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n October 11-17, 2011 the 14th Annual Western BCA Regional defeated Desmarais/Pridgen. McDonald/Adams then defeated Fenn/Karpins 9-Ball Championships were hosted at Chinook Winds Casino 5-1 to earn their spot in the final. The final four teams on the B side included & Resort in Lincoln City, Oregon. Players from Washington, Anderson/Beach, Hostak/Morfin, Nguyen/Hughes, and Cadena/Wilson.

Oregon and Idaho converged at what Hostak/Morfin advanced through the B side of the is fondly called “Da Beach” to compete board, surviving three hill-hill matches and one for their share of over $75,000 in prize money. While 5-3 match to earn their shot at the title. Jackson Western BCA volunteers organized the event, Bad Boys McDonald/Robin Adams had other plans as they Productions set up the 80 Diamond Pool Tables and defeated Dennis Hostak/Faith Morfin 5-0 in the tracked all results both on the paper brackets that lined first set to earn their first scotch doubles title. Great the halls and the online brackets available at www. shooting! ctsondemand.com. A moment of silence was held Seventy players signed up for Men’s Masters and for former Western BCA volunteer Alex Stroup, who top prize was $1250. Only eight players made it succumbed to lymphoma on May 28, 2011. Many to the final board. On the A side Clark Smith players who knew him well dedicated their performance vs. Rick Copeland and Miguel Morfin vs. Eddie to him. Western BCA dedicated the tournament to his Carrido. Rick and Eddie both continued memory and extends their love to his family. The stage on the A side to battle it out for the hot was set for the best competition in the Northwest. seat, which Eddie won 8-4. Dillon Standley Forty-six teams signed up for Master Scotch Doubles defeated Miguel Morfin to earn a spot in the and top prize was $1950. With payouts only including B side finals. Rick, too, was determined to the top of the field, competition was fierce. The only earn a rematch against Eddie, and ended restriction teams faced was that only one Grand Master up defeating Dillon 8-3 to play in his first was allowed per team. In a race-to-6 format, alternating Master singles final. Rick was shooting well break, both teams needed to start out strong to increase and defeated Eddie in the first set of this their odds of victory. true double elimination final. He appeared Out of the 46 teams, only one team had jointly claimed to be in position to close out the second the title previously, and they were defending champions set as well; however, Rick sat on the hill, Mike Stevens and Cindy Doty. After a fifth round loss 7-3 in a race to 8, as Eddie rallied back to to Glenn Atwell/Shari Ross, their hopes of a repeat tie the set at 7. With Eddie winning the performance were dashed by national grandmaster Dan flip for the second set, he would break in Louie and 1st year regional master Jessica Orth. Louie/ Steve Kesting of Prestige Billiard Balls the final game. Eddie broke and pocketed at his booth Orth would go on to defeat their next opponents Seal/ a ball. With an extremely tough backcut Olson, but then came up short when Atwell/Ross, fresh off their hot seat loss to on the 1, Eddie opted for a 1-9 carom shot on the 9, which he Violette/Jensen, ground out a gutsy hill-hill nail biter to earn their spot in the made to win the match and top prize. final. The first set of the final would also go hill-hill, but this time in favor of Thirty-seven ladies signed up in the Master division and Violette/Jensen, who after earning their first titles as Masters, were surrounded the top prize was $950. The final four ladies on the A by friends and fellow competitors in celebration of their brilliant breakthrough side included Shawn Wolf vs. Susan Preston and Suzanne performance.

Smith vs. Jessica Orth. Shawn and Suzanne defeated their opponents 7-5 and 7-3 to advance to the hot seat match, which Suzanne won in her closest match of the event 7-6. The remaining ladies on the B side included Barb Both Leo Violette and Angela Jensen were playing in their first event as regional Thompson vs. Regene Lane (first time Western BCA masters. Leo won the Open A Singles and Angela took 4th place in the participant) and Shari Ross vs. Jo Woodward. Barb Women’s Open Singles at the Western BCA’s Regional 8 Ball Championships in and Shari would continue in the event, defeating their March. Neither player had any sort of expectations about their performance; opponents 7-4 and 7-3. Barb would continue on to however, the way in which they maintained their composure against some of defeat Susan, and then Jessica (fresh off her win over the toughest players in the region, expect to see more titles to come their way.

Shari.) The only thing in between Barb and another Congratulations to you both! shot at a title was Shawn. Shawn played great and defeated Barb 7-4 to earn a rematch against Suzanne in Open Scotch Doubles featured 83 couples and a top prize of $1550. The the final. It was a true double elimination format, so final four teams on the A side included McDonald/Adams, Coomes/Sleight, Shawn would need to beat Suzanne twice. Suzanne Desmarais/Pridgen, and Fenn/Karpins. Jackson McDonald and Robin Adams took an early 4-1 lead, but then faltered when continued their strong play defeating Coomes/Sleight, while Fenn/Karpins (Western BCA continued on page 8)

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Likewise on the Men’s side, Glenn Atwell started out strong and never let up as he charged to his pending victory. His steady stroke, calm demeanor and deadly accuracy gave him a strong lead. Dan Louie, who won the Men’s GMC at the 2011 8-Ball Championships, made a valiant attempt to surpass Glenn in points, but fell short by 4 points. In an equally impressive example of sportsmanship, Dan Louie presented Glenn with his Championship trophy.

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Western BCA and all of the Grand Masters wish to thank Tiger for their sponsorship and generous donation of a cue stick for a raffle. Scott Virgin of Cherry City League won that raffle drawing. Congratulations Scott! And, Congratulations to our Grand Masters Champions, Liz Cole and Glenn Atwell!!

MARY HOPKIN

CINDY DOTY

It was Liz Cole who came out on top after the first day. Her opponents noticed her exceptional play early on, with her amazing combos and awesome run-outs, and they knew she would definitely be the one to catch at the end. 2011 8-Ball GMC Champion Linda Carter came within 3 points of catching Liz, but was unable close the gap. In a show of gracious sportsmanship, Linda presented Liz with her beautiful glass Championship trophy.

LINDA CARTER

KIMBERLY KIRK

JOSIE LEROY

CINDY SLIVA

LIZ COLE

The Grand Masters Challenge Division was created to give the top 8 men and women Grand Masters and Masters in Western BCA a tougher challenge with a Round-Robin format tournament. At this Regional event, the men played 10-Ball and the women played 9-Ball. The players played sets of 8 games, with the scores tallied at the end. After 3 days of stellar shooting and grueling safety battles, Liz Cole rose above the ladies’ field and Glenn Atwell topped the men’s division to capture the titles of Grand Masters Challenge Champions.

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Glenn Atwell--37 Dan Louie--33 Stan Tourangeau--30 Eddie Mataya--27 Rich Geiler--25 Steve Lingelbach--25 Don Wirtaman--25 Todd Marsh--22

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FINAL SCORES

Liz Cole--36 Linda Carter--33 Cindy Sliva--31 Cindy Doty--30 Josie LeRoy--25 Mary Hopkin--23 Andrea Saenz-Maes--23 Kimberly Kirk--23

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All the players and winners at this event exhibited outstanding sportsmanship and competition. Congratulations to all the winners! For a more detailed version of this article and complete results, please visit www.westernbca.org. Western BCA looks forward to seeing you all next year at the 8-Ball Championships in March, 2012!

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a position error and a poorly executed safety allowed Shawn to get within 1 game. At 4-3, Suzanne and Shawn exchanged racks, neither lady able to get an edge. That 4th game was the last that Shawn would get, as Suzanne played consistently to run out the final two racks from the 5 and the 4 to earn her first Master Singles Title.

One hundred and eight players signed up in the Men’s Open A Division and top prize was $1000. On the A side, Greg Odal played John Brown for the hot seat. Both players had been shooting extremely well. Greg survived three consecutive hill-hill matches prior to the A side final, while John had dispatched his opponents by a larger margin. Greg shot with determination and sent John to the B side by a score of 7-3. On the B side, Phong Nyugen played Roy Garza to earn a spot in the B side final. Phong defeated Roy handily to advance.

Phong, who had received his first loss from Greg (hill-hill) a couple rounds earlier, then succumbed to John by the same score. The final was a rematch of the hot seat, with a similar outcome. Greg shot with great determination and focus defeating John in the first set, 7-2.

Welcome to the Masters Division, guys!

One hundred and forty-four players entered the Men’s Open B Division and top prize was $750.

On the A side, match ups were Brent Kirschenmann vs. Chap Cook and Gary Lewis vs. Mayolo Munoz. Brent and Gary defeated their opponents to square off for the hot seat. Brent then defeated Gary 6-3 to earn his spot in the finals. On the B side, Scott Perry played Paul Bennett and Larry Nathan played Dave Avegio. Scott and Dave both advanced through their matches 6-2 and 6-5, respectively. Chap and Mayolo were eager for redemption and handed Scott and Dave their walking papers 6-4 and 6-0. Chap then defeated Mayolo 6-4 and Gary 6-5 to earn his spot in the final against Brent. Brent was fiercely determined to earn the title and did not let Chap have a game in the first set, winning top prize by the score of 6-0. Welcome to the Open A, gentlemen!

