A STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF 9-BALL POCKET BILLIARDS

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NORFOLK- David Howard emerged from the formidable forty-eight player U.S. Open field $7,000 richer. In races to eleven, he outpointed Opsahl (8), Lassiter (8), Roberts (7), Mathews (7), Hall (7), and Hopkins twice (3) and (9). In similar fashion, Jean Balukas won the distaff division and banked $1,700 in the process.

rr THE 11th ANNUAL U.S. OPEN

NORFOLK, VIRGINIA

Men

November 3-8,1986 FINAL STANDINGS

NAME AVG. PRIZE NAME

Women: NAME PRIZE NAME PRIZE NAME

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1st David Howard 2nd Allen Hopkins 3rd Nick Varner 4th Mike Sigel 5th-6th

Buddy Hall Steve Shaw

7th-8th Grady Mathews Lenny Loder

9th-12th Steve Mizerak Sammy Jones Howard Vickery Danny DiLiberto

13th-16th Dave Bollman Danny Medina Dave White Steve Geller

17th-24th Earl Strickland Bob Williams Louie Roberts Jay Swanson Mike LeBron Harvey Mason Chris MacDonald Don Polo

(.820) (.871) ( .849) ( .884)

(.830) (.776)

( .815) ( .784)

( .816) (.799) (.783) (.776)

(.820) ( .791) (.758) (.752)

(.843) (.825) (.825) (.807) (.806) (.784) ( .784) (.765)

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25th-32nd Jim Rempe Mike Gulyassy Toby Sweet Terry Bell Al Bonife Paul Hartley Bob Hunter Bill Stephen

33rd-48th Luther Lassiter Jimmy Reid Kim Davenport Louie Lemke Charlie Jarboe Brian Hashimoto Dave Palmer Tony Mougey Ron Casanzio Bob Opsahl Ed Sheahan Guido Orlandi Wade Crane John Barnshaw Roy Trivett Joe Root

(.806) (.777) (.763) (.753) ( .741) (.731) (.727) (.692)

(.820) (.805) (.803) (.803) ( .787) (.772) ( .744) (.738) ( .714) ( .712) ( .710) (.709) (.701) (.695) (.683) (.650)

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Jean Balukas $1,700 Mary Kenniston 1,100 Ewa Mataya 750 Bonnie Hoffman 500

5th-6th Peg Ledman Laura Smith

7th-8th JoAnn Mason Loree Jon Jones

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9th-12th Kelly Simpson Toni Macante Anne Mayes Belinda Beardon

13th Vicki Paski

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NORFOLK, VA (11 /3 -8 /86 ) - David Howard i s the 1986 U.S. Open champion. A f t e r some near misses recent ly i n several major events, i t seemed that i t was j u s t a matter of time before he would have h is day.

Defending champion Jimmy Reid d id not fare too w e l l

even a f t e r an impressive opening round i n which he

disposed o f Terry B e l l 11-2. In the next round, a

near three hour match wi th Buddy Ha l l was the

beginning o f the end for the 1985 U.S. Open

champion. He los t that match 10-11 and then was

upset by Dave White 9 - 1 1 .

Mike S ige l played remarkably we l l even i n de fea t .

He posted an .841 in a 10-11 loss to Steve Mizerak

and an .845 i n a 10-11 loss to Nick Varner. He a lso

posted the high o v e r a l l tournament average o f .884 w i th A l l e n Hopkins f o l l ow ing w i th an . 8 7 1 .

The s ix day tournament was staged in two areas.

Most o f the play was on two Gold Crowns i n the main

tournament area. A separate area was necessary for

p re l im inary l a d i e s ' matches and the over f low of

men's matches. A g rue l i ng schedule was adhered to

i n order to f i n i s h the tournament on schedule.

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(cont inued on page 22)

Notable Matches

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A seesaw match which eventua l ly put Kim Davenport

(.791) on the h i l l kept him on the h i l l . S t i l l

needing four games to w in , A l l e n Hopkins ( .816)

prevented Davenport from pocket ing a s ing le b a l l

fo r the res t of the set and edged him 11-10.

In what may have been a case o f not knowing the

r u l s s , Char l i e Jarboe (.789) f a i l e d to n o t i f y Steve

S e l l e r (.680) that he was on two f o u l s . In fac t

Gel ler fouled four times in a row in the same game

wi thout pena l t y . Ge l le r l o s t t ha t rack anyway but

l a t e r r a l l i e d from a 7-10 d e f i c i t to win 11-10.

