatchetman”
Hatch, a constant threat to win any tournament he enters.
Though it was Hatch who ultimately took home the

gold, the story of the event turned out to be the stellar
play of John DiToro and Tony Crosby, both of whom
came from Florida to test the waters in the Empire State.
DiToro ended up in third place, and with his strong
fourth-place finish, Crosby is now atop the rankings on
the Seminole Pro Tour with one event left on the sched- Dennis Hatch
ule, leading Mike Davis by the slimmest of margins.
In one corner of the ring in the finals was Hatch, When Chau was unable to close out the match,
who fought through nine matches on the one-loss Hatch brought the match all square at 10-10. Hatch
side. He began his journey with two overpowering then broke and ran to the 5 but left himself with a sharp
victories over Rocky McElroy 7-0 and Jonathan Cas- cut along the short rail, needing to bring the cue ball up
tillo 7-1 but was taken unawares by DiToro in the and down the length of the table for position on the 6.
third round. Their hill-hill bout ended with Hatch fac- When he powered up the shot and sent the cue ball fly-
ing a long trek through the west side of the bracket. ing 27 feet into perfect position, the crowd went wild.
From there Hatch returned to the right side of the Results:

chart with a vengeance, taking out nine opponents in a 1st Dennis Hatch $3,000
row. He notched victories over players such as Adam 2nd Manny Chau $2,000
Kielar 9-7, Marc Vidal 9-7, Al Lapena 9-7, and Crosby 3rd John DiToro $1,500
9-7 to make it to the semifinals. His opponent there was 4th Tony Crosby $1,000
DiToro, who had just fallen to Manny Chau 9-6 in the hot 5th Ryan McCreesh $600
seat match. Hatch scored a 9-6 win over DiToro to wreak Al Lapena
his revenge and face off with Chau in the final match. 7th Marc Vidal $450
George San Souci
Chau had only had to win six matches to reach 9th Ken Kerner $325
the final, and he did so with relative ease, brushing Shaun Wilkie
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EL Matador Earns International Glory
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David Alcaide Takes Home Gold in Portugal by InsidePOOL Staff
avid Alcaide, known as “El Matador,” gal, 8-1, only to

earned his first international title at the face off against
Predator International 10-Ball World former world
Tour, his talent shining through the 9-ball cham-
64-player field. This inaugural event was pion Thorsten
held at the Anadia Pavilion of Sports in Anadia, Por- “The Hitman”
tugal, and featured a prize fund of more than $70,000. Hohmann. This
match was a
The unusual format of this event saw the main bit closer, but
draw with four brackets of 16 players each. When still the Ger-
those brackets were left with only 4 players, the re- man couldn’t
maining 16 were drawn blind into a 16-player, sin- string together
gle-elimination bracket in which the best of the best more than half
fought it out for first place. The format was a race to of the games
8, winner breaks, and no soft breaks were allowed. he needed, and
Alcaide won
Alcaide has been on the pro circuit for years, 8-4. Miguel David "El Matador" Alcaide hoists the
golden panther statue high above his
winning the Grand Master division of the BCA Pool Silva, also head after his first tour win.
League, the UK Grand Masters, and other titles in Eu- from Portugal,
rope, but he is not as well known as other European did not pose
players are in the U.S. The 30-year-old was born and much of a problem either, and Alcaide made
lives in Malaga, Spain, and he earned a fair amount it through to the final four with an 8-3 victory.
of recognition in the States when he was one of the
final players to qualify for the International Pool Portugal’s Nuno Santos was Alcaide’s first opponent
Tour, a spot he earned in Veert, The Netherlands. in the single-elimination bracket. Santos had had to fight
his way through the one-loss side of his initial bracket
Journey of the Matador after a first-round, hill-hill loss to David Alcoberro. He
His journey to the final four in his bracket was eliminated Manuel Pereira 8-5, Antonio Neves 8-5, and
mostly unchallenged—three opponents together won Hanni Alhowri 8-5 before being reunited with Alcober-
only eight total games against him. In his first match he ro in the deciding match. Santos was out for revenge
breezed through Pedro France, a local player in Portu- and he earned a spot in the final 16 with an 8-5 victory.
Against Alcaide, though, he was not so fortu-

nate, for the Spaniard sent him home with an 8-6
victory. It was next that Alcaide was faced with, if
not his toughest, then certainly his closest competi-
tor in the form of Karl Boyes of Great Britain. The
Brits had a superb showing at this event, with three
countrymen making it to the final sixteen, tying with
Germany and Portugal for the most representatives.
Though it was close, Boyes was behind through-

Niels “The Terminator” Feijen was never
out the majority of his match with Alcaide, but he fi-
afforded much of a chance in his nally managed to wrest control away from his oppo
finals match against Alcaide.
“The Maharaja” looked strong in his match against
Alcaide, which started out knotted at 1- and then 2-all
but then saw Majid take the next three in a row. But
Alcaide is a fighter and tied the score again at 5 apiece.
Majid only notched one more rack before Alcaide
swept past him, taking three games in a row to win
the match 8-6 and advance to meet Feijen in the finals.
nent and reach the hill first 7-6. Alcaide countered,

though, and it was a hill-hill affair. Boyes fouled ear-
ly in the rack, handing Alcaide ball in hand. How-
ever, Alcaide had no run-out and was forced to play
defense, leading to a safety battle that ended with
Boyes leaving Alcaide a kick shot on the 6 ball, which Sweden’s Marcus Chamat was
was toward the middle of the head rail. Unfazed, Al- stumped by Feijen in the semifinals
and took home third place.
caide called the 6 ball in the corner pocket and made
it effortlessly, clearing the rest of the balls to win 8-7.
His momentum carried over into the finals. Alcaide
Europeans Face off in Final Four played magnificently, keeping control of the table and
Now down to the final four, it was Alcaide, Marcus never allowing Feijen an opportunity. Though the play-
Chamat of Sweden, Niels Feijen of The Netherlands, ers traded the first two racks, Alcaide raced ahead eas-
and Imran Majid of Great Britain. Strong playing and ily, winning the next four racks in a row to register a 5-1
good luck would see a player advance to the finals, while lead. Feijen managed to get one more game under his
a slip and he would fall in third place. Frequent foes on belt before Alcaide swept the last three racks in a row to
the table, Feijen and Chamat matched up in one semi- become the tour’s first champion.
final match. Chamat was flummoxed by Feijen as the
Dutchman surged ahead in the beginning, taking the first Results:
four racks right off the bat. But Chamat, long lauded as 1st David Alcaide €10,000
a player with incredible heart, fought back and grabbed 2nd Niels Feijen €6,000
the next three games with some excellent jump shots. 3rd Marcus Chamat €3,200
Imran Majid
Not for nothing, though, is Feijen’s nickname “The 5th Karl Boyes €2,000
Terminator,” for he erased Chamat’s hard work by taking Raj Hundal
the next three racks, reaching the hill 7-3. Though Chamat Darren Appleton
still would not give up and displayed incredible tenacity Charlie Williams
by winning the next two, Feijen nailed a 3-10 combina- 9th Thorsten Hohmann €1,000
tion in the final rack, advancing to the final match 8-5. Nuno Rolo
Oliver Ortmann
Majid had just come off two very strong wins to Francisco Diaz
make it to the semifinals. In the final 16, he faced off Rodney Morris
with and eliminated Ralf Souquet 8-5, never a very easy Ralf Souquet
task, and then in the quarterfinals he matched up with Manuel Gama
Raj Hundal. This match never saw more than a one-rack Nuno Santos
difference in the scores until the final rack, which Majid
took to win 8-6.
Kim Captures
Second Season Victory
by InsidePOOL Staff
S
coring her second title in a
row, Ga Young Kim swept past
Kelly Fisher in the finals of the
Women’s Professional Billiard
Association (WPBA) Colo-
rado Classic, further cementing her top-
ranked status on the tour. Her win came
directly on the heels of her first-place
finish at the WPBA’s U.S. Open, where
she edged out Karen Corr for the win.
The Colorado Classic was hosted