Ninety-eight ladies signed up for the Open event and top prize was $775. Topping the A side, Bernie Foster vs. Rebecca Easley and Kathy Stanley vs. Sara Moore fought to play for the point. Rebecca and Kathy both survived hill-hill battles to earn a shot at the hot seat. Both ladies shot well; however, Kathy edged out Rebecca 6-4. On the B side, final board match ups included Julie Stallings vs. Michelle Hughes and Suwanna Kroll vs. Lynda Moore. Michelle and Suwanna both defeated their opponents, and it seemed that momentum from their wins carried them through their next rounds, where Michelle defeated Sara and Suwanna defeated Bernie.

Michelle then played Suwanna and defeated her as well to earn a spot against Rebecca in the B side final. Rebecca was hungry for a rematch with Kathy and defeated Michelle 6-3 to advance.

The first set of the final was an epic battle, when tied at 5-5, Kathy made the 9-Ball on the break to win the set and earn the title. Great job ladies and welcome to the Masters!

Thirty-six men signed up for the Senior Singles event and the top prize was $440. The A side final four include matchups of Owen Miller vs. Bill Ruddick and Vernon Joe vs. Mike Knight.

Owen and Vernon both advanced through their matches 6-5 and 6-3, respectively. Vernon shot with amazing intensity and defeated Mike 6-0 to earn a rematch in the final against Owen.

Owen, however, had plans of his own and with consistent shotmaking and safety play defeated Vernon 6-0 in the first set to earn his Senior Singles Title.

The tournament finished off with the three team divisions: Women’s Team, Men’s/Mixed Team and a brand new division, Men’s/Mixed Open B Team.

Men’s/Mixed Team started with 102 teams fighting for a $3,000 1st place payday. Men’s/Mixed Teams are allowed 1 Master or Grand Master per team. Little Dutch Inn (Tim Desmarais, Clayton Foran and Nick Lopez) a team of all OPEN A players, punished many of those teams with a Master, on their way to an final 14-7 victory over Lloyd’s Team (Joe Landi, Brent Langley and Stan Tourangeau).

The new division, Men’s/Mixed Open B Teams, featured 40 teams for its first time and Probable Cause (Dave Mackey, Jose Velasquez and David Zelany) started winning and never looked back. Facing team Egitserp (Prestige spelled backward--Paul Bennett, Brent Kirschenmann, Martin Seguin and Steve Kesting) in the finals, Probable Cause continued their streak defeating Egitserp 11-9, winning $825.

The Women’s Team event whittled 48 teams down to the final 2 on Sunday. The Gatekeepers (Michelle Barkdoll, Faith Morfin, and Andrea Saenz-Maes) played strong and consistent to make their way to the finals. Like the Men’s Teams, the Open players in this final really stepped up their game; Andrea attributes their wins to Faith and Michelle. The Gatekeepers emerged victorious over Marco… (Shari Ross, Talya Makus, and Kathy Stanley), and earned $1,710 by beating them with a score of 11-7.

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LITTLE DUTCH-YAKIMA Tim Desmarais, Clayton Foran, Nick Lopez

PROBABLE CAUSE Dave Mackey, Jose Velasquez, David Zelany

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League WWA MID EV LTD CPL NPL LTD LTD CPL LTD CC NPL

MENS OPEN-A SINGLES Place Prize Player 1st $1000 Greg Odal 2nd $720 John Brown 3rd $520 Phong Nguyen 4th $380 Roy Garza 5th - 6th $280 Bill Irons

Mike Jensen 7th - 8th $200 Chris White

Jackson McDonald 9th - 12th $140 Morgan Fleming

Tommy Fulton

Randy White

Randy Ohrstrom 13th - 16th $100 Ken Wilson

Daniel Coffman

Dave Thompson

Don Fowler

League LTD COB LTD NPL LTD NPL INL NPL CC CWY NPL INL LTD NPL NPL EV

WOMENS MASTER SINGLES Place Prize Player 1st $950 Suzanne Smith 2nd $610 Shawn Wolf 3rd $385 Barbara Thompson 4th $240 Jessica Orth 5th - 6th $150 Susan Preston

Shari Ross

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MENS SENIOR SINGLES Place Prize Player 1st $440 Owen Miller 2nd $300 Vernon Joe 3rd $200 Bill Ruddick 4th $135 Michael Knight 5th - 6th $90 Steve Baumann

Bill Henderson

League WWA WWA NPL PCGP MID MTV

WOMENS OPEN SINGLES Place Prize Player 1st $775 Kathy Stanley 2nd $560 Rebecca Easley 3rd $400 Michelle Hughes 4th $285 Suwanna Kroll 5th - 6th $210 Sara Moore

Bernie Foster 7th - 8th $150 Julie Stallings

Lynda Moore 9th - 12th $105 Stephanie Karpins

Lorraine Krom

Angel Veliz

Brenda Bartholomew 13th - 16th $75 Linda Fuller

Yvonne Colfax

Becky Way

Jena Angerstein

League LTD PCGP LTD LTD EV LTD EV/MID LTD PCGP LTD NPL NPL NPL NPL NPL EV

MENS OPEN-B SINGLES Place Prize Player 1st $750 Brent Kirschenmann 2nd $555 Chap Cook 3rd $410 Gary Lewis 4th $310 Mayolo Munoz 5th - 6th $230 Scott Perry

David Avegio 7th - 8th $170 Paul Bennett

Larry Nathan 9th - 12th $125 Tony Tipton

Somerfield Habener

Eric Tate

Jeff Hayes 13th - 16th $95 Fred Matzke

Harry Howard

Michael Atkisson

Chuck Tate 17th - 24th $70 Don Wilmoth

Seth Cumby

Jose Aquino

Glen Strode

Willie Wong

Ian Sharp

Willie Maurer

Ryan Linker

League LTD PCGP LTD LINC LTD CPL LTD PCGP CC EV SWI CPL NPL NPL CPL SWI CWY NPL NPL LTD CWY EV CPL LTD

MENS/MIXED TEAMS Place Prize Team Name Players League 1st $3000 Little Dutch-Yakima Tim Desmarais, Clayton Foran, Nick Lopez CWY 2nd $2175 Lloyd’s Team Joe Landi, Brent Langley, Stan Tourangeau LTD 3rd $1575 Anger Management John Cassidy, Steve Heiman, Dennis Young PCGP 4th $1140 Golden Fleece #1 Jim Benton, Loy Long, Dan Louie LTD 5th - 6th $825 Dave Jones Custom Cues Clay Belvoir, Sean Lewis, John Te LTD

Soundview Bar & Grill Jim Conway, Greg Odal, Ed Slade LTD 7th - 8th $600 Got Hustled Edmund Carrido, Glen Carrido, Brian Roberson, Sokvorn But-WWA

No Excuses Carlos Cadena, Aaron Probst, Luke Thomas CC 9th - 12th $435 Tacoma Players Chad Hartje, Larry Tulfo, Don Wirtaman WWA

S.A.T. Aaron Curti, Terry Erdman, Steve Tune NPL

D.R. MD Dan Carmen, Ray Cunningham, Mike Dubendorf, Matthew Witham-CPL

Bad Rolls Roy Garza, Sam Maul, Dave Schneider NPL 13th - 16th $315 Sharkshooters Scott Snyder, Greg Sowder, John Whiteman NPL

Bounty Hunters Rodney Bair, Doug Ellenberger, Matt Horner CC

Hocus Pocus Duey Bennett, Andrew Monstis, Steven Pulido CPL

Another Gear Larry Francisco, Larry Maes, Eddie Mataya NPL 17th - 24th $225 KornerPocket Alan Buck, Marvin Holmes, Bill Irons LTD

CanAm Gord Gervais, LLoyd Hammond, Tom Mautino LTD

Bad Influences Jesse Arismendez, Robert Osmundson, Shawn Self CC

Thor’s Hammer Chad Bisconer, Jackson McDonald, Dave Thompson NPL

Showboat Ken Dodd, Eric Gibson, Perley Smith NPL

Team Liability Mike Bergland, Ryan Busto, Scott Gracio INL

Shafer’s Ralph Belgarde, John Hedges, Owen Miller, Dennis Proia WWA

Papa Joes Steve Baumann, Joe Mendoza, Steve Mendoza MID 25th - 32nd $165 Schooner’s 2 1/2 Men Rennie Amadeo Sr., Jing Gicoso, Bobby Hinkley, Jeff Baker WWA

Let’s Roll Jason Coomes, Bill Dixon, Chris Guffey NPL

A Little Loaded Mike Jensen, Mike Stevens, Tavis Wagner NPL

That’ll Never Work Jason Fick, Ken Wilson, Phillip Wilson LTD

Hitmen Roger Goodman, Dan Madden, Linn Petty EV

Rollin It Brandon Crum, Jeramy Daniels, Ken Welch EV

Rack-em Linda Carter, Larry Nathan, Ken Smith PCGP

Ranch Tavern-Yakima Scott Dzurik, Rich Fearr, Tommy Fulton CWY MENS/MIXED OPEN-B TEAMS Place Prize Team Name 1st $1215 Probable Cause 2nd $825 EGITSERP 3rd $555 Wipe Out 4th $375 Krickett’s Players 5th/6th $255 Nemesis

Old But Still Kicking 7th/8th $180 The Strokes

Peacocks 9th-12th $120 Luckey’s #1

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The “B” Squad-Yakima

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MENS MASTER SINGLES Place Prize Player 1st $1250 Eddie Carrido 2nd $870 Rick Copeland 3rd $605 Dillon Standley 4th $420 Miguel Morfin 5th - 6th $290 John Lewis