Although Luther Lass i te r ( .878) pocketed 87 b a l l s

and committed only 12 e r r o r s , he s t i l l l os t 8-11 to

David Howard (.641) who pocketed only 50 b a l l s and

committed 28 e r r o r s ! Of the eleven racks won by

Howard he won e igh t of them wi th a run o f no more

than two b a l l s .

In a g rue l i ng two hour and f o r t y minute match,

Buddy H a l l (.790) managed to squeeze out the

v i c t o r y over Jiany Reid ( . 838 ) . While on the h i l l

at 10-7, Reid hooked h imsel f and made a bad k i c k .

New sco re : 10-8. The next rack , Reid was a f fo rded

only s a f e t i e s and k i c k s . New score 10-9. Two misses

on makeable shots by Reid knot ted the score a t

10-10. While running out in the f i n a l rack, Reid

hooked h imsel f for the l a s t t ime . F i n a l : H a l l 1 1 ,

Reid 10.

Due i n pa r t to scra tch ing on the break nine t imes,

J i M y Reid ( .725) and Dave White (.762) together

made a b a l l on the break wi thout scratch ing only

once dur ing the twenty break game. A f te r a l l was

said and done, White upset Reid 11-9.

Ron Casanzio (.800) broke and ran out three racks in a row as he increased h i s lead to 8 -4 . But i t was a l l in v a i n , f o r h is opponent Hike Gulyaasy (-800) l a t e r broke and ran out four racks in a row for the tournament high run and the win 11-8.

Once aga in , Kin Davenport ( .813) held a comfor table

lead of 10-7 over Toby Sweet ( . 802 ) , yet somehow

a f t e r several chances to end the se t , he managed to

stay at 10. Sweet won 11-10.

Sometimes you pay dear ly fo r your mistakes! While

p lay ing A l l a n Hopkins ( .907) and t r a i l i n g 4-5 ,

Steve Mizerak (.737) missed a makeable shot . By the

time i t was a l l over, Mizerak was forced to play

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OPENING ROUND

Geller li (.848) Crane 7 (.724)

Mathews 11 (.766) Sheahan 8 (.691)

Roberts li (.816) Root 7 (.684)

Howard li (.833) Opsahl 8 (.753)

Reid 11 (.866) Bell 2 (.485)

Trivett li (.684) Hashimoto 10 (.762)

Palmer li (.769) Orlandi 8 (.728)

MacDonald li (.783) Lemke 8 (.800)

Williams li (.867) Strickland 8 (.779)

Vickery l i (.730) Bonife 10 (.732)

Jones li (.810) Hartley 6 (.750)

Mason li (.835) White 5 (.683)

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ttNNERS' BRACKET

Geller li (.680) Jarboe 10 (.789)

Mathews li (.871) Sweet 5 (.704)

Roberts li (.839) Gulyassy 7 (.828)

Howard li (.641) Lassiter 8 (.878)

Hall U (.790) Reid 10 (.833)

Medina li (.766) Trivett 3 (.656)

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DiLiberto \ Palmer

MacDonald j Barnshaw

LeBron Williams

Vickery Hunter

Varner Jones

Mason Mougey

Polo Rempe

Loder Swanson

Hopkins Stephen

Mizerak Sigel

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li (.806) 5 (.684)

li (.833) 7 (.789)

li (.756) 10 (.703)

12 (.828) 4 (.636)

li (.816) 8 (.745)

li (.803) 10 (.812)

li (.832) 10 (.787)

li L918J 0 (.531)

li (.857) 10 (.841)

m) li (.876) 5 (.667)

li (.752) 8 (.732)

XI (.870) 4 (.591)

li (.800) 2 (.655)

[1 (.842) 7 (.728)

l i (.861) 6 (.787)

U (.796) 5 (.679)

li (.835) 7 (.806)

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[1 (.798) 5 (.704)

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Sweet Davenport

Bollman Jarboe

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11 (.811) 8 (.769)

11 (.800) 8 (.809)

li (.802) 10 (.813)

li (.846) 5 (.784)

LOSERS (25th-32nd)

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Jones Bell

Williams Hunter

li ( .920; 3 (.667)

11 (.800) 9 (.788)

li (.780) 7 (.753)

li (.873) 5 (.635)

Strickland 11 (.825) Bonife

White Hartley

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Bollman Sweet

4 (.630)

li (.779) 8 (.636)

li (.832) 5 (.685)

li (.869) 6 (.765)

WINNERS' BRACKET

57) G. S.

