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10B3-05 Shane Van Boening .898 def. Lee Vann Corteza .802 11-8 MW,JJ
Efren Reyes vs. Earl Strickland $$$ The Color of Money $$$ $100,000 Challenge in Hong Kong
The greatest 9-ball match ever caught on tape was played in Hong Kong in November of 1996. The black tie affair pitted Earl Strickland against Efren Reyes in a winner-take-all $100,000 shoot out. Australian promoter, and big money gambler, Bob Moore, like many of us, had often wondered who was the better player? Anyone, on any day, can win a race to 15--a long race even by today’s tourney standards. But what about a race to 120--over three days? That would offer a much more even playing field where championship mettle could be undisputably determined. The match, billed as “The Color of Money,” took approximately fifteen hours to complete. Play was superb. Strickland averaged a .912 and Reyes a .911. Strickland’s long, powerful stroke, swift tempo, plus his explosive, offensive assault, combined with his emotional performance, were all vintage Earl. Efren’s cue ball control, tactical excellence, and his ability to create something from nothing, compounded by his come-frombehind persistence, were classic Reyes. Earl had led the way. On the final day he held, roughly, a 2 to 1 game advantage. When all was settled, Reyes had defeated Strickland by a margin of only 3. How did this happen? Where did Earl go? How could he let this challenge; this amount of money, slip away? Mark Wilson’s empathetic commentary keeps us well informed and captures the emotional mood of the moment. Accu-Stats is offering you this once in a lifetime collection of 13 DVDs, uncut, with every stroke captured. Enjoy the series and save!
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Tape # Score Per DVD Running Total DVD Min HK-01 Reyes (13) Strickland (15) 13-15 $19.95 103 HK-02 Reyes (8) Strickland (8) 21-23 $19.95 59 HK-03 Reyes (11) Strickland (12) 32-35 $19.95 76 HK-04 Reyes (8) Strickland (12) 40-47 $19.95 58 HK-05 Reyes (9) Strickland (9) 49-56 $19.95 55 HK-06 Reyes (7) Strickland (8) 56-64 $19.95 57 HK-07 Reyes (7) Strickland (6) 63-70 $19.95 47 HK-08 Reyes (5) Strickland (5) 68-75 $19.95 55 HK-09 Reyes (7) Strickland (10) 75-85 $19.95 55 HK-10 Reyes (6) Strickland (10) 81-95 $19.95 56 HK-11 Reyes (6) Strickland (8) 87-103 $19.95 59 HK-12 Reyes (12) Strickland (6) 99-109 $19.95 56 HK-13 Reyes (21) Strickland (8) 120-117 $19.95 123
The 1996 U.S. Open One Pocket Championships
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The Billiards Playground once again hosted the 1996 U.S. Open One-Pocket Championship in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Accu-Stats was there and captured eight new matches on video. There was great commentary, as usual, by regulars Bill Incardona and Grady Mathews as well as our ever-popular special guest Freddy Bentivegna. In our first taped match Richie Richeson, the aggressive and smart newcomer on the block, gave Grady Mathews a beating he won’t soon forget. K1P-02 Steve Cook and Bill Incardona demonstrated the epitome ofstrategy in their match, K1P-05 Game six is tops! Who’da figured? Jayme Goodwin upsets Steve Cook. K1P-06 Gerry Slivka (Pittsburgh, PA) surprised everyone (except himself) with his aggressive one pocket skills as he’s edged out 4-3 by Jose Parica. K1P-07 GREAT match! We couldn’t have asked for a more exciting finals when Jayme Goodwin graduated from one-pocket school with honors outlasting favorite Parica in a very smartly played contest.
