Amazin Billiards 3-Cushion
RICARDO CARRANCO
Wins at Amazin Billiards From April 15th thru April 18th, 33 players from around the country converged at Amazin Billiards in Malden, MA, in a tournament that was as grueling as any handicap tournament to date.
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layers from every level seemed to be in a battle to win virtually every game they played. Even top players who would average over 1.90 in a particular game were then life and death against a player going to 18 or to 23.
Ricardo Carranco
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Apparently the handicapped system that ‘3 Cushion USA’ has honed and now established was working, in that everyone had a chance to be the lone victor at tournaments’ end. The lone victor however was a very deserving top player from the state of
California by the name of Ricardo Carranco. And it wasn’t easy. Although going 5 & 1 in the prelims and losing to up and coming Richie Britt (23), Ricardo earned a bye in the single elimination finals. And it was there in his first match with Ray Glennon (23) that