Clark Smith 7th - 8th $205 Gordon Gervais

Sean Lewis 9th - 12th $140 Chris Byers

Leo Violette

Luke Thomas

Paul Marquez

WOMENS TEAMS Place Prize 1st $1710 2nd $1155 3rd $795 4th $555 5th/6th $375

7th/8th $255

9th-12th $180

13th-16th $120

MASTER MIXED SCOTCH DOUBLES Place Prize Players 1st $1950 Leo Violette/Angela Jensen 2nd $1310 Glenn Atwell/Shari Ross 3rd $880 Dan Louie/Jessica Orth 4th $600 Marvin Seal/Mary Olson 5th - 6th $400 Mike Stevens/Cindy Doty

Zac Masiba/Barb Thompson 7th - 8th $270 Gordon Gervais/Brenda Willis

Eddie Mataya/Mary Hopkin 9th - 12th $180 Marvin Holmes/Suzanne Smith

Steve Tune/Shirley Morgan

Linn Petty/Diane Krause

Terry McDonnnell/Regene Lane 13th-16th $120 Chad Bisconer/Stacy Eilts

Eddie Carrido/Susan Preston

Luke Thomas/Eve Stockstill

Randy Baker/Annie Gay

League LTD NPL/LTD LTD LTD NPL NPL LTD NPL LTD/NPL NPL EV LTD NPL WWA/EV CC/NPL TIO/CC

OPEN MIXED SCOTCH DOUBLES Place Prize Players 1st $1550 Jackson McDonald/Robin Adams 2nd $1100 Dennis Hostak/Faith Morfin 3rd $780 Mark Fenn/Stephanie Karpins 4th $550 Jason Coomes/Eunice Sleight 5th - 6th $380 Tim Desmarais/Kathy Pridgen

Carlos Cadena/Jill Wilson 7th - 8th $260 Tim Anderson/Adrianne Beach

Phong Nguyen/Michelle Hughes 9th - 12th $180 Ernie Omori/Vikkie Knutsen

David Ray/Trisha Stephens

Greg Odal/Bernie Foster

Brian Kvasnicka/Alicia Kvasnicka 13th - 16th $130 Owen Miller/Kasia Wilcox

Hank Duren/Jena Angersetin

Nick Lopez/Pat Hayes

Melvin White/Patty Gary 17th - 24th $90 Jose Aquino/Jennifer Reese

Bill Byers/Shawn Graves-McCleod

Wes Bledsoe/Sharon Bledsoe

Mike DeVeau/Kirsten Liane

Scott Gracio/Wendy Lee

Wally Johnston/Robyn Willits

Roy Garza/Barbara McKinney

Glen Reckard/Kathy Stanley

League NPL NPL PCGP NPL CWY CC LTD LTD WWA NPL LTD INL WWA EV CWY SLC NPL LTD INL NPL INL NPL NPL LTD

Team Name Player The Gatekeepers Michelle Barkdoll, Faith Morfin, Andrea Saenz-Maes Marco…

Talya Makus, Shari Ross, Kathy Stanley Whack Foo Sharon Bledsoe, Nasrin Emam, Alicia Kvasnicka, Samantha Simatos-Baeschlin The Chitlins Melissa Bower, Liz Cole, Nadia Fay CAB-bies Brenda Bartholomew, Adele Evans, Cindy Sliva Felt Up Suwanna Kroll, Alisha Rogers, Andrea Ruth Shots And Lollipops Paula Heusinkveld, Kimber Sexton, Tricia Tipton NPL Chix Cindy Doty, Debie Leelyn, Mandi Ritthaler IDK Jill Brown, Cari Halbakken, Nikki Bisconer Haven’t Got A “Cue” Vickie Anders, Laurie Kinney, Linda Knight No Balls All Game Kimberly Allen, Jenny Lewis, Jennifer Windell The Baby Dinosaurs Mitzi Aoyagi, Sissy Decroos, Lynnea McCrone, Eileen Stephens Toadstool A-list Suzanne Mackey, Onie Mansor, Candy Zelany Cascade Cue-tees Cherish Carpenter, Shelby Locati, Denice White Ballad Town Babes Melyssa Chasteen, Alfreda Crossen, Tammy Holcomb Top Three Michelle Nelson, Jennifer Reese, Katarzyna (Kasia) Wilcox

League NPL LTD INL NPL NPL LTD CC NPL NPL PCGP CPL EV SWI CPL CPL WWA

Player League Dave Mackey, Jose Velasquez, David Zelany SWI Paul Bennett, Brent Kirschenmann, Martin Seguin, Steve Kesting LTD Glen Sakamura, Tony Tipton, Markus White CC Jimmy Best, Tim Best, Sean Dines, Atinea Moi, Tony Smith WWA Chris Brown, Gary Elston, Harry Howard NPL Jerry Dinsmore, Omar Gravelle, Joe Parkinson NPL Tyrel Datwyler, Tony Metcalf, John Scudder NPL Robert Best, Scott Dannen, Richard Lance, Randy Skinkis MID Shelby Glidden, Jim Grandstaff, Somerfield Habner, Ray Lingenfelter-EV Bob Chaney, Victor Fejeran, Lelani George, Bruce Maddux UMP Richard Barahas, Ralph Jones, David Lash, Brad Laskoski CWY Paul Alexander, Toshi Moriguchi, Concord Rapapan LTD

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2011 US Open Lessons

BY: BOB JEWETT

Last time I pointed out that 7 is gone and the 8 is the next ball in you could learn a lot as a this position. By hitting about half the spectator with the safety 8 on the left side you can put the 8 play of Rafael Martinez as at B and the cue ball at A. Be sure to 8 an example. I took my own get the cue ball as close as possible to advice and went to the 2011 the cushion to make your opponent’s US Open 9-Ball Tournament cueing harder. in Virginia this October. There Another thing to be noted from this were many great matches and I Open was the critical importance of picked up a move or two. the break shot. Or maybe not. In the B In the diagram is a safety that I match between Darren Appleton and A saw Stefan Cohen from France Alex Pagulayan -- the eventual winner play. I thought he would play and the third place finisher -- in the the tough cut on the 7, but first 11 racks the breaker won only 3 instead he perfectly executed times. Appleton won the last 7 racks this safety shot, leaving both in a row to take the match but only the 7 and the cue ball tight 2 of the racks were break and runs. against the cushions. This is Championship play is rarely a series of the sort of speed control of run outs, especially with the relatively both balls you tend to find small pockets of the Diamond tables. with one pocket experts, but Perhaps the longest string in the Open in Cohen’s case I suspect it was by Jason Klatt from Canada is from his experience with who put an unbroken 7-pack on carom games in which you Darren, but Darren managed to need to control the speed of claw back for the win. The breaking all the balls. Cohen is also the rule was rack-your-own, break from former world champion at “the box” (within a diamond of the 7 straight pool. head spot) and get three balls past 9 If you see one guy wearing the side pockets. In winning the lime green shoes, it’s an race-to-13 finals, Appleton broke aberration or maybe insanity 13 times and made the wing ball Precision safe but if you see a dozen, it’s a (the outer ball on the side he broke St. Patrick’s Day parade. Later from) 12 times. That’s what happens in the tournament I saw other when you have a tight rack. On the examples of this safety, so other hand, Darren’s opponent in the maybe it will be worth your finals, Shawn Putnam, broke 6 times time to practice this shot. and made the wing ball only twice.

Note that against typical room Inexplicably, Putnam broke from the players, even if the 9 was not there as a blocker the safe would still left side all the time while Appleton was having his success from be effective as long as the shot is left straight in since a successful the right side. table-length draw is not likely.

I hope I’ve convinced you to get out more and see what’s going on.

This comes under the heading of leaving shots your opponent The next major event in this area is the Mosconi Cup, which will might make but is very unlikely to run out from. I’ve been on be in Las Vegas December 7-11. I hope to see you there. I’m the both sides of that proposition. guy with the briefcase and notebook -- say hello.

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The Monk’s Nine Ball Rules COVERING SUBJECTS THAT ARE NOT WRITTEN ABOUT

BY THE MONK

Tim Miller

You can go to my web site and read over seventy important instructional articles at no cost to you. www. monkbilliardacademy.net has video clips to show you how to hit the shots.

My special three-day workshop is limited to four students. I do not allow my students to get lost in a large class. I am here to help you at a reasonable price. It is about skill development.

May all the rolls go your way, The Monk

I am working on a project that involves the game of nine ball. Most of the masters will not share the vital concepts that are so important about this game. I promise you, this project will cover subjects that are not written about. The reason they won’t share this information with you is because it took to much sweat and effort to gain the knowledge. They simply do not want to give it away. I hope to have this work completed by mid November.

Let’s establish The Monk’s Nine Ball Rules.

1.

The break is the most important shot in this game. You must respect this opening shot. Your pre shot routine and thought process must be consistent on each and every break. The cue tip on the cue ball must be precise. The aiming must be accurate and the stroke must deliver the cue ball with deadly accuracy and with clear intentions on where the balls are going. The speed you use is vital. Stroke, speed and aiming point are critical parts of a good nine ball break. I charge two hundred dollars for a three hour session on the nine ball break. It would be good money spent.

2.

You must master the nine ball foundation material. I give you a series of shots and strokes and a score sheet. Work on this until you can reach the level of advanced nine ball player. You must understand, if you cannot consistently pocket these foundation shots you will fail to reach the top level status in nine ball. It is as simple as that.