Ga Young Kim took her second WPBA
by a new venue, the Sky Ute Casino in title in a row when she won the
Ignacio, CO, where 64 ladies congre- Colorado Classic over Kelly Fisher.
gated to vie for the title. On September
16, the evening before the event began, a ceremony
was held to honor Allison Fisher for being inducted Other upsets abounded in the round of 16, as three
into the Billiard Congress of America’s Hall of Fame heavy hitters were sent home. A. Fisher survived a 9-8
this year. Tournament director Steve Tipton made a squeaker over Melissa Little to make it to the final 16,
speech, as did Kim Shaw and Kelly Fisher, explaining only to be eliminated by Cha, who returned from the
how influential Allison has been for the women’s game. west side. Karen Corr had gone undefeated to that point
but was met with K. Fisher, who bounced back from
The next day, though, it was all business as the tour- her loss to Sone to defeat Corr in a tight 9-8 match.
nament began. Kim was off to a flying start, dealing And Austria’s Jasmin Ouschan was ousted by Shaw
Tina Hess a donut 9-0 to next play Jennifer Barretta. in another hill-hill nail-biter right after she had sent
It seemed apparent that she was on a mission, sending fellow countrywomen Gerda Hofstatter home 9-3.
both Barretta and then Kim Shaw to the one-loss side
of the chart by 9-2 victories to reach the round of 16. There were no real surprises in the quarterfi-
nal matches, though, as Jeanette Lee defeated Viv-
Meanwhile, Kyoko Sone was stirring things up, as ian Villareal 9-4, K. Fisher bested Shaw 9-7, Xiaoting
she dealt a loss first to Galveston World Classic wom- Pan routed Taylor 9-1, and Kim eliminated Cha 9-7.
en’s 9-ball champion Yu Ram Cha 9-8 and then to K.
Fisher 9-5. Sone hails from Saitama, Japan, and has a It’s been eight years since Lee put a WPBA title
string of titles to her credit, including East Japan La- under her belt, and she went into her semifinal match
dies Pro Tour 2006 champion, Japan Open 2001 cham- against Fisher hungry for a win. But Fisher calmly and
pion, and All Japan Ladies Pro Tour 2004 champion. steadily put Lee behind her as she reached a 5-1 lead in
Her run was stopped in the next round by Liz Taylor the shortened race to 7. When Fisher missed the 4 ball
in the final round of 16, as Taylor eliminated her 9-7. in the following game, Lee capitalized, playing a strong
safety to get ball in hand and one more game to her
credit. But she sold out on a bank shot in the next,
giving Fisher the hill and
the break advantage. Fisher
pocketed two balls on her
break and had shape to clear
the table, winning 7-2.
It’s only been slightly

over a year since Pan won
the 2008 GenerationPool.
com 9-Ball Championships,
but she was no less eager
to win another title as she
went up against Kim in the
second semifinals. Right off Kelly Fisher had to settle for second
the bat Kim took a two-rack place at the event after meeting a
lead, and though Pan tried determined Kim in the final match.
to fight her way back into

the match, Kim extended her lead to three games, up play safe instead of going for the tough cut. With only
5-2. When Pan got out of line for the 6 ball in the next, a short-rail kick as an option, Fisher missed the ball en-
she left an open table for Kim to reach the hill. Show- tirely, and Kim went up another game to make it 5-1.
ing great heart, Pan rallied to win the next two racks,
drawing within two games of Kim. But Kim had the Fisher managed to put another rack under her belt
break in the next rack, and she made two balls on the when Kim missed a long shot down the rail on the 1 ball,
break and was able to dish up for the 7-4 win, moving running out to make it 5-2. But Kim, with the break ad-
on the finals for the second consecutive WPBA event. vantage, broke and ran out after picking through the first
four balls of the rack, reaching the hill. Back-and-forth
Fisher drew first blood in the final match, break- play in the next game saw Kim leave the 2 ball in the jaws
ing and running out, but Kim countered after Fish- of the pocket after a failed jump shot, and Fisher cleared
er missed a long shot on the 6 ball. Two more er- the table to make it 6-3 in Kim’s favor. The break went
rors by Fisher in the next two racks led to Kim to Kim this time, and she pocketed three balls. With a
gaining a daunting three-game lead in the race to 7. wide-open table, it was quite easy for Kim to sink the re-
maining balls and win her second title of the season 7-3.
Things did not improve for Fisher in the following,
for when Kim got out of line on the 7 ball, she opted to
Results:
1st Ga Young Kim
2nd Kelly Fisher
3rd Xiaoting Pan
Jeanette Lee
5th Vivian Villareal
Kim Shaw
Liz Taylor
Yu Ram Cha
9th Melissa Little
Allison Fisher
Tracie Hines
Kyoko Sone
Karen Corr
Jasmin Ouschan
Anne Kostanian
Xiaoting Pan tied for third place Sarah Rousey
after Kim eliminated her on her
march to the finals.
Segal Cements Trick Shot Magic Title
Watch Match Video Here
by InsidePOOL Staff
A
ndy “The Magic Man” Segal defeated Sebastian
Giumelli for the Trick Shot Magic title and the li-
on’s share of the $30,000 purse at the 2009 ESPN
Zone Billiards Shootout. ESPN Zone Las Vegas was host to
the September 17 event, which was taped for three 1-hour
telecasts. match. International trick shot stars who were bumped
off in single elimination included Nikolaidis and Yow,
The Tenth Annual Trick Shot Magic featured a stel- who won $3,000 each, and Tom Rossman (2008 Trick
lar international cast vying for one of the most coveted Shot Magic champion), Jamey Gray (2008 world
titles in artistic pool. The matches required each player champion), Stefano Pelinga (2007 Trick Shot Mag-
to execute ten artistic shots in a challenge format. Play- ic champion), and Bruce Barthelette (2008 World
ers challenged their opponents with shots of their choice, Cup Trick Shots champion), who won $2,250 each.
with each player forced to make the shot to score a point.
In the event of a tied score, the tiebreaker was an eight-rail The standing-room-only crowd gave Segal a spirited
bank shot onto the face of a $100 bill, with the player who ovation at the conclusion of the final match. The winner’s
comes closest to the center of the bill winning the match. check was presented by Fusion Tables and Delta-13 Racks.
The presentation brought another round of cheers from the
audience.
In addition to the tournament site at ESPN Zone Las

Vegas at the New York New York Hotel & Casino, the event
was sponsored by Fusion Billiard Tables, Aramith Super
Pro Balls, Simonis Cloth, Mueller Recreational Products,
Executive Billiards Delta-13 Rack, AcCue Shot Target
Practice Device, and Silver Cup Chalk. The WPA-sanc-
tioned event was produced by Billiards International, Ltd.
Segal, of the USA, and Giumelli, of Argentina, dis-

played their brilliance to emerge as the top trick shot art-
ists. The championship match was poetry on green felt,
with Segal defeating Guimelli by a score of 9-4 to take the
crown and $10,000. Giumelli, who otherwise played to top
form in the event, claimed the $5,000 second prize. In the
semifinal action, Segal prevailed over Nick Nikolaidis of
Canada by the narrow margin of 7-6. The other semifinal
saw Giumelli slip past Eric Yow of the USA 7-5 in a tight
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Pool Players’ Getaway
Watch Galveston Promo Video
in Galveston Island
by Cristina De La Garza The tournament had advertised first-place monies for the dif-
ferent divisions of the event, and Taylor Road allowed the players
F
or eleven days in September, Galveston Island was in the money to determine whether to spread out the top-heavy
a pool getaway for hundreds of player from around first-place prizes or to leave them as they were. Almost unanimous-
the globe. Galveston, Texas, is a town that, much like ly, the players voted to distribute the first-place prizes more evenly.
the pool industry, has suffered in recent years. Hur-
ricane Ike devastated this island tourist destination in 2008, and
the local economy has been in recovery mode ever since. Bob-
by Rone and Louie Vickio of Taylor Road Productions wanted
to bring something to pool that was different than anything seen
before, and the Moody Gardens Hotel and Convention Cen- Watch Match 1 Video Here
ter in Galveston welcomed the tournament with open arms.
Taylor Road Productions set out to do what many others have

attempted but none have truly accomplished: change the face of
pool. With fewer and fewer tournaments and shrinking prize funds,
pool has been in need of something big to bring it out of the current
slump. Boasting large payouts and an all-star line-up of competi-
tors, the Galveston World Classic had the attention of the entire in-
dustry.
All-around threat Shannon “The Can-
Taking on an event of this magnitude was no easy task non” Daulton defeated Efren Reyes in
and certainly could have been be a gamble for any promoter. the hot seat match of the one-pocket
In a suffering economy, many wondered if this could be a suc- event but fell to him in the finals.
cess. “Profit and money, that’s nice, but that’s not why we’re
putting on the event,” Vickio said. “It’s because we love Philippine Supremacy in Galveston
Watch Match 2 Video Here
the sport, want to spread the popularity, and bring it back.” The first event to kick off was the one-pocket division, drawing
88 players. Placing in this event, proved to be a monumental task as
Players from every corner of the industry came out to see the player roster included many of the former Derby City Classic
what this event was all about. A strong Filipino contingency was in one-pocket and bank pool champions. On the winners’ side, Shan-
attendance, along with Derby City regulars, WPBA professionals, non Daulton played a near-perfect match as he and Efren Reyes ex-
road players, European and American champions, amateurs, junior ecuted one magnificent shot after another in their quest for the hot
players, and wheelchair competitors. This event, offering numer- seat. Daulton was well on his way to a shut-out, but in game three,
ous formats and divisions, had something for everyone. when both players were tied at 7 balls, he missed a bank on the final
ball and opened up a tough cut shot for Reyes. “Bata” made it look
The Galveston World Classic had many innovative features effortless as he cut in his final ball to close Daulton’s lead to 2-1.
that set it apart from other events. “The players have really ap- Daulton went on to win the match 3-1 and sent Reyes to the one-
preciated the free shuttles. We really hope they bring those back loss side to face the winner between Cliff Joyner and John Macias.
to the next event,” noted
Mika Immonen, who After returning from a short hiatus, Macias had a strong
won the 10-ball division. fourth-place finish, taking down many top players including Ike
Sponsors from outside Runnels, Larry Nevel, and Brandon Shuff along the way. Joyner
the pool industry are rare, was the man to stop Macias’ run when he defeated him in a 3-0
but companies like Hertz shut-out. Joyner admittedly experienced issues with a back in-
Rent-a-Car stepped up to jury that hindered his ability to consistently play to the caliber
support this event. Volun- that he has in the past, but he fought through those issues while
teer drivers made airport in Galveston and came up with some impressive wins. “My back
runs at scheduled times injury has definitely been coming into play during my matches,
and taxied players to and but this week I have been playing much better,” Joyner averred.
from area hotels, stores,
and restaurants through- Coming off a loss and determined to get another chance at
out the entire week. Each Daulton, Reyes made quick work of Joyner as he won 3-0 and
attendee was given spe- regrouped for their rematch. This time the results were different.
Filipino Ronnie Alcano radiates con- cial attention in this man- Reyes came out strong with precision shooting and creative safety
centration and confidence on the table ner, all free of charge. plays, capitalizing on Daulton’s mistakes. Reyes is no stranger to
as he sweeps the 8-ball division.

