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Instruction

8 Beat People With a Stick Feel Your Stick 10 Pro Pool Workout The End-to-End Skim Safety 12 Shots From “The Cannon” Use Your Imagination 14 Confessions of a Pool

Hustler Go for the Dough

Features

16 Kim Claims WPBA Tour

Championship

Defeats Hall of Famer Fisher in Final 18 Reversal of Fortune

Team Europe Bury America’s Mosconi Cup Hopes 24 A Winning Formula

Mike Dechaine Gets Fired Up

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Team Europe dealt a stunning blow to the U.S. with their 11-7 victory at the PartyPoker.net Mosconi Cup this past December, where Holland’s Niels “The Terminator” Feijen captured the Most Valuable Player awards.

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Instruction

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Feel Your Stick is played with an instrument. That instrument, of P ool course, is your cue stick. And hopefully you’re mak-

ing beautiful music with it. Just as in music, our instruments are produced in a wide range of style and quality. Some of us like a certain weight, balance point, shaft thickness, tip brand, tip hardness, tip contour, joint material, joint pin, shaft taper, internal shaft technology, wrap or no wrap, leather wrap, rubber wrap, Irish linen wrap, skinny butt, thick butt, fancy design elements, and on and on. Your instrument should feel good to you, whatever that means.

Most of us feel that “ya gotta love your instrument.” And there really may be something to the notion that we play better when we like our stick. It certainly can’t hurt. After all, your stick is an extension of your physical and mental intention. It is an extension of your shooting arm and, as such, should feel like a part of you. Expressing your intent, you wield the stick in ways that carry out your plans.

In a lot of ways, a pool stroke is a beautiful throwing motion.

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If your stick feels like an external object, you’re probably gripping too hard. In a lot of ways, a pool stroke is a beautiful throwing motion. You can easily imagine that if you’re trying to throw something, and you’re gripping it tightly, you’re not likely to hit your target. Think about golf. Good golfers can hit a drive 300 yards. We frequently hear “grip it and rip it” as a swing thought for smashing a drive. Wrong idea. If they gripped hard, they couldn’t hit that ball 300 yards. The wonderful image golfers use for how tightly to grip is: “Grip the club like you’re holding a baby bird in your hands.” Yes. If they squeezed hard, their arms would clench up and not swing freely. They would lose their fluidity, their accuracy, and their swing speed. We pool players have the same problem.

If you’re gripping hard, you can’t really feel your stick. Not good. The purpose of the grip is to join you with your instrument so it does what you expect, just as your hands and arms do what you expect and allow. Experiment with your grip fingers. How many are you using? Which ones? How soft are they? Are they moving during your stroke? Experiment with your palm angle.

For most players, their palm faces their body during the stroke.

However, some players stroke straighter with a slight rotation of the palm toward the back of the stick. Experiment to find your optimal grip details, and revisit this occasionally.

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Top players sometimes talk about “caressing the balls.” By this they mean they are playing with a general feeling of softness, of gentleness.

They are not smashing anything, not breaking rhythm. Everything is smooth and connected. No jerkiness. That caressing feeling comes through feeling connected to your stick and, through that, to the balls.

Let’s look at some ways to get that feeling, to join with your instrument, to allow your stick to flow freely and accurately through the stroke and through the cue ball: •

Feel the weight. If you’re gripping hard, you can’t feel it clearly.

As you stroke, feel the weight of the cue in your grip fingers.

Which fingers are carrying the cue, and which parts of which fingers? If you’re using more than one finger, the weight shifts across the fingers as the stick moves forward and back through the stroke. Fewer fingers means fewer shifts—and possibly fewer ways to screw up the stroke.

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Feel the speed. Take practice strokes in the air while visualizing your shot, before bending down into your shooting position. Get a feel for the stick speed you’ll use on that shot. Trust your body and your feel for speed. Allow your body to shoot the speed you need. When you try too hard to “do” a certain speed, you tend to get hitches in your stroke.

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Take a gentle backswing. The purpose of the backswing is to get your stick back to the hit position (imagine the hit starts at the back of the swing) without screwing up your aim. Period. You’re going to have to overcome the backswing to change stick direction. If you’re yanking it back hard, you’re likely to put a loop on the back of the swing, and now you’ve missed. For better accuracy, be gentle on the way back. Shot speed is not related to backswing speed.

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Finish the stroke. Don’t fight your stick. Let it flow through the ball until it runs out of speed or range of motion. Just like a hammer in motion “wants” to swing through the nail, your moving stick “wants” to move in a nice, fluid, straight line to and through the cue ball. To the extent you try to clench, control, or otherwise cajole your stick into going straight, it won’t. Let it go, let it go, let it go!

Tom Simpson Tom Simpson is a Master Instructor in both the BCA and ACS Instructor Programs. He delivers his acclaimed 3-Day Weekend Intensive in 12 cities nationwide. As inventor of Elephant Practice Balls®, the Stroke Groover™, and the Ghostball Aim Trainer®, and authorized instructor for Secret Aiming Systems™, Tom’s innovations in training have helped thousands of players. Listen to an audio description of the Intensive, and read 35 instructional articles at www.NationalBilliardAcademy.com. Contact: Tom@PoolClinics.com.

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Instruction

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The End-to-End Skim Safety safety has a unique set of characteristics that will E very determine whether or not it is employable in a specific table situation. Of the handful of safeties that may be workable, only one of them will have the best mix of advantages relative to risks.