Tape# Contestants Score Hosts DVD Min
K1P-02* Richie Richeson defeats Grady Mathews K1P-03 Steve Cook defeats Ned Harb AND Bill Incardona defeats Chris Gentile K1P-04 Jose Parica defeats Steve Cook 4-1 BI, FB $19.95 79 4-0 BI, GM 4-2 GM, KS $19.95 126 4-1 GM, KS $19.95 60
K1P-05* Steve Cook defeats Bill Incardona K1P-06 Jayme Goodwin defeats Steve Cook
4-2 GM, KS $19.95 120 4-2 BI, FB $19.95 127 K1P-07* Jose Parica defeats Gerry Slivka 4-3 BI, FB $19.95 135 K1P-08 Jayme Goodwin defeats Gerry Slivka Semi-Finals 4-2 BI, GM $19.95 160 K1P-09* Jayme Goodwin defeats Jose Parica Finals 4-3 BI, FB $19.95 150 Grady Mathews - Nick Varner U.S. Tour Series: Cincinnati & Detroit January 1997 MV-01* Grady Mathews defeats Nick Varner 4-2 BI, FB $19.95 90 MV-02* Nick Varner defeats Grady Mathews MV-03* Grady Mathews defeats Nick Varner 150-8 BI, FB $19.95 83 4-2 BI, FB $19.95 90
Sang Lee’s Billiards International 3-Cushion Open
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More broken Records AGAIN! Well, what can we say? The Sang Lee Billiards 1996 International 3-Cushion Open provided awesome performances. What else should you expect from the greatest billiard players in the world? Plus, for the first time, Accu-Stats was able to capture 29 time world champion Raymond Ceulemans! With only the best of the best being featured, records were bound to be broken. Watch Torbjorn Blomdahl run 60 points in 17 innings (3.53 avg.) against Frederick Caudron. Mr. Caudron averaged 2.25 and still lost! Then,
Blomdahl ran 60 points in 15 innings against the legend Raymond Ceulemans! New world records to be sure. Blomdahl had the high run of the tournament with a 17 against tournament winner Dick Jaspers. Also, see the U.S. , #1 and #2 battle it out as Lee takes on Carlos Hallon.
The final match of the event caused a little different result. Due to the win-loss tie-breaker of this round robin, the winner won the tournament, but the loser took 3rd place. The players came close as each hunted for the closing caroms. It was anyone’s game, but it was Jaspers turn as he took it to Lee, by a three point margin, 60-57.
Dick Jasper’s consistent play takes the first place trophy Sang Lee gets within 3 points of Jaspers Ceulemans, caught for the first time on video in the U.S.
Sang Lee’s Billiards’ 1996 Int’l 3-Cushion Open, Queens, NY (June 26 - 30)
High Runs Tape# #1 Contestants #2 Score Inn. #1 #2 Hosts DVD Min SL96-01* Raymond Ceulemansdefeats Sang Lee 60-49 36 6 8 RB, MS $19.95 109 SL96-02 Dick Jaspers defeats Semih Sayginer 60-48 32 13 8 RB, BJ $19.95 112 SL96-03 Torbjorn Blomdahl defeats Carlos Hallon 60-35 36 13 3 RB, DG $19.95 89 SL96-04 Sang Lee defeats Semih Sayginer 60-32 27 8 RB, MS $19.95 77 SL96-05* Dick Jaspers defeats Raymond Ceulemans 60-34 28 10 11 RB, BM $19.95 124 SL96-06 Sang Lee defeats Carlos Hallon 60-39 30,29 7 8 RB, WH $19.95 100 SL96-07* Torbjorn Blomdahl defeats Frederick Caudron 60-36 17,16 9 6 RB, DA $19.95 78 SL96-08 Sang Lee defeats Torbjorn Blomdahl 60-49 33 7 9 RB, MS $19.95 114 SL96-09* Torbjorn Blomdahl defeats Raymond Ceulemans 60-31 15,14 14 9 RB, MS $19.95 83 SL96-10* Torbjorn Blomdahl defeats Dick Jaspers 60-22 33 17 3 RB, DG $19.95 109 SL96-11* Dick Jaspers defeats Sang Lee Finals 60-57 26,25 10 7 RB, TB $19.95 143 127
The Sands Regency Open 23
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The Sands Regency Open 23, the inaugural event of The Camel Pro Billiard Series, was captured by AccuStats as ten new matches were caught on videotape including Nick Varner’s finals win against #1 ranked Johnny Archer. Bill Incardona hosted with our expert guests David Maddux, Grady Mathews, and Buddy Hall.