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that level of pressure and de- Rarely competing in the same events, Gomez and Ar-
feated Daulton in two straight cher have little experience playing against each other, although
sets, each with a score of 3-1. both are familiar with the other’s talent. Gomez struggled to
find his rhythm early in the match against the notoriously me-
Alcano Aces 8-Ball Division thodical tempo of Archer, thoug, and had to settle for third place.
The Galveston World Classic
was the first major professional Battling a cold for over a week, Alcano had a full day to rest
8-ball tournament to take place before this finals match. Although he didn’t appear to be feeling any
in the United States since the better than the day before, he was still in perfect form and played
International Pool Tour (IPT). fl awless throughout
Charging through the 91-man the match. Archer,
brackets were two Filipino of course, did not
Korea’s Yu Ram Cha opted to play in hopefuls, Ronnie Alcano and give up easily and
the ladies’ 9-ball event and took first
Roberto Gomez, both of whom fought back strong,
place over Allison Fisher.
have come up just shy of major but ultimately he
titles in recent years. In 2007 came up short with
and 2008, Alcano looked to be in full stride towards capturing the a 7-5 loss to Alcano.
U.S. Open 9-Ball Championships title but settled for second place
both years. This was followed by a string
of second-place finishes in 2008. Roberto Amateur 9-Ball Results:
Gomez also had his sights on the World 1st Justin Hall $10,000
Pool Champion title in 2007, only to fall to 2nd Shane Manaole $5,000
Daryl Peach in a close 17-15 match. 3rd Josh O’Neal $2,500
4th Nick Hood $1,500
Both driven, Alcano and Gomez met 5th Edwin Garcia $1,000
in the finals of the winners’ bracket. Al- Gene Albrecht
though Gomez had momentum going into 7th Joey Gray $750
this match, he struggled to close out racks, Sean Monkman
leaving open layouts and many opportu- 9th David Favor $550
nities for Alcano to capture the hot seat. James Davis Sr.
John Macias
On the one-loss side, veteran players Gustavo Rodriguez Watch Match Video Here
Johnny Archer and Nick Varner were bat- 13th Denis Strickland $375 Allison Fisher dealt eventual winner Yu
tling for fourth place. This event was one Deo Alpojara Ram Cha her first and only defeat in
of few tournaments for Varner this year. “I Dee Adkins the ladies’ 9-ball division.
don’t play in many tournaments anymore, Fred Goodman
mainly because there just isn’t enough 17th Rene Rendon $300
prize money to make a living at it. I primar- Shane McMinn Cha and Immonen Rise in Galveston
ily focus on my cue business,” said Varner. Jeremy Seaman The Women’s Pro 9-Ball Open drew
Archer and Varner are long-time friends Louis Altes 29 players, including over a dozen WPBA
and, more recently, business partners. Ar- Arlo Walsman players. Korean phenom Yu Ram Cha had
cher went on to defeat Varner by a score of Jarrod Spence her work cut out for her going into day
7-1 and advance to the semifinals to face Hunter Blackwell fi ve of the event but proved to be up for
Gomez. Jaynard Orque the challenge. Cha suffered a disappoint-
ing loss to Allison Fisher on the second day
but came back strong with wins over Iris
Ranola, Gerda Hofstatter, Monica Webb,
and Vivian Villareal. She then went on to face former European
champion Line Kjorsvik in the semifinals. Kjorsvik played a sol-
id match, but Cha was right on spot and cruised to a 7-3 victory.
Cha had to best

Women’s Amateur 8-Ball Results:
Fisher twice in the
1st Ming Ng $5,000
true double-elimi-
2nd Leslee Davis-Blaikie $1,600
nation finals. Tak-
3rd Kristi Carter $1,050
ing an early lead at
4th Dawn Fital $700
4-0 in this race to 9,
5th Veronique Menard $475
Cha seemed to be
Ricki Lee Casper
very much in con-
Johnny “The Scorpion” Archer went 7th Angel Sepulveda $300
trol of the match.
home with second place in the 8-ball Jessica Frideres
division and fifth place in the 10-ball. However, with the
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Team 8-Ball Results:
1st Pickle’s Titans $9,000 Wheelchair Division Results:
2nd Ohio Crew $4,5000 1st Kurt Deklerck $3,250
3rd Texas Thunder $3,375 2nd Charlie Hans $1,500
4th Gary’s Crew $1,575 3rd Danny Luton $750
4th Terry Guess $500
Women’s Pro 9-Ball Results: 5th Mark Jones $300
1st Yu Ram Cha $6,000 Billy Welch
2nd Allison Fisher $3,000 7th Jeff Dolezal $200
3rd Line Kjoersvik $1,500 Charles Interrante
4th Vivian Villarreal $1,000
5th Kim White $700
Miyuki Sakai west side. Mike Dechaine, having a great
7th Monica Webb $450 year with a recent win at the World Sum-
My-Hanh Lac mit of Pool, also clawed his way through
the winners’ side to meet Mika Immonen
winner-breaks for- in the hot seat match. Dechaine was visi-
Finland’s Mika Immonen earned mat, one can never bly eager going into this match. He had a specific playlist request of
$25,000 for his first-place count Fisher out. 70s rock music for his matches and had some interesting tactics to
finish in the 10-ball division. Fisher finally got a calm the nerves. “I heard eating bananas calms your nerves, so I ate
good look at the ta- three before my match,” Dechaine joked as he prepared for the match.
ble and closed Cha’s lead to 6-5. But it was all Cha from that point
on as she went on to win 10 games in a row, closing out the first set Dechaine came out firing with offensive plays and was the
9-5 and running through the beginning of the second set 6-0. first to get on the board. But that momentum was short lived, as
Immonen caught a gear and finished out the set 11-3. Hoping
It looked as though Cha would shut Fisher out in the sec- for a better result on the one-loss side, Dechaine faced Kiamco
ond race, which was a race to 7, but she scratched on the 9 in the semifinal match. It was a tight race all through the set, but
ball to give Fisher her only game in that set. Yu Ram Cha won Kiamco came out ahead 11-7.
her first major title in the U.S. “I’m so happy!” Cha rejoiced
as she playfully glanced at Fisher. Cha has had a successful Determined to take the necessary two sets, Kiamco rolled
year, taking down many of the top male professionals in ma- through the first set 11-5 and had a good pace in the second set.
jor tournaments, including her coach, Charlie Williams, and However, Immonen has battled for numerous titles and would
at only 22 years old, she has a promising career ahead of her. not let this one go. They stayed close until Immonen pulled to a
10-8 lead. With an open table from the break, he took his time
“Iceman” Cools Down Hot Field pocketing balls and planning his path, keeping a steady rhythm to
The last pro divi- the last shot. A moth had taken over the table and was buzzing
sion to begin was the Open One-Pocket Results: around Immonen’s head, making it difficult to focus on this
10-ball open. Like all 1st Efren Reyes $15,000 ball that made a $13,000 difference in prize money. Immonen
other divisions at the 2nd Shannon Daulton $7,500 repeated his pre-shot routine at least four times, and with a
World Classic, it was 3rd Cliff Joyner $4,000 slightly awkward bridge on the rail, he successfully pocketed
not seeded, making for 4th John Macias $2,000 the final ball and fell to the floor with excitement.
some exciting matches 5th Jeff Heath $1,400
in the early rounds. Brandon Shuff
Notable players in the 7th Sylver Ochoa $900
75-man field that went Ike Runnels
to the one-loss side af- 9th David Favor $600
ter first-round matches Warren Kiamco
included Jose Parica, Larry Nevel
Oscar Domiguez, Efren Gabe Owen
Reyes, Dennis Or- 13th John Schmidt $450
collo, Warren Kiamco, Dee Adkins
and Ronnie Alcano. Corey Deuel
Santos Sambajon
As the brackets 17th Oscar Dominguez $375
trimmed down to the fi- Alex Pagulayan
nal eight, the two most Tony Chohan
recent U.S. Open cham- Jose Parica
pions faced each other Ronnie Wiseman
on the winners’ side, Mike Dechaine
while four Filipino play- Joey Gray Kurt Deklerck earned first place in
ers matched up on the Francis Crevier the wheelchair division, besting a
17-player field. Watch Match Video Here