Advantages include ease of execution, cutting off multiple kicking lanes, freezing to a rail or a blocking ball, leaving the cue ball in an awkward position, and getting distance between the cue ball and object ball. The most important risk factors to consider are the distance you have to send the cue ball, the thinness of the required hit, the need for english, potential scratches, and the probability of leaving an open shot. The worst things that can happen for you when playing a safety, however, are not contacting the object ball, not contacting a rail, scratching, and leaving an easy shot. All of these mentioned factors are present in the End-to-End Skim Safety.

In addition to representing all of these advantages and risks, this shot also represents another truth about safeties: the value of learning them is not limited to any specific game. When a safety is mastered, a whole set of concepts and skills are also learned and honed, enabling you to recognize and use variations of the safety in other situations.

the cue ball four rails and freeze it to the back side of the second ball.

This gives you the advantage of distance, cuts off the jump shot, and blocks all rails for kicking except the end rail.

On the risk side of the equation, a left-handed player may feel a little awkward, but most right-handed players would find the ball placement relatively comfortable. The shot requires a thin hit and english, but since the balls are close, the risks of not contacting the 8 ball and a rail are low. Getting behind the 9 ball is challenging, but even if you fail, you are likely to come back to the table with a shot.

As far as ease of execution, this safety appears difficult, but it is easier than it looks, and a little practice will go a long way.

For a variation, move the cue ball to the center of the table.

From here, the risk of using the english required to send the cue ball on the four-rail path and behind the 9 ball is too high. Instead, use follow with just a touch of right english and send the cue ball two rails toward the nameplate in the center of the end rail. It’s not as easy to get behind the 9 ball going this way, but sometimes you will.

And even if you don’t, it’s still a good distance safety.

Now that we know the shot, let’s imagine an 8-ball game scenario. Change the 9 ball in the graphic to the 8 ball, the 8 ball to one of your stripes, and put your opponent’s last solid ball halfway between your striped ball and the cue ball, blocking almost all of your ball—except the very edge you need to shoot an End-to-End Skim Safety. Skim your ball and send the cue ball four rails and freeze it to the back side of the 8 ball. Since you know the shot and delivered the exact hit, english, and speed, it was easy! You win the game.

Good luck and good shootin’!

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For this reason, the title to my new book is Pro Safeties: The TOP 100 Safety Shots in Pool. It’s not just for 9-ball, or for 8-ball or for any other single game. Each of the 100 unique safeties is demonstrated in a 9-ball game situation because that is the easiest format in which to learn the ramifications of the shot. Once the shot is mastered, it is easy to imagine situations in other games where it would be a powerful and useful move.

Looking at the graphic for the End-to-End Skim Safety, you’ll notice that there are only two balls on the table. This is a common end-game situation in 9-ball, and the 8-ball version is fairly common, too. The goal is to skim the edge of the object ball and send 10 InsidePOOL Magazine ◊ January 2012

Bob Henning Bob Henning is the author of The Pro Book, widely considered to be the most advanced training resource for competitive pool players. It brings the latest techniques of the top coaches and trainers of all sports into pool. It is intended for those who wish to prepare physically, mentally, and psychologically for pool competition. Bob is also the author of “The Pro Book Video Series,” a complete, on-the-table training system, and he also released The Advanced Pro Book and The Stroke Zone: The Pool Player’s Guide to Dead Stroke. In addition, he has authored Cornbread Red, a biography of the colorful Billy Burge. Bob recently released a new book titled Pro Safeties: The TOP 100 Safety Shots in Pool.

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Defeats Hall of Famer Fisher in Final

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he Women’s Pro Billiard Tour kicked off its season’s culminating Tour Championship event at the Chinook Winds Event Center in Lincoln City, OR. With 48 of the finest female pool players competing throughout November 10-13, it was anyone’s guess who would walk away with the title, but Ga Young Kim was able to overthrow Hall of Fame member Allison Fisher in the finals.

A total of 32 competitors completed firstround matches in the day session, with the 16 winners then having to face the top 16 seeded players in the event. After a couple of days, only a handful of world-class players remained in contention.

The final sixteen took to the floor late Friday to pare down the field, with eight top matches. U.S. Open runner-up Kim defeated Hall of Famer Ewa Laurance 9-6, while national junior champion Brittany Bryant bested Norway’s Line Kjorsvik 9-7. Great Britain’s Kim Shaw destroyed American contender Liz Cole, and, in a surprise victory, Vivian “The Texas Tornado” Villarreal bested U.K. native Kelly Fisher.

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The other four matches in this round included Swedish native Helena Thornfeldt over Georgia’s Monica Webb 9-2; media superstar Jeanette “The Black Widow” Lee over Colorado’s Melissa Little 9-3; Hall of Famer Fisher over hot newcomer Erica Park of Korea 9-3; and New York’s Jennifer Barretta over Liz Ford 9-5.

Saturday’s first ESPN televised quarterfinal match featured a showdown between Canada’s North American Junior champion Bryant and Kim. Bryant was no match for the multi-

a battle between friends Thornfeldt and Lee, where Lee got the best of Thornfeldt in a squeaker 7-6 victory.

The final quarterfinal match of the day showcased the legendary Fisher, a BCA Hall of Famer and winner of more career titles than any player (male or female) in history, facing off against New York’s Barretta. In another close match, Fisher emerged the victor 7-5.