The shots in the game of nine ball come up all the time. I set up a complete series of shots that will enable you to finish your run outs and win more games. Email me and I will send you ten of these foundational shots FREE of charge.

3.

There is no such thing as an easy shot in nine ball. The entire shot sequence must be mastered on each and every shot you face. See the shot, know the stroke and shoot the shot. In nine ball it is not a matter of making the ball. You must play position and be on the right side of your next ball. You must make the ball, set up for the next shot so you can get position on the next ball. In other words, you are always thinking three balls ahead.

4.

Do not make a ball when you cannot get position on the next shot. If you face a situation where you can’t get back to your next ball, play a safe. Do not play yourself into a corner.

5.

Do not try to run a table when you know you have clumps and balls tied up. So often we lose the game of nine ball when we arrive at a tough shot. We knew this was going to happen and yet we still ran to this point. An example of a tough shot is a ball on the rail right next to a side pocket. That is a shot where we sell out with a bank attempt or pinch it down the rail. Pay attention to the killer balls that destroy a good nine ball game. When you are good at kicking and good at safety play, you can offer to let your opponent play himself into a corner. I have done this and ended up seeing him fail on the clump or trouble ball. Better him than me.

6.

Nine ball is not about the break and run. Master the safeties found in my E book Safety Play. Don’t shoot them once. Shoot each safe a hundred times until your success rate is over 90%. Don’t come to me for backing money until you reach this success rate.

7.

Play the game you are playing. Do not get ahead of yourself. Develop the I Came to Win attitude and focus on winning the game at hand. Do not get caught up in the score, or the value of winning or losing. Stay in the present and shoot the shot in front of you as a reflection of who you are.

8.

Develop the ability to be a strong finisher. Run to the finish line in everything you do. Do not walk, do not hesitate do not get ahead of yourself. Be strong when it comes to the last three balls. And don’t try a low percentage shot on the eight. Be willing to play the safe required. Be patient when you are at the table. Play the game the right way.

9.

Master the fine art of composure. When playing nine ball you must be composed at all times. In all shots, be composed. Be composed when walking to the table, when sitting in your chair when facing a critical shot. Simply be composed and not preoccupied with results. Be composed when you win, be composed when you lose.

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Home town: Brookfield, WI Birth date: 1/12/95 School you currently attend: Brookfield East High School Grade: 11th Favorite subject in school: Math At what age did you start playing pool? 14 Titles/High finishes: Billiard Congress of Wisconsin State Tournament, 2nd place 2011 BEF Junior National 9-Ball Championships, 3rd place Other notable awards: Represented the United States in the 2011 WPA World Junior 9-Ball Championships in Kielce, Poland What kind of cue(s) do you use? Schon Cues Left or right handed: Right Favorite band/music: Red Hot Chili Peppers Hobbies: Baseball, spending time with friends Memorable pool moment: Finding out I qualified for the World Pool-Billiard Association (WPA) Junior Championships Real-world hero: Besides both my great parents-- Willie Munson, and my good friend George Middleditch-may he R.I.P (9/15/11) Fondest childhood memory: Spending time with George at the Derby City Classic all week staying up till 3 A.M. telling jokes and playing Card tricks Goals- personal and/or career: Win the all around at the Derby City Classic I would like to thank Terry Romine Jr. I would not be where I am today in the pool room, or as a person with out him. He took me under his wing and lead me to were i am now. I tell him i don't know how to pay him back for everything he's done for me and he just tells me he wants to see me play good. I really appreciate everything he has done for me. Thank you so much. I would also like to thank Jerry Briesath for teaching me as well. Jerry is a great guy to be around. Spending time watching matches on the tv table at the derby was great. he had an answer for every one of my questions and just smiles when i ask the next one. I've learned a lot from him.

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EXCITEMENT in the City HIGHEST TURNOUT THIS YEAR AT FAMILY BILLIARDS

her first match but made it all the way to the final 8 by going on to defeat Deborah Cullen, Evie Hazlett, Dierdre Li, and Michelle Hironimous. Her first round loss was to Tour Coordinator Cony Mendoza, who found a winning strategy for this stop. Each time she came to the director’s table to pick up a Magic Rack for her next match she’d ask for a little magic.

Apparently she got it because she also made the final 8 for the first time in her 3 years on the Tour. It was very refreshing to see all the new names getting into the “top 8”.The only veteran finalist who made it through from the oneEleanor Callado, her Mom, Tess Callado, and sister Emilyn Callado loss side was Tracy Palma On October 15 & 16 the Tiger West Coast Women’s who ground out a hill-hill Tour (TWCWT) rolled into San Francisco for its victory over Ginger Bowen in the final match of fifth stop of 2011. Everyone was excited by the Saturday night. Troopers both of them. turnout (43 players) at Family Billiards, our highest this year. Six new players entered despite it being Sunday’s first round in the Main Event featured our next to last stop—another great sign regarding victories by Eleanor Callado over Leslie Bernardi, the Tour’s future development. We’re getting lots Emilyn Callado over Bonnie Plowman, Tracy of positive feedback from both new and continuing Palma over Marina Cole and Cony Mendoza over players. One first time tour player told us as she Khanh Ngo. Alas the magic ran out for Cony in was leaving, “I just think this is the coolest thing the next round as she lost to Bonnie Plowman. ever”.

Leslie Bernardi won her match with Tracy Palma to become Bonnie’s next opponent; Leslie lost the Family Billiards’ 17 Gold Crowns were in excellent match to finish in 4th place. The hot seat match shape, freshly recovered in Simonis tournament pitted twins Eleanor and Emilyn Callado against blue cloth. The shimmed pockets on the front each other. That match went hill-hill with Eleanor 4 tables were a challenge some players relished breaking and running out in the final game to while others simply dealt with it. The room was win. Emilyn and Bonnie then met again as the last buzzing all day and into the night as we narrowed two players on the one-loss side. The two have the field to the final eight in our main event, a played head to head a lot this year, with victories double elimination tournament with a race to 7 traded back and forth. This stop Em seemed to on the winners’ side and a race to 5 on the onehave Bonnie’s number, beating her for the second loss side. Last month’s winner, Eleanor Callado, time in one day to set up a rematch with her sister made her way back to Sunday’s competition with Eleanor for first place. wins over Jess Quinata, Evie Hazlett, Jaime Dizon Eleanor won the first game of the final match. She and Carolin Koo. Twin sister Emilyn Callado never fell behind, but she never got much ahead joined her by defeating Kacie Ragen, A Aiem-saeither. In the end Eleanor prevailed 7-5. Main ard, Tammy Moreda, and Ginger Bowen. Bonnie Plowman also stayed on the winners’ side with 1 500 Eleanor Callado victories over Jill Cheviran, Kirsten Karim, Deirdre 2 320 Emilyn Callado Li, and Revelina Um. Leslie Bernardi earned her 3 240 Bonnie Plowman first final eight finish by remaining undefeated 4 155 Leslie Bernardi in matches with Shauna Madrigal, Brenda Clark, 5/6 120 Tracy Palma Marina Cole and Holly Robinson.

5/6 120 Cony Mendoza 7/8 80 Khanh Ngo On the one-loss side, Marina Cole was also 7/8 80 Marina Cole making her way to her first final eight by besting A Aiem-sa-ard, Christy Hawley, and Revelina Nineteen women competed in our Second Chance Um. Khanh Ngo, in her first TWCWT tournament, Tournament, a single elimination, race to five

contest. The final match had a rather unusual ending for our tour. Shawn Modelo and Deirdre Li were at hill-hill when a difficult spread of balls led to a series of safety plays on the one ball. When it was finally left in a position to be pocketed, Deirdre was sitting on two fouls. Shawn, a canny veteran and the 2011 BCA and ACS Champion in the senior women category, utilized her defensive game and was able to achieve the win by successfully three fouling Deirdre.

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Our thanks to Delbert Wong, owner of Family Billiards, for his support of our tour and his long time support of women’s pool. Family Billiards added a combined $750 to our main event, second chance, and end of season prize funds. On Sunday, the name Family took on a whole new meaning with not only sisters in the finals with their mother and brother looking on, but with Delbert, his daughter Camille, his son-in-law and grandchildren all in attendance. Family and staff all give their customers a warm welcome. They also served up a wide variety of tasty food (from tamales to pot stickers to hot dogs) and draft beer in icy cold glasses.

Thanks to the generosity of our tour sponsor, Tiger Products, we were once again able to raffle off one of their low deflection cue shafts, along with shirts and accessories for the benefit of the Tour. Thanks also to Magic Rack who has donated the racks we use in our tournaments, providing our players with a consistent, tight rack every game. Eileen Hansen provided therapeutic chair massage with a portion of the proceeds benefiting our Tour. Our next and final stop will be at The Broken Rack in Emeryville on November 19 & 20. Spectators or new players are always welcome, see our website www.twcwt.com or visit us on facebook for more information. Join us in November as we wrap up an extremely fun and successful year. If you can’t join us, final eight matches will be live streamed on Sunday, Nov. 20 by westcoastpoolplayers.com.

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Ask the Viper

BY: MELISSA LITTLE

Question: If I were to get a private pool lesson from you, what would we work on?