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10-Ball Open Results: Amateur 8-Ball Results:
1st Mika Immonen $25,000 1st Shane McMinn $10,000
Deklerck Does It $5,000 difference
2nd Warren Kiamco $12,000 2nd Gary Abood $5,000
Again in prize money,
3rd Mike Dechaine $6,500 3rd David Apollos $3,000
The wheel- was no different
4th Francisco Bustamante $4,000 4th Josh O’Neal $1,500
chair division is than their first
5th Johnny Archer $2,500 5th Rene Rendon $1,000
one of great impor- meeting, as Hall
Shane Van Boening Mike Alonzo
tance to Taylor Road put Manaole away
7th Efren Reyes $1,350 7th Nick Kruger $750
Productions. Clark to earn his first
Alex Pagulayan Rone, brother of David Henson
major title.
9th Rodolfo Luat $1,000 Bobby Rone, lost the 9th James Davis Sr. $550
Ramil Gallego use of his legs years Robert Almarez
O ’ N e a l
Earl Strickland ago and competes in Sean Black
went on to take
Corey Deuel wheelchair events Francis Crevier
fourth place in
13th Ronnie Alcano $750 and is passionate 13th Shane Manaole $400
the 170-player
Raj Hundal about the game. Sev- Nick Tafoya
amateur 8-ball
Jason Klatt enteen participants Joey Gray
event, getting
Brandon Shuff entered this com- Eddie Mataya
knocked out by a
17th Stevie Moore $600 petition, with many 17th Jim Henry $300 determined Shane
Stan Tourangeau former national and Brent Thomas McMinn. Most
Neil Fujiwara international cham- Ralph Cortez noted for his wins
Larry Nevel pions in attendance. Jeff Heath in the Olathe bar
Gabe Owen Five-time U.S. Open John Gabriel box 10-ball ring
Ernesto Dominguez 8-ball champion Jarrod Spence games, McMinn
Marlon Manalo Charlie Hans defeat- Gene Albrecht stormed through
Francis Crevier ed Kurt Deklerck to Brent Canine the one-loss side,
secure the hot seat. eliminating David
Danny Luton put up Apollos in third
a great fight, pulling close but ultimately falling 7-5 to Deklerck in place and earning his spot in the finals against Gary Abood. Playing
the semifinal match. quite frequently in the Houston area, Abood was well known with
the local players and had large support in the finals. But McMinn
Two-time U.S. National champion, Deklerck rolled through the only allowed him two games in the first set and closed him out in the
finals by winning two straight sets with a shut-out match in the final second to secure the first Galveston World Classic 8-Ball Amateur
set to win another major title. “We are very grateful that Taylor Road champion title.
Productions included the wheelchair event in this tournament. We
ask that they continue to remember us when planning more tourna- In the women’s amateur 8-ball division, WPBA regional tour
ments,” Deklerck said during his acceptance speech. champion Ming Ng continued her 8-ball winning streak. Taking
high honors in the Super Billiards Expo and the BCA National Mas-
Amateurs Shine in the Lone Star State ter’s division, Ng arrived in Galveston with the same focus. On the
A 141-play- one-loss side, after losing her first-round match, Kristi Carter ran
8-Ball Open Results: er field showed up through the field, eventually finishing third to Leslee Davis. Davis
1st Ronnie Alcano $15,500 to compete in the suffered a loss in the hot seat match to Ng and faced her again in the
2nd Johnny Archer $8,000 amateur 9-ball divi- finals. Two sets were not necessary, as Mg captured the title with a
3rd Roberto Gomez $4,500 sion. Local favorite score of 8-2.
4th Nick Varner $2,200 Nick Hood had a
5th Go Takami $1,500 fourth-place show- The team 8-ball division drew 36 teams, featuring players from
Larry Nevel ing, getting eliminat- all over the country and world. “Pickle’s Titans” met the “Ohio Crew”
7th Dennis Orcollo $950 ed by Josh O’Neal of in the finals of the winners’ side and
Tennessee. O’Neal looked unbeatable with a 13-5 vic-
Lee Van Corteza
went on to face an- tory. “Ohio Crew,” captained by the
9th Rodney Morris $650
other Houston local, 2009 Louie Roberts Award winner
Alex Pagulayan
Shane Manaole, and Fred “Scooter” Goodman, ended the Watch Match 1 Video Here
Jose Parica
was himself elimi- run for local players from the “Tex-
Corey Deuel
nated in third place. as Thunder” team, who finished in
13th Charlie Bryant $475
Manaole then had third place. Bobby Pickle’s team,
Francisco Bustamante
his shot at revenge “Pickle’s Titans” were set for the
Marlon Manalo
on Justin Hall in rematch. “Ohio Crew” took the lead
Shane Van Boening the finals—Hall and reached the hill game first, lead-
17th Efren Reyes $400 was responsible for ing 12-10, but that was their last op-
Ramil Gallego Manaole’s only loss, portunity to shoot. “Pickle’s Titan’s”
John Schmidt which happened in executed two break and runs and ran
Cliff Joyner
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the finals of the win- from a dry break by their opponent Efren “Bata” Reyes giggles
Gabe Owen ners’ bracket. This to close out the set and secure their with glee as he pockets the
Scott Frost final match, worth a first-place finish. last ball in his one-pocket
Jarrod Spence finals match to win the event.
Per Yngvar Hodnebrog
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Ozone Billiards – Forward Thinking, Forward Moving
by Lea Andrews was pretty incredible,” Shawn said. Eight years later,
they’ve got eight other employees and are still growing.
There was a time when Ozone Billiards was not the
name synonymous with one-stop billiard supply shopping. An Entire Spectrum of Products Online
There was a time when Ozone Billiards wasn’t Ozone Bil- Shawn notes that a piece of what sets Ozone apart
liards, when it was a small pro shop in a family-owned from other companies is they actually stock their prod-
poolroom in Coral Spring, FL. Back then, Ozone president ucts, rather than go the drop-ship route that some
Shawn Gargano was in technology sales, while his mother choose. “We invest in our suppliers,” explained Shawn.
and stepdad, Judy and Fred Dillstrom, ran their poolroom, “It helps increase our service levels to our customers.”
but when the big Internet company crash came along in
2001, it was time for him to look at some other options. Stocking their inventory is no small feat, considering
“We had the family discussing a website to sell supplies their vast array of products. Ozone sells over 20 brands
online to complement the pro shop and maybe make a little of pool cues, including player favorites such as Predator,
supplemental income for the family with stuff we already Viking, Lucasi, McDermott, Cuetec, Meucci, OB, and J.
had,” said Shawn. Pechauer. Then there are cue cases, gloves, pocket chalk
holders, joint protectors, tip care products, clothing—basi-
Within about six months, running Ozone be- cally everything a tournament, league, or weekend player
came a full-time job for Shawn and his wife, Ann- could need. Those with basement pool rooms or rec rooms
Marie, and within a year, he’d brought on his sister will find pool table cloth, lights, bar stools, billiard balls,
and her husband, Robyn and Eddie Gutierrez. “It just and racks, plus table tennis and dart supplies. And there are
evolved into this really nice snowball for our family. It books and DVDs for those looking to improve their game.
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All of that inventory is very easily found at OzoneBil- shot at customer satisfaction. “There are customers out
liards.com, where customers can browse pool cues by there that aren’t happy with products, customers that don’t
brand or by price, and links for all categories of products call us,” he related. “Luckily, if they give an unfavorable
are on each page, along with the words “Free Shipping.” review, we’ll be able to contact them and fix it. I want no
“Since the day we started, any purchase over fifty one in the country to be upset with our company or prod-
dollars gets free shipping. And it’s only five nine- ucts. Even if I can’t please you, I just want to say, ‘Here,
ty-five [for shipping] under fifty dollars,” Garga- have all your money back. We just see things differently.
no said. “That’s not a promo. That’s our standard.” And that’s fine. You have your expectations, and if we can’t
meet them, we’ll give all your money back.’”
Ozone promises to get in-stock products shipped
by the next day, though packages often get out the Giving Back to the Billiard Community
same day, even those with customization, such as en- “Billiards is like any other hobby. It’s based on new
graving on cues, tip changes, or shaft turndowns. players coming in, people leaving. Life takes over for a lot
of people.” But Shawn went on to note that it’s the core
Customer Service players—the league players, the tournament players, the
“We built our company on customer service,” said ones in whom the pool fire can’t be extinguished—who are
Shawn. “We’ve always used the approach that the custom- the authorities in their local markets. “They’re the ones the
er’s always right.” new players are going to go to. So we believe if we support
the core, the core will support us.”
Though many companies in all areas of business claim
to follow the motto “The Customer Is Always Right,” Ozone Keeping the support of core players in mind, Ozone
is one company that actually follows through. “I don’t care hosts, along with Dragon Promotions, an annual amateur
if we lose money on a customer. You need to make them tournament in Florida. Ozone also sponsors many regional
happy because it’s not just about that one customer, that tours, including the Tri-State Tour, the Viking Tour, the OB
one transaction. It’s a bigger plan here. It’s about the total Cues Ladies’ Tour, and the ACS Tour. “And we’re in ne-
effort,” he asserted. gotiation with probably every tour that’s out there.” A firm
believer in supporting what he describes as the future of
“We came out years ago with the ninety-day warranty the industry, Shawn noted that Ozone sponsors the Billiard
on all our products—even if you use it,” said Shawn, who Education Foundation and Ozone Billiards was presenting
doesn’t agree with others’ practice of not allowing a cus- sponsor of the 2009 ACUI Collegiate 9-Ball Champion-
tomer to return a chalked cue, “because sometimes when ships.
you buy something like a pool cue, you need to be able to
really try it to know it works for you. I don’t think it is fair Keeping the core players informed is something
to makes customer keep something they don’t like. How else Ozone has taken upon itself to do. The Ozone web-
can that be good for business?” site has a tournament calendar, and Ann-Marie Garga-
no is in charge of Ozone’s Facebook and Twitter pages,
Product Reviews and Rewards Program which the company uses to keep players abreast of tour-
Their products and their customer service—along with nament news and results and other noteworthy informa-
their pricing guarantee, which is their promise that they’ll tion, such as upcoming TV events. A monthly newsletter
match or beat the price of other Internet retailers—are a written by instructor Tom Ross offers informative arti-
huge part of what brings customers back again and again cles, and Shawn is looking to go even further with that.
to Ozone. And now customers have yet another reason: “We’re constantly looking at increasing our library of ar-
Ozone Rewards program. ticles and how-to’s. Our goal is to provide more educa-
tion to novices—you know, that’s a lot of our customers.”
“You can earn rewards two different ways with us,”
he explained. “Basically you earn points for almost every It’s that goal and all of Ozone’s philosophies that have
dollar you spend with us, and then that will accrue up to dif- catapulted them from their roots as a pro shop to the nation-
ferent levels of gift certificates you can use towards future wide supplier they are today. “We believe in taking care of
purchases. And if you’re willing to do product reviews, our customers. We believe in investing back into our indus-
you can earn points as well.” try and helping out the players. As a whole, we at Ozone
just believe in doing business right.”
Shawn and his team at Ozone have found their own
perk that comes with customers’ product reviews: another