Her convincing 7-2 defeat of Villareal in the semifinals gave Kim the momentum she needed to face Fisher in the finals, for Fisher looked prime to be a favored contender against Kim after her sound defeat of Lee 7-1 in her own semifinal match. But Kim came on strong in the final match, opening with a two-rack run. A scratch in the third rack put Fisher at the table to run out 2-1, and with a break and run she quickly tied the match 2-2. Fisher then pulled ahead 3-2, only to be answered by another win from Kim to tie it up 3-3. ple Tour Championship titlist this time out, as Kim won the match with a convincing 7-2 final score.

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Reversal� f Team Europe Bury America’s Mosconi Cup Hopes

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o the roar of a packed crowd, Team Europe successfully defended the PartyPoker.net Mosconi Cup following a convincing 11-7 victory over the USA. The eighteenth installment of the most polarizing and electrifying event in pocket billiards took place December 8-11 and was held for the fifth time at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, NV. Every year Europe and the United States invite their five highest-ranking players to represent their respective countries in the Mosconi Cup. This was Team Europe’s fourth victory in the past five years, which may indicate that now, perhaps, more of the world’s best pool is being played across the Atlantic.

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The Mosconi Cup format is 9-ball, a race to 6, alternating breaks. Usually five matches are played per day, and the first team to notch a total of eleven wins captures the Cup. After the first match, which consists of all ten contenders participating, the team captains do their best to plan a line-up that they believe will emphasize their team’s strengths and attacks their opponents’ weaknesses.

Europe Enjoy Superb Opening Day

It’s a big confidence boost, especially against someone like Rodney Morris who has a super record in the Mosconi Cup.

After the first day’s play, Team Europe held a commanding 4-1 lead as they cashed in on some tentative play from the Americans. Aside from Archer and Putnam’s solid show in the first doubles match of the tournament, none of the Americans was firing on all cylinders.

Europe, by contrast, looked like thoroughbreds with big names like Ralf Souquet and Niels Feijen looking the part and rookie Chris Melling pulling off a stunning win in the last match of the day.

Watched by his father, who was celebrating his sixtieth birthday, the 32-year-old Melling looked superb as he came from 3-0 down to steal the final match from Shane Van Boening with a hill-hill win.

Earlier the Europeans drew first blood as they took the opening team match, which featured all ten players. The format differed from previous years in that each rack was contested by just two players rather than the alternate-shot method involving all five.

It was Melling who took the deciding rack against rookie Mike Dechaine for the point, but the Americans looked a little nervous throughout.

Darren Appleton, the 2010 Most Valuable Player, was delighted with the win. “I‘m really happy with the start. The format had changed a bit and it adds more pressure. You’re a bit cold and have no help from your friends. I played the first rack and was shaking really badly.

“Chris didn’t get a shot in the first game, but he managed to win the rack that won us the point, and I think he will go on and play very well.

“We don’t have to gel, as we just come together and are a lot more relaxed than ever before. We’re playing really good, feel calm in ourselves, and pretty sure we’re going to win.”

The American pair of Johnny Archer and Shawn Putnam— close friends off the table—dug their heels in to overturn a 3-1 deficit and best the Euro duo of Melling and Nick Van den Berg.

It was a big point for the Americans: Archer and Putnam grew in confidence as the match went on, and they came with the critical shots in the closing stages. The communication between the pair was excellent as they kicked on for victory.

“Representing your country is the most pressure you will feel,” said Putnam.

“Everyone is used to playing for yourselves, but when you play for your country the nerves are about ten times more, and your friends on the team are looking for you to come through,” Archer explained. “It’s early, but any match can turn anything around. We were three-to-one down, and the momentum was in their favor, but a bad break gave us a bit of a lifeline, and we started creeping back.”

Rodney Morris, for so long a stalwart of the U.S. Mosconi Cup side, looked a forlorn figure as he slumped to a 6-0 defeat at the hands of Feijen. The Dutchman looked clinical throughout as he capitalized on Morris’s lackluster display.

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Representing your country is the most pressure you will feel.

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“That match was great,” said a delighted Feijen. “In the first team match it was the most nerveracking match I’ve played in, so it was nice to settle down in the singles match. I played really well, and it was a lot of fun. It’s a big confidence boost, especially against someone like Rodney Morris who has a super record in the Mosconi Cup.”

The USA suffered another kick in the teeth in the fourth match of the day as Dechaine and Van Boening relinquished a 4-0 lead to lose 6-4 to Darren Appleton and Ralf Souquet.

The critical moment came in the seventh rack when Dechaine needed a tricky 9 ball cueing off the rail to take the U.S. to the hill at 5-2, but his head came up far too early and the chance went begging.

What should have been 5-2 became 4-3 and Appleton and Souquet had shifted the momentum in their favor. From there they never looked back as they took Europe into a 3-1 lead, and it was left to Melling to complete the route.

USA Right Back in It

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We all gave it our best and will do it again next time.

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Team USA recovered from a first day’s hammering as they put themselves right back into contention, winning three matches to Europe’s two on the second day of play. Stellar performances from the Americans saw them level the match at 4-4 before the Europeans derailed their momentum to take the final two games and move into the third day with a two-point lead.

There was plenty of drama as debutant Dechaine overcame Souquet 6-1 and Morris had an outburst that he will be happy to forget in a hurry. However, starting the day three points down, Team USA is happy to have reduced the deficit.