58) D. L.

59) B. D.

60) D. C.

61) H. M.

62) N. H.

63) L. D.

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Ma thews Geller

Howard Roberts

Hall Medina

DiLiberto MacDonald

Vickery r

LeBron

Varner Mason

Loder Polo

Hopkins Mizerak

11 (.854) 6 (.736)

11 (.841) 7 (.791)

li (.813) 10 (.752)

li (.828) 6 (.788)

11 (.887) 7 (.806)

11 (.837) 7 (.696)

11 (.800) 9 (.764)

li ( .907; 4 (.737)

LOSERS (17th-24th)

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66) D. J.

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69) S. E.

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Sigel MacDonald

Medina Swanson

Jones Roberts

Geller Williams

11 (.896) 4 (.736)

li (.850) 4 (.766)

li (.881) fl ( . 854 ;

li (.800) 9 (.742)

Mizerak 11 (.892) Strickland 6 (.848)

White Polo

Shaw Mason

Bollman LeBron

li (.813) 6 (.707)

li (.746) 10 (.773)

11 (.816) 7 (.775)

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5. Mizerak D. White

S. Shaw D. Bollman

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li ( .917/ 6 (.818)

li (.762) 6 (.667)

11 (.819) 4 (.672)

11 (.816) 3 (.643)

WINNERS' BRACKET

D. Howard G. Mathews

B. Hall D. DiLiberto

N. Varner H. Vickery

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11 (.826) 7 (.731)

li ( .902; 1 (.657)

li (.836) 10 (.770)

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M. Sigel H. Vickery

L. Loder S. Jones

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S. Shaw D. DiLiberto

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li (.802) 10 (.809)

li (.856) 2 (.610) ^ H 1 » ^ r w ^ ^ r

11 (.732) 10 (.777)

LOSERS (7th-8th)

M. Sigel L. Loder

5. Shaw G. Mathews

li (.800) 6 (.732)

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WINNERS' BRACKET

D. Howard fl. Hall

A. Hopkins N. Varner

li (.873) 7 (.782)

11 (.861) 8 (.821)

LOSERS (5th-6th)

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N. Varner S. Shaw

li (.926J 8 (.875)

li (.898) 7 (.803)

LOSER (4th)

N. Varner M. Sigel

11 ( .913; 10 (.845)

WINNERS' BRACKET

D. Howard fl. Hopkins

li (.875) 3 (.760)

LOSER (3rd)

fl. Hopkins N. Varner

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11 ( .935; 4 ( .742;

11 (.812) 9 (.806)

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1. Mike Sigel 2. Allen Hopkins 3. Nick Varner 4. Earl Strickland 5. Buddy Hall 6. Bob Williams 7. Louie Roberts 8. David Howard 9. Luther Lassiter

10. Dave Bollman l i . Steve Mizerak 12. Grady Mathews 13. Jay Swanson 14. Mike LeBron 15. Jim Rempe 16. Jimmy Reid

.884

.871

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.830

.825

.825

.820

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.816

.815

.807

.806

.806

.805

17. Kim Davenport 18. Louie Lemke 19. Sammy Jones 20. Danny Medina 21. Charlie Jarboe 22. Lenny Loder 23. Harvey Mason 24. Chris MacDonald 25. Howard Vickery 26. Mike Gulyassy 27. Danny DiLiberto 28. Steve Shaw 29. Brian Hashimoto 30. Don Polo 31. Toby Sweet 32. Dave White

.803

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.799

.791

.787

.784

.784

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.777

.776

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.772

.765

.763

.758

33. Terry Bell 34. Steve Geller 35. Dave Palmer 36. Al Bonife 37. Tony Mougey 38. Paul Hartley 39. Bob Hunter 40. Ron Casanzio 41. Bob Opsahl 42. Ed Sheahan 43. Guido Orlandi 44. Wade Crane 45. John Barnshaw 46. Bill Stephen 47. Roy Trivett 48. Joe Root

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ANAHEIM, CA (8 /27 -31 /86 ) - T h e r i c h e s t p o c k e t

b i l l i a r d tournament in southern C a l i f o r n i a h i s t o r y

waa staged a t the Disneyland Hotel and drew 144 men

and women p laye rs . A r l i ng ton Recreat ion Supply of

Rivers ide added $50,000 to the p r i ze fund making i t

a whopping $58,000 purse! The promoters of t h i s

spo r t i ng event, The Cal i fornia Mixed 9-Bal l Open, were John Sanders and Herb Wiles who d id a

remarkable job in i t s p roduc t ion .