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pool in Jefferson County knows Kenny’s, and we’re proud to host leagues in his
location,” said Jefferson County league operator Jason Bowman.
APA Player of the Month APA Pla

APA Player of
November APA Player of the Month
The APA Player of the Month for November is Diana
Colgrove of Augusta, GA. Diana has been an APA mem- The APA Player of the Month for September is Kenny Vau
ber since 1987 and was only the 23rd member in her league
T
Genevieve, Mo. Vaughn is one of the inaugural members o
son County APA and is a skill level 7 shooter in 8-ball. In addition to
area. She is rated a skill level 3 in both 8-ball and 9-ball.
the APA, Vaughn also runs Kenny’s Bar & Grill in Barnhart, MO, with
Dorthia. Vaughn hosts a number of tournaments and leagues in his loc
Diana’s ladies’ division team is one of the first formed in Vaughn has been playing pool since he was 5 years old and is exc
Georgia, dating all the way back to January 1988, and is
the APA in his location and in Jefferson County. “We have a lot of p
here in Jefferson County, so it’s great that we now have a chance to
the longest continuously playing team in the area. theHer world’s largest pool league,” said Vaughn. His poolroom has a sta
ladies’ division team has competed twice in the Ladies’ customers who love the sport and are excited about the opportunity t
to Las Vegas to compete in the APA National Team Championships.
8-Ball National Championship in Las Vegas—qualifying been instrumental in getting the APA going in his location. Anyone
in both 1994 and 2003. Diana has also qualified forlocation,”

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pool in Jefferson County knows Kenny’s, and we’re proud to host lea
5 said Jefferson County league operator Jason Bowman.
Singles Regionals on numerous occasions. She has played
423 9-ball matches and a whopping 1,115 8-ball matches.
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“Diana has been a very active and loyal member of the

APA, and we’re proud to have her,” said league operator
Billy Sweat.
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Regional Roundup Northeast
Hatch Doesn’t Miss on DMIRO Tour Everton Unbeatable in Edison
Team DMIRO 10-Ball Tour / Pittsburgh, PA Tri-State Tour / Edison, NJ
by Mike Andrews by InsidePOOL Staff
Allen Hopkins’ Team DMIRO 10-Ball Tour rolled into Paul Everton dominated the September 19 installment of
Pittsburgh, PA, the weekend of September 5-6 for its sec- the Tri-State Tour, besting Roger Hanos in the finals to take
ond stop in its first year. Breaker’s Billiards and Lounge hosted home first place. The 26-player event was hosted by Sand-
the field of 35, who showed up for the $2,000-added event, castle Billiards in Edison, NJ, and boasted a $750-added purse.
and Dennis Hatch walked away with the first-place prize.
Everton went undefeated through to the finals, besting Raul
Hatch quickly advanced to the finals from the open/pro Reyes Jr. in the winners’ side final four 6-4 to advance to the hot
bracket, with a first-round victory of 7-2 over Jordan Hayd- seat match. His opponent there, Hanos, eked out a hill-hill vic-
nak and a second-round victory of 7-5 over Manny Chau. tory over Dave Fitzpatrick 7-6 in order to meet Everton for the
Competing in the amateur bracket, Rob Krull made his way first time that day. It would not be the last, as Everton sent Ha-
into the finals with victories over Sam Quinzi 7-1, Alan Lan- nos to the west side of the chart 6-5 to attempt to earn a rematch.
dy 7-3, Ron Beard 7-4, and local favorite Bill McCullim 7-5.
Reyes rallied on the one-loss side, ousting T.J. Smith-
The finals saw the top four amateurs and the top four ers from the event in fifth place with a strong 6-1 victory. Tying
open/pros combined in an eight-player bracket, still maintain- with Smithers was Leo Liu, who was eliminated by Fitzpatrick
ing the double-elimination format. To kick off the finals, Hatch 6-4. Reyes went on to challenge Fitzpatrick in the quarterfinal
matched up against Alex Olinger, while Krull faced Dave Grau. match, and it was a close contest, with Fitzpatrick advancing 7-5.
Hatch went on to win with a victory of 7-2, while Krull sent a
Fitzpatrick’s momentum almost carried him into the fi-
buzz throughout the room with an upset win over Grau 7-2.
nal match. He and Hanos fought a long, hard battle for the
During the hot seat match, Krull played at a high level and right to meet Everton, but Hanos wanted the rematch and won
pulled off some thrilling shots to upset Hatch with a victory of 7-4. it with a 7-6 score over Fitzpatrick. However, Everton was
On the one-loss side, Hatch then defeated Olinger, who had just more than ready for his rematch against Hanos, and it wasn’t
knocked off Grau. In the final set, a single race to 9, Hatch had a long before Everton had triumphed with a strong 6-2 victory.
flashback of his prior match-up against Krull and took command,
leaving Krull with few opportunities at the table. Hatch secured the
Results:
first-place prize of $1,485 with an overwhelming victory of 9-0. 1st Paul Everton $620
2nd Roger Hanos $290
3rd Dave Fitzpatrick $160
Results: 4th Raul Reyes Jr. $90
1st Dennis Hatch $1,485
Manalo Manhandles Ginky in Queens
2nd Rob Krull $1,050 Tri-State Tour / Queens, NY
3rd Alex Olinger $600 by InsidePOOL Staff
4th Dave Grau $425
5th Craig Mcpharlin $215 A small but strong field of 20 hungry players showed up
5th Manny Chau $215 for the September 26 installment of the Tri-State Tour, with
Marlon Manalo of the Philippines leading the pack all the way
7th Bill McCullim $130
to the winner’s circle. Master Billiards in Queens, NY, hosted
7th Josh Brothers $130 the $1,000-added event, which featured an open 9-ball format.
Manalo had little trouble throughout the tournament, walk-
ing over Jorge Rodriguez in the winners’ side final four 9-2
Dennis Hatch to reach the hot seat match. Meeting him there was George
“Ginky” Sansouci, who had just come off a similarly un-
even victory over Frankie Hernandez 9-3. While the resulting
match was a bit closer score-wise, still Manalo advanced with
few worries, sending Sansouci to the west side of the chart 9-6.
Advancing to meet Rodriguez in the one-loss side was Danny
Cintron, who had just sent Tony Eglesias home in seventh place
9-1. Cintron kept the momentum going with a 9-7 victory, earning
a ticket to the quarterfinals. His opponent was John Alicea, who
was also fighting his way through the west side with wins over
Scott Simonetti 9-3 and Hernandez 9-3. Alicea earned a shot at
Sansouci in the semifinals with a 9-6 win over Cintron but couldn’t
overcome “Ginky,” who bested him 9-6 and sent him home in
third place. In the finals it was all Manalo, though, as he took an
early lead and kept it going throughout the match, winning 9-6.
Results:
1st Marlon Manalo $730
2nd George Sansouci $350
3rd John Alicea $200
4th Danny Cintron $120
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Predator 9-Ball Tour / Queens, NY North Jersey Straight Pool Pro-Am Quarterly / Parsippany, NJ
Regional Roundup
by Alison M. Fischer by Scott Abramowitz Northeast
The Predator 9-Ball Tour spent the September 5-6 week- Marc Vidal ran 93 balls from a negative 1 score to eas-
end at Master Billiards in Queens, NY, bringing some of
Acciavatti
NYC's Acesalong
toughest players Tourwith Finaleit, such as George San DeGiosafatto
ily win the third Shoots
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Marc "Spain" Tri-State Tour / Parsippany, NJ
liards in Parsippany, NJ, during the weekend of September
TonyWindsor
Robles, Locks,
Joey Korsiak,
CT and Oscar Bonilla. However, of
26-27. If not for a brief lapse in concentration, Vidal would
the 55 entrants, it was Jeremy Sossei who went undefeated to by Lea Andrews
have easily hit the century mark and quite possibly a run-out.
takebytop honors Staff
InsidePOOL for the first time on the Predator 9-Ball Tour.
Vidal defeated Bill Horne by a score of 121-11 in the finals.
On his way to the finals, Sossei landed in the final four James DeGiosafatto Jr. came through the one-loss side to claim first in the Tri-
The 2009 season At the outset of the match, both players were evenly handicapped
of the winners’ bracketof along
the Dominiak
with San Cues Souci,
Northeast Ama-Rodri-
Jorge State Tour’s second stop of the new season. The $500-added C-D event drew 25
at a skill level 3, with each needing 110 points for a victory. The
guez,teurand
10-Ball Tour concluded
Vidal. with its finale
Sossei defeated VidalJuly9-518,score
with Tom
to moveplayers to Comet Billiards in Parsippany, NJ.
Acciavatti coming out on top to take first place. The 40-play- handicap system of this tournament allows each player of this skill
on to play for the hot seat against Rodridguez, who had just
er field
bested Sanwas hostedThough
Souci. by Pool Table
SosseiMagictookin aWindsor Locks,Rodri- C+-ranked DeGiosafatto’s early loss took him out of the spotlight, and as the fi-
7-1 lead,
CT, where owner Mark Kulungian also hosted
guez fought all the way back to make it 8-7 in his favor; his annual cue how-
nal four on the A-side emerged, C+-ranked Ryan McCarthy seemed the likely winner.
ever,show.
Sossei notched the next two racks for the 9-8 victory. His 6-4 win over C+-ranked Dave Shlemperis placed him in the hot seat match against
Duane Daily, who was coming off a 6-5 win over C-ranked Michael Rodrigues. Daily
TourAcciavatti
directorsteadily
Robles
madeavenged his first
his way through the toploss to San
half of was treated to another 6-5 match but came out on the wrong end this time and moved
Souci by defeating
the winners’ him over
side with wins 9-8,
Mikebut Robles
Wheeler, was given
Josh Lerner, over to the left side of the bracket.
his Kevin
walking papers
Blackstock, by Vidal
then 13-year-old junior 9-5 in Kevin
sensation what
Sun Vid-
al called hishotfirst-ever
to reach the seat match.win
On theover "The
bottom half ofSilent Assassin." Over on the one-loss side, DeGiosafatto was making his move. A 6-3 win over
the winners’
side Chris Grader made his way to the hot seat match accumu- C-ranked Antonio Navarro, a 7-4 win against D+-ranked Rick Shellhouse, and a 6-1
lating
This wins
win over
moved Vidal into the semifinals to meet Rod-
Scott Winchell, Eric Tang, Roger Lakotko, Bill Horne, Joey Kong, Scott Abramowitz, Marc Vidal, Pat Fleming
griguez. In this race to 9, Rodriguez and Vidal stayed win over Shlemperis landed him in the quarterfinals against C+-ranked T.J. Smithers,
locked,
and lastly Richard Barrett. The hot seat match went hill-hill, who’d just had some strong wins, himself: 6-3 over Ed Miller (C), 6-3 over Duane
alternating games coming
to meetoutaton6-6.
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semifinals.
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Vidal
The sailed with an additional 11 points that was added to his match points
through
top half saw Ryan Bijur battling his way through after an early finals. (10% of starting match points) and therefore needed 121 points for
to win the set 9-6 to get a chance in the
It was Dailey who had earlier sent DeGiosafatto west 6-4, and in this match,
loss,
Marc taking down wins
"Spain" Vidalin five
thenmatches until hethe
met with ran undefeated
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win. The
Lakotko. Bijur came out on top and then
emy Sossei in the finals. At the late hour, the playersquickly got called to
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and one
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7 games. daytheended
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games, coming out of a chair, as McCarthy had had to wait a couple of hours for an opponent
Runner-up Horne played well throughout the tourna-
tookascharge
Shen pulled
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Sun. With steady
and continued to
to come through. McCarthy played well in the finals, but not as well as the way he’d
ment, despite his crushing defeat from Vidal. Horne had
shot-making and brilliant safeties Sun kept this
move forward to win dominantly with a final score of 7-3. Con- match in con- played getting there, and DeGiosafatto, taking advantage of the rolls coming his way,
trol and ended Shen’s day in fifth a 46-ball run in his semifinal victory against Joey Kong
gratulations to Jeremy Sossei forplace.
his first win on the Predator closed out the win 8-6.
and other notable ball runs in earlier matches of 52 and 38.
9-ball Tour, along with Marc Vidal for a strong performance.
The bottom half of the one-loss side saw Drew Smith roll- Kong came in third place and held the tournament-
Results:
ing along with seven wins in a row after a first-round loss to Results:
1st
high run of 71 balls since his
James DeGiosafatto Jr. $500
first-round victory over Pat
1st meet Jeremy
up with Sossei
Sun. Both players played$1,100 brilliantly, but Smith Fleming, only to lose the high-run bonus money of $150
2nd was
ableMarc to Vidal
send Sun home in fourth place. Waiting for Smith
$800 2nd Ryan McCarthy $230
3rd to Vidal’s
Duane 93-ball run in the$150
Dailey last match of the tournament.
3rd in theJorge
semifinal match was
Rodriguez Grader. $550
Another hill-hill battle en-
sued between Grader and Smith, with Smith coming out on top 4th T.J. Smithers
BCA Hall of Famer Pat Fleming$100 finished with a respect-
4th Tony Robles $400 5th Michael Rodrigues $55
for a clean sweep of the one-loss side. able fourth place, despite having displayed more consis-
5th George San Souci $275
tencyDave thanShlemperis
any of the other player, having double and triple
Mike Miller
The finals between Acciavatti and Smith were a single runs over 20 balls in every match he played, except his first
7th race to
Joey Korsiak
5. Both
players $200 strong all day, and
had been playing match against Kong, for a total of thirteen runs in six matches
they bothJerrycarried
Tarantola
it into the finals. The match stayed close until Results:
9th a couple
Teddy smallCook
errors $150 the door for Accia-
from Smith opened 1st Marc Vidal $625
vatti to Jonathan Smith late in the match. Acciavatti went on
take advantage
2nd Bill Horne $325
to winJohn 5-3 Alicea
in the finals and takes home the title of tour finale
3rd Joey Kong $150
champion.Oscar Bonilla
Results:
1st Tom Acciavatti $240 + cue
2nd Drew Smith $140 + cue
3rd Chris Grader $100
4th Kevin Sun $70
5th Shen $45
Dennis Fokin, Tony Robles, Justin Muller
Richard Barrett
7th Roger Latotko $25
Kevin Blackstock
Marc Vidal, Tony Robles, Jeremy Sossei