The opening match of Day 2 was a must-win situation for the Americans, and win it they did as Archer and Van Boening edged past the Dutch duo of Feijen and Van den Berg. With the racking changed from the opening day—a regular rack was used instead of the Magic Rack—the balls were spreading nicely, and both pairs took advantage with succession of break and runs.

With the USA having won the lag, they reached the hill first and had a great chance to win 6-4, but Van Boening left Archer in the lurch with just the 8 and 9 balls left on the table, and the Dutchmen eventually took the rack to make it hill-hill.

Archer dropped four balls into the pockets from his break shot, and he and Van Boening went on to claim a nerve-calming win.

“We’re not doing anything different. Our execution yesterday meant we overran a few shots, and we’ve just tightened it up. We had chances to win matches yesterday,” said Archer.

There was more USA joy in the second match as Dechaine, a heavy underdog, put in a perfect performance to overturn Souquet by 6-1 and reduce the European lead to just one point.

The 24-year-old Dechaine looked a bundle of nerves and adrenaline prior to the match, but he made it all work in his favor as he ran through his racks with precision and cashed in on a couple of errors from Souquet.

“This is definitely one of the best moments of my life. I’m having a great time, and everyone has a positive attitude, even though we were four-to-one down after the first day,” said a delighted Dechaine. “We had a couple of unfortunate events yesterday, but today we’ve put up a good line-up, and it’s going to be a great day.”

There was plenty of drama and controversy in the next match as Team USA drew level, winning their third consecutive match of the day as Morris and Putnam bested the English pair of Melling and Appleton.

The score line was 6-5 as the U.S. stole it at the last when Appleton left Melling a tough pink 4 ball, and he overcut it to give the table and subsequently the match to the Americans.

A Winning

Formula

Mike Dechaine Gets�Fired�Up

by Keith Loria

Whether it’s a championship Mike� game of pool, a round of golf, or a silly wager he’s made, losDechaine�even ing is not an option.

“I have to win to be happy. hates�to� Absolutely, it’s part of my nature,” Dechaine stated. “If you lose. look at everyone else, they don’t

seem that happy, but that’s just the state of the industry right now.

I like to do things that people say can’t be done to have some fun and mix it up.”

Consider what happened when his Mosconi Cup captain, Charlie Williams, bet Dechaine that he couldn’t run up an escalator that was moving in the opposite direction in under 10 seconds.

“He looked hilarious, but he actually won,” Williams laughed.

“That’s important to him. Mike is a very good young player. He has a lot of optimism and good ideas and he stays motivated. I like that he is willing to take advice and put work on and off the table into his career.”

Growing Up

Those in the know will regale stories about Dechaine’s early temper flare-ups or sore-loser attitude, but the youngster dismisses notions that he’s trying to change his image.

“All that is part of growing up. I was young and made some mistakes, but nothing I regret. It’s gotten me where I am,” Dechaine said. “When I was young, I was very confrontational and tried to be right all the time. Now I blow it off. I just go out and play pool.”

“Opinionated,”“big ego,”“hothead,”—these are all descriptions that Dechaine offers about himself! It’s no wonder that Dechaine has earned the nickname “The Fireball” throughout the pool world.

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Doc Crow’s Southern Smokehouse and Raw Bar 127 West Main Street, Louisville, KY 40202

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Oishii Sushi prides itself on their chefs, who are renowned for their creative combinations of spices and sauces. They offer fresh sushi, both raw and cooked, plus a large variety of specialty rolls, appetizers, and teriyaki. Try their hot sake pot to ward off a winter chill.

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Billiard EducationJunior Foundation Player Profile Brooke Zimmermann Hometown: Mayfield, NY Birth date: January 14, 1994 School you currently attend: Mayfield High School Grade: 12 Favorite subject in school: New Visions Medical Classes At what age did you start playing pool? 6 Titles/high finishes: Runner-up in the 2011 BEF Junior National 9-Ball Championships in the 18 & Under Girls’ Division; top shooter and playoff champion at APA Amsterdam in 2011, 2009, 2008, 2007; runner-up at the APA playoffs in 2010 What kind of cue(s) do you use? Usually Outlaw. Just started with a Jacoby stick and a Predator Hybrid shaft.

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Favorite food: Chicken Cordon Bleu Fictional Hero: Batman!

Real-world hero: My grandmother, Mary Ellen Giuliani, for all the volunteer work she does, and especially my grandfather, Joseph Giuliani, for all amazing things he has taught me and for all of the time and effort he puts into making me the best person I can be.

Fondest childhood memory: Getting my first personal cue stick. Cheetah design!

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Regional Roundup Immonen Ices Joss Field Joss Northeast 9-Ball Tour / West Hempstead, NY

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Mika Immonen took no prisoners at the Joss Northeast 9-Ball Tour’s November 12-13 stop, icing the field to escape a double-dip by Stevie Moore in the finals and win the title. The $1,500-added event Mika Immonen drew 38 players to Raxx Pool Room and Grill in West Hempstead, NY, to vie for the $1,100 first-place prize.

Immonen and Moore first faced off in the winners’ side final four, where the Finnish champion to advance to the hot seat match. Meeting him there was room owner Holden Chin, who had just sent Yesid Garibello to the one-loss side. “Iceman” continued to dominate all comers, reaching the final match with a 9-5 victory over Chin.

Fighting back from the left side, Moore sent home Jorge Rodriguez 9-6 in fifth place, tied with Zion Zvi, who was eliminated by Garibello 9-5. Moore advanced to meet Garibello in the quarterfinal match, where he triumphed 9-5.