Without question, the best
Johnny - never a long shot
tape of the event was Johnny Archer’s 11-10 victory over Efren Reyes. After being knotted up at 10, the last rack of kicks and safeties took over fifteen minutes! Hone your defense skills. S23-08 Hall vs. Luat is an 11-10 contest in which we suggest you cover the score column below. You don’t want to know who won this nailbiter! S23-01 Featured here, for the first time, is touring pro Michael Coltrain, the youngest player on the tour today. See his heart in an 11-10 nail biter against veteran Danny Medina. S23-03 We also recommend Rodney Morris’ well played 11-7 win over Buddy Hall with Bill Incardona and Jimmy Wetch calling the shots. S23-05 Although New York’s Tony Robles has been seen on the Accu-Stats screen before, learn from him as he plays some picture perfect outs when besting Nick - jubilant
Mexico’s Martinez and Japan’s Takahashi. And last but not least, you have to see the final match with Nick Varner’s 11-9 win over tough competitor Johnny Archer. This is the first chance in a while for Accu-Stats to catch Nick in the winner’s circle. See him roar! S23-10
Sands Regency Open 23, Reno, NV (June 5 - 9, 1996): 9-BALL
Tape# Contestants Score Hosts DVD Min
S23-01 Buddy Hall defeats Rudolpho Luat
11-10 BI, DMx $19.95 102 S23-02 Tony Ellin defeats Jimmy Wales 11-4 BI, GM $19.95 63 S23-03 Danny Medina defeats Michael Coltrain 11-10 GM, DMx $19.95 118 S23-04 Kim Davenport defeats Jimmy Wales 11-4 BH, DMx AND Tony Robles defeats Kunihiko Takahashi 11-1 BI, DMx $19.95 120 S23-05* Rodney Morris defeats Buddy Hall 11-7 BI, JW $19.95 103 S23-06 Tony Robles defeats Rafael Martinez 11-5 BI, GM $19.95 60 S23-07 Kim Davenport defeats Rudolpho Luat 11-4 BI, DMx $19.95 75 S23-08* Johnny Archer defeats Efren Reyes 11-10 BI, DMx $19.95 111 S23-09 Johnny Archer defeats Rodney Morris Semis 11-6 BI, DMx $19.95 91 S23-10* Nick Varner defeats Johnny Archer Finals 11-9 BI, BH $19.95 150
The 1996 Taco Bell Senior 9-Ball Championships
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It was like Old Home Week. The only requirement for the combatants was that they had to be at least 50 years old - and prove it! The most common expression the first day was I didn’t know you were 50. The list of legendary names went on and on. In addition to Boston Shorty, Machine Gun Lou, and The Professor, the competitive edge was manifest with the likes of Mizerak, DiLiberto, and Incardona sharing their prowess. First timers under the lights at Accu-Stats were Toby Sweet, Bob Vanover, Willie Munson, and Ralph Guest. Rounding out the field was Wade Crane, Dallas West and Johnny Ervolino. What could be better than this? These masters are now captured on video for posterity. These Great Legends of Pool came together to give you 13 matches on 12 videos, three of which went down to the wire!! The match between Steve Mizerak and Toby Sweet will keep you glued until the final nine drops. Don’t look at the score column! Watch the tape first and see the action. Grady Mathews cruised to the finals then came from behind to best Bob Vanover in another nailbiter. Incardona, Mathews, and Hall instruct from the booth with a slew of guests including DiLiberto and Scott Smith.
Bob Vanover didn’t quite get over the “hill”
“Boston Shorty” bears down against Machine Gun Lou
Tape# Contestants Score Hosts DVD Min
TB-01* Steve Mizerak defeats Toby Sweet
11-10 BI, GM $19.95 102 TB-02 Wade Crane defeats Toby Sweet 11-7 GM,BH $19.95 83 TB-03 Dallas West defeats Steve Mizerak 11-8 BI, GM $19.95 74 TB-04 Bill Incardona defeats Bob Vanover 11-5 SS, JE $19.95 68 TB-05 Lou Butera defeats Larry Shorty Johnson 11-8 SS, JE $19.95 77 TB-06 Dan DiLiberto defeats Willie Munson 11-3 LB, SK AND G. Mathews defeats Ralph Guest 11-6 SS, JC $19.95 112 TB-07 Bob Vanover defeats Johnny Ervolino 11-10 GM, BH $19.95 78 TB-08* Ralph Guest defeats Willie Munson 11-10 DD, JE $19.95 95 TB-09 Bob Vanover defeats Ralph Guest 11-6 BH, DD $19.95 83 TB-10* Grady Mathews defeats Danny DiLiberto 11-9 SS, LB $19.95 74 TB-11 Bob Vanover defeats Danny DiLiberto Semi’s 11-6 SS, BH $19.95 62 TB-12* Grady Mathews defeats Bob Vanover Finals 13-12 BH, DD $19.95 120