Melissa Little

Melissa “The Viper” Little has been a WPBA Touring Professional for over 10-years, she has represented the USA in Four WPA World Championships and has over 20 top-10 WPBA career finishes. Melissa is currently the housepro at the Wynkoop Brewing Company located in Downtown Denver. She teaches monthly clinics, gives private lessons, and has created a juniors program that promotes billiards education to the local youth. For more information about Melissa please visit: www.melissalittle.com

Answer:

This is the order that I would offer you in a private pool lesson 1.

Mechanics 2.

Pre-shot routine 3.

Shot making 4.

Cue ball control 5.

And much more…

Each and every time, I would ask my students to write down on a blank piece of paper there pre-shot routine. Sometimes they look at me funny and say, “Well I don’t have one”. Well you need to get one…

So listen up readers, this is your homework!!! Watch a pool match on ESPN or YouTube and barrow one of the top pros. Watch to see if they are consistently doing the same thing over and over. When your done please send your answers to Melissa@melissalittle.com and you could be featured in the December issue of my publication. Lets see if you are right?

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FROM: ANGIE HERNANDEZ I answer my phone, “This is Mike Massey” (I knew immediately who he was) then he says, “I am a famous Trick Shot Artist!”

Mike tells me, “I have a free weekend and would be able to do an exhibition and Clinic on Oct. 22, 2011!”

It so happen Juan and I were celebrating are 50th Wedding Anniversary on that date but could do it Thursday Oct. 20. Then I said we were having a $1000.00 1st place Guaranteed Tournament Oct. 7, 8, 9th ! Low and behold he was free and came and played on Saturday Oct 7th in our Open 8 Ball Tournament. Mike made it into the Finals on Sunday undefeated. His 1st match on Sunday was against Troy (Mike is Troy’s idol. He has all of Mike’s merchandise) Troy plays and beats Mike 5 to 3 (you would have thought Troy had died and went to heaven). It was very exciting to watch! Mike ended up taking 5th place!

The Exhibition and Clinics were a great success Channel 6 Television came in and did a very nice interview with Mike! Next tournament Nov 25-27 (see page 18).

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IT’S APPLETON AGAIN THE 2011 US OPEN

EVENT CONCLUDES WITH A FLAWLESS PERFORMANCE

BY AZB STAFF ran that rack, then broke and ran the final rack for the match and title.

The final day of the 36th Annual U.S. Open 9-Ball Championships concluded with a flawless performance by the explosive British player “Dynamite” Darren Appleton. He defeated Shawn Putnam in a single-set finals match with a convincing score of 13-6. Appleton is the third player in U.S. Open 9-Ball history to claim back to back titles since Mika Immonen in 2008/2009 and Nick Varner in 1989/1990.

Putnam earned his second place finish defeating a number of world class players including Mosconi Cup MVP Dennis Hatch 11-2. Putnam appeared unstoppable, running the first four racks and jumping to an 8-0 lead before Hatch even won a game. The two friends bantered and even exchanged a fist pump when Hatch played a lock up safety on the 6 ball while down 8-1. Ultimately, Hatch was unable to capitalize on the rare opportunities he received and at 10-2, when Putnam got perfect on the 6 ball with four balls left on the table, he threw in the towel.

This year, 251 players representing over 30 countries arrived to vie for the most prestigious professional billiard title on U.S. soil. Only four entered the final day where each match would now be a win-by-two format that never came into play.

The determined Brit entered the Accu-stats TV arena for his finals match sporting his patriotic England shirt with his country’s bold name and logo on the back. He had already defeated Putnam once in the first round of the finals bracket and felt confident he could do it again.

The first of only two errors by Appleton came in rack seven. While up 6-0, he scratched while playing onerail position from the 3 to the 4 ball allowing Putnam a chance to move his first bead. He would claim that rack and two more bringing the score to 6-3 when the American fans began chanting, “USA! USA!” Putnam cracked a smirk but the cue ball found a way to the pocket on his following break.

Appleton continued his lead throughout the match keeping the cue ball on a very short leash. His patterns were simple, his speed was precise, and his pocketing was deadly. While ahead 11-5, Appleton finally missed a thin cut on the 3 ball that sold out the rack. Putnam ran a few balls but found he was

Darren Appleton (Photo courtesy of Ricky Bryant)

cold from the chair. He missed the 7 ball in the corner but it banked in the side two rails. He did get out but broke and scratched in the following rack. Appleton

Putnam continued his tear in his next match against “The Lion” Alex Pagulayan who made a few uncharacteristic mental errors. Pagulayan received his first loss from Appleton in winner-side finals match. Both players stayed at each other’s heels until Appleton was ahead 7-6. In that rack, Appleton missed a 2 ball displaying the first possible signs of a slight mechanical breakdown. The gentlemen exchanged a few safeties until Pagulayan finally had an offensive shot at the 3 ball. As he shot it a cell phone went off in the top row leaving him with a tricky shot on the 4 ball. “I told you, only when he shoots,” said the playful lion. After much pondering, Pagulayan swung and missed the 4 in the corner.

He would never regain control of the table again after that. Appleton’s break was too effective and consistent and would ultimately earn him the grand prize.

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APPLETON WINS CHALLENGE OF CHAMPIONS

How do you follow up your second straight US Open 9-Ball crown? If you are Darren Appleton, you follow it up with a win at the 2011 Challenge of Champions at the Mohegan Sun Casino in Uncasville, Ct.

This event calls for four invited players to compete in two races to five and a one game sudden death playoff if the players split the first two sets.

The final match between Appleton and See did not start off well for Appleton, with See winning the first set 5-2. Appleton came back to force a tie-breaker with a 5-2 win of his own in the second set.

There was no sudden death playoff for Darren in his first match as he posted back to back 5-2 wins over World 9-Ball Champion Yukio Akakariyama.

See won the lag for the sudden death game, but was unable to get a shot on the one after the break. See did take control after an Appleton safety, with a successful jump shot. That control came unraveled though, when See missed a five ball and was forced to sit and watch Appleton run out the remaining balls for the win.

The other semi-final match saw World 10-Ball Champion defeat Mika Immonen in a sudden death playoff after winning 5-2 and then losing 5-3.

Appleton earned $25,000 in the winner take all event.

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Allison Fisher Dominates China

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aining, China- 15 times World Champion Allison Fisher finally snapped off her first win in China at the 2011 Haining Cup. She defeated friend and fellow top Brit Kelly Fisher. The event hosted all the top stars of China including World 9-Ball winner Bi Zu Qing, Fu Xiaofang, and the sensational Chen Siming. Foreign stars such as Ga Young Kim and Yu Ram Cha also participated.

Allison crushed the field including wins over recent World 9-Ball Champ Bi Zhuqing(CHN), demolished former World Champ Liu ShaSha(CHN), and devastated Tsai Pei Chen 9-2 in the semi-finals. On the other side, Bi Zhuqing crushed Korea’s Yu Ram Cha, before succumbing to Allison. Kelly Fisher overwhelmed everyone in a surprising 9-2 win over Siming Chen.

In the finals, Kelly Fisher took on Allison Fisher in their 5th match play in the past 12 months. Allison had won the previous four meetings. Kelly took the lead at 4-2, but then it was all Allison as she won the next 7 of 9 games to win the tournament 9-5. This was Allison’s 3rd finals in China in little over a year, but her first triumph in the finals.

“I’ve been close both times before at the World 9-Ball and the China Open, but this is really important for me to win finally here. Kelly and I were delighted to have done so well to get to the finals, though at times our match

was shaky,” said Fisher. Allison is sponsored by Star Tables, a top table manufacturer in China.

Between both Fishers, they eliminated almost all the top China bets in the event, proving that Western women’s pool still has alot of bite. And more importantly for Allison Fisher, that after over two decades of play, she is still a deadly force to be reckon with.

“In today’s women’s pool, the competition is by far stiffer than ever in history by a landslide. In modern times the Taiwanese dominated, the Koreans had their moments, and now China. And still Allison , the sport’s most decorated veteran still competing, comes out on top. Three finals in China of all places in 12 months? It’s incredible how she always still rises to the top”, said Charlie Williams, Allison Fisher’s coach and manager through Dragon Promotions.

He adds, “There’s no doubt, she is still a top,top contender even today. Players still fear the Duchess of Doom.”

Fisher flies to Manila, Philippines tomorrow along with her fellow top pro women for the Yalin Women’s World 10-Ball Championship. For Allison, it’s good timing with a nice momentum built from China.

Photo: The two Fishers both overcame the odds on favorite Chinese to reach the finals together for England (l to r) Kelly Fisher and Allison Fisher

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by: Don “Cheese” Akerlow

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t is time again for the Tour Championship of the Women’s Professional Billiards Association (WPBA) to be held. It is returning to the beach - Lincoln City, OR at Chinook Winds Casino. It has been what feels like an eternity since the ladies were last at Chinook Winds and the fans and followers of the WPBA have been waiting for their return.

Tamre’ Geene’-Rogers, president of the WPBA and local president of the Northwest Women’s Pool Association (NWPA) sat down for an interview.

There have been a lot of rumors and questions about the WPBA circulating with in the billiard community, so I thought I would try to clear a few things up with Tamre’. I asked her why the WPBA was doing less events in the last few years and she remarked, “We have fallen off on tournaments, some of it has to do with the economy and we are working hard to put together a strong schedule for 2012.”

The WPBA has loyal sponsors in Diamond Billiard Products, Simonis Cloth, Delta-13, Aramith and of course the APA. Tamre’ said she was always reaching out to the billiard community to form more alliances and seek new sponsors.