Moore’s match with Chin in the semifinals was as close as possible, but in the end it was Moore who earned the right to seek revenge on Immonen in the double- Results: elimination final match. $1,100 Moore took the first set to 1st Mika Immonen 2nd

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Mike Zuglan second chance event Sunday, Oscar Bonilla went undefeated through the Second Chance Results: seven-player field to face off 1st Oscar Bonilla $300 with Paul Rosonewski in the 2nd Paul Rosonewski $170 finals. It went hill-hill, but Bo- 3rd Steve Wright $100 nilla triumphed to take the 4th Tony Tjoe $70 first-place prize of $300.

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Delimelkondglu Dices Tri-State Competition Tri-State Tour / East Rutherford, NJ

by InsidePOOL Staff

Kapriel Delimelkondglu enjoyed an easy run through the TriState Tour’s November 12 event, going unchallenged through the field to take top honors over Keith Diaz. The C-D 9-ball event drew a field of 25 to Castle Billiards in East Kapriel Delimelkondglu, Bill Focaccia, Keith Diaz Rutherford, NJ.

Until the final match, no one was able to score more than three racks on Delimelkondglu. “Kappy” disposed of George Osipovitch in the winners’ side final four 6-3 and then whitewashed Lou Loria, who had just sent Al Cacciola to the one-loss side 6-4, in the hot seat match.

Cacciola quickly recovered and relegated Mike Strassberg to a fifthplace tie 7-3 with Osipovitch, who was eliminated by Keith Diaz 6-4. Diaz in turn sent Cacciola home in fourth place with a 6-3 victory.

Diaz was building up steam and went on to face down Loria in the semifinal match 6-2. But in Results: the finals against Delimelkondglu Diaz faltered, and 1st Kapriel Delimelkondglu $500 $250 “Kappy” marched to another 2nd Keith Diaz $150 easy victory to take the title 3rd George Osipovitch 4th Al Cacciola $100 6-4.

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Cheng Capsizes Khan for Tri-State Title Tri-State Tour / Brooklyn, NY

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Carl Yusuf, Billy Cheng, Dave Shlemperis

Billy Cheng topped a 44-player field that gathered at Gotham City Billiards in Brooklyn, NY, earning revenge on Carl Yusef Khan in the finals to take the title. The $1,250-added event was held December 2 for B-D players.

Cheng and Khan first collided in the hot seat match after wins over Kaprie Delimelkondglu 7-5 and Vincent Morris 7-3, respectively. Cheng put up a fight, but Khan was able to overpower him 7-4 and await a finals opponent.

On the left side of the chart, Delimelkondglu was eliminated at fifth place by Dave Shlemperis in a double-hill match, while Morris ended up tying with him after a hill-hill battle of his own with Gary Murgia 8-7. Yet another hill-hill bout ended in Shlemperis’ favor in the quarterfinals over Murgia, with Shlemperis advancing to the semifinal match 7-6.

Results:

Cheng was wait- 1st Billy Cheng $800 ing for Shlemperis in the 2nd Carl Yusef Khan $530 semifinals, and it didn’t 3rd Dave Shlemperis $320 take him long to shut 4th Gary Murgia $210 Shlemperis down 7-3.

5th Vincent Morris $130 Primed for his next op Kaprie Delimelkondglu ponent, Cheng moved on 7th Joei Huang $100 to meet Khan again—this

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Regional Roundup Ussery and Monday Claim Championship Titles Great Southern Billiard Tour / Goldsboro, NC

by InsidePOOL Staff

B.J. Ussery and Sam Monday claimed titles at the Great Southern Billiard Tour Championships in the 9-ball and 8-ball divisions, Sam Monday, Shannon Daulton, Larry Nevel respectively. The annual event was hosted by Fast Eddie’s Sports Bar and Grill in Goldsboro, NC, the week of November 9-13 and drew a total of 125 entries.

Ussery dominated the 68-player 9-ball event, going through Southern strongmen such as Tony Watson 11-3, Monday 11-5, and Larry “The Truth” Nevel 11-11 to reach the hot seat match untouched.

Meeting him there was Cary Dunn, who had dispatched Montez Lloyd 9-5, Joe Pierce 9-3, and Josh Newman 9-8 to the one-loss side earlier. Dunn was no trouble for Ussery, though, who bested him 11-4 to await a finals opponent.

Lucas Hawkins was making his move on the west side, eliminating Glenn Russell in seventh place 9-8 and going on to face down Nevel and deposit him in fifth place 9-11. Newman met Hawkins in the quarterfinals after wins over Alex Olinger 11-9 and Lloyd 11-7. It was a close match, but Hawkins edged out Newman 9-9.

side and oust Larry Kressel 6-6, Mike Fuller 6-0, and Billy Thorpe 6-2.

However, Hawkins had no luck against Monday and was sent home in fourth place 7-4.

A determined Monday went on to eliminate Turner in the semifinals 7-4 and advance to meet the undefeated Nevel in the finals. In the doubleelimination format, Monday whitewashed Nevel in the first set to level the playing field. Then, in the tooth-and-nail last set, the score went to hill-hill before Monday claimed the thirteenth and final game.