A unique format was employed in which the 96 pl3yer

men's d i v i s i o n and the 48 player women's d i v i s i o n

were each d i v ided i n to three brackets . Pre l iminary

play i n both d i v i s i o n s used a double e l im ina t i on

format u n t i l there waa a winner in each bracket . The

three f i n a l i s t s in each d i v i s i o n would use a round

rob in format to determine the winners. $8,000 would

go to the men's d i v i s i o n winner and $5,000 would go

to the women's d i v i s i o n winner.

A f t e r f i v e days o f compet i t i on , Danny Medina edged

David Howard f o r the men's t i t l e whi le Jean Balukas defeated Bonnie Hoffman to cop the women's honors.

Danny Medina's road to success included v i c t o r i e s

over Varner, Mason, Chapman, Dominguez, Pa r i ca ,

Padgett , Louie tw ice , Cha r t i e r , and f i n a l l y Howard.

In the f i n a l game of the f i n a l sess ion, David Howard made a b a l l on the break, pocketed the two b a l l

under immense pressure and then miscued shoot ing the

three b a l l on what seemed to be an easy carom shot

i n to the tournament winning nine b a l l . That miscue

set up the Medina w in . Howard admit ted l a t e r that

the shot was more d i f f i c u l t than i t appeared.

Jean Balukas had a less s t r e s s f u l t ime in defeat ing

Tomasello, B e l l , Macante, Mataya tw ice , V a i l l a n -

c o u r t , and Hoffman. The tournament r e s u l t s f o l l ow :

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1st Danny Medina 2nd David Howard 3rd Dave Chartier 4th-6th

Joe Salazar Dan Louie Ron Rosas

7th-9th Nick Varner Ronnie Allen Tim Padgett

10th-12th Jose Parica Mark Chapman Al Romero

13th-18th Paul Brienza Mike LeBron Isaac Lopez Ismael Paez

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Ernesto Dominguez 700 Arturo Rivera 700

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19th-24th Sal Giuliano Rich Geiler Brian Hashimoto Frank Almanza Danny DiLiberto Sammy Jones

25th-36th Robert LeBlanc Richard Renk Victor Ignacio Ashley Woodbury Rich Relf Al Winchenbaugh Warren Costanzo Tony Annigoni Joe Villalpando Jim Mataya Chris Villalpando Gary Hutchings

PRIZE

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400 400 400 400 400 400 400 400 400 400

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NAME

1st Jean Balukas

PRIZE

$5,000 2nd Jean Vaillencourt2,680 3rd Bonnie Hoffman 4th-6th

Belinda Beardon Loree Jon Jones Ewa Mataya

7th-9th Peg Ledman Catherine Gamble Kelly Simpson

10th-12th Anne Mayes JoAnn Mason Mary Kenniston

13th-18th Laura Smith Toni Macante Darlene Stinson Linda Moore Jan LeBlanc Debra Aarens

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NAME BALLS

GAMES MADE ERRORS TPA

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Mike Sigel Allen Hopkins Nick Varner Earl Strickland Buddy Hall Bob Williams Louie Roberts David Howard Luther Lassiter Dave BolIman

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172 128 127 63 91 91 73 126 38 83

878 616 511 285 386 402 334 571 169 365

115 91 91 53 79 85 71 125 37 80

Average = .793)

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.871

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.830

.825

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.820

.820

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BREAK PERFORMANCE

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NAME GAMES

Allen Hopkins Don Polo David Howard Kim Davenport Earl Strickland Dave Bollman Nick Varner Bob Williams Buddy Hall Mike Sigel

(U.S. Open

128 58 126 42 63 83 127 91 91 172

BREAK BALL MADE SHOTS W/0 SCR.