I asked Tamre’ if the WPBA is considering pool halls to host their tour events to which she responded, “Part of the difficulty of that is the production side of it. We have to be able to have the trestles and all of the equipment in order to do the filming for ESPN. It is difficult to do that in a pool room setting and also to bring in the bleachers to allow the amount of spectators that come to the events. If you would go into a pool room you wouldn’t have that opportunity to do all of that because some pool rooms just can’t accommodate that type of seating. You have to play on the equipment the pool room has etc. We have Diamond Billiards as our table sponsor. I don’t know the whole story of exactly when they moved because I came in very late to the WPBA but I played during the time that we played in pool rooms and then when they switched, it’s just a much better venue. It’s much easier to do the filming and to accommodate the fans.

For example in Lincoln City, this time, the Opal-APA is having a Regional Tournament down there so we are doing a side by side with them. We do that in a multitude of places. Last year when we were in Niagara in December we had a side by side with one of the Canadian APA Leagues who came down and held a regional event. It worked out great. We love having the APA as a side by side. The APA is not only our sponsor, we support them, they support us but the players really love having the WPBA. They get to shot clock for the

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players sometimes. They volunteer and come in to shot clock a match which is exciting for them and we appreciate them doing that. They also get to come in and watch the professionals play and interact with them. A lot of times the players will hold a mini tournament on a Friday or Saturday night and the WPBA players will go in and play.”

I asked Tamre’ to help everyone understand why the WPBA went down to a field of 48 instead of staying at 64 players. She responded, “Sometimes the field is hard to fill on a 64 player field as you start getting declines. You know players have lives as well, sometimes they can come and sometimes they can’t.

The economy has hit people really hard so the cost of having to travel to different places was difficult, so we were asked to take a look at the field and to go down to the 48. Now the one tournament that will remain at 64 will be the U S Open. Because it is a U S Open event, we have different guidelines for inviting people to that event. So we made that decision based on some membership input as well so we went down to 48. We made that decision to help fill the field to have the top players. But where the WPBA is at this moment in time we felt that this was the best choice for us to make. Now that’s not to say in the future when we have a schedule of more tournaments that we are not going to look at the opportunity of opening those events back up again. We’ll challenge that when we get to that point again. But with as little events as there are right now and what we are trying to do we felt it was the best move for the WPBA. You’ve got to remember, years ago, when you look back at the history of the WPBA the field used to be a 48 player field and then they opened it to 64 and we’ve just chosen to go back to kind of where we were.

We actually have gone back to winner breaks. We aren’t doing the alternating break and we’ve actually gone back to the double elimination until the TV rounds. Then we have to go to single elimination at that point.”

I have noticed over the years that the amount of tournaments telecast by ESPN has fallen off drastically in the last couple of years, so I asked Tamre’ if she had any “insider” information about the situation. She said, “You know the fewer tournaments you have the less opportunity you have to show on television.

They are committed to running so much per event. Of course, the less tournaments you have the less women’s billiards there will be on TV. I did not too long ago see some really old classic events on there. I want to say a couple of months ago that I saw something but of course we just reran the finals this last week for the U S Open. I don’t see a lot of other billiards on there. I don’t see the trick shots that used to pop up before, different things like that. It is our goal to get as many events as we can. That’s why we are working so hard on

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R A B P W 2012 because the more events we have the more billiards is going to be on television. That’s why it is one of my main focuses, to get events.

Signing casinos to bring us into their establishment. I get emails from fans periodically which I love. I love the fans emailing me because I think it’s great they take the opportunity to sit down and write me a note and many times I hear are there going to be more events? And again all I can say is we are working very very hard to make that happen for them.”

Tamre’ has her work cut out for her, but she is not new to challenges. She has been active in women’s pool in the Pacific Northwest since the NWPA began in 2002. It was organized after the ACW (Association of Cuesports for Women) begun by Linda Carter was discontinued. The NWPA has an established history for the past decade in the Pacific Northwest.

And has grown into giving the women of the area an organization that helps them reach the goal to compete on a professional level in the WPBA. Whether they aspire to become a professional or just better their own game, the NWPA gives the women a structure from which to do that.

In closing I asked Tamre’ if she had anything else she would like to add and she answered, “The only thing that I would like to say is I am really thankful to the women of the WPBA for entrusting me with this role.

Sometimes, I get emotional about it. They have chosen to keep me on this board as president, so to me it means they saw something in me that could help the WPBA. It’s always been a dream of mine to be involved with the WPBA and I never imagined I would ever be president.

That was the farthest thought from my mind of that every taking place. I always wanted to say thank you to the players, thank you to the membership, thank you to the rest of my board members for their support as well. We are just going to continue to plug along. This is going to be a great ride and I really look forward to it.”

And if you ever see Tamre’ be sure to get her a carmel frappuccino.

She said it’s her new favorite. It’s her one vice besides collecting wine.

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ueSports International (CSI) and Bob Beaulieu, owner of the WorldPPA organization, are proud to announce the WorldPPA Reno Shootout. The WorldPPA event will be held in conjunction with the CSI 19th US Bar Table Championships at the Grand Sierra Resort and Casino, Reno, Nevada. The date for the US Bar Table Championships is February 12-19 and the WorldPPA will take place February 17-19.

The move to the Grand Sierra afforded CSI four times the tournament space than was previously available and the ability to provide more choices for players, such as with the WorldPPA event.

The WorldPPA was established in 2007. Its purpose is to promote billiards, introduce new players to the sport and to organize handicapped tournaments to allow players of all skill levels the opportunity to enjoy competitive play.

While the two events will be held side

premier bar table event in the United States, the $25,250 added US Bar Table Championships is a seven day multi-event tournament held on 7’ Diamond tables and attracts players from across the globe.

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APA US AMATEUR CUE BALL HOSTS DOUBLE ELIMINATION EVENT

Lee Noble

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STORY & PHOTO’S BY: MERLE HUMPHREYS The Cue Ball in Salem, owned by Jim Lebold, hosted the Western Regional US Amateur Preliminary on Saturday September 24th, with Merle as director.

There were 62 entries representing the states of Indiana, Hawaii, New York, Oregon, and Washington. (15 women & 47 men) Participation was open to any amateur-regardless of Skill Level or league affiliation—–who sent in their entry to APA Headquarters in St. Louis prior to the sign up window closing in June of 2011.

The format was double elimination—– race to 7 for the men and a race to 5 for the women with the Finals for the men being one race to 11 and for the women a race to 9. The races usually required a combination of both 8-Ball and 9-Ball. The winner of the Lag received the choice of either breaking—or—naming the game to be played first. The competition began right after the players meeting at 11 AM and continued through out the day and into the evening. Play was continuous but allowances were made for smoke, rest, and

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food breaks.

Amazingly, all four finals matches finished within a time frame of 5 minutes at 11:00 PM There were three separate men’s flights, and one women’s flight--- each producing one champion to go on and compete in the US Amateur Championship in Tampa Bay Florida November 4 – 6th. In a total Washington State sweep emerging victorious were Brian Dietzenbach of Auburn, Lee Noble of Redmond, Criegh Dumo of Bonney Lake, and Suzanne Smith of Puyallup. They will be traveling east to compete in the US Amateur in Tampa Florida November 4-6. We wish them all the best of success, and a fun trip.

We wish to extend a very special thank you to Jim Lebold & Crew of The Cue Ball in Salem, for hosting the event, and allowing us the use of the clean, and well maintained Cue

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Ball location as the site for this year’s 2011 US Amateur Western Region Preliminary.

Special thanks also to Rod Bair who assisted with registration and set up, and to Salem’s Larry Hande who officiated the afternoon-evening shift. We received many positive player comments on how nice the room was and the fact that the tables were all in immaculate shape and played absolutely fabulous. The whole long day experience was both exciting and fun as a direct result of the fine condition and quality of the 4 & 1/2 by 9 foot Brunswick tables.

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Special Thanks to the efficient and hard working crew of Rodders for being such Gracious host. Plus, our many thanks to the hard work and dedication put in by our OPAL Referees: Steve & Becky Chandler, Anton Renz, Terry Pinto, Steve Schneringer, Don “Coyote” Walker, Jeff Kriegshauser, and John Blue.

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Star House Team: Wait 4 It APA 8-BALL TEAM TRI-CUP SEPTEMBER 14- Rodders Pub in Oregon City hosted OPAL-APA’s Summer Session 8-Ball TriCup. There were 39 division 8-Ball finalist teams competing for the lion’s share of the $13,272 purse in the Modified Single elimination format.

It was close competition all weekend with often the majority of individual team matches going all the way to double hill before a winner was determined.

The next step will be the June 2012 8-Ball Regionals where all of the pictured winners will compete along with the other worthy finalists from both the Fall and Spring 8-Ball Tri-Cups.

The top seven finishing teams from the Regional event will go on to compete at the APA National 8-Ball Team Championship at the Riviera in Las Vegas in August 2012.

SEPTEMBER 16-18 Kraig & Carol Pauli of KC’s Midway in Oregon City hosted OPALAPA’s Summer Session 9-Ball Tri-Cup. There were 33 division 9-Ball finalists teams competing for the lion’s share of the $11,390.00 purse in the Modified Single elimination format, and It was a weekend of close competition with many team matches going right down to the last rack to decide a winner.