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7th

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Sam Monday Larry Nevel Chris Turner Lucas Hawkins Alex Olinger Billy Thorpe Mike Fuller Mike Cone Cary Dunn Larry Kressel B.J. Ussery Ron Park

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Coulter Collects Lucasi Win Lucasi Hybrid All-American Tour / Port Charlotte, FL

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Ken Coulter survived an attack by Tim Barron in the final match of the November 12 stop of the Lucasi Hybrid Cues AllAmerican Tour to take first place.

The $500-added 8-ball tournament was hosted by Q’s Sports Bar & Girl in Port Charlotte, FL, and drew 17 players.

Ken Coulter, Tim Barron

Eddie Pate, Shannon Daulton, Carey Dunn, B.J. Ussery

Hawkins was in turn sent home in the next round after a hill-hill nail-biter with Dunn saw the latter eke out a 9-8 win. But against Ussery for the second time, Dunn faltered again, and it was Ussery who pushed forward for the 11-5 victory.

In the 8-ball event, Larry Nevel was the one to beat, as he bested Alex Olinger 8-6 in the winners’ side final four. He then moved on and claimed the hot seat over Chris Turner, who 9-Ball Results: 1st B.J. Ussery $1,500 had just defeated Billy Thorpe 6-1, with an 8-5 2nd Cary Dunn $1,000 score.

3rd Lucas Hawkins $750 4th Josh Newman $500

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Alex Olinger west side, such as Ussery 9th Joe Pierce $75 7-1, Mike Cone 7-3, and

Rodney Strickland Alex Olinger 7-3 to reach

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On the A-side semifinals, Barron dispatched Albert Baker 4-1, while Coulter took out Bill Eisenhard 4-2. Coulter then claimed the hot seat by clipping Barron 4-3 in the finals.

On the B-side Eisenhard eliminated Baker at fourth place 4-2, but then Eisenhard was eliminated at third place at the hands of Barron 4-1. Barron almost made Results: the best of his rematch $350 with Coulter in the tour- 1st Ken Coulter $200 nament finals by winning 2nd Tim Barron Bill Eisenhard $100 the first set 4-3. The sec- 3rd Albert Baker $50 ond set went to the hill as 4th $50 well, but Coulter emerged 5th Buddy Folberth Shawn Collie 4-3 for the title.

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Murphey and Heath Hit the Heights Great Southern Billiard Tour / Fairfield, OH

by InsidePOOL Staff

Shannon Murphey and Timmy Heath scored at the November 19-20 stop Shannon Murphy, Shannon Daulton, of the Great Southern Brian Roberts, Mike Medley Billiard Tour, winning the amateur 9-ball and 9-ball banks events, respectively. The tour swept through Michael’s Billiards in Fairfield, OH, where 60 players entered the $1,000-added 9-ball event and 40 vied for first place in the $500-added banks division.

On the winners’ side of the amateur 9-ball event, Brian Roberts trounced Timmy Heath 9-2, while Lucas Timmy Heath, Shannon Daulton, Hawkins sent Landon Landon Shuffett, Mike Medley Shuffett to the one-loss side after a double-hill nail-biter 9-8. When Hawkins and Roberts advanced to the hot seat match, it was Roberts who emerged the 9-4 victory.

Murphey fought his way through the west side after an early loss, eliminating Tommy Stephenson 10-8 and Ryan Stone 10-9. He then ousted Heath 10-6 to reach the quarterfinal match against Shuffett, who had just eliminated Chad Palmer, also 10-6. It was a hill-hill battle, but Murphey pulled it out 10-9 to advance.

It was another close call in the semifinal match, with Murphey eking out a 10-8 victory over Hawkins to reach the finals. In the doubleelimination final match, Murphey bested Roberts 10-7 in the first set and then came back and won 10-5 in the second to claim first place.

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Heath went undefeated through the banks field until the finals. He notched a 3-1 defeat over John Lynch in the winners’ side final four to reach the hot seat, where he then faced down Shuffett, who had just bested Dick Game 3-1, by the score of 3-2.

9-Ball Results: 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th

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Shannon Murphey Brian Roberts Lucas Hawkins Landon Shuffett Timmy Heath Chad Palmer Ryan Stone T.J. Black Alex Olinger Tommy Stephenson Jimmy Henderson Frank Ruby

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Timmy Heath Landon Shuffett Billy Thorpe Jim Griffith Dick Game John Lynch Brian Roberts T.J. Black

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Lynch and Game were quickly put to rest on the west side by Jim Griffith 2-1 and Billy Thorpe 2-1, respectively. In the quarterfinals, Thorpe went on to oust Griffith 2-1, but Thorpe in turn was eliminated in third place by Shuffett 2-1.

In the double-elimination final match, Shuffett whitewashed Heath in the first set 3-0. But Heath recovered from this to win the second set 2-1 and claim the first-place prize.

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Greg Smith came back from a late loss at the November 2627 stop of the Great Shannon Daulton, Adam Bryan, Greg Smith, Southern Billiard Tour Gerry Shephard to double-dip Adam Bryan in the finals to take the title. The $1,500-added amateur 9-ball stop was held at Mickey Milligan’s Billiards and Pub in New Bern, NC, and attracted a field of 32 that Thanksgiving weekend.

A hill-hill defeat in the winners’ side final four at the hands of Smith 9-8 sent Sidney Champion to the one-loss side of the chart, as Smith advanced to the hot seat. His opponent was Bryan, who had just squeaked past Larry Faulk 7-8. Bryan went on to best Smith 7-5 and await a finals opponent, while Smith headed west.