80 27 71 21 36 44 65 47 47 105

54 18 46 12 20 24 35 24 24 53

Average • .465)

, BPA

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.667

.648

.571

.556

.545

.538

.511

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.505

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Chris MacDonald Harvey Mason Charlie Jarboe Jim Rempe Luther Lassiter Earl Strickland Mike Sigel Nick Varner David Howard Brian Hashimoto

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67 74 37 74 38 63 172 127 126 38

Average :

19 31 19 28 17 17 46 60 30 15 - .793]

RUN OUT

18 29 17 25 15 15 40 52 26 13 1

OPPORTUNITIES NAME

Mike Sigel Allen Hopkins Danny Medina Steve Mizerak David Howard Nick Varner Buddy Hall Danny DiLiberto Jim Rempe Earl Strickland

OPPOR­TUNITIES

150 120 61 62 131 115 85 59 70 65

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RUN OUTS

105 77 38 38 75 65 48 33 39 36

49.5)

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.935

.895

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MISSES (PER 100 B A L L S POCKETED)

BALLS SHOTS NAME MADE MISSED AVG

1. Mike Sigel 878 39 2. Allen Hopkins 616 35 3. Nick Varner 511 33 4. Steve Mizerak 297 25 5. Grady Mathews 494 42 6. Buddy Hall 386 33 7. Jim Rempe 286 25 8. Mike LeBron 183 16 9. David Howard 571 50 10. Earl Strickland 285 25

(U.S. Open Average = 11.2)

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KICK PERFORMANCE (MINIMUM KICKS = 15)

NAME GAMES KICKS GOOD KPA

POSITION ERRORS (PER 100 B A L L S POCKETED)

BALLS POSITION NAME MADE ERRORS AVG

1. Steve Mizerak 297 13 2. Mike Sigel 878 40 3. Allen Hopkins 616 30 4. Buddy Hall 386 21 5. Charlie Jarboe 163 9 6. Earl Strickland 285 16 7. Louie Roberts 334 21 8. David Howard 571 38 9. Dave Bollman 365 25 10. Jimmy Reid 248 17

(U.S. Open Average = 8.2)

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in Charlotte CHARLOTTE, NC (11/11-15/86) - Buddy Hal l upended Ear l

S t r i c k l and I I - B i n the f i n a l s as Jean Balukas d id the

same to Ewa Mataya 9-2 thus captur ing t he i r respect ive

1985 North Carolina F a l l 9-Bal l Classic t i t l e s . Promoter Robin Kiker hosted the annual event adding $8,000 to the men's d i v i s i o n and $2,000 to the women's. Scott Smith was given the task o f d i r e c t i n g the f i ve day contest as f o r t y men and four teen women accepted the chal lenge to compete in the double e l im ina t i on event for over $20,000 i n p r i ze money. The tournament s i t e , Rob's Roost was open twenty- four hours a day, f ree ing the four Gandy pool tab les each evening for open p lay .

Buddy H a l l su f fered no losses as he accumulated wins over

Tony Mougey ( 3 ) , Kenny Wellman ( 4 ) , Grady Mathews ( 7 ) ,

Danny Medina ( 7 ) , Nick Varner ( 10 ) , and the defending

champion Ear l S t r i ck land twice (10) and ( 8 ) . He was

rewarded w i th $8,000.

Jean Balukas d id su f f e r an ear ly loss a t the hands of Ewa

Mataya (2-9) who played a near f lawless match. Balukas'

v i c t o r i e s included Loree Jon Jones ( 2 ) , Mary Kenni3ton

( 1 ) , Loree Jon Jones ( 4 ) , Peg Ledman ( 7 ) , Anne Mayes ( 1 ) ,

and Ewa Mataya twice (8) and ( 2 ) . She was rewarded w i th

$2,000.

The f i n a l standings are below and the scores and Accu-

Sta ts averages are on page 22.

NAME PRIZE

1st

2nd 3rd 4th 5th-

7th-

9th-

Buddy H a l l

Ea r l S t r i ck land

Wade Crane

David Howard

6th Jim Rempe

Nick Varner

8th Danny Medina Steve Mizerak

•12th Howard Vickery

Mike Gulyassy

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350

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Pat Fleming

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Bob Hunter

Kim Davenport

Tony Mougey

Dave Bollman

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2nd Ewa Mataya 1,200

3rd Anne Mayes 800

4th Peg Ledman 630

5th-6th Mary Kenniston 300

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Promoter Gary Pinkowski engaged Charlie Ursitti as the tournament director and staged the event at the beautiful Holiday Inn Arena. The pro and pro-am event were

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NAME PRIZE NAME PRIZE NAME PRIZE

1st Mike Sigel 2nd Mike LeBron 3rd-Ath

Allen Hopkins Steve Mizerak

5th-6th Wade Crane Nick Varner

7th-8th Keith McCready Larry Hubbart

9th-12th Ray Martin Bob Hunter Mike Zuglan Grady Mathews

13th~16th Jimmy Reid Jose Parica Jerry Brock Gerry Watson

$10,000 5,000

3,500 3,500

2,200 2,200

1,672 1,672

1,276 1,276 1,276 1,276

968 968 968 968

17th-24th Howard Vickery Mike Wallace Pete Fusco Lenny Loder Luther Lassiter Dave Bollman Luc Salvas Bill Staton