Regional Roundup
Winters Takes Joss Tour Opener
Joss Northeast 9-Ball Tour / Waterville, ME
Mitchell Mows Down Strokers Field
Moore Double-Dips Morgan at Blaze Event T
Blaze 9-Ball Tour / East Rutherford, NJ
by Lea Andrews Tiger
by Bay Area
InsidePOOL StaffAmateur Tour / Palm Harbor, FL Vi
by Lea
Atlanta’s Steve Moore found his way to the Northeast for by
Shane Winters didn’t let an early loss to Ivaylo Petrov Andrews
the September 6 stop of the Blaze 9-Ball Tour, taking first place
slow him down—instead he rebounded to make his way by double-dipping Sean Morgan in the finals. The $1,000-add-
through the left side of the bracket to take first place at the Joss ed stopStephanie Mitchell,
was hosted by who
Castlehad Billiards
a good showing
in Eastat the WPBA’s NJ.
Rutherford,
Northeast 9-Ball Tour season opener September 26-27. The inaugural Satellite Tour event, had an even better showing at the las
$2,000-added event, which featured a total purse of $5,120, $400-added
MorganTiger
took Bay
control
AreaofAmateur
the topTourhalfevent
of the thebracket,
followingnotch- Ins
drew 39 players to TJ’s Classic Billiards in Waterville, ME. ing
weekend on July 18. Balancing her tour director and playing dutiesMad-
victories over Steve Banner 7-1, Rob Pole 7-2, Bob ow
era 7-3, and
perfectly, the went
Mitchell sending Moorethrough
undefeated west 7-5.
the fieldLeading the bot-
of 20 ladies bu
Having come out on top of Winters despite being the under- tom
who half of at
arrived thePalm
bracket wasFL’s,
Harbor, Carmen Lombardo,
Strokers Billiards forwhothe had
sev- wins 19
dog, Petrov went on to emerge as one of the final four on the win- over
enth Erin McManus
stop of 7-2, Steve
the tour, which is also Lillis 7-4,by
sponsored and Caroline
Sterling Pao 7-3.
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ners’ side. A 9-6 win over Cleiton Rocha landed him in the hot seat Stroke-It Wear, and Lucasi Hybrid Cues.
Morgan and Lombardo collided in the hot seat match,
match against Dave Grau, who’d just sent Ray McNamara west
and Morgan triumphed to advance to the finals unchallenged up
9-5. McNamara’s score got flipped on him, though, as he fell to Following a 5-2 win over Amy Chen, Mitchell arrived in the
7-4. Moore, though, was making his move slowly but surely ou
Petrov 9-5 and moved to the other side to try to earn a rematch. hot seat match along with Stacey Lantz, who was coming off a 5-3
through the west side of the chart, ousting Lillis 7-5, Pao 7-6,
win over Samantha Huber. Mitchell, who up to that point had won Vir
and then
every matchLombardo
5-2 except7-5for to
onereach the 5-1,
that was finals. Having
continued thegotten
trend, into
But he’d have to get through Winters, and no man was up to
asending
groove,Lantz
Moore won
west 5-2. the first set handily 7-4 and then repeated
that challenge, though Dave Fernandez came close, managing to get
his performance in the second set, winning that one 7-4 as well. Ma
the match to hill-hill before landing in ninth place. Winters moved
on to John Clark, who was coming off a 9-3 win over Tim Perry, Results:
On the one-loss side, the top three leaders in this season’s tour Ch
and held him to two games. Meanwhile, Nelson Oliveira got past 1st
standingsSteve
were Moore
fighting to stay through$800
to the end. Points leader ma
tournament director Mike Zuglan 9-7 and Joe Dupuis 9-4 to meet and two-time
2nd Seanevent winner Michell Monk
Morgan $350moved past third-ranked tag
up with Rocha. A 9-5 victory over Rocha put Oliveira into a quar- Sabra
3rd MacArthur Beahn 6-3
Carmen Lombardo to meet up $230a fellow two-time win-
with Sh
terfinal matchup with Winters, who’d put McNamara in fifth 9-5. ner, number-two-ranked Melissa Morlan, who’d gotten by Sheilla
4th Caroline Pao $100
Moving past Oliveira 9-7, Winters arrived in the semifinal match Coleman 4-2. It was Monk who prevailed, moving on to a 6-1
against Grau. Though both men were looking for a rematch with win over Chen. Meanwhile, Niki Rasmussen backed up a 6-2 win bu
Petrov, it was Winters who earned it with a very decisive 9-1 score. over Barbara Ellis with a shut-out win over Lisa Parsons, who was pai
herself coming off a very strong 4-1 win over sharpshooter Jean- sol
nie Seaver. Rasmussen, though, couldn’t get past Huber, and she pla
In the first set of the true double-elimination final
landed in fifth with a score of 4-3. spo
match, the two stayed fairly even, with Winters coming out
on top 9-7 to push the second set, and on equal ground, it
was time for him to dominate. With the score at 2-0, Win- On a roll, Huber didn’t let Monk stand in her way, moving
past her 4-3 to greet Lantz in the one-loss semifinal match, where gra
ters gave up ball in hand on the 7 ball to allow Petrov his only
she earned her spot in the finals with a 4-1 win. Mitchell, who’d firs
game. Taking rack after rack, Winters closed out the win 9-1.
played very strongly all day ano
long, wasn’t quite up to her bal
Results: par in the final set, but by tak- Results: Ne
1st Shane Winters $1,500 ing advantage of any unlikely 1st Stephanie Mitchell $300 wh
2nd Ivaylo Petrov $1,020 ball in hand that came her 2nd Samantha Huber $225 bu
3rd Dave Grau $800 way, she continued 3rd Stacey Lantz $150 gra
Steve Moore, Johnher 5-2
Trobiano,
4thSean Michell
Morgan Monk $100
4th Nelson Oliveira $600 trend once more, closing out 1-9
5th Amy Chen $50
5th Ray McNamara $400 her first win of 2009 in just
Niki Rasmussen
Cleiton Rocha one set.
7th Joe Dupuis $200 ent
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$6
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Predator
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Tour of the Month forCastle
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September is Kenny Vaughn of Ste,
Hippo’s House of Billiards
Genevieve, Mo. Vaughn is one of the inaugural members of the Jeffer-
son County APA and is a skill level 7 shooter in 8-ball. In addition to playing in
East Rutherford, NJ
Yorkville, NY
201-933-6007
315-768-0218
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with his mother 610-859-8058 $1,000 Open
11/8 Dominiak
Dorthia. VaughnCues 10-Ball
hosts Tour
a number Worldand
of tournaments Championship
leagues in his Billiards
location. Manchester, CT 413-212-6390 Prizes Open
11/14 Tri-State
Vaughn Tour
has been playing pool since heCastle Billiards
was 5 years East Rutherford, NJ
old and is excited to have 201-933-6007 $500 A-D
the APA in his location and in Jefferson County. “We have a lot of pool players
11/14-15 hereJoss
in Jefferson County, so it’s great that we now have a chance to compete West
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11/15 theBlaze
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His poolroom has a Club Egg Harbor, NJ
stable of loyal 609-645-7576 $1,000 Open
11/21 Tri-State
customers whoTour Comet
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the opportunity to win a trip 973-334-7429 $500 C-D
to Las Vegas to compete in the APA National Team Championships. “Kenny has
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September
Regional Roundup Southeast
Compton Chips Away at the Midwest Competition
Midwest 9-Ball Tour / Olathe, KS
Davis Digs In to Top FL State Championship
KF Cues Tour / Tampa, FL by Lea Andrews
by Lea Andrews
Out of the full field of the 128 players who gathered July 17-19 for the Midwest 9-Ball Tour
A first-round loss could do nothing to slow Mikeers
Davis down
Billiards the Labor
in Olathe, KS,Day
only weekend of September
one man, Chip Compton, 5-6
madeasithe bore down
through and won
unscathed. The $4,00
match after match on his way to the Florida State Championship
event, run bycrown. The $2,500-added
Evelyn and Danny KFrun
Dysart, was Cues Open aseason
alongside finale, one-pocket
$1,000-added which alsoevent,
fea- as w
tured for the winner paid $500-entry into the upcomingevent.
$40,000-added Steve Mizerak event, drew 38 players to Strokers II in Tampa, FL.
After pushing Davis west in the first round 9-7, Richard Broumpton went on to reach the final eight on the winners’
side, where he suffered at the hands of Deuel the sameCompton’s
9-7 fate9-4 win
he’dover NickDavis.
dealt Hickerson landedmoved
Deuel him in the
on final four onJerry
to face the winners’ side, whe
Calderon,
by Dustin Gunia, who was coming off of a hill-hill win over Steve
who was coming off a 9-6 win over Julio Aquino. Brushing aside Calderon 9-5, Deuel met up with Han Berber, who’d got- Rector. With a 9-5 win over Joh
ten past the top lady finisher—up-and-comer New York player Borana Andoni—9-2, and Louis Altes 9-4 to reach the hot seatVilmo
emy “Double J” Jones met up in the final four with James Davis, Jr., who’d edged out Chad
9-3 Deuel,
match. There, he marked up only six games against win overmoving
Jones pitted him left
to the against
sideCompton,
of the who’d
bracket sent
toGunia
try towest 9-4. his way back.
work
That side of the bracket, though, was Mike Davis’On playground
the one-lossandside,had
Gabebeen
“The all weekend.
Babe” Owen wasDavismakingwent
a runthrough Nicole
for the finals, Win-
moving throug
ters 7-4, Richie Richeson 7-6, Todd Anderson 7-6, Dave9-8,Ross
Gabriel 7-5, and
and Gunia Julio running
9-6 before Aquinointo 7-5 before
James Baraksonce
in theagain facing Broump-
quarterfinals. Baraks had be
ton first thing on Sunday. Having held Tommy Kennedy to three
run, posting winsgames in a race9-6,
over Hickerson to Joe
seven the match
Johnson 9-2, andbefore,
Jones 9-4, Broumpton then
and he didn’t stopman-
there. Hi
aged only three games himself in the race to nine against
Owen put Davis,
him inlanding in seventh
the semifinal matchplace. Joiningwho’d
against Davis, him fallen
was tour9-6 todirector
ComptonTonyin the“The
hot seat m
Sniper” Crosby, who’d knocked out Mike Hutcheson 7-2 Saturday night only to fall first thing Sunday 9-3 to John Foster, who
had given up four games to Andoni in their race to seven the was
Davis night before.
ready to takeNext up shot
another for at
Foster and Davis
Compton, though,were
and heCalderon andinAltes,
put Baracks third with
and while Davis advanced to the quarterfinals with punching
a 9-3 win hisover
ticketAltes,
to the Foster stayedanbehind,
finals. Taking falling
early lead in the9-7
true to Calderon. A 9-5
double-elimination vic-Davis
finals,
tory over Calderon put Davis up against Berber in the semifinals,
sibility of a secondandsetDavis
appearmade
likely.it After
through thatuplast
getting 3-0,obstacle
though, hebefore the finals
soon found 9-7.
himself tied at 4
but that win turned out to be his last. In true champion fashion, Compton took five games straigh
In the single race-to-eleven final set, Davis capitalized on some early Deuel
a tournament-winning breakerrors and got out to a 5-1 lead. In the alternate-break format,
and run.
Deuel managed to mount a bit of a comeback to get the score within two at 7-5, but Davis pulled further ahead, finishing up with a strong 11-7 win.
On Saturday, while the 9-ball event was going full-force, the finals of the one-pocket event, wh
Another winner Labor Day weekend was tour points leader
Thursday withJulio Aquino,
52 entrants, who
were was out
playing officially crowned
with Gabe Player through
Owen coming of the Year, earning
the one-loss side to
$500, a high-end KF Custom Cue with Vigor Shaft, andtwo a trophy from A Touch of Glass. Also receiving KF Cues were James Roberts (2nd
sets against Danny Harriman, 3-0 and 3-1. On Sunday, in the finals of the 15-entrant ladies’ e
in points) and Jason Richko (3rd). The 2009-2010 season officially
Colbert kicks
took first with off Oc-
a 7-6 win over Michelle McDermott.
tober 3-4 at Bankshot Billiards in Jacksonville, FL, where a new format will be in
place. The amateur events, formerly held on Sundays, will now be on Saturdays
and will feature $1,000-added prize funds at each event, as well as discounted
entry for those ama-
teurs wishing to Results:
compete in the open 1st Mike Davis $1,000 + Mizerak entry
event on Sunday. 2nd Corey Deuel $800
3rd Han Berber $600
4th Jerry Calderon $500
5th John Foster $280
Louis Altes
7th Richard Broumpton $150
Tony Crosby Corey Deuel, Del Rio, Mike Davis
Brittany Colbert, Evelyn Dysart, Michelle McDermott Chip Compton, Evelyn Dysart, Mike Durbin