On the left side, Charlie Brinson whitewashed Champion 7-0 and sent him home in fifth place, as Faulk defeated Montez Lloyd 9-6, who tied with Champion. Faulk gave Brinson a taste of his own medicine in the quarterfinals, handing him a donut 7-0.

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But Faulk reached the end of his event in the next round as Smith eliminated him 9-7 to advance to the double-elimination final match against Bryan. Results: Smith only allowed Bryan $1,000 to win a total of 5 racks as 1st Greg Smith $500 he himself claimed 18 by 2nd Adam Bryan 3rd

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Evans, the six-time women’s world champion, has now won her last 76 WLBSA matches. After successfully defending her British Open title, the 25 year old from Dudley, West Midlands, said, third leg of the World Ladies’ Billiards and Snooker Association’s “It was a bit scrappy and all the balls went a bit awkward. I needed 2010-2011 tour. a snooker in the second frame, got it, and then she potted a brilliant pink.”

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by Tim Dunkley previous week and four days later crashed out of the UK ChampiReanne Evans onship 9-1 to China’s Xiao Guodong.

Despite being virtually unbeatable on the women’s circuit, Reanne Evans said she’s targeting 100 straight wins on the Evans Zeros in on 100 Evans is still searching for that elusive first victory on the profeswomen’s snooker circuit after extending her record-breaking She said, “No matter what, all it can do is increase my confiWorld Ladies’ Billiards and Snooker Associationrun/ sional circuit. She narrowly lost 4-3 to world champion Neil Robwith victory in the British Open. The undisputed world number dence for the Ladies’ [tour]. I can only take the positives from it, Bury St. Edmonds, Suffolk ertson in the European Players Tour Championship in Prague the one, who compiled a massive 140 break in the last four, defeated because that’s all it is this season. I can’t expect much, really, just

by Tim Dunkley previous week and four days later crashed out of the UK ChampiPortsmouth’s Emma Bonney 3-1 in the final November 27. Pot Black experience and enjoying it. She added with a laugh, “I just need onship 9-1 to China’s Xiao Guodong.

Sports Bar in Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, hosted and sponsored the that win and I’ll be all right.”

Reanne Evans said she’s targeting 100 straight wins on the women’s snooker circuit after extending her record-breaking run She said, “No matter what, all it can do is increase my confiwith victory in the British Open. The undisputed world number dence for the Ladies’ [tour]. I can only take the positives from it, one, who compiled a massive 140 break in the last four, defeated because that’s all it is this season. I can’t expect much, really, just Portsmouth’s Emma Bonney 3-1 in the final November 27. Pot Black experience and enjoying it. She added with a laugh, “I just need Sports Bar in Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, hosted and sponsored the that win and I’ll be all right.”

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She said, “No matter what, all it can do is increase my confidence for the Ladies’ [tour]. I can only take the positives from it, because that’s all it is this season. I can’t expect much, really, just experience and enjoying it. She added with a laugh, “I just need that win and I’ll be all right.”

Evans is still searching for that elusive first victory on the professional circuit. She narrowly lost 4-3 to world champion Neil Robertson in the European Players Tour Championship in Prague the previous week and four days later crashed out of the UK Championship 9-1 to China’s Xiao Guodong.

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Regional Roundup Nodine Earns Top-Notch Finish Lucasi Hybrid All-American Tour / Chenoa, IL

by InsidePOOL Staff

Pluym Outpoints Lucasi Competition Lucasi Hybrid Cues All-American Tour / Muscatine, IA

by InsidePOOL Staff

Bob Nodine was first to cross the finish line at the Lucasi Hybrid Cues All-American Tour’s November 12 stop, defeating Mike Schultz in the final match. The tour’s eleventh stop was hosted by Finish Line in Chenoa, IL, where the $500-added 8-ball event drew 17 players and was played on 7-foot bar boxes.

Ron Pluym escaped two meetings with Oscar Perales Jr. at the December 3 stop of the Lucasi Hybrid Cues All-American Tour to take first place. The $300-added 8-ball Oscar Perales Jr., Ron Pluym, James Miller handicapped tourney was held at Krug’z Pool Hall in Muscatine, IA, on 7-foot Valley bar boxes and drew a full 32-player field.

Nodine went to the hot seat with wins over friends Doug Williams 5-1 and Eric Naretto 5-1 in the hot seat match. Schultz got hot on the one-loss side after an early loss to Williams by stopping Chris Wilder at seventh place 4-1. He them got his revenge on Williams 4-0 to leave Williams at a tie for fifth place.

This set up a match between Schultz and Andy Hauschild, who was also hot after a first-round loss to Dave Goode. Hauschild defeated John Pokora at seventh place 4-3. He then took down Jacob Varner at fifth by outscoring him 4-2. This set up the quarterfinals between the two hot players of the night.

Hauschild took the early lead, but Schultz didn’t let this get him down. He battled back and won the match 4-3, leaving Hauschild with a fourth-place finish. Next up for Schultz was Naretto. Shultz continued to stay strong with the first three wins before Naretto could get started.

But it was not enough to Results: keep Schultz down, and he 1st Bob Nodine $400 won this set 4-2, dispatch2nd Mike Schultz $240 ing Naretto at third. In 3rd Eric Naretto $160 the title match, Nodine 4th Andy Hauschild $110 was just a bit too much 5th Doug Williams $60 to handle on the night, as

Jacob Varner he defeated Schultz 5-0 to 7th John Pokora $45 remain undefeated for the Chris Wilder title.