25th-32nd Brian Hashimoto Tony Annigoni Mike Gulyassy Alain Marte! Lou Butera Earl Strickland Ron Bookin Mike Xiarhos

33rd-48th Barry Shaw Terry Bell Gene Catron Darryl Osborne

660 660 660 660 660 660 660 660

Jim Fusco Rich LaRussa Bjorn L'Orange Ron Casanzio Jr. Harris Bill Dunsmore Joe Stilloe Danny DiLiberto Kim Davenport Jim Cattrano Guy Carney Ron Durante

49th-58th Clarence Bell Ed Metushoneck Joe Koslowski Gerry Fiehl Lester Smulowitz Cliff Leahy Mac MacQuillan Mike Lane Jim Rempe Jack Zur

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The popular North Carolina event was produced and sponsored by Mutt and Dot Faulkner who incidentally added $6,200 to the prize fund equalling the total entry fees! Tony Davis, in addition to competing in the event, also acted in the capacity of tournament director.

Although the field was small, the entry roster read like a "Who's Who of Pocket Billiard Players.11

Major championship winners were present, Mike Sigel, Earl Strickland, Allen Hopkins, and Wade Crane to name a few. Past winners of this event were Hopkins in 1984 and Reyes in 1985.

The field, which has grown every year, used a race to eleven double elimination format. The rules were unique in that all balls stayed down and cue ball positioned anywhere on the table on any foul including the break!

Terry Bell, president of the PBA and administrator for the Busch Pool League, is also a proven champion. In route to winning the title, he defeated J. Harris (10), R. Hicks (6),

P. Fleming (9), A. Hopkins (10), L. Hubbart (6), lost to A. Hopkins (9), and then won the tournament match against A. Hopkins (10) for the $4,133 grand prize.

NAME PRIZE

1st Terry Bell 2nd Allen Hopkins 3rd Larry Hubbart 4th Pat Fleming 5th-6th

Jimmy Reid Joe Root

7th-8th Mike Sigel Kenny Wellman

9th-12th C. Barbour Earl Strickland Bob Williams Johnny Dew

13th-16th 3M Flowers Howard Vickery B. Baker Dave Bollman

17th-24th R. Hicks Buddy Huggins Dave White Tommy Cook Jr . Harris 8. Sutton Jack Stenner Mike Gulyassy

25th-31st J . Benson Dan Christian Lenny Loder Bob Opsahl Mike Cone Tony Davis Wade Crane

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$4,133 2,067 1,240

868

496 496

434 434

310 310 310 310

248 248 248 248

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Promoter and proprie-t o r Bobby Carter charged a $145 entry fee and originally guaranteed $4,000 added to the prize

fund, but was so pleased with the talent that showed up, that he anted up another $2,000 for the race to eleven double elimination event.

He kept Winchester Billiards open twenty-four hours a day, utilized Brunswick Gold Crown pool tables and had Martha Wilson direct the event.

1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th-

NAME

Wade Crane Buddy Hall Nick Varner Grady Mathews

6th Bill Kelleher Al Bonife

PRIZE

$2,300 1,600 1,200

900

745 745

NAME

7th-8th Jim Mataya Fred Boggs

9th-12th Giles Carr Mike LeBvon Jimmy Reid Dave Bollman

PRIZE

450 450

200 200 200 200

Sigel Makes Withdrawal in Akron Akron,OH (10/16-19/86) Mike Sigel made a cash withdrawal of $4,000 from The 5th Annual Akron Open by finishing in front of the filled sixty-four player field. Runner-up Nick Varner cashed a $2,000 check.

Varner had to beat Sigel twice from the losers' bracket and was successful only once. He won the first of the two final matches 11-5. But Sigel rebounded with an 11-7 win to clinch the t i t l e .

Dot and J im Starcher, owners of Starcher's Recreation promoted the $10,000 event, added $2,000 to the purse, and enlisted veteran tournament director Joe Kerr to run the show.