The next step will be the June 2012 9-Ball Regionals where all of the pictured winners will compete along with the other worthy finalists from both the Fall and Spring 9-Ball Tri-Cups.

The top six finishing teams from the Regional event will go on to compete at the APA National 9-Ball Team Championship at the Riviera in Las Vegas in August 2012.

Special Thanks to Kraig, Carol, & crew of KC’s Midway for being such Gracious hosts!

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River Road House Team: 8’s and A’s The APA Fall Singles Regional was hosted

by KC’s Midway in Oregon City. October 1st for 8-Ball and October 2nd for 9-Ball. Randee Lee of Salem APA League Operator was the tournament director, with Merle & Boomer assisting. There were 111 players that had gotten qualified, and were competing. All were hoping for one of the total of 9 slots —4 in 8-Ball and 5 in 9-Ball—to the APA National 8-Ball Singles Championship at the Riviera in Las Vega during April 2012. In 8-Ball there was one Yellow Tier (SL-4) slot, two Red Tier (SL-5) slots, and one Purple Tier (SL’s 6 & 7) slot. In the 9-Ball discipline, there was one Green Tier (SL’s 1-3) slot, two White Tier (SL’s-4 & 5) slots, and two Black Tier (SL’s 6-9) slots. The Format was Modified Single elimination.

The emerging 8-Ball winner’s were as follows: YELLOW TIER: Rudy Reyna of Salem, and OPAL’s Karrar Mayweather went all the way to their final undefeated. The Final was a see/saw

APA HEADLINES battle that went all the way to double hill. Karrar won games 1 & 3 and Rudy won games 2 & 4. The case game was a real battle, but in the end it was Karrar winning the bragging rights, the bigger plaque, and the very first slot to Las Vegas.

RED TIERS: (1) There were two Red Tier Finalists. The first match up was between OPAL’s Jonathan Phillips and OPAL’s Delores Petrich. Jonathan had crushed Delores in one of the early rounds but Sam’s Team: X-Outs in the finals it was not “Summer Re-runs”—instead it was “Revenge of the Delores!” She won games 1, & 2, Jonathan won game 3, then Delores won games 4 & 5 to claim the 4-1 victory, The biggest plaque, and all the bragging rights to winning the 2nd slot to Las Vegas.

(2) The Second Red tier finale was an undefeated match-up between OPAL’s Brian Goodrow and Salem’s Esequiel (Zeke) Paloma and It was a real crowd pleaser that went double hill. Zeke won the 1st game, but Brian came back to win games 2 & 3. Zeke then won games 4 & 5 to land on the hill 3-2.

Brian then won the 6th game to put the match at double hill. Brian in a come from behind win took the case game to claim the bragging rights to the 3rd Las Vegas slot.

PURPLE TIER: Howard Allen from Dallas and Salem’s undefeated Dana Sharman met each other in the finals. Dana came out firing taking the first 3 games straight—putting himself on the hill. Howard won the 4th game, but to no avail, as Dana won the 5th game claiming the match victory, the bigger plaque, and all the bragging rights to the 4th Vegas slot.

SUNDAY 9-BALL RESULTS: GREEN TIER: OPAL’s SL-2 Johanna “Jo” Altuzarra went to the finals undefeated. OPAL’s Lisa McClellan took a side trip through the one-loss side to get there. The Green Tier Finals between Lisa and Johanna was a real Nail biter coming all the way down to the last rack to determine the winner.

However, all of Johanna’s hopes went out the window when Lisa McClellan sank the winning ball to claim a 25-22 victory, and the bragging rights to the first 9-Ball Slot to Las Vegas.

In the first WHITE TIER Bracket, Opal’s Mario Peralta’s and Salem’s Richard Snoke’s both made it to the finals undefeated. In the finals, Mario didn’t know what hit him. Richard came out of the gate firing both barrels and didn’t let up. Richard Snoke smoked Mario 38-17 to claim the bigger plaque, and all the bragging rights to the 2nd Vegas slot.

In the second White Tier Bracket, Salem’s Viana Valdez, and OPAL’s Tina Peralta made it to the finals undefeated.

The much anticipated finals turned out to be a run-a-way. Tina Spanked Viana Valdez 31-17 to claim the victory, the bragging rights to the 3rd 9-Ball Vegas slot, and of course, the biggest Plaque.

BLACK TIERS: In the first Black Tier bracket, OPAL’s SL-6 Matthew Schoenborn and OPAL’s SL-6 Connie Carlson ended up facing off in the finals. Apparently, when a locomotive gets up a full head of steam it becomes a little difficult to stop, and that was certainly the case with engineer wannabe Connie Carlson ‘cause she tracked right over Matt Schoenborn 46-31 to take the victory, the bigger plaque, and all of the bragging rights to the fourth Las Vegas slot.

In the second Black Tier bracket, OPAL’s SL-9 Jonathan Hahn, and Salem’s SL-7 Jef Stuart made it into the finals.

Jonathan had terminated one player after the Uncerground Team: Psycho Ward other to reach the finals undefeated whereas Jef got kicked to the one loss side and had to fight his way back. To shorten the story, the terminator turned into the “turminatee.”

Jef got on a roll right out of the gate, and Jonathan, it seemed, couldn’t get anything to go his way. SL-9 Jonathan needed to reach 75 points before SL-7 Jef reached 55 points. That didn’t happen. Jonathan could do no right, and Jef could do no wrong. Jef won 55-31 to claim the victory, the biggest plaque, and the last of the bragging rights to go along with the fifth and last of the 9-Ball slots to the APA National Singles Championships in April 2012.

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STORY

Lucky

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BY: ANDREW MONSTIS

Lucky Plays the Pescado Grande We did make it out of Vegas safely, and back to Lucky’s ranch. Lucky checked in with his doctor, who said he was in remarkably good shape, under the circumstances. On our way to California we hit several spots. Lucky was saddened that some of his favorite pool halls were gone but that didn’t stop us. We made it to Hardtimes in Bellflower CA. Kind of a legend of a place we were hanging out for a couple of days. Playing easy and light action. We were wining mostly and laying down some. After setting himself up as a B player with a witty demeanor, Lucky was playing a little pool with a Canadian gal, cheap while he waited for one of the big fish to appear.

It’s almost two in the morning. I’ve been scribbling my notes, recounting the past day of some pretty strange up and down action on Lucky’s part. When The FISH walked in. He noticed Lucky right away. That was likely because some of the locals told him about Lucky.

Lucky looked past him to this fancy player.

He was dressed to the max! The suit jacket, slacks and shoes he was wearing were likely over thousand dollars. He had a babe on his arm. Lucky asked him to play one pocket.

No lets play nine ball, he said. Lucky got a match in a few minutes with a guy from Mexico. Time to go I thought. I put away my journal and we head for the table they were going to play on.

much what he’s saying as he gesticulates toward Lucky, speaking rapidly and laughing, and I hear something about “loco hombre” or something. Lucky tells me to go side bet with that guy which I did for $20 a game. I should have done more but Lucky said only $20.

Presently, Lucky says, “Ok, let’s lag.”

I suggest to Lucky that he warm up a bit. He says he doesn’t need to. Then he changes his mind and tosses a few balls out on the table, saying need to warm up for this guy so everyone could hear. Lucky asked me if he was dressed nice or should he go get

Lucky gives him a look and says, “Whatever you want to lose, amigo.”

“How much do you want to lose?” says the Mexican, grinning through his mustache.

Pescado Grande, probably thinking this is his opportunity to bet high, says, “Five hundred a game.”

“How much do you want to lose?” says the Mexican, grinning through his mustache.

I think this is going to be the big one. Lucky has said nothing for the past 15 minutes. He finished playing the girl and was sitting at the bleachers looking glassy eyed out over the pool tables down below. We both journeyed in the silence, staring at the tables like they were shrines.

But, to the business at hand -- Lucky has to make money here. He knows the guy he will play is fully backed and will play for a good chunk of dough.

Lucky got up and walked through the place, jostled by the small crowds at each table even at this late hour, I ask Lucky how he feels. “Just got some pool to play,” he says.

He usually says something witty. Things are different. As we approached the group Lucky was accosted immediately by a tobacco stench person, maybe a bodyguard backup type guy, who obviously smoked.

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some nice shoes on. And should he go find a date!! “I’m relieved to see he still has his sense of humor and am reassured that he’s probably feeling ok.

While Lucky strokes the balls around, I see an entourage of a half dozen people followed the Pescado Grande around the room. He briskly walks right over to Lucky and says, “Ready, amigo?”

Lucky says, “Well, I got to hit a couple more balls first.” Lucky never does that I thought.

He always plays cold. Why is this different, I wonder? A few minutes pass while Lucky pulls up the rest of the balls and strokes them in, and the other guy screws his cues together. The Babe, who’s with this Mexican sets a couple of plastic bottles of cold water by his chair. I notice that another guy is side betting with the crowd. The same guy who backed the Canadian gal earlier. I can’t understand Spanish, but I think I know pretty

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Lucky raises his bushy eyebrows and says, “Is that it? Don’t you want to freeze up twenty grand?”

Pescado Grande consults with his backer. They must be thinking this is the easiest money ever. I can see them chortling. He turns back to Lucky, who is busy blowing his nose into his hankerchief and says, “Ok, we will play for a grand a game -- ten games ahead.