Throughout the A-side Pluym outpointed Tracy Hoerrmann, Steve W., Jim Tipps, Rusty Clester, and Perales Jr. Previous to his loss to Pluym in the A-side fiResults: nals, Perales vanquished 1st Ron Pluym $300 Miranda Krueger, Steve 2nd Oscar Perales Jr. $180 Krueger, Tony Torres, and 3rd James Miller $140 James Miller.

4th Rusty Clester $90

5th Dennis Cushing $50

Perales recovered in John Gorsch the B-side finals by elimi7th Jim Tipps $35 nating Miller. But the final Jeff Nguyen match went Pluym’s way 9th Nick Allendorf $15 in the first set against Pe John Pokora rales for the title.

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Regional Roundup Wagner Wins AWBT Championship Arizona Women’s Billiard Tour / Phoenix, AZ

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Rebecca Wagner won the final stop of the Arizona Women’s Billiard Tour’s 2011 season with her finals victory over Kristin Haney 9-5. This event was held at Bull Shooters Rebecca Wagner in Phoenix, AZ, November 19-20. Wagner was nearly unstoppable this year, with four wins and a seventh-place finish in the five tournaments she played this season. This win crowned her as the AWBT 2011 points champion and gives her the opportunity to compete in the Women’s Professional Billiards Association tour in 2012.

Kristin Haney defeated Terri Johnson-McCauley 7-5 and went on to claim the hot seat 7-2 over Stacy Allsup. Wagner was working her way back through the one-loss bracket by eliminating Sara Miller 7-3, Johnson-McCauley 7-2, and Susan Williams 7-3. Allsup was Wagner’s next opponent, and as the match progressed, Wagner became more focused and came away with a 7-4 win and a lock on the AWBT points title.

Wagner now faced off against the undefeated Haney in the single-match final race to 9. They traded the first two games, but Wagner began to take full advantage of Haney’s misses and ran out to a large lead. Nearing the finish line, Wagner missed the opportunity to close out the match, allowing Haney a few more games. In the end, it was an easy 9-5 win and Results: Haney’s fourth tourna1st Rebecca Wagner $230 ment win this season.

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Cole Closes out Stellar Year Northwest Women’s Pool Association / Bellevue, WA

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Liz Cole topped off a stupendous year with a season-ending victory at the Northwest Women’s Pool Association’s November 1920 stop, taking the title over Kimberly Kirk. The tour’s finale was held at The Parlor in Bellevue, WA, and drew 20 ladies.

Unfortunately, because of snow, a few of the tour’s top players were not in attendance. On the winners’ side, Cole squared off against Michelle Hughes, while Shelby Locati battled against recent44 InsidePOOL Magazine ◊ January 2012

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ly crowned 2011 U.S. Amateur champion Suzanne Smith. Cole and Smith won their matches 7-4 and 7-2, respectively.

Cole then bested Smith 7-4 to secure her sixth final appearance of the season.

On the west side, Kirk defeated Jessica Orth 7-5, while Deby Welfringer bested Clodagh Lancaster 7-5. Kirk then eliminated Locati in fifth place 7-6, and Welfringer sent Hughes home in the same slot 7-3. In the quarterfinals, Kirk ousted Welfringer 7-2 and, continuing her superb play, eliminated Smith in third place 7-4 to secure her spot in the finals against Cole.

Straight out of the gate, Kirk stroked the ball well to take a 3-0 lead, but a couple of untimely errors by Kirk then allowed Cole to tie up the match. The match seesawed to 6-6, at which a hung 8 ball by Kirk allowed Cole to take Main Event Results: an 8-6 lead. Kirk then $345 scratched on the break for 1st Liz Cole 2nd Kimberly Kirk

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Across 1. Their “Orange Crush Defense” took them to the playoffs in 1977 4. Popularized the “nohuddle offense” strategy in 1988 5. The only team to score 20 consecutive winning seasons, during which they only missed a playoff appearance twice 6. Holds the record in all American sports leagues for the longest streak of seasons without consecutive winning seasons 8. The only NFL franchise that has not yet qualified for a postseason playoff game 10. Have the most appearances in the Super Bowl in the past 25 years 11. The only team to lose all 16 regular-season games after the NFL went to a 16-game schedule 12. Legendary quarterback Joe Namath played for this team for most of his career

14. When founded in 1960, this team was briefly known as the “Senors” 17. When this franchise entered the league in 1976, they lost their first 26 games 18. Have recorded more overall victories than any other NFL franchise 19. The “Team of the 60s,” headed by Vince Lombardi 22. Along with the Panthers, this team joined the NFL in 1995 24 Won Super Bowl XLIV over the Indianapolis Colts 25. “The Purple People Eaters” 26. Got six?

27. This team’s home games are played at the Kingdome, the loudest stadium in the NFL

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13. Head coach Jim Zorn brought a West Coast offense to this team in 2008 15. Founded in 1898, this team is the oldest continuously run professional American football club 16. Completed the first full undefeated season in NFL history in 1972 18. The only team to advance to four consecutive Super Bowls - and lose all four times 19. This team’s logo is shaped to resemble the combined borders of two states 20. Named after a symbol used for the New Deal stimulus programs 21. When they were called the Oilers, their mascot was known as “Ol’ Riggy” 23. Named to honor Edgar Allen Poe’s famous poem

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