The race to eleven double elimination tournament had an entry fee of only $125 and was paying twenty-four spots. As a result there was a w a i t i n g l i s t of players eager to play. The results follow;

NAME PRIZE NAME PRIZE

1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th-

7th-

Mike Sigel $4,000 Nick Varner 2,000 Steve McAnninch 1,000 Willie Munson 500

6th Wade Crane 350 Gary McVay 350

8 th Tony Mougey 250 Gary Spaeth 250

9th-12th Bob Hunter Bobby Legg Jim Marino Jim Mataya

13th-16th Dennis Hatch Bobby Johnson Grady Mathews Jimmy Reid

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three safeties and two kicks, thus being prevented

from pocketing a single ball. Hopkins won 11-4.

Mike Sigel (.917) was ahead 7-6 when Danny Medina

(.818) made a fatal error by scratching. Sigel

quickly ran thirty-five balls to run out the set

11-6.

In an 11-3 win over Howard Vickery (.776), Mike

Sigel (.931) ran out eleven of the twelve

opportunities he had to run out.

What appeared to be an 11-9 elimination of Steve

Shaw (.732) from the tournament by Danny DiLiberto

(.777) turned out to be an 11-10 elimination of

Danny DiLiberto by Steve Shaw. Needing one game,

DiLiberto ran to and missed an easy nine ball.

What appeared to be an 11-10 elimination of Steve

Shaw (.744) from the tournament by Grady Mathews

(.803) turned out to be an 11-10 elimination of

Grady Mathews by Steve Shaw. While running out the

last rack, Mathews got out of line and missed the

eight ball.

After a slow start and trailing Buddy Hall (.875)

2-6, Mike Sigel finished the session with near

perfect play. During the next eleven racks he ran

nine balls nine times, shot a .976 for that period,

and won the set 11-8.

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the tournament, Allen Hopkins (.935) scored the

high TPA of the tournament defeating Nick Varner

.742) 11-4,

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3-8, 1986. The winner of that event was Mike S i g e l .

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1986 SESSIONS WON-LOST TOTALS (through Dec. 31, 1986)

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NAME PRIZE NAME PRIZE

1st Buddy Ha l l

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3rd Tony Mougey 4th Steve Cook

5th-6th Jiwny Reid

Wade Crane

7th-8th Mike LeBron

Dennis Searing

9th-12th Pedro Conkl in

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Al Bonife Howard Vickery

13th-16th Bob Wi l l iams Jim Mataya

J.M. Flowers Steve Mizerak

17th-24th Adam Schick

Dave Favor Bob Opsahl

Donn Gr ice

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Charles Owens

Mike Gulyassy

John DiToro

Tom Rider

Jimmy Court

Danny C o n s i l l i o Pete Benoit (no show)

33rd-42nd Paul Johnson Robert Hovik

B i l l Amadeo

B i l l P o l i c e l l a Charles Blakely Dan Ch r i s t i an Richie Ambrose

Ralph Curry

Steve M i l l e r Robbie McKee

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in South Carolina CHARLESTON,SC (11/16-18/86) Twenty-six players, many of them trekking from the previous day's tournament in Charlotte went to Charleston recently to compete in The 2nd Annual South Carolina 9-Ball Open. The $149 entry fee and three day schedule was too tempting to pass by.

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Defending champion Mike Gulyassy didn't do as well this year. He finished out of the money and lacked an impressive win record. Manny Moore finished third in this superstar field, but nobody knows who he is nor where he came from. But everyone agreed that he could pass for Frank Fisher's brother.

NAME PRIZE

1st Earl Strickland 2nd Wade Crane 3rd Manny Moore 4th Buddy Hall 5th-6th

Jimmy Reid Steve Mizerak

7th-8th Mike Gulyassy Kim Davenport

9th-12th Pete Horne Tony Ellin James McCrary Grady Mathews

13th-16th Pat Fleming Whitey Spach Al Bonife Chris MacDonald

17th-24th Mike Staubes John Archer Louie Lemke Danny Pughsley Guido Orlandi Tony Mougey Dave Bollman Jimmy Hodges

25th-26th Bill Anderson Dan Christian

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In promoting this event, Frank Zummo selected The Country Inn Hotel as the tournament site, enlisted Joe Kerr as the tournament director and added $2,200 to the prize fund. The WPBA sanctioned event used a race to nine, double eliminat ion format.

NAME PRIZE NAME

1st 2nd 3rd 4th

Jean Balukas 2,000 Linda Haywood 1,250 Robin Bell 1,000 Mary Kenniston 750

Balukas did not have an easy time of it evidenced by an early loss and a narrow win while in the loser's bracket. After drawing a bye, she defeated Peg Ledman (4), JoAnn Mason (*>), lost to Linda Haywood (4), then beat Ewa Mataya in a thriller (8), Mary Kenniston (5), Robin Bell (5), and Linda Haywood twice in the finals.

Grady Mathews, the magician, performed magic tricks in addition to some interesting skill pool shots to the delight of the crowd. The $6,000 purse also drew interest from a local TV station. The results and flow chart follow:

PRIZE NAME PRIZE

5th-6th Loree Jon Jones Ewa Mataya

300 300

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NAME

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PRIZE NAME PRIZE NAME

Nick Varner 8,000 AlLen Hopkins 5,000

4th Mike Sigel 3,200 Jim Rempe 3,200

6th Jack Colo vita 2,000 Tom Storm 2,000

8th Mike Zuglan 1,480 Bob Vanover 1,480

12th Norbert Lang 1,130 Ray Martin 1,130 Danny DiLiberto 1,130 Lou Butera 1,130

13th-16th Marty Ciccia 860 Lester Smulowitz 860 Alain Martel 860 Dick Lane 860

17th-24th Ed Sheahan 585 Tom Manley 585 Greg Fix 585 Jim Fusco 585 Mike Wallace 585 Pat Fleming 585 Rodney Thompson 585 Bengt Pederson 585

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Loree Jon Jones 3,000 Mary Kenniston 1,500 Belinda Beardon 900 Louise Furberg 600

6th Anne Mayes 400 Linda Haywood 400

8th Palma Godwin 250 Gloria Walker 250

10 th Billie Billing 150 Linda Oakes 150

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MEN LOSERS (7th-8th)

1) D. Howard 11 (.848) 0. Medina 7 (.750)

2) W. Crane S. Mizerak

11 (.866)

4 ( .759)

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3) E. S t r i c k l and 11 (.840)

J . Rempe 5 (.794)

4) B. H a l l

N, Varner

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LOSERS (5th-6th) 5) D. Howard 11 (.885)

J . Rempe 6 (.738)

6) W. Crane 11 (.914)

N. Varner 8 ( .863)

LOSER (4th)

7) W. Crane 11 (.832) 0. Howard 6 (.768)

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E. Strickland 9 (.905)

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"Little David" (cont inued from page 3)

and a lso featured a women's d i v i s i o n . Jean 8alukas

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her t h i r d major win i n as many tournaments since

her re tu rn to the tou r .

Defending l ad ies ' champion Bel inda Beardon has had

be t te r days. She l o s t her f i r s t two matches f a l l i n g

v i c t i m to Bonnie Hoffman and then to Laura Smith.

The matches for the f i n a l s i x women were

Accu-Stat ted. The scores and averages f o l l ow :

WINNERS* BRACKET

1) M, Kenniston

E. Mataya

2) J . Balukas

8 . Hoffman

9 (.688)

6 (.625)

9 (.915)

0 (.560)

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P. Ledman

4) B. Hoffman

L. Smith

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9 (.700)

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E. Mataya 9 ( .722)

B. Hoffman 2 ( .653)

WINNERS' BRACKET

J . Balukas 9 ( .897) M. Kenniston 2 ( .676)

LOSER (3rd) M. Kenniston 9 ( .774)

E. Mataya 5 ( .694)

FINALS J . Balukas 9 (.760)

M. Kenniston 7 (.750)

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1986

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Major Tournament Results (MINIMUM WINNINGS = $2,000.

YTD$ Winnings 36000.00 27642.00 23630.00 18497.00 16449.00 16204.00 15513.00 14911.00 11801.40 9286.60 8388.00 8193.00 6906.80 6876.00 6694.00 6043.00 5735.00 5176.00 3922.80 3734.00 3355.00 2943.00 2822.80 2822.00 2817.00 2802.40 2701.00 2700.00 2681.00 2636.00 2634.00 2542.00 2342.40 2317.00 2300.00 2088.00 1976.00

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1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 8.

10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.

YEAR TO DATE Sessions

NAME

Sigel, Mike Reyes, Efren Howard, David Jones, Sammy Parica, Jose Hall, Buddy Hopkins, Allen Fusco, Pete Louie, Dan Varner, Nick Medina, Danny Rempe, Jim Mizerak, Steve Incardona, Bill Lane, Dick Bollman, Dave McCready, Keith Allen, Ronnie Martin, Ray Swanson, Jay

WON

33 32 37 16 34 26 40 10 10 42 33 13 24 20 16 30 15 10 16 19

Won -Lost (MINIMUM SESSIONS - 14)

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WON

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