“Ok. He holds the money.” Lucky is pointing to me. They finally agreed. Lucky pulls out a huge stack of one hundred dollar bills from inside his jacket, and hands it to me, and the guy’s backer hands me another stack.

Holy cow. I’m highly nervous about holding $20,000. I’ve had that much money in my hands before. I count it all out in front of everybody.

“Hope I don’t get mugged,” I laugh nervously to Lucky. He says not to worry, he did his homework on these folks -- it’s fine. NO!, in this place they are too known. So I get it all stuffed into my shirt and jacket pockets and zip up my jacket and sit back down with my arms folded tightly together, just hoping I don’t have to use the bathroom.

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Pescado Grande wins the lag. Lucky racks and sits down. Grande runs three games just like that. I’ am paying off the side bet every game which is a pain but a safe way to go since iI didn’t know him. His crowd is babbling and laughing all over the place, and though I can’t understand them, it is clear they are happy. On the fourth game, however, Pescado misses a shot and Lucky steps up to the table, saying, “I thought I might never get a shot.”

Pescado Grande slaps him on the back, and laughing, says, “You are not supposed to get a shot, hombre!”

Lucky glances at me. I know what he is thinking, but what he says is, “I am an old man! Do you think that I am going to win any money from you?”

Pescado Grande says, “No, amigo, I do not!” and everyone laughs.

It takes Lucky few games to get even. Nothing spectacular from either player -- they each play just well enough to win. When they are even, the old man Lucky, who in this moment does look old to me, says to Pescado Grande, “This can’t be all you’ve got! If it is you are going to lose!” Thinking that Lucky is funny they all laugh at Lucky and slap him some more on the back, and keep on chattering, loud enough to be distracting to some...

Lucky is now breaking. He breaks and makes the nine, breaks and runs, breaks and makes the nine, breaks and rides, breaks and runs, breaks and makes the nine, breaks and makes the nine, breaks and runs, breaks and rides, breaks and runs. I am enjoying having this guy I am side betting with come over and pay me so fast, but he’s stating to give me the look. Lucky looks at Pescado Grande and his entourage, grins, and says, “Almost halfway there!” No laughter this time. No chattering now. No merriment. Lucky has the Mexican in the CHAIR. I feel like I am in the chair, too. I can feel the pressure, the Mexican having to get up every few minutes to rack the next game and still not get to shoot as minute after long minute stretches into the wee hours. The watching crowd all looks puzzled, floored, speechless… a look I can’t justly describe.

Finally, Lucky sets his cue next to his chair for a stretch, and pulls out a new cinnamon stick to chew on. “I’m getting tired,” he says to me. “I need to get this over with.” Lucky waits for Pescado to rack, gets up and runs another, then a couple more. Pescado won a game or two in this stretch but Lucky is at 8 ahead. It’s only been about 90 minutes. A little disagreement on the rack ensued. The worn felt made it difficult.

Pescado brought out a Magic Rack. This was interesting to Lucky a great idea he thought to get the balls to rack near perfect. Foreign to Lucky he said no at this time. If we play, freeze up some more then I say yes. Lucky finished the last two games. Side better paid me on the last game. I handed the money to Lucky. Lets do it again he said.

Lucky got out a new cinnamon stick. Money re-upped. My side bet guy

came up to me and wanted to jack the bet to $50 a game, pay after every game. Lucky gave me the nod to go ahead. Lucky won the lag.

Here is the Magic Rack Pescado said. Lucky said OK. The games went back and forth basically were no one ran more then 4 racks at anytime.

Lucky two games behind looked puzzled Lucky noticed that it was easier to make extra balls with this rack. He was accustomed to knowing where all the balls go on his break with all his different break speeds and break spots. Knowing Lucky, he was playing position off break for the three ball from the position in the rack. The one and two went down, but the three went go too. His methodical break strategies were out the window. He would have to learn how this rack makes the extra balls that he didn’t expect to go in and adjust for it. It could cause a problem for him if he doesn’t figure out the magic rack break soon.

It was 6am. The game score was even. Lucky was up late, unusual for him, who likes his beauty sleep. We had been up all day, I know Lucky was tired I certainly was. Lucky looking ragged said do you want to come back tomorrow to play some more. Pescado Grande says I might be in the Bahamas tomorrow. I want to play now. You know that he probably just woke up just before he came to the pool hall so he was fresh and ready to play. Being around Lucky so much I can see Lucky slipping some in this match. I am also getting tired of running the side bet money after each game too.

It was 9am. I could barely keep my eyes open. If it wasn’t for the back and forth side bet pay off and if I wasn’t carrying all this money. I’d sleep.

The late night makes you think about a lot of things. I was wondering about having Thanksgiving at home with my wife and friends even how I’d cook the Turkey and what side dishes to have. I hoped my cat was doing ok, I know we were talking about introducing a new cat to our house and whether my cat would accept a new cat in her space. Lucky started to talk maybe to keep me awake or even himself awake. I know the sun was out. He brought up his old friend Jimmy Caras. He was remembering his old friend who had had a passed away a few ago.

Started to tell a story where Caras was playing for days…. What an encouraging conversation I thought…and he looked at me with that half joking stare. I smiled back. Lucky said “I think I figured out this rack”.

The Score even again Lucky broke made nothing, “I must be getting tired” “I was going to make four balls on the break and run out”. he said, instead Pescado Grande ran out. I got a snack for Lucky thinking this would help him. I went over to the counter everyone was watching me.

You know they were nervous that I might bolt out of the place. I came back Lucky had won that game. I told the guy that we should just pay on the end of 5 ahead. I got in a small conversation with the Canadian Girl. She was interesting and from Kamloops. All of a sudden the guy interrupts us and pays me $250 five games ahead. I felt I must have not paid attention. Lucky got there so fast. Looked over to him he had a second wind………..

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He will be joined by countryman Chris Melling who has enjoyed a fabulous season, with 14 times Mosconi Cup veteran Ralf Souquet (Germany) claiming the third automatic spot. The remaining two “wild card” spots go to the Dutch duo of Nick Van den Berg and Niels Feijen, who have ten Mosconi Cup appearances between them.

Following a 13 event series over 12 months taking in 12 different countries around the world, the top five players in the ranking will now reconvene at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas to defend the title they won so well in London last year.

World 10 Ball champion Huidji See gave Feijen a run for his money but

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came up just six points short as ‘The Terminator’s 17th place finish in Chesapeake saw him over the line.

There are two changes from last year$B!G(Js victorious side – Melling comes in for Karl Boyes, while Feijen replaces Mika Immonen. The team will once again be captained by Dutchman Johan Ruijsink.

The PartyPoker.net Mosconi Cup is the annual Europe v America pool showdown. In existence since 1994, the event features two five-man teams doing battle in a series of singles and doubles matches over four days of compelling action.

Tickets for the Mosconi Cup are priced at $35 per day or $120 for the four day season passes and booking charges will apply.

Currently the Mosconi Cup is sold through Ticketmaster (1-800-745-3000) or MGM Resorts Contact Center (1-866-740-7711).

Visit www.ticketmaster.com and search “Mosconi Cup”

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WEEKLY TOURNAMENTS CITY Pocatello Pocatello Emmett Pocatello Pocatello

LOCATION Pocket Pocket Toadstool Pocket Oasis Bar

PHONE (208) 233-1841 (208) 233-1841 (208) 398-7321 (208) 233-1841 (208) 232-9347

EVENT / RULES 8-Ball Handicap 9-Ball Handicap 9-Ball (Scratch bucket) Scotch Doubles 8/9 Ball Alternating

ENTRY $5 $5 $5 Call $5

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CITY Alexander WIlliston Williston

LOCATION Hi Way Lounge Cattails Lounge Cattails Lounge

PHONE (701) 828-3100 (701) 572-2679 (701) 572-2679

EVENT / RULES 8-Ball 8-Ball 9-Ball

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Tacoma Malarkey’s Pool & Brew Belfair Allen’s Billiards Belfair Allen’s Billiards Bellevue Mustard Seed Everett O’Finnigan’s Pub Everett P C’s Pub Kenmore Golden Fleece Lynnwood Inn Sports Bar & Grill Tacoma Malarkey’s Pool & Brew Tacoma Latitude 84 Vancouver 4th Plain Tavern Everett P C’s Pub Olympia Frankies Spokane 7th Rail Spokane 7th Rail Tacoma Latitude 84 Kenmore Golden Fleece Lakewood Schooners Ocean Park Doc’s Tavern Spokane 7th Rail Tacoma Latitude 84 Tacoma Malarkey’s Pool & Brew Vancouver Legends Vancouver Spot Bar & Grill Kenmore Golden Fleece Lakewood Schooners Sumner Log Cabin

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LOCATION Bullwackers (Oct) K C’s Midway (p33) K C’s Midway The Pocket (p18) Hard Times (p25) Ma’s Tavern (p 35) Ma’s Tavern Sam’s Billiards (p36)

PHONE (406) 656-2887 (503) 656-9501 (208) 233-1841 (562) 867-7733 (541) 928-4055 (503) 282-8266

EVENT / RULES 8-Ball Singles & Teams 8-Ball Mike Carey Benefit 8-Ball Scotch Doubles-Hdcp Win Mosconi Cup Trip Scotch Doubles Co-ed 8-Ball Straight Pool

ENTRY ADDED Varies $3,000 $15 $5/person $25+$15 g.f. Call $30 $1,000 $5/person Call $15

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