However, with that decided and still two matches left, Bryant then faced off with Plowman. Bryant won in a dominating fashion, posting a
Regional Roundup
score 7-1.
Southeast
In the true double-elimination finals, Bryant needed to defeat Williams twice. Bryant bested Williams in the first set 7-5, and in the next
Two inset,
a she
Row took
fora commanding
Wilkie 5-1 lead. However, Williams did not give up andResults:
fought for every shot, making combination after combination
on the 9 ball and knotting the
Team DMIRO 10-Ball Tour / Roanoke, VA score up 6-6. Bryant was running out, but she missed a slight cut of the 8 ball into the side pocket. With a
score of 7-6, Williams won the Don Broos Custom Cue Pacific Coast Qualifi1st er. Shaun Wilkie $780
by Michael Zimmerman
2nd Eric Charliton $555
3rd Tilford Epling $325
Shaun Wilkie took on all comers at the September 26-27
stop of the Team DMIRO 10-Ball Tour, fending off competi- 4th Larry Price $225
tors to take first place. The stop was hosted by Guys and Dolls in 5th Mike Andrews $110
Roanoke, VA, and featured a $1,500-added prize fund. This was Chris Stoneman
Wilkie’s second win in two consecutive events on the new tour. 7th Steve Connor $55
Johnny Nixon
Before the event kicked off, over 22 players chal-
lenged Wilkie in a single race. If the amateur won, he or Shaun Wilkie
she would receive a free tour card from Team DMIRO.
Only one amateur was able to defeat Wilkie—Jon Chisom.

Saturday saw three entrants in the open/pro side of the
field. Wilkie defeated Larry Price 7-2, and Mike Andrews re-
ceived a bye. The amateur bracket had strong competition, with Naomi Williams
Eric Charliton, Chris Stoneman, and Jon Chisom, along
with Tilford Epling. The final four to come back Sun-
day were Charliton and Epling on the winners’ side, and
on the one-loss side Stoneman and Steve Connor returned.
In the first match Sunday, Andrews missed a 10

ball to go hill-hill against Epling, and Epling defeated
him 7-5 to advance to the hot seat match. There he faced
Charliton, whom had just upset Wilkie by a 7-5 victo-
ry. Charliton easily wrested the hot seat from Epling 7-2.
On the one-loss side now, Epling had to face off against
Wilkie, who ousted him 7-3 to advance to the finals.

During the final match, a single race to 9, Wilk-
ie won the lag and took control of the match. After a few
missed opportunities, he was able to defeat Charliton 9-3
and take home his second Team DMIRO win in a row.
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Regional Roundup Central
Bartram Pulls All-Nighter to Take Texas Open Results: 17th Mickey Woinicki $220
37th Annual Texas Open / Round Rock, TX 1st Chris Bartram $3,100 Andy Jethwa
by Lea Andrews 2nd Justin Hall $1,860 Jason Bagby
On September 8, while much of the country was grudg- 3rd Charlie Bryant $1,240 Tracy Sanders
ingly heading back to work after Labor Day weekend, Chris Bar- 4th Nick Vita $930 Eric Acinena
tram was winning the second set of the finals of the 37th Annual
Texas Open. The $4,000-added event, scheduled for September
5th Jason Brown $725 Rafael Martinez
Shane Winters Tommy Tokoph
4-7, drew 128 players to G Cue Billiards in Round Rock, TX.
7th Keith Bennett $525 Adrian Lloyd
Bartram’s only loss came in the final eight on the win- David Henson
ners’ side, where he fell 9-6 to Charlie “Hillbilly” Bryant. Bry- 25th Hunter Blackwell $180
9th Jamie Farrell $380 Sparky Ferrell
ant moved on to Nick Vita, who’d gotten past David Henson
9-7, while Justin Hall and Shane Winters met up after edging Brian Hickman Huidji See
out 9-8 Jamie Farrell and Brian Hickman, respectively. Hall Gary Abood
Ernesto Bayaua
went quickly through Winters 9-4 to the hot seat match against James Davis Sr.
13th Cliff Joyner $280
Brandon Shuff
Bryant, who’d pushed past Vita 9-8. After coming up short
against Hall 9-6, Bryant moved west to try to get back to him. Shane Harvey Robert Clark
Ronnie Wiseman Robert Almaraz
On the left side of the bracket, competition had been hot and James Davis Jr.
was still going strong. Former Texas Open winner Gabe Owen Sylver Ochoa
ousted Jordanian champ Zaid Thweib 9-5 only to fall 9-6 to James Bryant Leaves Brand on Lone Star Tour
Davis, Sr., who next faced his own son, James Davis, Jr., and fin- Lone Star Billiards Tour / San Antonio, TX
ished him off 9-3. Following Davis’ 9-4 win over Mickey Woin- by InsidePOOL Staff
icki and Sylver Ochoa’s 9-3 win over Andy Jethwa, Davis took
care of Ochoa 9-5 but couldn’t get past Henson, who went on 9-4. Charlie “Hillbilly” Bryant cleaned up at Bradley’s ‘N’ Bil-
Meanwhile, Carolina boy Keith Bennett backed up a 9-5 victory liards in San Antonio, TX, at the seventh stop on the ‘09 Lone
over Tommy Tokoph with a 9-4 win over Shane Harvey, and Cliff Star Billiards Tour event, held September 25-27. Bryant dealt two
Joyner held Rafael Martinez to four games but could mark up only striking blows to Jui Lung Chen, sending him to the one-loss side
five games against Jason “Jaybird” Brown. Brown went on to and then sending him home with second place by winning the fi-
squeak past Farrell 9-8 and shut out Bennett 9-0, but his march nal match 9-6. This is his third consecutive victory on the Lone
was stopped short 9-4 by Vita, who advanced into the quarterfinals Star Billiards Tour and, like all events on tour, was $1,000-add-
against Bartram. Bartram, whose first task on the one-loss side was ed and drew 61 entrants to compete for a first prize of $1,900.
to get by Gary Abood 9-7, had his work cut out for him as he went Winners’ side final four played out with Bryant sending Fred
on to David Henson 9-2 and Winters 9-4. Another 9-4 win over “Scooter” Goodman west 9-4, as Chen was sending Shane Manaole
Vita pushed Bartram into the seminfinals against Bryant, where over 9-2. In the first of their two meetings, battling for the hot
Bartram soon found himself down 8-3. With six straight games, seat, Bryant prevailed over Chen 9-5 and then awaited his return.
though, Bartram pushed through to the early morning final match.
Meanwhile, Bobby Gonzalez was working his way back to meet
In the first set of the true double-elimination finals, Bartram up with Goodman. He shot down James Garcia and Robert Almarez
pulled ahead of Hall and stayed there, pushing the second set 9-4. 7-4 from among the event’s final 12. Zaid Thweib defeated Sylver
After Bartram got up to a 2-0 lead in the second set, Hall tied it at 2 Ochoa 7-3 and Frank Ferrer to 7-4 met up with Manaole. It ended
and at 3, but Bartram retaliated with four straight to get the score to up a Goodman and Manaole showdown to advance to the quarterfi-
7-3. In rack 11, Bartram’s overshot safety on the 7 ball left Hall long nals—Goodman with a 7-4 win over Gonzalez and Manaole with a
and tough but open, and he took that rack to make it 7-4. Bartram 7-3 victory over Thweib. Manaole emerged victorious over Good-
took the one after, though, to get on the hill, but he was left with man 7-4, who fought an awesome battle after an early tournament
a difficult shot on the 1 ball after the break. A miss gave the table loss. Chen didn’t waste any time with Manaole, running through
over to Hall, who chose a safety but left it open, turning a tricky but him 7-1. But things took a turn when it became a Bryant-Chen
negotiable layout over to Bartram. Bartram’s miscue on the 4 ball showdown for the big cash. Bryant took it 9-6 and added another
gave Hall one last chance, but a handshake ended the match and the notch to his Lone Star Cowboy belt with a total of 5 wins this year.
tournament as Hall conceded after an uncharacteristic miss on the 8.
A concurrent ladies’ event, which drew 10 entrants, saw
Helen Hayes defeat Yvette Reyes 5-3 in the finals to take
home the first-place prize of $150. Reyes picked up $50 for
her second place finish, and Cristina Delagarza finished third.
Results:
1st Charlie Bryant $900 7th Robert Almarez $80
2nd Jui Lung Chen $500 Frank Ferrer Jr.
3rd Shane Manaole $350 9th Sylver Ochoa $60
4th Fred Goodman $250 Justin Rios
5th Bobby Gonzales $120 James Garcia
Zaid Thweib Lanny Hennin
Helen Hayes, Charlie Bryant Kim White, Viet Do

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Matches W-L: 43 - 31 Games W-L: 188 - 165

Ball Count Ratio: 2.58

Success Rates: Shot: 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

Detailed Performance Against Handicap 2

Matches W-L: 0-1 Games W-L: 4-2

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

Scotch Doubles Results:

Taking advantage of the Labor Day long weekend, the

Krystofiak felt nervous in his semifinal match but

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Men’s Masters Results:

Women’s Open Results: