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Deuel Wins the Inaugural

IPT’s Play with the Pros 9

WPA Carolina Classic 12Ouschan Wins Title

Archer Defends Title at Turning Stone 13

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overjoyed with genuine emotion. Feijen had goneundefeated in 13 straight matches for the win andpocketed over 1600 balls total.

Feijen’s SpeechIn an emotional speech, Niels dedicated the win to

his friend Joe Kerr who passed away weeks ago.“I want to dedicate my win here to a good friend of

mine who passed away, Joe Kerr.” Feijen started fightingback some tears and choking up. “I’m sorry,” he addedas he recomposed himself with a breath. “Joe was myfirst contact in the US, and without knowing him Iwould not be a professional player today.”“I remember Niels as an unknown player at the US

Open several years ago. I remember players making funof him on how he gambled always playing his best andalways playing tough matches. But that’s who he is andwhat he’s about, and now he will forever be remem-bered as the World Straight Pool Champion on thistrophy with his name etched next to the greatestplayers in history.”said Charlie Williams, co-producer ofthe Dragon Promotions event.

PrologueFeijen not only has won his first World Champi-

onship title, but also brought Netherlands their first


te

The Predator World 14.1 Champi-onship crown is retained by Europeonce more, but not by Germany as

many predicted. This time, Dutchman NielsFeijen fought for the crown against a field of63 other players and came on top and unde-feated in the process.

The day started off with Feijen versus fellow country-man Nick Vandenberg. Nick was the highest seed andplayer with the best record which gave him the optionto go first or second in the semi-finals. He chose first.The match went back and forth with neither playerbeing able to take advantages of the mistakes of theother. The match would go on a shot clock and still itlasted nearly 4 hours before Feijen would win 200-157 .Ouschan and Bustamante was a more anticipated

match up with eyes on Jasmin being the first womanhopeful to make it to the finals of a major men’s cham-pionship. Jasmin would not disappoint as shecommanded a lead early on and at one time waswinning 84-41 while Bustamante struggled with hisgame. At 122 to 81 in favor of Ouschan, Bustamantewoke up and ran nearly a hundred balls to take the leadfor the first time. Ouschan would soon succumb to themighty Filipino 200-148.“I’m happy with my results. Just two days ago I didn’t

think I was going to make it out of my group, so Iwasn’t even thinking about having this kind of finish.”commented Ouschan on her historic run.Ouschan now holds the record for highest placing

woman in a men’s pro championship ever in pool’s 130year history of championship play. She also holds thetop two high run records set by a woman, 90 and 84.“I have alot of respect for Jasmin Ouschan.”

announced Francisco Bustamante later in a speech.

FinalsThe finals would be Philippines versus Netherlands.

Feijen on paper seemed the obvious favorite with fourEuropean 14.1 titles to his name while Bustamante hashad over 30 major titles, but none of them in straightpool. The paper favorite seemed to be right on themoney. Bustmante erred early on and let Feijen take aforty ball lead, and then Bustamante missed in his firstopen shot, a seemingly easy ball. Later as Niels missedleading 80-0, and Bustmante took a break and leftsaying , “Niels is playing good, but don’t worry I willcome back and run 200.”, Bustamante said with a smile.On his return, Bustamante had an easier shot andeasier table but carelessly misjudged the shot andmissed again. Niels then extended his lead to 189 ballsbefore missing an easy shot. Bustamante made his firstshot to the cheers and laughter of the audience andwent on to make a great 3 way combo. But soon afterhe missed another easy shot and conceded the match toFeijen 200-11 , who then raised his hands in victory

The Predator World 14.1 Championship

pocket billiards World Championship. Feijen’s namewill be inscribed in the World 14.1 Championship cupalongside names such as De Oro, Greenleaf, Mosconi,Caras, Lassiter, Sigel, Mizerak, and Hohmann amongother Champions.Thorsten Hohmann won the High Run Award for

the second time with his 150 & out against RalfSouquet. He wins an additional $1000 from Dr. LouisPannullo, the sponsor of the award.

Full info,results, and stats can be found at www.drag-onpromotions.com and brackets at www.azbilliards.com

Feijen Won for Himself, his

country and his friends Nickname: The Terminator�

Resides: The Hague, Holland�

Date of Birth: 3 February 1977

Sponsors: Longoni Cues and Loonfiens Billiards.

Photos by CueTable.com


Round RobinThe final 32 players advancing from the round robin

stages entered the double elimination brackets with a

race to 150 pts. The final 16 players went into a

single elimination bracket and race to 200 pts.

Final 16Jasmin Ouschan 200Mika Immonen 176

Oliver Ortmann 200Thomas Engert 42

Huidji See 200Corey Deuel 96

Francisco Bustamante 200Danny Harriman 137

Niels Feijen 200Ignacio Chavez 128

John Schmidt 200Mike Dechaine 144

Thorsten Hohmann 200Ralf Souquet 144

Nick Van Den Beg 200Dominic Jentsch 38

Final 8 Jasmin Ouschan 200Oliver Ortmann 133

Francisco Bustamante 200Huidji See 141

Niels Feijen 200John Schmidt 185

Nick Van Den Beg 200Thorsten Hohmann 136

Final 4 Francisco Bustamante 200Jasmin Ouschan 148

Niels Feijen 200Nick Van Den Beg 157

FinalsNiels Feijen 200Francisco Bustamante 11

The 2008 Predator World Straight Pool Cham-

pionship is proudly sponsored by Dr.Michael

Fedak of NYC, Joel Schapiro of NYC, The

Predator Group, Diamond Billiard Products,

Aramith Balls, and Simonis Cloth.

Austria’s Jasmin Ouschan (right)was only twomatches away from making a monumentalfeat in pool history...to be the first woman

ever to win a men’s world championship title. Ouschan came into the final 32 players as the worst

record player with more losses than wins (3 wins and 4losses). Then she was the worst seed at #16 having tore-match with #1 seed Mika Immonen (below right) ofFinland. Mika gave Ouschan a terrible beating a dayearlier and looked prime to do it again. But he waswrong. This time Ouschan would do the shooting andImmonen the sitting as she ran a 72 early on and nevertrailed the entire match. Immonen, clearly feeling thepressure, made several uncharacteristic mistakes andhad several chances to come back. At one point down122 - 26, Immonen came back within 2 racks, but toomany unforced errors gave Ouschan the breathing roomshe needed to ice the Iceman 200 - 174 .This win putJasmin into the quarterfinals, which is not anunheard of feat as shemade it to the final eightjust 2 years ago.Defending WorldChampion OliverOrtmann seemed a likelywinner in this papermismatch according toplayers and fans alike.Again, wrong. Ouschanonce again lead the entire match while Ortmann wasplaying catch up. Though Ouschan’s game was notstellar, Ortmann made more errors than Ouschan andseemed visibly frustrated the entire match. Jasmin wentonto win and once again make pool history with her200 - 133 victory, doing her part to stop a Germanrepeat win.

Ouschan Shocks Straight Pool World

“If you put a bag over her head and Oliver didn’tknow who he was playing, he would have won by nowwith alot of high runs.” explained one top 14.1 pro,referring to the amount of pressure on the male proplayers when faced with Ouschan.

Bustamante finshes second losing to Feijen in a runaway 200-11

At one point down

122 - 26, Immonen came

back within 2 racks, but too

many unforced errors gave

Ouschan the breathing

room she needed to ice the

Iceman 200-174


13-7 victory over Shane VanBoening in the finals

Corey Wins $20,000 and theChampionship Diamond & Gold Bracelet!

By Marlon Bernardino

Contributed story

Filipino hopeful Dennis “Robocop”

Orcollo and Francisco “Django” Busta-

mante missed their chances to earn

another championship trophy in the $60,000

total pot 12 player Million Dollar 9-Ball

Shootout.This after the duo (Orcollo and Bus-

tamante) bowed to their respective foes in

their final four matches (knockout stage) in the

just concluded event held at the Valley Forge

Convention Center in King of Prussia, Penn-

sylvania, USA, yesterday.

The diminutive cuemaster Orcollo, who is

looking his fourth major title this year yielded

to Shane “The South Dakota Kid” Van

Boening, 13-8, in the first semi-finals matches

while Bustamante, the pride of Tarlac City

succumbed to eventual champion Corey “The

Prince” Deuel, 13-6, in the second semi-final

matches to moved an all American Finals.

Deuel took the title plus the top purse of

$20,000 including Championship Diamond

and Gold Bracelet after an empathetic 13-7

win over Van Boening. Van Boening,

meanwhile settled for the runner-up prize of

$12,000. Losing Semi-Finalists Orcollo and

Bustamante received $10,000 each.

Rounding up to the top 12 finishers who

received $1,000 each were No.5 Marlon

“Marvelous” Manalo, No.6 reigning World 9-

Ball Champion Daryl Peach of England, No.7

Dennis “The Hatchet Man” Hatch, No.8 Stevie

Moore, No.9 Tony “T-Rex” Chohan, No.10

Johnny “The Scorpion” Archer, No.11 Matt

Krah and No.12 Evan “The Running Man”

Broxmeyer.

Corey Deuel Wins the Inaugural Millon Dollar Shootout!!

from top to bottom

Winner, Corey “The Prince” Deuel

Shane “The South Dakota Kid” Van Boening,

Francisco “Django” Bustamante

Dennis “Robocop” Orcollo


The International Pool Tour presents the IPT2008 Pro Am Tournament, an innovative newconcept in pool, where amateurs can qualify to

play on a team with a pro! There will be a total of 16qualifying tournaments held in the Chicago-land area.The top 6 players from each of these qualifying tourna-ments will earn a spot on a team with the assigned pro,and advance to the Pro-Am Tournament held onNovember 8 & 9 at Palace Billiards in Villa Park, IL. Atotal of 16 teams will compete in a single-eliminationwinner take all format. Everyone competes in-dividually and if anyone on your team finishesin first place, you win! The $50,000 prize fundwill be divided evenly amongst the winningteam, including a $2,000 bonus to the overallwinner of the tournament.Qualifier Format:8-BallRace to threeDouble-elimination bracketTop six players advance from each qualifier toplay in IPT Pro-Am TournamentIPT Pro-Am Tournament Format:8-BallRace to threeSingle-elimination bracketFirst place team divides $50,000 guaranteedprize fund.This grass-roots concept allows local players to

compete alongside the hottest athletes in the sport!Pool players that compete casually or in weekly leagueshave a shot at a great payday and a memorable experi-ence, and the best part is, anyone can win.IPT will be making frequent announcements with

further details in coming weeks. Visit www.internation-alpooltour.com for updates on winners, teams, and par-ticipating poolrooms. Qualifiers started the weekend ofSeptember 13-14, and are scheduled for every weekenduntil the beginning of November. The final event willbe held in Chicago on the weekend of November 8-9,2008. Sign up now to have a once in a lifetime opportu-nity to play on a team with your favorite pro and takehome a giant prize!

Mike “The Mouth” Sigel1st Team Qualifier

September 13-14, 2008

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Established in April of 2005. Our location consists of19,000 square feet of entertainment; including 2 fullservice bars spanning 90 feet, surrounded by multiplebar tables, and 2 dining areas. 21 TVs cover the restau-rant, and 2 wall-projected screens are available forsports events or special events such as the MidwestKaraoke Finals, which were held at the Pyramid Club.We also have 20 pool tables, 18 of which are 9 foot

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Qualifier ResultsThe following are the top six players thatqualified to play on Mike Sigel’s team:1. Bryan Bach2. Jeff Mohl 3. Shannon Schroeder 4. Matt Daiber5-6. Jacqui Herrera-Schroeder5-6. Percy Mitchell

The IPT would like to thank the following playerswho also participated in the Team Sigel Qualifier:Wally Bogdanski, �Saad Alam, �Randy Hanlon, �DanielKoste, �Gregory Spencer, �Rafael Erazo, �Daniel Wood

Johnny“Scorpion” Archer2nd Team Qualifier

September 20-21, 2008

Palace Billiards, 160 W Roosevelt Rd Villa

Park, IL 60181 (630) 941-3500

With 31 tables, a sports bar and an equipment andpro sales shop, this Villa Park billiards hall takes it’spool-playing seriously.Team Archer1. Gil Hernandez2. Adam Smith3. Marc Jarvis4. Bobby Hunter5-6. Matt Daiber5-6. Bob CozzolinoThe IPT would like to thank the following players

who also participated in the Team Archer Qualifier:Michael Enters, �Ron Baez,�Ted Ferrer,�Jim Engels,�LeoCampos,�Bob Delaney,�Eddie Balderas,�RobAnderson,�Jerry Allison,�Steve Friesen,�JeremySeaman,�Ike Runnels,�Paul Smith,�Nicholas Lullo,�SaadAlam�Dean, Caprini�Raymond, Rumoro�Erick,Ryl-Kuchar

See Page 40 for the IPT

upcoming event schedules

in our Major Event

Tournament Guide

About Mike SigelVoted the Greatest Living Player of the 20th centuryand at age 35 is the youngest member to be inductedinto the Billiard Hall Of Fame. Mike Sigel beganplaying at the age of 13 and turned Pro when he was20, winning the first US Open. He has won 105 Profes-sional Pool & Pocket Billiard tournaments. Including 6US Opens and 10 World Championships. Mike alsoholds the World record for the quickest 150-and-out inthe 14th Annual US Open Championship. NamedPlayer of the Year 4 times, Sigel has appeared onABC,CBS,NBC,ABC Wide World OF Sports, CBSSports Cable, Fox Sports, ESPN, Good MorningAmerica, Night Watch, PM Magazine, The Bert SugarsShow, Charlie Rose, The Best Damn Sports ShowPeriod, FSN, and many others. In addition he appearedas himself in the movie Baltimore Bullet and performedmany of the trick shots for the opening sequence inthat film. Mike was the technical advisor, choreogra-pher, instructor for the movie “The Color of Money”staring Paul Newman (who won an Academy Award forBest Actor) and Tom Cruise.

About Johnny ArcherJohnny “The Scorpion” Archer began his pool career atthe age of twelve in the small town of Twin City,Georgia. After conquering the challenges of Ms.Pacman in a local convenient store, this lad took aninterest in the pool tables. At the age of seventeen, TheScorpion joined his first Pro Tour and won his first ProTournament in Columbia, South Carolina in 1985.Upon touring the US, Johnny accomplished his firstwin in the Atlanta Open at Wagon Wheel Willie’s. Hethen went on to win four World Championships in1992, 1993, 1995 and 1997. By the end of the decade,The Scorpion had won his first US Open 9-Ball Cham-pionship. In his career, he has been awarded ninePlayer of the Year Awards, received Player of theDecade in the 1990’s, and has won the Simonis PowerIndex Points for three consecutive years in a row since2002.

to learn its pureelements. Experimentwith your hit on thecue ball and the speedto move the eight ball where you wantit. Then, replace the obstruction andexecute the safety. Shot B is somewhat more advanced

but illustrates the possibilities availableon the shot we are playing. In this setupa stop shot would leave the cue ball infront of the nine and therefore give up ashot on the eight. So we shall progress astep to go rail first with draw to hit theeight and move the cue ball back behindthe nine along the solid line in thediagram, essentially the same as Shot Awith draw. Begin practicing againwithout the obstruction to learn thetechnique more quickly. First, take lowerhit on the cue ball; go rail first for a fullhit on the eight; and play the shot untilthe cue ball is drawing back a diamondsegment or so near the rail. Continueshooting now with attention to speed,making sure to leave the eight ball downtable. Again, when you have a feel forthe elements of the shot, replace the ob-struction and execute the safety. Shot B is a little trickier than the first

shot with the extra element of controlrequired but simple enough to lie withinreach of any player who can draw thecue ball a foot. It certainly is a prettyshot, sure to strike fear into an opponentand raise applause from a savvyaudience.

Often in pool you will encounter newshots that do not require new knowledgeor skill but merely a different perspec-tive. The stop and draw shots that we areworking with this month are the sameones that you know already except thatyou will go rail first with them. As a sidenote, I’m not embarrassed to say that rel-atively few shots in my personal libraryof pool knowledge are ones that I discov-ered alone. The rest I learned from otherplayers, teachers, books and videos. ShotB however is a personal discovery and itcame out for me a few years ago as amistake when I was fooling around withan attempt at something else. So here isthe “mistake” that I wish I had made afew years sooner for you to learn and useto win some games.


by Tom Ross

Contributing Writer

Kicking Safe

There’s a lot of one pocket beingplayed at Shakespeare’s these days,hardly a news flash except that whatwe’re seeing is not the high-stakes,hardcore-gambler variety played by cootswith nicknames that illuminate theircharacter flaws. Instead, what’s going onis a show that we older guys have neverseen before, one-pocket games all overthe room between league-type playerswho, despite their relatively short poolexperience, are delving into pool’sdeepest game for nothing more than itsbeauty and complexity. The new fad’sarchitect is Tawnia Tresca, a newcomerto pool who has taken to our mosttactical game very quickly and with suchrabid fanaticism that her discovery ofAccu-Stats tapes led to the cancellationof her cable TV subscription to avoidany distraction from the hours she enjoyswith her new friends—Grady, Buddy,and Shannon. The birth and growth of the new trend

is clear testimony to the power of enroll-ment and the force of Tawnia’s charm.

Few would guess that one pocket couldcatch on with fever but that’s because wehave never seen it offered before outsideof the traditional scene where an older,craftier player lures a younger, bettershooter into a game that he cannot win,a fact the youngster soon apprehendswhile he empties his pockets—a goodreason to cross something off one’s list ofthings to do. The interest has promptedHoward Ashford and me to design a one-pocket workshop where we promise toteach interested students, in six hours,what usually takes many years andtypically, thousands of dollars of lostmoney to learn.Recently during a little one-pocket in-

structional session, we examined atechnique that is critical to winning —precise cue-ball control or what I callshort kicks. Sometimes we cannot shootdirectly at a ball near a rail because of anobstructing ball, but can easily shootaround the obstruction to hit the ballrail first. Look at shot A in the diagram.In Shot A you have the eight ball and

nine ball left on the table with no goodshot on the eight. One option is to playthe eight ball into the corner rail firstbut, with this setup, not the smart choicefor two reasons. One, rail-first shots canbe difficult and if you missed the eightand left it hanging in the corner, it’s asure sell out. Two, after coming off of therail and hitting the eight the cue ball isrolling away from the nine and, evenwith a relatively soft hit, could easilyland too far up table to leave a good shoton the nine. Trying to hit the shot withenough speed to send the cue ball uptable and bring it back down for the nineis difficult and far too unpredictable forthe winning player. Option two is asafety that, with a little practice, issimple to execute consistently and yieldsa very effective result.To play the safety you will go rail first

at the eight with a below-center hit tostop the cue ball on the rail and send theeight along the dotted line to land nearthe spot marked X. The first great thingabout this shot is that you will hit it thesame way you would to play a stop shot ifyou were shooting directly at the eightball. There is no need to learn anythingnew, only to apply what you alreadyknow to a new situation—going rail firstfor a full hit on the eight with stop. Theone tricky aspect of this shot is thatwhen the cue ball is hit below centerwith draw or stop it rebounds moresharply from the rail. Thus you will needto aim at the rail slightly closer to theeight ball than you might initially guess.Practice the shot at first without the ob-structing ball to clear the distraction and


WPBA Carolina ClassicJasmin Ouschan vs. Jeanette Lee

The finals of the 2008 WPBA Carolina Classicbegan with Jasmin winning the lag, breaking,making nothing and leaving Jeanette to push

out. Jeanette, after a tough match versus Norway’s LineKjorsvik, appeared refreshed and ready to play asJasmin, with her typical Austrian stare, came back tothe table ready to rumble and run out. She uncharacter-istically missed the 3 ball, but didn’t leave an easy shotfor Jeanette, who went for a bit of a flyer and missed.Jasmin was left with an open shot, methodicallypocketing each successive ball. Jasmin drew first bloodagainst the Black Widow, going up 1-0. Game 2 saw Jeanette’s break come up dry, but

Jasmin had no easy go of it on the 1 ball. She beauti-fully shot the ball though and continued running out,picking her way through a fairly difficult layout to sinkthe 9 and go up 2-0. Jasmin also had the breakadvantage, sinking a ball. She missed a 2 to the 9 carombut left Jeanette a tough cut which she missed. A safetybattle ensued with Jeanette blinking first and Jasminput together a tough but solid runout to extend her leadto 3-0. After a failed jump shot in game 4, Jeanette ran 5

balls to finally get on the board, down 1-3. Jasmin

broke and ran out toregain the 3 game lead, 4-1. In game 6, Jeanette’sbreak came up dry andJasmin ran out to the 3but missed, allowingJeanette another chanceat the table. She ran outto the 6 and even as shestruck the cue ball, knewshe’d missed the 6, cryingout “Oh my gosh!” Sheleft Jasmin with a side railbank shot, which she missed, allowing Jeanette back tothe table to face a thin cut on the 6. She undercut itbadly and Jasmin returned to the layout with a long butroutine shot on the ball. Pocketing it cleanly, Jasminhad 3 balls left to win the 6th game, now up 5-1. Jasmincontinued to dominate the racks, with Jeanette clearlyout of sorts and before Jeanette could say boo, Jasminwas running out to win the tournament! 7-1. Congratulations to Jeanette Lee on another great

finish this year and to Jasmin Ouschan for her firstWPBA Classic Tour win!

Many thanks to the Mayor of Durham, theHonorable Bill Bell, Joe Goodman from Capitol Broad-casting Company, the staff at the American TobaccoCampus including Paul Pope, Valerie Ward and MarionYoungblood, all our volunteers, Kim Ramsey, theDurham American Poolplayers Association LeagueOperator and KT Thompson, Charlotte LeagueOperators for their assistance. Thanks to our Sponsorsand to our fans! We’ll see you in two weeks at theWPBA Pacific Coast Classic in Lincoln City, Oregonhosted by our friends at the Chinook Winds Casino!

Often referred to as the “Chess game” of pool,One-Pocket is defi-nitely the most knowledgeable and fascinating. It combines theshotmaking of straight pool,the position of play of Nine Ball,theskills of banks, and the knowledge of caroms into one great game.No wonder it is called the pool game of the Hustlers. You must be creative to playgood One Pocket and once you learn to play it, you will be bored with anything less.This is a

good safety es-pecially whenyou have ballin hand andcan Place thecueball in linewith diamondsNo. 6 on headrail and 1 onthe Right siderail or near thehead spot.shoot throughdiamond No. 1 with top left and mediumspeed. The result is nearly always to youradvantage unless you shoot too hard.Try this shot several times until you are

confident that it works The cueball shouldend up near the head rail on your opponentsside of the table.


Two Little Known Patternsby Robert Byrne

From “Byrne’s Complete Book of Pool Shots” with permission

DVD’s Available

One Pocket Moves and Safetiesby Willie Jopling

Contributing Writer

Below, the players are faced with a shot on the 6-ball straight

into the side. Is it possible to make the 6-ball and get a good

shot at the 7-ball? Yes, by hitting the side rail first with

running English and low speed. This would be overlooked by many

players.

At the left, it seems that the 4-ball is too straight in to make and still

get the cueball to the right end of the table. It is easy if you hit the rail

first. Shown is the result of you slide the cueball into the4. Follow and

draw can also be used if balls are blocking the diagrammed path.

Please note that on rail-first shots of this type, the object ball may stay

on the rail all the way into the pocket because the cueball sinks into

the rubber before hitting the ball. But even if the object ball leaves the

rail, there is a good margin of error when it is this close to the pocket.

Archer Successfully Defends TurningStone Billiard Title

After four days of play against some of the toughest 9-ballers in the world andin one of the most anticipated events of the year, Johnny Archer has comethrough the one-loss side to win first place at the Turning Stone Classic XI,

defending his title from the tenth event last February. This $25,000-added event washosted by the Turning Stone Casino in Verona, NY, and boasted a full 128-playerfield.They day began with the final four in the winners’ bracket fighting for the hot seat.

Raj “Hitman” Hundal overcame Francisco Bustamante by a strong 9-4 score in theirmatch and advanced to the hot seat match to play Charlie Williams, who had justsent Jeremy Jones, recent victor of the GenerationPool.com 9-Ball Championships,to the west side 9-6.On the left side of the chart, the last four remaining were fighting to stay alive.

Shane Van Boening, who took his first loss Saturday from Williams 9-6, eliminatedSteve Moore 9-3 and then went on to play a newly arrived Bustamante. But Busta-mante was fired up after his loss to Hundal and took control of the match against the2007 Player of the Year, besting him 9-6.In the lower bracket, defending champion Archer was not to be ruled out. Archer

fought through the one-loss bracket all day Saturday to culminate in a 9-6 victoryover Ronnie Wiseman in the last match of the evening. Sunday morning he startedout with a close 9-7 defeat of Jonathan Pinegar. He kept going with his momentum,breezing through Jones 9-2 to meet up with Bustamante in the quarterfinals. This washis toughest match so far—it went double-hill, but Archer prevailed again.The hot seat match between Williams and Hundal was a close one that ended with

Williams winning 9-7, sending Hundal to the west side to face Archer. There Hundalhad complete control, racing to an 8-2 lead over the former world champion.However, things took a turn for the worse for Hundal when Archer got back to the

table and caught fire, running racksout from everywhere and coming backto an 8-7 score in Hundal’s favor.Faced with a kick shot on the 4,Hundal made it but scratched, andArcher had no trouble clearing thetable to make it a hill-hill match.After Archer’s break, he played abilliard off the 1 into the 9 to win 9-8and advance to the finals.In the extended race-to-13 final

match, Williams never really stood a chance. Archer, after his defeat at the hands ofHatch Saturday, was forced to make the long trudge through the one-loss side andwon eight matches in a row to reach the finals. Not only was he pocketing balls onthe break but he kept control of the cue ball afterward, giving him the ability tobreak and run out often. It was this that enabled Archer to take the final match 13-6.

Results1st Johnny Archer2nd Charlie Williams3rd Raj Hundal4th Francisco Bustamante5-6th Jeremy Jones

Shane Van Boening7-8th Steve Moore

Jonathan Pinegar9-12th Tony Crosby

Shaun WilkieRonnie WisemanDennis Hatch

13-16th Mike ZuglanShawn PutnamChris Szuter

Mike Zuglan, Tournament Director

and Winner Johnny Archer


by “The Monk”

Contributing Writer

Jump for Joyby Tom Rossman • [email protected] Writer

The Gambler vs. The Match Player

There are many road players whocall themselves champions. Theybelieve if they can play long

enough they can come out on top.When they lose a match they always say,“Come on, and let’s play another one.Give me a chance to win my moneyback.”A warrior would be amused by this

absurd request. The warrior wouldprobably say, “Do you want me to misson purpose so you can win?”The gambler does not have the

integrity of a champion. The gambler istrying to win money. The warrior istrying to win a match. The gambler istrying to wear a player down. Thewarrior is trying to win a match. Thegambler looks for someone who is not hisspeed. The warrior will take on all chal-lenges.

I am not sure a gambler has it in him/herto become a warrior.

When you are ready to destroy your

opponent at the drop of a hat, you havebecome a warrior. If you let up, even fora moment, you are not a champion. Youmust be willing to play at your highestlevel at all times because that is who youare. You are a warrior ready to do battleto the finish. I love warriors. I had a girlfriend who

agreed to a match of five sets for onehundred dollars per set against aseasoned road player. She won all fivesets. The guy cried and offered to playanother set for five hundred dollars. I amsure she would have won this set as well.She told him she had agreed to thismatch and the match was over. Hebegged and pleaded for another chance.She could not understand why he didthis. “We played the match.” She said. “Iwon now I am going home”. This girl rarely played matches but

when she did, it was one match to findout whom the winner was. She wouldnot even think of playing a series ofmatches to give a person a chance to winhis money back.

When I completed my training I wenton the road. I played thirty-sevenmatches. I quit after each match becauseI was a warrior. I won thirty-fourmatches. I tied two matches and lostone. Every single time I gathered up themoney, my opponent wanted anotherchance to win his money back. I did notagree to that because my total purposewas to win the match and when Icompleted my task there was no reasonto stay. I was a warrior who was ready toannihilate my opponent. I was a warriorwho was never ready to let someone winhis money back. If you want to be a master you must

develop the warrior mentality and getaway from the winey crybaby attitude ofthe gambler. To be honest, I cannotstand to be around gamblers. I like tospend time with real warriors; those whoare ready to put it on the line, onematch, one time, and winner take all. To be a warrior you need to re-build

your self-image. In the game of life we

form perceptions and from these percep-tions we build a mind set. From ourmindset, we act, we think and weperform. If you build a faulty mind setcalamity will follow you. If you build ahealthy mindset, serenity in winning willbecome your shadow and follow you allthe days of your life. You will fully under-stand what winning is all about.

Winning is the conclusion of a match.When you give a person a chance to winhis money back, you are not a winner.

The Dr. Cue Classic Artistic Cup IIevent is just around the corner andpromises to be a “fitting final” to the2008 Dr. Cue Classic Artistic Pool Tourseason. Highly spirited amateurs, juniors,and professionals from the world of“artistic pool” will compete with 40 highpercentage make rate challenges on 7foot tables for over $20,000 in guaran-teed prize money. Those in attendancewill have also have the opportunity totake part in a special “open table”audition night to “showcase theircreative artistic talent” for special prizesand awards. “Ms. Cue” and I encourage each of

you to attend as a player, fan, or inquisi-tive mind of our great sport. This eventis open to anyone that has ever wantedto “take the artistic challenge” and wantsto feel confident and comfortable doingit. Each player will get paid, everyonewill have fun, and every participant has ashot at taking home the gold, along witha host of other prizes for players and fansalike. If you want to become part of this

special signature event for “trick shotsand so much more”, please visitwww.artisticpool.org for the completeCup II program information, includingall shots/challenges and specific entry /player details. You may also email or call me:

[email protected] • 765.795.4968 A sample shot from the event program

is included in this article. It is a simple“jump discipline” shot and gives you anexample of what kind of skills you mightencounter during the competition. It willsurely make you “jump for joy” in your

practice and at the CUP II, until nexttime when…

…the Doctor’s in


by Samm Diep

Contributing Writer • blog.SammsPocket.com • House Pro at Table Steaks East in Aurora,CO

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Samm Diep, “Cherry Bomb”House Pro at Table Steaks East

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Can Appreciate)”

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Sweeper Drawby Eric “The Preacher” Yow!

WPA Masse World Champion

Iwas recently approached by a localplayer, Kenny, who shared a storywith me of how the last time we

played each other in the straight poolleague he answered a phone call justbefore our match began and was com-pletely distracted during the entirematch. “You should writean article about shuttingyour phone off if you’reabout to play a match,” hesaid. I’d never eventhought about that.Unless it’s an all day event, when I’m

on my way to a match I’m typicallywalking from my hotel room to the tour-nament room. I like to keep my headdown, maybe even have my headphoneson. This is not the time to be the socialbutterfly. In fact, world champion RalfSouquet is one of the nicest, friendliestguys in the game. He will stop to answerany question and let you talk to him forhours, EXCEPT when he’s on his way toa match. He just politely responds, “I’lltalk to you after my match.”If you think about it, shutting off your

phone is the same concept. If you

wouldn’t want to stop to chit chat withsomeone, why would you answer a call tohave a conversation? You probablywouldn’t (and definitely shouldn’t) do itin the midst of a match, not doing itbefore your match will only helpreinforce your focus.

Your concentration for a tournamentshould begin prior to your match, not atthe sound of the first break. Properpreparation for a match is not only abouthaving a nutritious meal or making sureyour shaft is clean; it also includes caringfor your mental state. How well can youplay when you show up to a matchstraight from having an argument withyour spouse or finding out you just lostyour job? Don’t even let it happen. Shutoff your phone.I’ll even take this one step further. I’m

a true believer in practicing the way wewant to perform and taking our practice

as seriously as our matches. This wouldmean that if we’re going to shut ourphones off on our way to a tournament,we should do the same if we’re on ourway to practice too, right?Also, I know many players that like to

practice on their lunch hour or onlyhave a very limitedamount of time to hitballs when they do.Well, here’s a little tip:Set the alarm on yourphone or watch for the

time that you need to pack up. The lasttime I tried to practice in a hurry andhad to keep an eye on the clock, it wasjust as distracting as answering a badphone call.

So, the next time you grab your cuesand head out the door to a tournamentor to practice, remember to shut yourphone off. If you’re expecting animportant phone call, then you probablyshouldn’t be entering a tournamentanyway. Enjoy your pool time! That’swhat it’s all about.

In this issue I wanted to highlight abeautiful draw shot with seeminglyendless possibilities. I call this shot

the Sweeper Draw because you utilizethe natural tangent line the cue ballfollows after impact to slide the cue ballbefore it allows the draw to take effect,giving you a dynamic sweeping motionand often, a spectacular arc. In the illus-tration I have provided you the game isNine Ball and you have a simple bankon the one. The nine ball is hanging butthere’s not practical shot on it for thegame. Or is there?A few days ago I was playing Nine Ball

with a fellow attorney here inClarksville, Tennessee, Edward Dewerff,on his brand new table. He had justpurchased the most expensive table thistown has seen, an eight foot Connellywith 2 inch slate, from Nat Green ofSoutheast Cues. With fresh, clean ballsand brand new Championship cloth, I

wanted to masse! But ofcourse he wouldn’t allowit. (He’s seen my Diamondtable!) Nevertheless, Ienjoyed the slide whichnew cloth provides withmy level cue shots. So itwas the last game of thenight and I saw the oppor-tunity illustrated. When Iasked if I could put a cube ofchalk on the table, Ed knew I was up tosomething. I placed the chalk on thecenter spot and shot the Sweeper Drawshot below to end the night with a bang!The beauty of this shot is that you can

control the action with your power, avariable which is relatively easy toregulate. Read any article for beginnerson tangent lines and understand theconcept of where the cue ball will travelafter impact – the tangent line remainsthe same (with no spin) regardless of

power. Add draw as a factor and powerbecomes crucial. Hit softly, the tangentwill bend early. Hit harder, the tangentwill bend later (as diagrammed). In myexample, with clean balls and new cloth,it is easy to let the cue ball sweep out 4feet before the tangent line bends tosend the cue ball towards the nine. Practice this shot so that you can

cause the tangent to bend after 6 inches,then a foot, then 18 inches, and so forth.Leave your other variables as constants,only changing your power. Soon, you’ll

want to adjust the angle at which thecue ball comes off the object ball to giveyourself even more room to sweep! If youcan get to a 3-Cushion Billiard table, trythe same shot sweeping into a long-short-long (natural) pattern. It’sbeautiful!So playing my colleague Ed that night

was fun, but knowing a shot like this toend on really makes this game worthplaying. Beating him in his house on hisbrand new table might’ve been a bitmuch, but I just had to show him thathe’s the second best pool-playingattorney in Clarksville!

Your concentration for a tournament should begin prior to

your match, not at the sound of the first break.


Over three decades ago and within thethird largest city in the United States,Chicago Illinois, I began the successful re-building of a carom game (Fig. 1) known asthree-cushion billiards. The following yearsbrought my wife Bonnie and I the goodfortune of meeting some of life’s mostgenteel people and finest three-cushionplayers from over four continents.Champions, like Mexico’s AmpelioGonzalez, who nearly thirty years ago setour IBC’s high run record when scoring 22consecutive points using early 20th centuryequipment. Joe Diaz, a Chicago billiard en-thusiast whose mere presence when steppinginto a room gave glamour and charm toeven the shabbiest of billiard rooms. GaleJohnson, a man who as no other man withinthe time in which he lived, promoted throughlove and compassion, our game of three-cushion billiards. And the late Mr. SangChun Lee, a Korean immigrant who’spresence in America was forever knownafter our IBC’s arrangement and videorecording of his first professional match inAmerica with our nations then eight-timenational champion, Mr. George Ashby.

Yet of all the hundreds of three-cushionplayers I’ve ever had the pleasure ofmeeting, one man, like a lighthouse beaconon a frostbitten winter night, stands out asbright as the best of the best for reasons yetto be told. And it is this man, this blackthree-cushion billiard champion and giant ofa man that’s being honored in the followingstory, Chicago’s “King Richard.”

Every year thousands of men and womenwhose names and records of exceptionalhuman achievements go unmentioned andfall through the cracks of our society’s recog-nition. Now, and as this following storyunfolds the little known accomplishments ofone Mr. Richard Powell and his mentor Mr.Joseph Brice shall at long last be told andbecome public record. This is a story with aseemingly timeless message that beginsduring the Civil War and ends at thedoorstep our nation’s battle for Civil Rights.

Jim Parker, 32 Year PresidentThe Illinois Billiard Club

Most certainly, Mr. Richard(Baby Brother) Powell was aking. And in my mind shall

always wear his crown of personalachievements that among others includehis roll in American billiards thatmirrored baseball’s Jackie Robinsonwhen Powell became the first Negro tocross American billiards colored line.Richard won national three-cushionbilliard titles and was the only black manin history whose skills qualified him tocompete against billiards Father Time,Mr. William (Willie) Fredrick Hoppe.Powell broke three-cushion billiardrecords that stood for more than acentury, and mended racial injusticesthat prevailed for over two centuries. Powell’s kingdom was Chicago Illinois

and the city’s Southeast-side his homeand beloved province. Chicago was con-

sidered the Mecca for hosting world classbilliard tournaments ever since Mr.Thomas Foley (Fig. 2) hosted Illinois’first major billiard event at Chicago’sMetropolitan Hall on January 29, 1865.Not long after Foley sent billiard ballsspinning in Chicago the most enduringand powerful national billiard organiza-tion in the recorded history of Americanbilliards was born and became known asthe National Billiard Association ofAmerica (NBAA). To this day there hasnever been a professional Americanbilliard organization as effective andenduring as the NBAA. Unlike most allof today’s professional billiard eventsthat allow anyone with the price of anentry fee (as opposed to proven talent)to compete in world tournaments, nearlya century ago the NBAA introduced aniron clad system affording only qualified

contenders the opportunity to competein world class events.By a well thought-out design insuring

professional tournament eligibility theorganization staged various levels ofcompetitive events when sponsoringqualifying tournaments throughout theland. First beginning with local CityChampionships supported by the moreprominent billiard facilities located inregistered communities. The next levelallowed only the finalist from the CityChampionships to move forward andcompete for national recognition withina State tournament. The third levelevents were referred to as Regional Tour-naments (generally comprised of threedivisions) where the State finalists didbattle with one another for billiardscoveted Regional title. Then came theWorld tournament where only the pre-

Mr. Ed Graney (top portrait) and his early 20th century billiard room. Over twenty 5’ x 10’ carom billiard tables

… and not a single pocket in one

Carom Billiards: The game of billiards (all cue games) was old when we were young. In America, beginning in the mid-nine-teenth century and for nearly the following hundred years’ billiards had been divided into two basic divisions, carom billiards andpocket billiards (pool). Of the two divisions, carom billiards was by far the more popular of the two games and maintained itsstatus as a popular professional sport from the 1860’s until the 1950’s. Whereas, and much as it is today, pocket billiards (pool)existed as more an amateur sideshow until the close of the second decade of the 20th century. Pool’s short lived flash of profes-sional popularity ended in the middle 1950’s … less than 35 years after it was first considered in America as a popular professionalsport.

figure 1

Chicago’s “King Richard”


vailing Regional champions and pastworld title-holders would compete forthe upcoming World title. This formatnot only brought out and featured thebest billiard talent in the world but alsocreated a state of perennial drama thatthe public media used as both local andnational sports news. In short, a win-winsituation for all involved.One day in his late teens Richard

Powell found himself peering throughthe windows of a billiard room locatedon Chicago’s Garfield Park Boulevard.The room was owned and operated byhis would-be mentor, Mr. Joseph Brice(Fig. 3). Mr. Brice was an exceptionallytalented human being in every sense ofthe word, and to further understandRichard Powell you have first to under-stand Joe Brice. An Afro-American bornand raised in the South during a timeJim Crow Laws prevailed to the fullest.Like many blacks during the first quarterof the 20th century Brice moved Northin search of a better life. I recall Joetelling me that it wasn’t long after hisarrival to Chicago in 1919 that the cityexploded into the deadliest race riots onrecord. When Brice came to Chicago as a

young man he brought four things hiscollege diploma, a dream of success, andhis determination and dedication tobuild a better life. By the early 1930’smany of Joe’s dreams were realized aftersuccessfully founding and operating fiveself-owned businesses on and near EastGarfield Blvd. A currency exchange,restaurant, chicken shack, lounge and abilliard room. Incredible as it sounds, butsixty years later and in his nineties, whenJoe and I played billiards together at ourIBC’s 71st street headquarters, he stillowned his, “Joe’s Chicken Shack!” Andlike it was yesterday I still recall howprotective he was when I’d stop in tovisit.By the 1940’s and in addition to main-

taining all five businesses Joe Brice wasdeveloping his three-cushion game andfound himself teaching anyone andeveryone with the slightest interest inlearning the game. He came to realizethere was a definite characteristic dis-tinction between the beginner or novicepool player as that of a three-cushionplayer. Unlike pools instant gratificationand obvious academic method of scoringwhen watching a ball fall into a pocket,with its invisible lines and diamondsystem calculations three-cushionpresented a greater challenge and well

focused concentration. Between Brice’s interest in billiards

and ever-growing desire to promotethree-cushion in his own billiard roomhe began visiting Chicago’s moreelaborate downtown billiard rooms. Atthat time there were well over 500billiard tables in daily play withinChicago’s loop alone. It wasn’t long afterthat Joe’s billiard skills proved challeng-ing to anyone he played, but the subjecthe would eventually teach best was farmore complex and universal than simplya game of billiards.Joe Brice was in fact a black man ex-

periencing a game that at that time andplace in history was looked upon as awhite man’s game. Yet with his socialqualities, upscale style and genteel self-confidence combined with his educa-tional background in business, law andsocial science he became well liked andrespected wherever he went. To hissurprise however, one day during hisweekly visits to his favored downtownbilliard room there was a display of racialdiscrimination. It was suggested by somepatrons that blacks should not beallowed entry to the showpiece billiardrooms of Chicago’s loop. I don’t recallJoe telling me exactly what promptedthe seemingly sudden change in attitudeyet as the weeks passed the situationworsened. It was becoming obvious thatif this condition were to continue therewould be lines drawn and rules put intoeffect that would eventually prohibitblacks from playing within any of thecity’s downtown billiard halls.Finally after weeks of mounting

tension and, some 20 years before Rev.Martin Luther King marched the streetsof Chicago protesting housing discrimi-nation, one Mr. Joseph Brice marched toprotest against segregation within thebilliard industry. Unlike King’s march ofsome 700 strong in 1966, Brice’s marchwas a quiet one as he walked alone tothe office of our nation’s boss of theAmerican billiard industry, Mr. NormanBensinger (Fig. 4).In 1872 Norman Bensinger’s great

grandfather, Moses Bensinger waspromoted to Vice President of theBrunswick Co. by John Brunswick,founder of the Brunswick billiard tableempire that he established in 1845.Brunswick was convinced thatBensinger’s creative marketing and inno-vative business concepts combined withhis leadership qualities would take hiscompany to greater heights. After taking

control of the growing Brunswick-Balke-Collender Company in 1894 Bensingerfulfilled Brunswick’s prediction and dugthe companies niche even deeper intobilliards, bowling and bar fixture designand manufacturing. After his death in1904 Bensinger’s son Benjamin carriedon his father’s vision of expanding andbuilding a state of the art manufacturingfacility in Muskegon Michigan. Over thefollowing 40 years the Bensinger heirssuccessfully carried the Brunswick-Balke-Collender Co. through two world warsand the great depression years of the1930’s.It was Brice’s opinion that if any one

man could restrain and eventually put anend to the recent segregation issue itwould be Mr. Norman Bensinger himself.During their meeting at Bensinger’sChicago office Joe presented his case in acourteous yet self-confident manner. Hebegan by reflecting on his ownchildhood when growing up in theSouth and witnessing first hand thedemeaning injustices of Jim Crow Laws.He pointed out racial discriminationsmoral and legal violations to both civilrights and human rights. He went on toremind Bensinger of the billiard indus-tries recent loss of popularity andpredicted increased damage to industrygrowth if segregation would prevail.Finally, Brice summed up their meetingby explaining that while he personallywill do whatever he could to put an endto racial discrimination, the businessesand people that support it will have toone day do battle with someone andsomething far more powerful thanhimself. Further, the battleground shallnot be in the billiard rooms of Chicago,but rather in the courtrooms of ournation, and segregation’s greatestadvisory will be the very Constitution ofour United States.Over the following weeks Joe

continued making his weekly visits toone of Bensinger’s four loop locations.He never heard nor saw any signs ofracial discrimination within the city’sdowntown billiard rooms again. It was asif a great hurricane had blown out to seaand all those once threatened by itsviolence were at peace. Most certainly,“Freedom had Rung” within the halls ofChicago’s once great billiard rooms, andironically, all of this is what set the stagefor what was yet to come …to becontinued.

Mr. Tom Foley, after winning

Illinois’ first billiard championship

in 1865 opened his first billiard

room on the site of today’s

Chicago Civic Opera House. Three

downtown locations later and all

less than four blocks apart, Foley

went on to become our nations

longest surviving billiard propri-

etor when retiring after 60 years of

business.

Center with cue: Richard (Baby

Brother) Powell and Joe Brice on

far right with cue.

The Bosses: Mr. Louis A.

Bensinger on left and son Norman

Bensinger. In addition to control-

ling rolls in the Brunswick-Balke-

Collender Company the father and

son duo operated the largest

number of billiard tables and

bowling alleys in the world.

figure 3

figure 2

figure 4


The American Poolplayers Association’s (APA)28th Annual National Team Championshipssaw a record number of teams compete in this

year’s 9-day extravaganza. More than 1,800 8-Ball, 9-Ball, Doubles and Masters teams made the trek to SinCity to compete, Aug. 15–23.

8-Ball Open DivisionWestside of Kankakee, Ill., defeated Secretly Sloshed

of Shreveport, La., 3-0 in the finals to take home$25,000 in cash and the championship title. In additionto their 1st Place prize money, Westside also received ateam trophy and individual team plaques. As Runners-Up, Secretly Sloshed received $15,000 in prize money,a team trophy and individual team plaques. Finishing in3rd Place were The Untouchables of Springdel, Ohio,and Vested in Pool of Livonia, Mich.; they eachreceived $7,500 in prize money. In a three-way tie for5th Place were All My Rowdy Friends of Baton Rouge,La., Bobby McGee’s of Cresthill, Ill., and NothinPersonal of Topeka, Kansas; each team received $5,500for finishing tied for 5th Place.

Ladies 8-Ball DivisionIn the finals it was Clean Slates of Maple Shade, N.J.,

defeating New Orleans Ladies of Westwego, La., 3-0 towin $10,000 in 1st Place prize money. In addition tothe prize money, Clean Slates also received a teamtrophy and individual team plaques. As Runners-Up,New Orleans Ladies received $5,000 in cash, a teamtrophy and individual team plaques. Clean Slatesadvanced to the finals with a victory over Cue Tips ofSeminole, Fla., in the semifinals. New Orleans Ladiesdefeated Ball Busters of Howell, Mich., in the semifi-nals to advance. Both Cue Tips and Ball Busters eachtook home $2,500 for their 3rd Place finishes.In a tie for 5th Place were Keep ‘Em Safe of Chester,

W.V, Kiss It Goodbye of Houston, Texas, This Is It ofJackson, Miss., and Who Let the Babes Out of Decatur,Ill. Each 5th Place team received $1,000 in prizemoney.All teams in the 8-Ball Championships squared off

in a modified single elimination format that ensuredeach team played at least twice before elimination. All8-Ball Open Division teams automatically received$350 in national qualifier money, and the top 8 teamswon at least $5,000. In the 8-Ball Ladies Division, allteams automatically earned $350 national qualifiermoney, with the top 8 teams winning at least $1,000.

Open 9-Ball National Champi-onshipOh Shot of Gastonia, N.C., beat Frank’s Team of

Leominster, Mass, in the finals 52-48. Oh Shot tookhome $15,000 of the more than $200,000 guaranteedpurse. As Runner-Up, Frank’s Team received $7,000 incash, a team trophy and individual team plaques.

APA National ChampionshipMore than $1 Million awarded in 28th Annual Team Championships


Two teams tied for 3rd Place in the Open 9-Balldivision. Cue Tips of Metairie, La., and Shoot ‘EmDown of Waterloo, S.C. Each team took home $3,500in prize money.Finishing in 5th Place were Go Ahead of Burlington,

Ontario, Heavy Hitters of Nashville, Tenn., Jimmy’s ofMemhis, Tenn., and Welcome to Your Nightmare ofAloha, Oregon. Each 5th Place team received $2,000in prize money.Each team competed in a modified single elimination

format that ensured each team played at least twicebefore elimination. All national qualifiers received aminimum of $350, with the top 8 teams winning atleast $2,000.After winning their divisions in weekly APA 8-Ball

and 9-Ball League play and then placing in Local TeamChampionships throughout the United States andCanada, 707 Open 8-Ball, 357 Open 9-Ball, and 37Ladies 8-Ball teams, all consisting of five to eightplayers, qualified to compete in the 2008 NationalTeam Championships.

Open 8-Ball Doubles ChampionshipOop’s of Shreveport, La., winning $6,500 in the

finals with a victory over Tim & Mitchell of NorthBraddock, Pa. Tim & Mitchell received $4,000 asRunner-Up in the 383-team event.

Masters ChampionshipThis event featured Goof Troop of Rosemead, Calif.,

defeating Detroit Connection of Oxford, Mich. GoofTroop took home $7,800 in 1st Place prize money,while Detroit Connection received $3,600 as Runner-Up in the 187-team event.

Open 9-Ball Doubles ChampionshipSweet & Sour of Nashville, Tenn., defeated Killer B’s

of Halethorpe, Md. Sweet & Sour took home a 1stPlace prize of $5,500 and a trophy, while the Fobiawalked away with $2,500 in prize money.

APA Wheelchair ChallengeCharlie Hans of Cincinnati, Ohio, defeated Michale

Little of Springfield, Va., for $2,000 in the finals of theAPA Wheelchair Challenge.In addition, the APA conducted 627 MiniMania

tournaments, which took place daily and were open toall APA members. The MiniMania tournaments offeredmultiple formats with 100% prize money payback thatawarded nearly $200,000.The APA, based in Lake Saint Louis, Mo., sanctions

the world’s largest amateur pool league, known as theAPA Pool League throughout the United States, and asthe CPA Pool League in Canada. More than 260,000members compete in weekly 8-Ball and 9-Ball leagueplay. The APA is generally recognized as the GoverningBody of Amateur Pool, having established the officialrules, championships, formats and handicap systems forthe sport of amateur billiards.

The APA produces three tournament events eachyear—the APA National Team Championships, theAPA National Singles Championships and the U.S.Amateur Championship—that, together, pay out morethan $1.5 Million in cash and prizes annually!The National Team Championships are sponsored by

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and 2nd place and the other 3 players would end up in 3rd, 4th and5th based on the tie-breakers (total points, head-to-head and pointsagainst).The other scenario was as follows: if both Raiford and Shovak

won their final matches, then they would play a 20-point playoffgame. If one of them won and the other lost, then the winnerwould win the tournament. And that is what happened. MercedesGonzales came out swinging against Shovak and had him 13-1before he knew what hit him. Gonzales won the match 25-11.Meanwhile Raiford was losing his match to Gary Elias by a score of10-1. Then it was 19-13 in favor of Elias. Raiford kept closing thegap. Finally the score was 24-24 and Raiford made the final pointto win the tournament. Ironically, Shovak’s loss to Gonzales senthim into 4th place, with Gonzales and Kolacz both winning theirlast matches. Kolacz, who seemed to be out of contention with a 1-2 record ended up finishing in 2nd place and Gonzales in 3rd.Order of Finish and Prizes:Player Record Points Prize AverageRobert Raiford 4-1 124 $ 2,000 .658Dan Kolacz 3-2 120 $1,600 .690Mercedes Gonzales 3-2 115 $ 1,250 .650Jim Shovak 3-2 105 $950 .536Gary Elias 2-3 113 $600 .559Steve Anderson 0-5 90 $400 .471Kolacz won $100 each for best game of .833 and high run of 5.

We’d like to thank the following: Hall of Fame Billiards for yourenormous hospitality. Ramy Noja, Bassel Elshaar, Bill Johnson, BrianRoy, Steve Schumaker, Armando Wong, Ed Gasbarre and TournamentDirector Gary Elias for all their hard work.Our Sponsors:Mueller Products/Gorina cloth, Paul Frankel (Professor-Q-Ball)Bob Jewett, Jim Shovak, David Levine,Andrew JanquittoRobert Byrne

If you have never been to Hall of Fame Billiards inWarren, Michigan, then you are missing out. It is abeautiful room with lots of pool tables, three Verhoeven

3-Cushion tables, video games, fantastic food and drink and agreat regular crowd of people. On Sunday night, the musicwas pumping and people were dancing all over the place. Itwas like one big, giant party with people that you are comfort-able with. I was impressed with the place the moment that Iwalked in.But the main attraction this past weekend was a 3-cushion

tournament for “B+” players. Only players with an average ofless than .900 could play. There was a full field of 21 playerswho played on brand-new Granito cloth.Flight A: Jamil Isreal and Mercedes Gonzales were thefavorites to win this flight. However, Mercedes defeated Jamilin the first match and Jamil was upset by Andrew Janquitto whoaveraged .800 in his win against Jamil. Mercedes Gonzales andSteve Anderson from Grand Rapids, Michigan ended up going 5-1to qualify for the finals.Flight B: This was the toughest flight. With players such as DanKolacz, Gary Elias, Bill Johnson, Gary Scharff and Armando Wong,nobody knew who would win this flight. Bill Johnson suffered 2defeats in the 1-hole, despite averaging .728. Gary Elias won theflight with a 5-1 record and an .891 average in the prelims. DanKolacz finished 2nd going 4-2 with an .850 average in the prelims.Flight C: Robert Raiford and Jim Shovak were the favorites.Raiford finished undefeated with a .667 grand average. But Shovakwas upset by Bassel Elshaar 20-17. In Bassel’s final match againstRobert Raiford, Bassel needed just 13 points to insure going to thefinals. Unfortunately Raiford defeated him 20-7 in just 23 innings.Then Shovak went on to win his last match 20-4 in just 20innings, sending him to the finals.Finalists: Gary Elias, Jim Shovak, Dan Kolacz, Robert Raiford,Mercedes Gonzales, Steve Anderson

THE FINALSRound 1: Elias defeats Shovak, Raiford defeats Kolacz, Gonzalesdefeats Anderson.Round 2: Shovak defeats Raiford, Elias defeats Anderson, Kolaczdefeats Gonzales. Elias 2-0, Raiford 1-1, Shovak 1-1, Kolacz 1-1,Gonzales 1-1, Anderson 0-2.Round 3: Raiford defeats Anderson, Shovak defeats Kolacz,Gonzales defeats Elias. Elias 2-1, Raiford 2-1, Shovak 2-1, Gonzales2-1, Kolacz 1-2, Anderson 0-3.Round 4: Raiford defeats Gonzales, Shovak defeats Anderson,Kolacz defeats Elias. Raiford 3-1, Shovak 3-1, Gonzales 2-2, Kolacz2-2, Elias 2-2, Anderson 0-4.This was a very interesting point in the tournament. It was

actually possible to have 5 out of the 6 players all ending up with arecord of 3-2. If that happened, then the top 2 players with themost total points scored would have a playoff game to decide 1st

Robert Raiford Wins the Hall of Fame Tournament!

Dan Kolacz, Robert Raiford, Mercedes Gonzales

Secretary’s DeskJust a reminder to all that for

each *new USBA member yousign up, there is a $ 15 commis-sion waiting for you. Make sureyou tell fellow players that theywill receive a free AccuStatsDVD ($30), free Professor-Q-Ball subscription ($20), freeUSBA patch, sticker and doodlespot along with hotel and rentalcar discounts and more. Annualmembership dues of $ 50 morethan pays for itself! Plus theywill receive constant updates oftournaments and billiard news aswell as instruction to improvetheir game. Just have them fillout the Membership Signup inthis issue. Make copies if youwish. You can also access aUSBA Membership Applicationonline by going to:www.USBA.net and clicking“USBA Forms” on the left side.If every one of us does the

following things, together wecan triple our membership:1) Teach a pool player how toplay the game of 3-cushion2) Tell your billiard friends aboutthe USBA and website3) Talk about the benefits ofbeing a USBA member (seeabove paragraph)4) Persuade your billiard friendsto enter a Tournament5) Run a local Tournament atyour room (we are here to helpyou anytime!) These are just the little things.

We don’t need big commitmentsfrom our members. If everyonesimply did these little things, itwould add up to be one tremen-dous thing! Please try your bestto do the small things we havesuggested. We need you. Wecan’t communicate with everypool and billiard player simplybecause we don’t know who theyare. But I guarantee that eachone of you knows a few peoplewho are not familiar with theUSBA and who do not partici-pate in Tournaments. Reach outto those people. Don’t beg them.Just inform them. Open yourmouth. That’s all we ask fromyou.Thank you for your support

and let’s continue to do greatthings for the game of billiards!

Sincerely,

with one losseach todeterminesecondplace. Fredprevailedwith a 25-19victory.

wishes tothank thefollowingpeople andorganiza-tions:

Jim Larsonof BilliardsUnlimited forallowingsome matchesto be playedat his placedowntown

MBC member Richard Fox forassistance in running the tourna-ment and preparation of Saturdaynight’s feastMBC member Troy Thoennes ofAll About the Game Room fordonating a Schuler cue and settingup a variety of billiard products for

Sixteen players partici-pated in the secondannual MBC USBA tour-

nament held September 12-14,2008. Two flights of eightplayed to 20 on two heated Ver-hoevens. The top three fromeach advanced to Sunday’s 25point finals.Flight A consisted of IowansBob Byrne, Lorenzo Chavarria,Jorge Hinojosa, John Jacobsonand Minnesotans Rod Corey,Paul Fritzam, Tim Gardner, andBrad Volmers. John went 7-0 tosweep the flight. Bob and Rodalso advanced with 5-2 records.Flight B included Gary Eakeand Bernard Kapinos ofWisconsin, Iowans Lupe Cruz,Bob Jacobson, Russ Rosenbergerand Minnesotans Fred Lamers,Mike Leimer, and Tim Smith.Fred finished 7-0 including agame against Tim with tourna-ment high run of 9 and highgame of 2.000. Lupe advancedwith a record of 6-1. Bob andTim both finished 4-3 with Bobadvancing by a slim 2-point

Lupe Cruz Wins Minneapolis Billiard Club Tournament

margin. Mike ran 5 to win highrun out of the finals and Timhad high average out of thefinals.Sunday morning the final

bracket consisted of Fred, John,Lupe, Bob Byrne, Rod, and BobJacobson. After several roundsof play John, Fred, and Lupewere all undefeated at 3-0. Fredand Lupe played first and Lupesurged to an 18 to 9 lead after24 innings. Fred ran a seven andfought back to tie the match at21 in the top half of the 34thinning. Lupe stepped up in thebottom half and finished thematch with a run of four. Nextup was John and Lupe. Johnjumped out quickly to a 15 to 5lead after the 12th inning. Lupeevened up the match at 15 after17 innings, including a run ofsix. The match was tight therest of the way, coming down to24-24 in the 29th inning. Lupethen made a difficult out shot towin both the match and thetournament! Congratulations toLupe. That left John and Fred

sale. George Bisonnette for food,Progressive Lending Solutions forsponsorship,Restoration Profes-sionals for sponsorship, MBCmember Mickey Campbell foradding $1,000 to the prize fundAnd most of all, we’d like to thankthe players for making the tourna-ment a success and a fun event.

The Drexeline Billiard Clubhad 8 enthusiastic playersgather for our 3-Cushion Shotcontest. Unfortunately therewas a big event at the ValleyForge Convention Center forthe Million Dollar shoot out aswell as a large A.P.A. eventtogether with multiple eventsand several mini tournamentsin the works as we would haveprobably had many more partic-ipants. That did not stop usform having our event.Thanks to the USBA and

Paul Frankel, the prize fund wasfattened a bit. We posted therules and the 8 different shotstwo months before, to giveplayers the chance to becomefamiliar. The players each shot 3 times

and 1 point was scored for a suc-cessful attempt. Also they wereable to score a quarter point foreach straight rail made inbetween each 3-cushion

attempt. Maximum would be 11/4 point per attempt. Perfectscore would be 30 points 24attempts at on point shots=24points and 24 attempts atstraight rail shots=6 points. The players were very cocky

about how the shots were easyfor them to make. A lot of trashtalking. I have never seen somany people become so humbleso fast. They were so quiet after a few

shots you could hear a pin drop.Not so easy when you’re put onthe line, and don’t shoot theshot 4 or 5times in a rowto dial in on it.It really makesyou appreciatethe top playersof the game.Everyone was

talking andcommenting onhow great the

top dogs really are, as just a fewweeks ago some of these playerswent to Carom Café in NewYork to watch the Sang Lee 3-Cushion International Opentournament. Half way throughour shot contest we totaled upthe scores., Contestants had ahard time digesting what thescore half time totals were. The tournament wrapped up

with less then a 50% average tothe top points guy and ourwinner. There is some newfound respect here at DrexelineBilliard Club.

P.S. Eventhough the players weresomewhat embarrassed withthere performance they all hada very good time and arebarking to have it again as theyfeel they will score much better.“KEEP PRACTICING”.

Winner Bob

Richards

The total prize fund of $3,150 paid

1st Lupe Cruz $1,0002nd Fred Lamers $7003rd John Jacobson $4754th Bob Byrne $3505th Bob Jacobson $2506th Rod Corey $175High Run Out Finals (5) Mike Leimer $100High Avg Out Finals (0.466) Tim Smith $100Schuler cue raffle winner John Jacobson

Drexeline Billiard Club • 3-Cushion Shot Contest

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Thirty-Six players came to Flushing, NY for thechance to be crowned the USBA Tour “B”Champion. The average for a “B” player ranges

anywhere between .501 and .800. The total prize fundcame to $ 11,100.00 which included the entry fees, $3,005.00 in added money, $ 1,175.00 from auctions and$ 800.00 from a lottery.The format was as follows: Six flights of 6 players

each, round robin, 25 point matches. In all, there were16 players who advanced to the next round. Thatincluded the top 2 finishers from each group, the best3rd place finisher, two auctions and one lottery. Thosepositions were earned and the players were seeded intothe next round based on wins/losses, total points, head-to-head and points-against.Four players finished their

brackets undefeated and were thetop-seeded players: Jim Shovak, JoseRestrepo, Robert Raiford and JoseCosta. The next-seeded players (5-8) were John Kim, Ernesto Davila,Christian Portilla and EdwarGomez, all finishing 4-1. The next-seeded players (9-12) were JakeZymeck, Mercedes Gonzales, JoeDeAmato and Francisco Loaiza, allwith 3-2 records. Rudy Legler wasseeded # 13, who was the best 3rdplace finisher in the preliminaries(3-2 record). Ira Lee won anauction bid and was seeded # 14.Nayiv Ramirez won the lottery andwas seeded # 15. Dan Kolacz wonthe other auction bid and was seeded # 16.In the first round of the Single Elimination format, 3

of the top 4 players were defeated, ending their chancesof winning the tournament. Dan Kolacz took down # 1seed Jim Shovak, 30-28. Nayiv Ramirez defeated # 2seed Jose Restrepo 30-27. Rudy Legler defeated # 4 seedJose Costa, 30-27. Robert Raiford, # 3 seed, just barely

2008 USBA Tour “B” Champion • John Kim

got by Ira Lee, 30-28. Apparently, Ira Lee scored whatwould have been his 29th point of the game and mayhave won the match, but he fouled the shot. Nobodyexcept Ira Lee even had a clue that it was a foul. I haveto commend Ira for his sportsmanship and honor. It is atribute to the spirit of the game: a GENTLEMAN’Sgame. You have my respect, Ira.In the other matches, Edwar Gomez (2007 USBA

Junior Champion) defeated Jake Zymeck, 30-18. JohnKim defeated Francisco Loaiza, 30-22. Ernesto Daviladefeated Joe DeAmato, 30-18. Christian Portilladefeated Mercedes Gonzalez, 30-28.In the Quarter-Finals, Edwar Gomez defeated Dan

Kolacz, 30-15. John Kim defeated Rudy Legler, 30-27.

Robert Raiford defeated Ernesto Davila, 30-28.Christian Portilla defeated Nayiv Ramirez 30-20.In the Semi-Finals, John Kim easily defeated Edwar

Gomez, 30-19, averaging 1.250. Robert Raifordnarrowly beat Christian Portilla, 30-27, in a very tensematch.In the Finals, it was John Kim against Robert Raiford.

One game. 35 points.Winner-take-all. JimShovak was the referee forthe match. John Kim tookan early lead running a 5and then a 7. Raifordfought back, closing thegap and playing strongdefense. Both playersplayed very carefully, tryingto score, but trying not toleave the other player anopening. The score at onepoint was John Kim 30,Robert Raiford 28. Then,it was Kim 32, Raiford 30.Kim scored # 33 and thenmissed. Raiford missed.Then Kim ran 2 and out,to win the match and the

Championship, 35-30.Edwar Gomez defeated

Christian Portilla, 25-22, to earnthe 3rd place position.Congratulations to John Kim,

who is officially the 2008 USBATour “B” Champion.

We would like to thank thefollowing: -Carom Café owner, Mike Kang for holdingthe event and adding money; Charles Brown and MinJae Pak for running the event flawlessly;. Billy Kim forhelping to run things when necessary and Schuler Cuesfor donating the cue for the raffle.Financial Sponsors: Bob Jewett, Jim Shovak, DavidLevine, Paul Frankel, Robert Byrne and AndrewJanquitto.

Prizes1) John Kim $ 2,3002) Robert Raiford $ 1,6003) Edwar Gomez $ 1,2004) Christian Portilla $ 1,0005-8) Ernesto Davila $ 6505-8) Rudy Legler $ 6505-8) Nayiv Ramirez $ 6505-8) Dan Kolacz $ 6509-12) Mercedes Gonzalez $ 4009-12) Ira Lee $ 4009-12) Jose Costa $ 4009-12) Jake Zymeck $ 40013-16) Jim Shovak $ 20013-16) Jose Restrepo $ 20013-16) Francisco Loaiza $ 20013-16) Joe DeAmato $ 200

John Kim


PrizesTourn

Player Prize Grand Avg1) Jairo Daza $1,200 .4862) Ronnie Silva $850 .4633) Lew Hutter $650 .4224) Gonzalo Valencia $500 .5025) Tony Ferrara $350 .4916) Seung Yoon Seo $325 .3677) Tommy Park $300 .4378) Pedro Acevedo $275 .3829) Frank Brown $250 .37410) Drew Dangelmayer $225 .35311) Ester Park $200 .37612) Seung Sil Park $150 .365

Twenty-Five players came to Carom Café inFlushing, NY in order to capture the “C” playerChampionship. All players needed to have

averages below .500, as determined by the TournamentDirectors. The total prize money came out to $5,275.00. Entry fees of $ 120.00 times 25 players = $3,000.00. Sponsors and Carom Café donated $1,300.00. One auction spot went for $ 275.00 and theother went for $ 300.00. $ 400.00 was received througha lottery.The players were divided into 4 groups. Three groups

had 6 players each and the fourth had 7 players. Thetop 2 players from each group advanced to the finalsplus the best 3rd place finisher, 2 auction spots and onelottery, totaling 12 players in the finals. The four 1stplace finishers each had a bye inthe single-elimination finals. Thepositions of finish were determinedby wins/losses, total points andpoints-against. Since the 4th grouphad 7 players and the rest had only6 players, a tie-breaker rule neededto be established. For instance, ifsomeone finished 4-2 in the fourthgroup, but another player finished3-2 in one of the other groups, thetie breaker was determined by theamount of points scored in theirlosses.In group A, Gonzalo Valencia

wins the flight, going 5-1 andRonnie Silva comes in 2nd, going4-2.In group B, Lew Hutter goes 5-0 and Seung Sil Park

comes in 2nd, finishing 3-2.In group C, Tony Ferrara from Massachusetts goes 5-0

and Seung Yoon Seo goes 3-2 in 2nd place.In group D, Pedro Acevedo goes 5-0 and Tommy

Park came in 2nd, going 4-1.The best 3rd place finisher was Frank Brown, going

2-3, but scoring 40 points total in his 3 losses. JairoSanabria Daza and Drew Dangelmayer won theauctions to enter the finals and Sonny Cho won thelottery, who promptly gave his ticket to Ester Park.Tony Ferrara was the # 1 seed, Pedro Acevedo was

the # 2 seed, Lew Hutter was the # 3 seed, all with 5-0records. Gonzalo Valencia was the # 4 seed, going 5-1in the preliminaries. These 4 players all had a first-round bye.In the first round of the single elimination finals,

Ronnie Silva defeated Frank Brown, 20-13. TommyPark defeated Ester Park, 20-15. Seung Yoon Seodefeated Drew Dangelmayer, 20-16. Jairo Sanabria Dazadefeated Seung Sil Park, 20-19.In the quarter finals, Ronnie Silva upended # 1 seed,

Tony Ferrara, 20-5. Gonzalo Valencia whipped TommyPark, 20-3, averaging .690. Lew Hutter defeated SeungYoon Seo 20-11. Jairo Daza upended # 2 seed, PedroAcevedo, 20-7.

Jairo Sanabria Daza is the USBA Tour “C” Champion

In the semi-finals, Ronnie Silva trounced GonzaloValencia, 20-10, averaging 1.053!!! Jairo Daza defeatedLew Hutter, 20-13, averaging .645. In the final match,refereed by Jim Shovak, Jairo Sanabria Daza took theearly lead and never lost it. Near the end of the match,it was Jairo Daza 24 and Ronnie Silva 23. Each playerhad at least 2 chances to win the match, but pointseluded them. Finally, on his 3rd chance, Jairo Dazascored the winning point and became the 2008 USBATour “C” Champion.Lew Hutter defeated GonzaloValencia 20-18, securing 3rd place.We would like to thank the following:Min Jae Pak and Charles Brown. Charles was sick

and unable to attend. He still created all the schedulesand charts from his home and was in constant commu-nication with Min Jae Pak, who virtually ran the wholetournament. Thanks, guys!Carom Café for donating their tables for the event

and adding money as well. Thank you Michael Kang!Our sponsors: Competition Sports for the

Adam/Helmstetter cue donation for the raffle. DavidLevine, Bob Jewett, Jim Shovak, Paul Frankel, RobertByrne and Andrew Janquitto for your financial support.

Congratulations to Jairo Sanabria Daza, the 2008USBA Tour “C” Champion.

Jairo Daza, Gonzalo

Valencia, Lew Hutter,

Ronnie Silva


Time Shotby Bob Byrne

Contributing Writer • From Byrne’s “Advanced technique in Pool & Billiards” with permission

The greatest time shot I ever saw made in a tournament

game was executed by Humberto Suguimizu of Peru,

many times champion of South America. Playing at the

world tournament in Las Vegas in May 1978, he was faced with

the position given in Diagram 93. After studying the shot for

several minutes, he played a five-rail backup time shot, scoring it

as drawn. The concept was as remarkable as the execution.

The best time shot I ever made in a game appears in Diagram

94. The position came up in an April 1979 match against Pepe

Gomez former balkline champion of Mexico, at Tiff’s Billiards in

North Hollywood Calif. A thin hit was required to keep the red

ball from traveling more than a few feet, and a touch of holdup

was applied to the cueball to make it rebound steeply off the first rail.

The shot was feasible only because the two object balls were within a

half-inch of each other. Had they been, say, three inches apart, the

cross-table bank (three side rails) might have been a good choice,

using right English to make the cueball hit A, B, and C before ap-

proaching the balls.

93

94

Hello everyone. I have the de-lightful and admittedlysomewhat trepidatious task of

reviewing for you Ray Ceulemans’ Mister100, reprinted in 2007 by his sponsorVan Ooy of the Netherlands. Ipurchased my copy through i-billiard.nl.There are two versions, paperback forabout 90 Euros and a hardbound, auto-graphed/numbered version which ranabout 145 Euros. You might want to tryKazoom.com or other sites to see whereyou can get the best deal. The shippingfrom i-billiard was around 45 Euros, but Imust say I have never seen such a well-packed item to be shipped overseas. Soyou may know what I did I got thehardbound etc., and it is a really welldone work. Of course any errorsregarding any interpretations are minealone.

The book is a reprint of Ceulemans’late 70’s book. It is reprinted into 6languages, including English andSpanish as well as Japanese. There is anextensive personal history and records

sections that include averages in ALLthe big and small games. Ceulemans re-iterates therein his long held belief thatwe Americans need to develop their re-spective skills in the small games. As apersonal aside, I recently competed atthe Iowa State 3CB Championships -and played awful - but during a lull inthe action I was fooling around withstraight rail play making some goodruns. A noted writer, who played well,asked me how I did “that?” At least Iproved Ceulemans wrong with respect tome, but then that’s not too hard.

Back to the book, it is a hefty 471pages long because of the translations. Ilove the hardbound version. This tomeis mostly about systems play. Hence thesystem name “R C Marks System. ButCeulemans gives some personal historyas well as some advise, the mostimportant is that this book is aboutplaying on ideal tournament conditiontables. He occasionally mentions the“public” table, but you have to keep

in mind that this about really goodtables.

So what is to be gained by the averageAmerican player by the information inthis book? For a grievously averageplayer like myself there is a lot of usefulinformation from just studying thediagrams on shots I have problems with.For many of us systems books are a hardand sometimes tedious read - like thisreview! The diagrams are very accu-rately drawn and the first cueball contactis shown with such accuracy that isalways helpful. Even Ceulemans saysthat if you cannot remember all thenumbers (first ball hit numbers arereference on the rail and after that thenumbers are shown on the cushion edge)remembering the patterns and first ballhit can go a long way to getting a score.

The system is admittedly a difficultread, but if you go to all the trouble toget it, but my understanding is thatCeulemans tends to work backwards, i.e.,from the scoring of the point. He gets

his 3rd cushion line and work back tothe first ball hit by the cueball. He alsomentions that system work is not justgeometry because that won’t work. Youmust get a feel for the shot and thatrequires practice. Ceulemans expects itto take ten years to get good enough toattempt pro play. I started thinking, heyI’m 55 and if I did what Ceulemans said Icould start a pro career and retire all inthe same day!!!

Well I bet you are ready for this to endand it’s time. I do recommend the book,but also freely admit I have had sometrouble understanding some things, it’sthe lifetime of knowledge from a manwhose record will probably go unchal-lenged. Yes it can be hard at times, buteverything you need to do what he saysis there, including a coding for cue tiplocation, speed, etc. And if nothing elseCeulemans credits his 3CB lifetimeaverage to hard work with his system.

Until next time, play well -

Mister 100Bob Roach • Omaha, Ne.

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Rip’s Tips3-Cushion

Upcoming Tournaments for 2008October 10-12: USBA Tour - Edgie’s Billiards - “B” Level - Milpitas, CAContact: Susie Bangoy or Antonio Rivera - 408-942-9500October 24-26: Regional Qualifier - Burbank Elks - Burbank, CAContact: George Aronek 818-312-0147October 31-Nov 2: USBA Tour International Open - Doral Billiards - Doral, FLContact: Alex, Juan or Henry Ugartechea - 305-592-8486November 15-16: Regional Qualifier-World Class Billiards - Peabody, MAContact: John Magulas or Joe DeAmato - 978-535-7000December 5-7: USBA Tour International Open - Chris’s Billiards - Chicago, ILContact: Eric, George Theobald - 773-286-4714December 5-7: Regional Qualifier - Dick Takano Memorial- Tacoma Elks, WAContact: Ken Higgins - 425-458-1091December 12-14: Regional Qualifier - Cue and Cushion - Hooksett, NHContact: Mazin Shooni – 603-623-5330January 23-30: USBA Ladies National Championship & Regional Qualifiers –Derby City Classic – HorseShoe Casino Hotel – Southern IndianaContact: Paul Frankel 901 756 2594February 18-22, 2009: USBA National Championship & JuniorsCarom Café – Flushing, NYContact: Charles Brown, Min Jae Pak – 718-358-8585

Friend Tom Thomsen of Oregon, sent me this diagram which proves onceagain that some of the best shots in billiards are made by accident. (Come onnow, smile and admit it.) He says Fred Swaha, owner of Edgie’s Billiards inMilpitas, CA, was going for the corner on this shot but hit the yellow ball toothin with the above fantastic result. Great shot Fred. Anyone else wants tosubmit a unique shot, (or did you play it that way), please send it to this columnc/o Professor Paul Frankel.

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The Junior Championship will be held during the Nationals, datesare not yet set. If you would like to participate in the JuniorNational Championship Tournament, please contact the Secretaryas well.


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CAPE CORALDiamond Billiards Sports Bar239 573-76651242 Pine Island Rd21 Diamond tablesFull Liquor and Food,22-Flat TV’s

FORT PIERCE• Ultimate Billiards4112 Okeechobee Rd1-Gabriel 3-cushion table 11 – 9’Diamonds,9 – 9’ Gold Crowns, 1– 6 x 12 Snooker4 - bar diamonds, 2 - valleysBeer & wine , SandwichesHIALEAH• New Wave Billiards # 24410 W 16 Ave # G28305-557-42226 - 3-Cushion heated Wilhelmi-nas,29-9’ Pool tables,Beer &Wine / Kitchen

MIAMI• Doral Billiards Sports Bar7800 NW 25th St #1305-592-84866-3-cushion Chevillotte tables17-Pool tables, Beer, Wine &Food,14 Flat TV’s

• New Wave Billiards305 220-47901403 S.W. 107 Ave6-3-Cushion tables –Wilterminas3-9’ pool tables, Full Bar/ltd menu

NEW PORT RICHEYDJ’s Family Billiards727-849-82805412 Main St8 Nine foot Gold Crowns3 Bar Tables, Air Hockey3 Dart boards, TV’s, VideosBeer & Wine, Deli FoodNORTH TAMPAStrokers Tampa813 814-227711236 W. Hillsborough Ave23 - 9’ Tables, 10 – Dart Boards,HD Flat Screens,Full Bar/Food

PALM HARBORStrokers Billiards, 727-786-6683• 30901 US 19 N, 14- 4 1/2X9 Tables 8-Dart boards,5 Big screens Full bar & big menuORLANDOTrick Shots407 298-5112Old Winter Garden Rd16- 8' Black Crowns, HugeScreen, Darts, Full Bar/Food-ProShop

Trick Shots407 292-98405860 N. Orange Blossom Trail2- 9' pool tables, 9 -8' Pool tablesTV's, Darts, Big Screen, Full Bar& Food-Pro Shop

Trick Shots407 737-660611351 Lake Underhill RoadTwo 9’ Brunswicks in VIP areaRoom 7 Dart Boards, Full Bar,Deli Food Big Screen & 17- TV’s,8,000 Sq ft &PatioSTUART• Amy’s Billiards772 232-99661600 Northwest Federal Hwy8- 9 –OLHAUSEN, 1- 9-BRUNSWICK, 4-Bar tables1-Gabriel 3-Cushion heatedBeer & Wine amybilliards.comSOUTH DAYTONA• Uncle Waldo's Billiards. 386 760-7006 2454 S. Nova Rd. 10-8' tables, 5-9' foot, 2 bar tables1-Brunswick Billiard table, 1-snooker table, Darts, Hockey,fooseball, Beer & wine, snacksWILTONCorner Pockets518 East Oakland Park Blvd954 566-35563-Verhovens, 7-Gold CrownsBig Screen TVWINTER PARKTrick Shots407 671-77977644 University Blvd.4-9' pool tables, 12-8' tables,Darts, Full Bar and FoodPro Shop on premises

GeORGIA

ATLANTAMr. Cues II770 454-76653541 Chamblee Tucker Rd36- Kim Steel tables,21- 9 foot, 14-8 foot, 2-Snooker,Video games & Darts, Full servicebar & kitchen

DULUTH• The Pool Room 770-418-90863550 Mall Blvd23 pool tables,1 6x12 Snooker, 1billiard table heated , Full bar &restaurant steel & soft tip dartsLAGRANEChaulk It Up1872 Vernon Rd706-882-97984 - 4 1/2X9 Diamonds, 9 – 31/2x7 Diamonds, Videos, FullKitchen

SAVANNAHSouthside Billiards1305 Abercorn St619 582-45508-8 Foot, 9-9’tables,big screen TV2-7’Diamonds,1-5x10 Snooker3 Dart boards, Full bar and food

WINDERMurphy’s Brass Rail 243 North Broad St. 678 963-07947 - 9’ Pool tables,Darts, GoldenTee & Videos, 4-Big screensFull Bar & Full Kitchen

ILLINOIS

DES PLAINES• Chris ll 847 299-8801• 1128 Lee St 2-Kim Steel billiard tables,19-9foot tables, 3 bar tables, Restau-rant & 5 TV'sDOWNERS GROVE• The Green Room630-960-1111224 W. Ogden Avenue16 9’ Kim-Steel Pool Tables2 10’ Kim-Steel/Sam BilliardsBilliard Tables,Open Noon-3AMSun-Thurs Open Noon-4AM Fri-SatGALESBURG Billiards On Main309-342-7665156 East Main St.8 Gold Crowns , 6 Bar tables, 2Dart boards, Full bar/ RestaurantEAST MOLINELesure Time Billiards&Sports Bar309 752-9559845 Ave of the City5-9 foot pool tables,16- Bartables, 2 sports bars, 11 Dartboards Full Kitchen

RIVERGROVE• Cue Phoria Billiards708 452-91058917 W. Grand Ave22-9’ Diamond ‘Vintage pooltables 3-7’ Diamond Smart tables1-3-Cushion Gabriel heated7-electronic dart games, 22 HD TV’S & 2 Large screensFull Bar & Food, Proshop/ Repairs

IOWA

DES MOINESBig Dog Billiards515-262-65232200 E. Euclid Ave14 - 9 foot Diamonds, 18 – 7 footDiamonds,1 – 3-Cushion 5x104- Fooseball table,3- Big Screens& Full liquor bar

KANSAS

OLATHE• Shooters 913-780-5740 810 W. Hwy 5622- 7ft Valley10-9ft Gold Crowns,2 – 9ftDiamonds & 4 -7ft ,1- 3-Cushion5x10 Brunswick,Full Bar & Grille

KeNtuCKY

LouisvilleDiamond Pub & Billiards3814 Frankfort Ave502 895-75139-7ft Diamonds & 2-9ft2 - Dart boards, 8 flat screen TV’sfor Sports,Full Menu and BarLive music Fri & Sat

PADUCAH Side Pocket270-443-1159• 301 Murray St9 & 8 Foot Gold Crowns & 2 BarBoxes Just Pool Mister…JUST POOL

LOuISIANA

BOSSIER CITYFast Eddie’s318 741-00101701 Old Minden. Rd.27 8’ Pool Tables, 2 7’ PoolTables, 3 9’ Pool Tables, 6 BigScreens-Direct tn sportsLAFAYETTE

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MAINE

WATERVILLETJ’s Classic Billiards14. Airport Rd #1207 877-766520-Gold Crown 3’s, Dartboard-Big Screen, Beer & Wine, Familyatmosphere

MARYLAND

GLEN BURNIE• Big Daddy’s Billiards410-760-13327954 B &A Blvd. Suite 2-G8- 9’Diamonds, 3-7’ Diamonds7-9’ Gold Crowns,1-6x12Snooker,1` 5x10 3-cushion SorenSogard,Tv’s, limited menu

MASSACHuSettS

PEABODY• World Class Billiards & Pub978 535-7000• Rte 1 South W.12-Diamond Tables, 4-3-CushionBilliard Tables, Darts,Videos,Snack Bar Beer & Wine,16 TV’sSt WOBURNSilver Cue Billiard Club 781-933-9771• 435 Main St13 Gold Crown 3 tables 7 days a week noon-1 amWeekly TournamentsWAREHAMThe Fan Club508 295-67732859 Cranberry Hwy10-Gold Crowns, 2-Dart boards1-Big screen, 8-Tv’s, Full BarD.J. Fri/Sat

MiCHIGAN

HOLLANDGuppies Casual Dining &Billiards 1080 Lincoln Ave Suite 140616-396-107111-Pro Am 7 footers, 6- Pro Am 9footers,10-TV’s wi Full bar/ food

LIVONIAThe Rack734-422-766528410 Joy Road14 – 9 Foot, 2 - 7 Foot,1- 6x12Snooker table Dart BoardsNILESRoundtable Bar269-683-97383024 N. US 316 – 7ft Diamonds,Full Bar & Food

WARREN• Hall of Fame Billiards5775 E.13 Mile RD.586-939-888017-Gold Crown IV6-Bar Box,1-6X12 & 5X10Snooker,5-Dart Boards,4 MegaTouch,Golden Tee,Full serviceRest. & Bar,Pro Shop onpremises, 2- heated Verhoven 3cushion tables

MINNeSOtA

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MISSISSIPPI

GRENADAThe Sports Center662-226-1322893 Springhill Rd 7- Pool tables, 3 Bar tables,Video’s, Beer and FoodSOUTHAVENSouthaven Recreational662 342-0230987 Town & Country16- Big Tables. 5- Bar Tables5-TV’s, Darts & Bumper PoolFood & Beer

MISSOuRI

BRANSONLovings4260 Gretna Rd417 334-94499 Pool tables 4x8Coffee shop & CaféWI-FI, Video & Game rental

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NEW HAMPSHIRE

HOOKSETT• Cue & Cushion Billiards1271 Hooksett Rd603 623-530010 Gold Crown Pool Tables, 2Chevillotte Billiard Tables, FullBar,Online Video Games, Darts

SOMERSWORTHBusters Billiards603 692-7926369 Route 108 16- Nine foot pool tablesBeer, Wine, Service pool tables Cue repair on premises

NeW jeRSeY

ATLANTIC CITYAtlantic City Billiards 609 645-75766701 Black Horse PikeEgg Harbor Twp22 -9’Cold Crowns, 1 Snooker6x12. 5x10 Carom Verhovenheated7-TV’s, Pro shop, HotFood & SnacksBELLEVILLE• Guys & Dolls2- New Gabriels 3-cushionbilliard tables. 34 – 9 foot pooltables, 6 –Big ScreensEDISONSandcastle Billiards101 Towsley Rd732 632-927718 – 9’Tables Card table lounge, Ping-Pong Pro-shop on premises

PARSIPPANYComet Billiards 973-334-7429233 Littleton Rd20 -Gold Crowns 4’s, 1-Snooker,Juke box, TV’s Snack BarPassaic• Action Billiards

732 770-9767276 Passaic St2- New Gabriels 3-cushionbilliard tables16 – Pool tables, Big Screen TVFull RestaurantSOMERSETOne Shot Billiards732 249-455520 –9ft Pool tables1-3-Cushion heated BrunswickGaming Stations, 6-flat monitorsFull kitchen

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NeW YORK

BROOKLYN• Gotham CityBilliards Club718 714-1002 • 93 Ave U14 Brunswick tables,1 heatedbilliard table, 10 TV’s inc.largescreen HDTV, Finger food,burgers, pizza and large pro shop.FLUSHING• Carom Cafe718 358-858534-02 Linden Pl 10-5x10 New Verhoven 3-Cushion Billiard tables, 10 4 x 8carom, 22 Brunswick pooltables,Full Bar and Restaurant HEMSTEADRaxx Bar & Grill516 538-9896510 West Hempstead29- 4 1/2 x9 pool tables, 1 dartboard, 5-42’ TV’s, 1-Big Screen,Full Bar & Food

JACKSON HEIGHTS• Jackson Heights Billiards40-33 82nd St 2nd Floor718-779-437212-Brunswicks 9’tables6-3-Cushion VerhovensChess, Dominoes,Lessons byMiguel Torres

POUGHKEEPSIEJuliet Cafe Billiards60 Ramond Ave845 452-223419-Tables, Big screen,Ping Pong, Air Hockey table,Beer & Wine, flavor drinks, Full menu-Lunch & dinner, Freeinternet accessYORKVILLE• Hippo's315 768-02185160 Commercial Dr. East12-4 1/2x9 Gabriels, 1-5x10 3-cushion table, 8-3 1/2 7 Valleys,Beer, Wine, Full menu, 8-TV’s

NORtH CAROLINA

FAYETTEVILEKing Street Billiards910-425-7665128 South King St20-9’ Tables, 5 Bar Tables, DartsFull Bar & Kitchen

GOLDSBOROFast Eddies Sport Bar1308 Parkway Dr919 759-007113 – 9 Gold Crowns

Dart boards, Full Bar & Food

MONROEBurrkats Billiards & Grill1615 Lynn St704 226-094814-9’ Tables, 6-Bar tableFull liquor & Kitchen, Pro-Shopon premiseROCKY MOUNTDot’s Cue Club 252 972-922014268 US 64 Alt West Hwy1 - Snooker 5x10 , 12 - 9 footBrunswicks, Beer & FoodWILMINGTONBreak Time Billiards / TenPin Alley127 S.College Rd.910 395-665829 Pool Table,1-Snooker table,1coin opt24 Bowling Lanes20-tv’s Arcades Videos, Two Bars and Restaurants

WINSTON SALEMBreaktime Billiards & Sports Bar336 765-7391420N Jonestown Rd15-9 foot Pool tables Darts, 1-bigscreen, fooseball,Full Bar&menu

Breaktime Billiards & Sports Bar 336 744-94045093 University Pkwy14-Bar Tables, 8-9Pool tables, 1-8 foot table Darts, Game room,Big screen TV

OHIO

COLUMBUS• Sportsmens Billiard Club 614-279-58883965 Sullivan Ave2 3-Cushion (Gabriels)4 9’ Diamonds, 5 8’Diamonds,117’ Diamonds, 12 TV’s, Full Bar& Food, Covered patio with 2outdoor pool tablesPORT CLINTONRack Attack Billiards Café21-23 Madison St419-732-722510- Diamond pro am’s Darts,TV’s Full bar and food

OKLAHOMA

OKLAHOMA CITY• AAA Billiards Supply405 917-93004619 N. West 10th 8- Gold Crowns, 2-Bar tables1-5 x 10 Snooker table 1-3-Cushion Billiard tablePro Shop & Cue & table repair

TULSAMagoo’s 918 663-33645002 S. Memorial19 3 1/2 X 7 tables, 35 4 1/2X9,1 Snooker Table Beer, Wine andLiquor, Full Restaurant

PUERTO RICO

CAROLINABilliard Palace787-791-00399- Pool Tables, Big Screen &TV’s, Full Bar /food

PENNSYLVANIA

BOOTHWYNRileys Concord Billiards610-859-80583601 Chichester Ave15- Glold Crowns 1 Big Plasmascreen, Internet Jukebox,Pizza,Hot dogs

PHILADELPHIA• Drexeline Billiard Club. 610 259-91445100 State Rd L-3002- New Cheviotte 3-cushiontables, 16- 4 1/2x 9 GoldCrowns.4 - 4x8 G.Crowns Fullline of custom cues & acces-sories, Tournaments, Instruction,Senior citizen ratesPHOENIXVILLE Classique Billiards275 Schuykill Rd610 935 2939 20 pro tables,11 Gold Crowns

RHODe ISLAND

PROVIDENCESnookers 401 351-7665145 Clifford St14 - 41/2X9 pool tables,State ofthe art TV’s,3 Full liquor bars,Live musicNORTH PROVIDENCE• Rhode Island Billiards Bar& Bistro401 232-1331 2020-2026 Smith St16 -9’ tables, 1 Billiard table,1Bar table, 2-Wide Screens, 20TV’s Full bar & Food, retail

SOUTH CAROLINA

AIKENCity Billiards803 649-7362208 Richland Ave West6-Diamond pool tables, Bigscreen, Full bar & RestaurantGREENVILLE Palace Billiards864-234-0428 • 56 Airview Dr12- 9 foot, Beer, Video’sRelaxing AtmosphereGOOSECREEKWeekend Sports Bar843 553-5550428 Redbank Rd18-Bar Tables,Dart, Videos, Bigscreens, Full Bar & Kitchen

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ATHENSFrye’s II Gameroom423 746-9052235 County Rd 1156 - Bar tables, DartBoard, Snacks-Pizza, 2 TV’sCHATTANOOGAChattanooga Billiard Club423 499-3883• 110 Jordan Dr20-Gold Crowns ,Full menu andfull service bar, Burns Tobac-conist on premises,cbcburns.com

Chattanooga Billiard Club 725 1/2 Cherry St8- Diamond Bar tables2-Vitale 8 footers, Darts, Video’sHard to find Cigars,Full menuand full service bar

Diamond Billiard Club 423 877-58823600 Hixson Pike suite K8 - Diamond Bar tables, 2-Diamond 9’,10 -TV’s, 2 GoldenT, Full Service Rest/ Bar

Double Hill Billiard Club423 875-87601966 Northpoint Blvd. 15-8’ foot Olhausen,4-Bartables,1-9’,1-Snooker tableFull Bar and food,6 Dart boardsNon-smoking room

COOKEVILLEThe Cue2020 N. Willow • 931 528-00256 Bar tables,(3) 4x8 and 3 4½ x9,Full bar, Pro ShopJACKSONBreakers Billiards731 736-1178701 S. Royal St1-9ft Gabriel,1-9ft Gold Grown2-8ft Gandy’s, 4 Bar tables2-Dart boards Beer & Food

MEMPHISHighPocket's 901 761-158312-4 1/2 x9 Gold Crowns, 1Snooker table, 8- Bar Tables,Full menu and beer, 8-new TV’s,1 big screen, Videos

Poplar Lounge 901 324 12332586 Poplar Two Carrom board game1-Bar table.1 Golf Mach.Recording Studio on PremisesLive recording available

Sharpshooters Billiards901 386-11886959 Stage18 Bar Tables 4-Gold Crowns,Snookers Table, 6 New DartBoards, T.V’s Jukebox,Videogames, food & Beer

• The Rack901 369-95013622 Lamar Ave 12- 9 foot Pro Diamond tables, 1Gabriel 3-Cushion Table, 2 bartables,Food & Beer, 2 dartboards, 6-TV's.NASHVILLEJ.O.B Billiards Club. Home of Champions 615 868-4270931 Gallatin Rd. Madison,Madison Square Mall30 Pool Tables, (18 new smarttables) 18,000Sq. Ft.Full inhouse pro shop, Pool & DartLeagues, Amat & Pro Tourn.

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AMARILLOFast Eddie’s1619 South Franklin Suite B220806 355-254024 8” Tables, 2 – 9” TablesAUSTINFast Eddie’s512 248-0646• 100 Parker Drive 23 8’ Pool Tables , 3 9’ PoolTables, 10 Big Screens TV’s 16 Regular TV’sODESSAFast Eddie’s432 550-0190 • 4031 East 42st

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VIRGINIA

Virginia Beach• Q-Master Billiards Il. 757 499-89005612 Princess Anne Rd22-9 footers (Gold Crowns) & 9-4-Diamond pro, 22-7footers (Valleys), Gabriel 3-cushion table, 1 Big Screen, 8TV's, Video's, Full Kitchen &Bar, q-masters.com:MIDLOTHIANDiamond Billiards804 794-8787Midlothian Turnpike14 – 9’Pool tables4 – 42” Flat ScreensFull Bar & Restaurant

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BELOIT • Carom Room608 365-1811614 East Grand Ave23 - TABLES, 7- 9’ GoldCrowns, 14 Bar tables, 1 5x10Snooker, 1-3-cushion VerhovenFull bar and food

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HUNTINGTONTJ’S Billiards304 523 52001518 4th Ave 6-7 ‘ Diamonds, 5- 9’ Diamonds1-9’ Gandy, 1 Bar table, 2-Dartboards, Fooseball,big screen,Beer



Con Game

Tom Simpson is a Master Instructor in both the BCA & ACS Instructor Programs. Tom isa full-time instructor, operating the National Billiard Academy in Columbus, Ohio, and de-livering his 3-Day Weekend Intensive in selected cities nationwide. As founder of ElephantBalls, Ltd., inventor of Practice Balls®, developer of the Ghostball Aim Trainer®, andSecret Aiming Systems™ Coach, Tom’s innovations in training have helped thousands ofplayers dramatically improve their skills and deepen their knowledge. Read 35 instructionalarticles at the academy website: www.PoolClinics.com. Contact: [email protected],614-975-8337.

by Tom Simpson • PoolClinics.com

Contributing Writer

Ihave a great job. I get to learn moreabout pool every day. As I work onmy game, I learn things that help

others. I get to see players struggle,overcome previous limitations, andtransform into much better players.When I meet one of my students a yearor two later, I ask “How’s your game?”They often say “Better!” or “Good!” or“Improving!” – and they say it cheer-fully! You don’t hear this type of thingfrom players all that often.I’m not bringing this up to blow my

own horn, but rather to look at theattitude of learners. The learners aredifferent. Think about most pool players.They don’t feel good about their game,and they whine & complain. They’reconstantly making excuses for theirgame, spinning reasons why they are notperforming like they know they should.“I haven’t played in a month.” “My feethurt.” “I need a new tip.” “I can’t get aroll.” And so on.These whiners know in their heart of

hearts that they have not done the work

to “deserve” to play better. But somehowit’s a little embarrassing for most of us, inthis game of insane precision of aim andtouch, to admit that we get the resultswe earn. Some players do work hard at their

game, but fail to work on the things thatwill help them. And then there are theplayers who work on their game enoughto see improvement. They recognize thegains, and their confidence soars. Astheir confidence builds, they play betterand get better results at the table.Every so often, I reflect on the key

elements in developing better pool play.Recently, I’ve become more taken withthe power and importance of confidence.Yes, pool is a “confidence game”. Theplayers with invincible confidence candeploy their skills and knowledge moreconsistently. They are not plagued bydoubt and uncertainty at the table. Theyknow they’re making that shot andgetting the shape. They expect it. Theybelieve it. And lo, it mostly comes topass.

So how can we build confidence?Lotsa ways:Gain knowledge –

Be a learner. As your understand-

ing of ball behavior and pool

strategy increases, your shot

selection and ball patterns

become smarter and simpler.

Playing smarter gives you confi-

dence.

Improve your physical skills –

Developing the physical skills you

need to be able to execute the

shots & position strategies you

select can really pay off. For

example, if you practice, and

learn to draw and follow more

consistently and accurately, you

will take those shots with more

confidence.

Improve your fundamentals –

As you make stroke, stance,

bridge, grip, and sighting improve-

ments, your consistency goes up.

Rock solid fundamentals put

players in a posture of confi-

dence. As your results improve

and you begin to believe and

expect good performance, your

confidence goes lunar. A nice by-

product of your good form and

strong confidence is the effect it

can have on your opponent. Just

looking confident can be enough

to scare your opponent. If you can

also deliver with confidence, it

can sap their resolve.

Embody a productive attitude –

If you have an attitude that

embraces learning and welcomes

change, you’ll be better able to

adapt new ideas and knowledge

into your game. You’ll more readily

make changes when your results

tell you you’re wrong. When your

attitude is positive, you’re more

likely to keep the Shot Killer

(doubt) at bay. Act positive &

confident. If you can look

confident, you’ll actually be more

confident. Expect to improve.

Expect to learn from your experi-

ences. Expect to learn from your

opponents. Stop whining.

Be present, every shot –

Being present in the shot means

you are not thinking about or dis-

tracted by thoughts, environment,

doubt, the previous shot, the next

shot, etc. To the extent you are

focused and present in each shot,

you are less vulnerable to attacks

of doubt and choking. Don’t shoot

until you see the white of the ball.

Do whatever you can to build andexude confidence. All that work –practice, study, observation, repetition,competition – should make you playbetter. But you won’t play much better ifyou don’t believe it and expect it. Takesteps to bolster your confidence in anyway you can. Confidence improvesresults. Good results improve confi-dence. Con yourself. It works.

Not even Hurricane Hanna could contain Thorsten Hohmann as he cruised,unscathed, through a minefield chock-full of straight pool powerhouses.With Johnny Archer, Ralf Souquet, John “Mr. 400” Schmidt, Jose Parica,

and Thorsten Hohmann, Accu-Stats embarked on a new venture — InvitationalTournaments and Live Internet broadcasts. Straight pool participation is on the rise.Why? Players know that the skills honed playing 14.1 improves all games, especially8-Ball and 1-Pocket.“We have the opportunity to bring the fans the tournament action they demand

and at the same time, control our own product,” says Accu-Stats owner and 2008BCA Hall of Fame inductee, Pat Fleming.Thorsten Hohmann was definitely thefavorite as he cruised undefeated in the first night action of the 20 match, DoubleRound Robin format event.The 60 point, with a twist, Double Round Robin format generated 20 matches and

10 DVDs. Each contestant played each other twice. “Why 60 pointmatches?” Fleming responds, “We want to keep the pressure at boiling point. Eachtime you come to the table, every stroke is critical. One misplayed shot here, and itcould be all over.”Every shot counts, Once a player gets to the table he’s capable of a runout. At 60,

he wins the match. Then—here comes the twist—he has the opportunity to run to a100 and secure a $500 bonus prize. Or, $1,000 if he gets to 150. This makes for veryaggressive play. With the match already won, safeties aren’t in the mix as combatantshave their eyes on the big run and the possible bonus money.Not only that, at runs of 100, or more, a “Player Review” DVD is produced where

the aspirant will narrate their own match. “That’s when I really find out how Ithink,” adds Archer, “and, the viewer gets to find out too.”Pros love being part of an Accu-Stats’ production. “Except when you dog it,”

laughs Schmidt. “Having made a Straight Pool “Player Review” DVD with Accu-Stats, it really helped me see my strengths—and my weaknesses! So, I get to improve.And, if I can improve, what’s it doing for the amateur player who wants to getbetter?” Now, to the action highlights.DAY 1. Hohmann proves he’s the man to watch On the opening night Thorsten

ran 60 and out against Ralf Souquet’s hard fought 34. Thorsten then continued hischarge in search of high run bonus monies but came to a screetching halt at 149 as,on the break shot, his cue ball got buried in the rack. One more point and he wouldhave made a $1,000.DAY 2. Thorsten scores second century plus run Although off to a rocky start in

the opening rack, Thorsten Hohmann’s recovery skills and consummate cue ballcontrol garnered his second high run of the event at 112.For other contestants, there were disappointments. John “Mr 400”Schmidt has hardly lived up to his monicker as he has managed only 24 balls in 4

matches. The 60 point game puts players in a now-or-never mind set. And, thatcauses panic. On the upside, this is just sort of come-from-behind motivation thatJohn needed to get rolling.Archer, with a high run of 150-and-Out in a previous Accu-Stats tournament,

managed only one win, interestingly enough, against Schmidt. Johnny has had op-portunity. In his 7:00 pm, match he scored 45 against Jose Parica’s 60. Johnny misseda ball that he would have made in the case came of any 9-Ball championship. Thatseems to be the challenge of 14.1. When a ball gets just outside one’s comfort zone,as the consequences are much more dire, errors happen.Schmidt, at -1, got no sympathy from Hohmann with a 60 & Out that concluded

with a High Run of 112. Ralf Souquet (60) gave Johnny Archer (15) his 3rddefeat. To close out the evening, Hohmann rallied against Jose Parica’s 54. This was,without a doubt, the most tightly contested match. Parica needed six whenHohmann was allowed to the table. Thorsten stalled at 58 and a safety battle ensued.Parica erred and left a loose ball, Thorsten now needed one.More safeties showed the delicate touch that is a must in 14.1. Another errant ball

strayed from the pack and Hohmann closed it out, 60-54.


DAY 3: Hohmann at 6 and0 in while Schmidt Finds hisMojo and runs a 169.Thorsten Hohmann

continued his dominationover the field with 60 pointwins over Archer who got 3balls and Schmidt, who got 2.It was about then thatSchmidt had had enough.Zero for 4 will do that to you.He’d been running high inpractice, now all he had to dowas bring it to the cameras.Late Saturday afternoon he

met Souquet and thingschanged. Ralf hadn’t performed up to par either. He was 2 and 2, with one of thewins over Schmidt. Neither player was at the peak of their confidence when Johnbroke loose and allowed Ralf only 20.Now, he faced Hohmann, John got 2. Hohmann, so far, was invincible. Only

Parica had really challenged him and that seemed weeks ago. At 10pm,, Parica addedanother loss to Souquet’s score, and to close out the evening it was Schmidt versusArcher Part 2. Johnny had got in stroke too, At 7pm,, he pulled a 60-and-Out overParica and rallied to reach 99—one short of the $500 bonus money.Schmidt had capitalized on every free moment of practice time possible. Those of

you who watched the live internet stream saw him run ball after ball betweenmatches. It sure paid off. He got to the match free stroking. And all Archer could dowas watch.Schmidt quickly ran the 60 and Out. In the interest of the high-run bonuses or,

more probably, to get another instructional DVD, he kept swinging. At 100, Com-mentator Danny D was comparing him to “Machine Gun” Lou Butera, there was nostopping him. At 150, Billy and Danny were making side bets that he’d reach 200.Alas, at 169 he understroked the key ball and fell short of a perfect break shot. Johnlaughed all the way to the bank. He’d beaten Thorsten’s 149 and earned an extragrand.FINAL DAY. Conclusion: Hohmann hosted a clinic Johnny Archer, Jose Parica, John Schmidt,

and Ralf Souquet all felt the frustration as Hohmann hosted a clinic. Accu-Statscommentators Incardona and DiLiberto were so impressed by Thorsten’s performancethat they considered him to be the best player they’d ever seen. Never, in recentmemory, has there been a round robin event where a player went undefeated. EvenEfren, in the 2001 Accu-Stats’ 8-BallInvitational, had to compete in a play-off to secure his win. John “Mr. 400”

Schmiidt had highest run honors as he blasted a lightening fast 169. Off to a slowstart, and zero for 5 in his opening matches, John redeemed himself by winning hislast 3 over Souquet, Archer, and Parica.Ralf, too, was on shaky ground. He had 3 wins; one over Schmidt and 2 over

Archer. Johnny garnered wins over Schmidt and a 60-and-Out over Parica where hecontinued to complete a high run of 99. Parica, with 4 and 4, secured $2,000 in prizemoney by defeating Archer, Schmidt, and Souquet, twice,Hohmann grossed $5,000 for his 8 wins and his century plus runs of 112 and 149.

One more point on the 149 and he would have made an extra $500. Johnny felt thesting too. His 99 was so close yet, so far. Accu-Stats’ Pat Fleming thanks Bill Haileyand his crew at Comet Billiards for their superior service, and all who attended theinaugural event there. That means you net surfers too.

Final results:1. Thorsten Hohmann 8-02. Jose Parica 4-43. John Schmidt 3-54. Ralf Souquet 3-55. Johnny Archer 2-6

High Runs1. John Schmidt 169 _ $1,0002. Thorsten Hohmann 149 _ $5003. Thorsten Hohmann 112 _ $500

by David Thomson

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This is the twelfth article Ihave written for three-cushion billiards. In this

article I will be showing you a newsystem segment I call DiamondSystem Four Rail.All of my system segments have a

standardized {HIT} system. There aretwelve {Hits} These hits, meaninghow much object ball is hit by thecue ball, are numbered 0 through 12.Zero being 2mm and 12 being the fullball. Numbers 3, 6, and 9 are onequarter, one half and three quartersrespectfully. The “ Hit “ values neverchange and can be used for every shoton the table. The system tells youwhat hit to use.In Article + Graph 35 I showed

you a new way to use the “ Below toBall Long “ as a four rail systemsegment. In this system segment there is a

fixed cuing [ see graph ]. The hits are

determined by the location of the ObjectBall 1.Object Ball 1 uses the same numbers

that are known as the “cue ball numbers”in the old “ Diamond “ system shown inmany book.When the cue ball is located across

from the object ball the hit required to goto the X spot [ see graph ] is the numberassigned to the object ball.In example {1} you would simply make

that hit. In the graph a 2 hit [ one eightball, 8mm ] will make the shot. Inexample {2} you would add 4 hits to thetwo hits and make a {6} hit one-half ball.When the hit required is more than 3,

one-quarter ball, use a little more speed.This keeps the cue ball from swinging

and coming short.Numbers are the same on both sides.In the next article I will show you how

to make the adjustments when the cueball is not straight across from the objectball

elevated stroke.These sticks can beno shorter than fortyinches. Forty inches is the distancebetween the narrow rails on a seven footbar room table. The tips can also bephenolic and must be smaller than 14millimeters in diameter. Some say thatthe stroke must occur through the cueball equator, but I have never seen thatin writing. The ball jumps due to anequal and opposite reaction off the slatefrom striking into it.Mike Massy performs a trick shot in-

corporating draw with the jump shot.This requires a hit just below the equatorand when properly executed is very legalby the rule. There is no miscue and theball jumps with ease. Of course jumpinga ball into a boot, as he sometimes does,would be considered a jumped ball andsubject to the rule stated above! Mikecan pretty much make a cue ball end upwherever he chooses, so be cautiousabout referring to his trick shots as fouls!He is definitely a master of the ball.

Thank you for reading and please sendany comments or questions [email protected]. Warning, theabove referenced rules are WorldStandards that can vary from your sanc-tioned league rules. Please consult yourleague guidelines for differences that mayaffect your game. Have a great game anda great day!


by Bob Hunt

Contributing Writer

The Jump Ball and Jump Shot

The Ref Stop

Jumped balls and jumping balls breedsome interesting conversations from timeto time. Now, the time has come to bringa little clarity to these different jumpshots. Jumping a ball and a jumped ballare by definition two very differentanimals. There are illegal intentionalmiscues and legal unintentional miscueswhen accidentally jumping a ball. Unin-tentional miscues are legal and usuallyresult from a bad stroke. Jumped ballscan be any ball including the cue ball orthe money ball. The last Ref Stop article posed a

questi on about a jumped ball hitting aref in the head while he was watching ashot. Hopefully some of you went to yourrulebooks and located the answer, but ifyou did not, we are ready to discuss thatissue now. My question was this, “To beon the safe side; Player A calls a refereeover to watch his shot, as he strokes andlegally pockets the eight ball, the cueball pops up and strikes the refereesquare on the head and then falls back tothe table surface”. The referee passes outand quickly assumes a prone position.After a short recovery, he is ready torender his call. Was that a jumped balland was it a foul? First off, the definitionof a jumped ball states that any ballwhich comes to rest anywhere otherthan on the bed of the table after astroke qualifies as a jumped ball: any ballthat comes to rest on the bed of the tableafter striking an object that is not part ofthe table (chalk, light fixture, player,

refs. head,floor, etc.) isa jumpedball. Ballsthat leavethe table bedand returnwithouttouchinganythingthat is notpart of thetable bed arenot considered jumped balls. Therefore,by the nature of the rule, this call is afoul=2 0or a jumped ball. The refereeawakes and immediately reaffirms thiscall. Player “A” now hits him withanother ball returning him quickly to theprone position. That may be a personalfoul and later article! Therefore, to finishthis, in this game of eight ball, when thecue ball jumped up, hit something, andthen returned to the bed became a foulor a jumped ball. In case you did notnotice, this game of eight ball also endedin a loss for player “A” who committed afoul while pocketing the eight ball.So, with that in mind, what if the

player accidentally miscued and the cueball popped up, landed on, and rolleddown the side rail returning to the feltpocketing the eight ball in the calledpocket, would that be considered ajumped ball? This would be a fair balland not a jumped ball since the bedincludes everything that makes up the

top of the tableincluding therails. This isalso a legal un-intentionalmiscue. By defi-nition, thiswould be awinning shot.A finalthought; ajumped ball,

other than the cue ball is always a fouland deposited, not restocked, into theclosest pocket. The incoming playerreceives cue ball in hand in a continuinggame.Jumping a ball is quite different from a

jumped ball. Players may jump balls overinterfering balls to make legal shots.Some people think you can hit low andlaunch the ball when it climbs up thestick, but this goes against all the rulesand is totally a foul by intentionalmiscue. Some pool hall owners alsofrown on this type of activity becausetable damage may result. Jump shotswhen properly performed are legal andcause little damage. Barring jump shots islike carrying guns in a pool hall, thereare usually signs prohibiting thatactivity! When a player decides to jumpa ball, he usually pulls out a short littlestick such as a froggy with a special tipand strikes the cue ball through deadcenter with a forty-five degree or so

Madison, Tennessee • J.O.B.

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Tournament Directors Steve McDonald and Peg Ledman had a busy weekendas 100 men’s division players and 18 women’s division players showed up atMadison, Tennessee’s premier billiard club, JOB Billiards Club, for the 2008

Volunteer State Championships held August 8, 9, and 10. This was a record atten-dance for this annual event. JOB Billiards Club and Alex Brick Cues sponsored theevent. Competition was held on 7 foot Diamond Smart Tables with Tour BlueSimonis Cloth and JOB’s provided the perfect venue for the event. This year JOBhas added 10 more new 7 foot Diamond Smart Tables. This provided 24 7 foot tablesfor the event. Also this year, a second chance tournament was added for those thatgot knocked out early in the main tournament and 26 players entered the secondchance tournament.This tournament has a unique format that includes 8-ball and 9-ball. In the men’s

division, it is a race to 7. The winner of the lag chooses which game to start off withand at 7 games played, the set switches games to finish out the race to 7. Thewomen’s division is a race to 5 with the game switching at 5 games played. The

second chance tournament was a race to 3 with the game switching after 3 gamesplayed. This format allows players to display their talents at both 8-ball and 9-ball ina single tournament. This tournament is also a full double elimination event and allthree divisions went the full two rounds in the finals.Josh O’Neal won the men’s division becoming a 2-time champion of this event.

Kathy Sanders took the women’s division.

Men’s Division1st Josh O’Neal $5402nd Timothy Miller $3953rd Joe Coleman $2754th Gabe Apollos $2105th/6th Glenn Smith

Russell Gelo $1607th/8th James King

Mike Jones $125

Women’s Division1st Kathy Sanders $2002nd Aimee Marlar $1253rd Paulette Spalding $854th Amanda Wilder $60Second Chance Division1st Kim Harris $1402nd Kenny Barnes $1003rd Chuck Gokey $704th John Wright $50

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5th/6th – Melinda Bailey and Michelle Yim- $150

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13th-16th – Tracie Voelkering, ShannynRivera, Diana Cardona & Julie Stephen-son - $30

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1st- Rob Gerber $730

2nd- Terry Strader $430

Tie 2nd- Michael Zimmerman $430

4th- Brenda Whitaker $280

5th- Andrew Edwards $225

6th- Bryan Westermann $190

7th- Rich Morawski $155

8th- Kendall Vanover $130

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4th $550 Eddie Little

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7/8th $200 each Dustin Byrd / FloydReasons

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2nd Shaun Wilkie $ 825

3rd John Alicea $ 550

4th Marc Vidal $ 400

5th-6th Jasmin Ouschan, MikaImmonen $ 275

7th-8th Mhet Vergara, Gerda Hofstat-ter $ 150

9th-12th Jeanette Lee, Thomas Wan$ 100

George Sansouci, Bobby Blackmore

13th-16th Allison Fisher, Gail Glazebrook$ 50

Michael Tosado, Joey Kong

Highest Finishing Female:

Gail Glazebrook $100

Highest Finishing C/D:

Raphael DaBreo $100

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Champion Billiards Cafe,

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Place Player MoneyPoints

1 Danny Green $900 680

2 Shaun Wilkie $600 544

3 Matt Krah $350 442

4 Ed Deska $240 374

5 Manuel Chau $150 340

5 Ilir Jaho $150 340

7 Scott Tollefson$100 306

7 Brian Deska $100 306

9 Andy Lincoln $50 272

9 William Moon $50 272

9 Shane Jackson $50 272

9 Daniel Madden$50 272

13 Brandon Shuff $0 238

13 Ryan McCreesh$0 238

13 Jose Perez Jr $0 238

13 Joey Ryan $0 238

Women’s chart

Place Player MoneyPoints

1 Linda Shea $300 200

2 Rachel Eliazar $200 160

3 Ji-Hyun Park $125 130

4 Ming Ng $50 110

5 Cheryl Squire $0 100

5 Ceci Strain $0 100

7 Chanta Kry $0 90

7 Pauline Mattes $0 90

9 Nicole Vincent$0 80

9 Judie Wilson $0 80

Results (open):

1st $1000 Scott Tollefson

2nd $650 Shaun Wilkie

3rd $450 John Schmidt

4th $325 Danny Green

5th/6th $220 Larry Kressel/Joey Ryan

7th/8th $150 Brandon Shuff/Kevin West

9th-12th $100 Manuel Chau/Phil Kerns/Matt Clatterbuck/Janet Atwell

13th-16th $65 Rick Ross/Chris Adams/Danny

Mastermaker/Saif Muhsen

The Viking Cue Amateur 9-

Ball Tour $500 Added Sunday

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2nd $300 Scotty Waters

3rd $150 Steve Cox

4th $50 Jeff Jordan

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$2500 Added National Event

payouts:1st $1525 Matt Reed

2nd $1000 TF Whittington

3rd $750 James Roberts

4th $550 Eddie Little

5/6th $350 each Josh Johnson /Matt Bulfin

7/8th $200 each Dustin Byrd /Floyd Reasons

9th/12th $100 each Bobby Connor /Jeff Tabet / Joe Hughes / Danny Turner

13th/16th $60 each John Salter / MartyJennings / Shane Wade / Jeff Jordan

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5th/6th Jamie Welch/Mark Wilson $150

7th/8th Justin Bergman/Andy Quinn $125

9th-12th Gary Lutman/Mike Patterson/Rich Sager/Mike Dunklin $100

13th-16th Craig McLaren/Jerry Terbrock/Chris Patterson/Scott Frost $75

17th-24th Kendal Koch/Randy Tenley/Jeff Colvin/Chuck Raulston/Doug Patrick/Geary Sills/Mike Durbin/John Snyder

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Results (women):

1st Kristin Werner $200

2nd Chelsea Hardwick $100

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August 30-31 at Comet Billiards in

Parsippany, NJ.1st Ignacio Chavez $1,200

2nd Mike Davis $ 800

3rd Joey Kong $ 600

4th Mike Dechaine $ 400

5th Allen Hopkins $ 275

6th Earl Herring $ 275

7th Manny Chau $ 175

8th Jonni Fulcher $ 175

9th Jason Michas $ 125

10th Ralf Souquet $ 125

11th Mark Pantovic $ 125

12th Yesid Geribello $ 125

13th John Schmidt $ 75

14th Marc Vidal $ 75

15th Dan Heidrich $ 75

16th Scott Simonetti $ 75

Highest Finishing C/D

Tamiko Kumaturi $ 100

Results (women):

1st $475 Sueyen Rhee + WPBA Qualifier

2nd $315 Ming Ng

3rd $210 Buffy Jolie

4th $140 Mirjuana Grujiacic

5th/6th $100 Katie Cowan/Karen Webb

7th/8th $60 Sherry Pouncey/Cheryl Squire

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Jonesboro, GA. 30238

1st Mitch Yarborough $700.00

2nd Tommy Kennedy $475.00

3rd Mike Newsome $375.00

4th TF Whittington $275.00

The J. Pechauer Mississippi Open

Skeeter’s Billiards

197 Teagarden Rd.

Gulfport, MS. 39507Aug.16th

1st Benny Conway $700.00

2nd Cliff Joyner $500.00

3rd Tommy Kennedy $350.00

4th Jaybird $250.00

5th Joey Aguzin $100.00

5th Jason Moran $100.00

Aug.17th ,08 One Day

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2nd Jim Sterling $300.00

3rd David Walters $200.00

4th Jason Moran $100.00

Blaze Pro-am 9-BallTour

August 23-24

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2nd Manual Chau $1,500.00

3rd Mika Immonen $1,150.00

4th Mike Davis $900.00

5th Ignacio Chavez $450.00

5th Mike Dechaine $450.00

7th Alan Rolon $350.00

7th Eddie Abraham $350.00

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4th Kevin West $200

5th Chuck Pendrak $150

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10/1 ESPN Speed Pool ESPN Zone Las Vegas, NV AZBilliards.com TBA; Spectators Welcome10/2 Trick Shot Magic ESPN Zone Las Vegas, NV AZBilliards.com TBA; Spectators Welcome10/2-5 Bar Box 9-Ball Table Steaks South Englewood, CO 303-789-0643 $5,000***; Open10/3-5 NACPT Partners Meskwaki Casino Tama, IA 888-DR2-POOL $5,500*; Amateurs Only10/3-5 Wild West Shootout 8-Ball Inn Great Falls, MT 406-799-4949 $7,750; Open & Women’s10/4-5 18th Houston Open Legends Blrds League City, TX 281-332-7716 $5,000; Open10/9-12 Midwest 9-Ball Tour Shooters Blrds Olathe, KS 913-780-5740 $5,000 1Pkt, BBx9-Ball,Ladies10/8-10 Seminole FL Pro Tour Bankshot Blrds Jacksonville, FL 407-782-4978 $10,000; Open10/10-12 NACPT 2Man Teams Mole Lake Casino Mole Lake, WI 888-DR2-POOL $4,500*; Amateurs10/11-12 Predator 9-B Tour Finale Raxx Pool Room W Hempstead, NY 516-538-9896 $3,000; Open10/11-12 US Open Qualifier Pro Tyme Classic Orland Park, IL 708-403-0600 US Open Qual w/Hotel10/17-19 Six Arrows Northern Lights Casino Walker, MN 218-335-7665 $8,500 (split); Open Women’s10/19-25 2008 US Open Chesapeake Conf. Ctr Chesapeake, VA 757-499-8900 $100,000 Added Open Event10/25-26 Tiger Tour 9-Ball Diamond Blrds Midlothian, VA 804-794-8787 $2,500; Open Only, Ring Sat10/29 Challenge of Champions Mohegan Sun Casino Uncasville, CT www.AZBilliards.com Pro Women’s Invitational10/30 World Cup of Trick Shots Mohegan Sun Casino Uncasville, CT www.AZBilliards.com Pro Trickshot Invitational10/31-11/2 J Pechauer NE 9-Ball Spot Shot Portland, ME ¡$3,000; Open, $8,600 for 1st11/1-2 MD One Pkt Chmp Side Pockets Laurel, MD 202-422-3217 $2,000/64; Open11/8-9 Ladies Spirit Tour Finale Capone’s Spring Hill, FL 352-688-9965 $3,000; Ladies, Call for Info11/8-9 MS Gulf Coast 1-Pkt Skeeter’s Blrds Gulfport, MS 228-897-1234 $2,500; Open (32 Plyr Limit)11/8-9 OK Open BBx 9-B Chmp Jamaica Joe’s Midwest City, OK 405-736-0590 $2,500; Open11/12-16 Seminole Mizerak Chmp Hard Rock Casino Hollywood, FL 954-523-3309 $20,000; Open11/12-16 WPBA Championship Hard Rock Casino Hollywood, FL 954-523-3309 Pro Women, Spectators11/18-23 GSBT Players 10-Ball Chmp King Street Blrds Fayetteville, NC 910-425-7665 $20,000***; Open11/18-23 GSBT 1-Pocket Chmp King Street Blrds Fayetteville, NC 910-425-7665 $5,000***; Open11/18-23 Viking NO PRO Classic Mr Cues 2 Atlanta, GA 770-454-7665 $10,000 6-B, 1-Pkt, 8-B, 9-B 11/21-23 Six Arrows Event Fortune Bay Casino Tower, MN $6,000 (split); Open Women’s 11/22-23 Joss NE Tour Snooker’s Providence, RI 401-351-7665 $5,000; Open11/30-12/3 Juniors & WPA (WC) World Chmp Sands Reno, NV AZBilliards.com for Info12/12-14 NACPT Partners Kewadin Casino St Ignace, MI 888-372-7665 $4,500* Amateurs ONLY

Upcoming Northeastern Tournaments (CT, DE, MA, ME, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, VT)10/4-5 Joss NE Tour Trick Shot Blrds Clifton Pk, NY 518-356-7163 $2,000; Open10/5 Blaze 9-Ball Tour One Shot Blrds Somerset, NJ 732-249-4555 $1,000; Call for Info10/12 Blaze 9-Ball Tour Q-Ball Billiards Vineland, NJ 609-691-8789 $1,000; Call for Info10/12 NE 9-Ball Series Snooker’s Blrds Providence, RI 401-351-7665 $600; Open10/19 East Coast B 9-Ball US 1 Billiards West Haven, CT 203-848-1295 Call for Info10/26 Blaze 9-Ball Tour Raxx Pool Room W Hempstead, NY 516-538-9896 $1,500; Call for Info10/26 NE 9-Ball Series B-C-D Silver Cue Blrds Woburn, MA 781-933-9771 Call for More Info10/26 East Coast C/D 9-Ball Bristol Billiards Plantsville, CT 860-426-9748 Call for More Info11/1-2 Joss NE Tour Comet Billiards Parsippany, NJ 973-334-7429 $2,000; Open11/9 Blaze 9-Ball Tour Skyline Blrds Brooklyn, NY 718-627-3407 $1,500; Call for Info11/9 NE 9-Ball Series Open TJ’s Blrds Waterville, ME 978-836-6818 $600; Open11/15-16 Joss NE Tour Golden Cue Albany, NY 518-459-9442 $2,000; Open11/15-16 National Chmp 8-Ball One Shot Blrds Somerset, NJ 732-249-4555 $1,000; Call11/23 Blaze 9-Ball Tour Rockaway Blrds Rockaway, NJ 973-625-5777 $1,000; Call for Info11/23 NE 9-Ball Series Open World Chmp Blrds Manchester, CT 860-647-1711 $600; Open11/29-30 East Coast 8-Ball Fats Pool Room Derby, CT 203-734-7713 All Class Event11/30 Blaze 9-Ball Tour Atlantic City Egg Harbor, NJ 609-645-7576 $1,000; Call for Info

Upcoming Southeastern Tournaments (AL, FL, GA, KY, MD, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV) 10/3-4 O’Banions 9-Ball O’Banions W Monroe, LA 318-388-0160 $1,000***+, Ring Fri Aft.10/4 All American Tour 9-B Smokie’s Virginia Beach, VA 757-647-3421 $500; Amateurs10/4 Mr. 9-Ball Shoot Out Miscue Lounge Fort Myers, FL 239-936-1116 Call for More Info10/4-5 Great Southern Tour Smoke House Blrds Myrtle Beach, SC 865-850-4572$1500, $500+2nd Ch10/4-5 Jacoby Carolina Finale Fast Eddie’s Goldsboro, NC 919-759-0071 $2,000; Open10/4-5 Starcade Fall Classic Starcade Blrds Ft Walton Beach, FL 850-244-2349 $1,500; Open10/4-5 Tiger Tour 9-Ball Blue Fox Blrds Winchester, VA 540-665-2114 $1,500 Open; $500 Women’s10/4-5 Viking Amateurs Only Double Hill Billiards Hixon, TN 426-875-8760 $2,000+ Main, $500+2nd Ch10/5 KBP Amateur 9-Ball Capone’s Billiards Spring Hill, FL $500; Amateurs Only10/6-12 2008 Carolina Open Fast Eddie’s Goldsboro, NC 919-759-0071 Call for Info, 10-B, 1-Pkt 10/11 Tiger Bay Amateurs Stroker’s Billiards Palm Harbor, FL 727-786-6683 $500; Amateurs10/11-12 Great Southern Amateurs Breakers Rock Hill, SC 865-850-4572 $1,500; Amateurs 10/18 Mr 9-Ball Hcp Miscue Lounge Fort Myers, FL 239-936-1116 Handicapped No Masters/ Pros10/19 KBP FL Amateur Stroker’s Billiards Palm Harbor, FL 727-786-6683 $500; Amateurs10/25-26 KF Cues 9-B Tour Stroker’s Billiards Palm Harbor, FL 727-786-6683 $1,000 Open, $600 Amateurs10/31-11/2 Grady’s BBx 9-B Chmp Grady’s Lexington, SC 803-957-7665 $1,000; Open11/1 Tiger Bay Amateurs Corner Pocket Largo, FL 727-518-2608 $500; Amateurs11/1-2 Gainsville Open The Art of Billiards Gainsville, FL 352-225-3535 $1,000; Open 11/1-2 National Chmp 8-B Series Borderline Blrds Bristol, TN 423-989-7665 $500/32; Open 8-Ball11/2 KBP FL Amateur 9-B Corner Pocket Largo, FL 727-518-2608 $500; Amateurs11/8-9 National Chmp 8-B Series Blue Fox Blrds Winchester, VA 540-665-2114 $1000; Open 8-Ball11/8-9 Viking Amateurs Only Randolph Blrds Hickory, NC 828-326-7005 $2,500***; Amateurs ONLY

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11/15 MD State 8-Ball Chmp All-Star Blrds Frederick, MD 301-668-5668 Call for Info, 32 Player Limit11/15 Viking Amateurs Only The Hole Thang Macon, GA 478-744-0038 $1,500***, $1,000 for 1st***11/15-16 All American Tour 9-B Q’s Sports P. Charlotte, FL 941-585-9600 $1,000; Amateurs11/15-16 Great Southern Amateurs Speak Eazy Blrds Sanford, NC 919-775-1166 $2,000; Amateurs ONLY11/16 Viking OPEN Event The Hole Thang Macon, GA 478-744-0038 $1,500***, $1,000 for 1st***11/22-23 KBP FL 9-Ball Finale TJ’s Blrds New Port Richie, FL 727-863-0023 $2,000; Amateurs Only11/29-30 Great Southern Amateurs Marietta Blrd Club Marietta, GA 770-971-9436 $500; Amateurs11/29-30 KF Cues 9-Ball Tour Capone’s Blrds Spring Hill, FL 352-688-9965 $1,000+ Open $600+ Amateurs11/29-30 National Chmp Series The Art of Billiards Gainesville, FL 352-226-3535 $500; Open.

Upcoming Central/Northern Tournaments (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI) 10/4-5 All American Tour 8-B Hammerhead’s Dundee, IL 630-688-1719 $500; Amateurs10/4-5 IPT Corey Deuel Team Qual Rudy’s Place Aurora, IL 630-898-7769 Top 6 Qualify for $50,000 Finale10/4-5 IPT Larry Nevel Team Qual Carom Room Beloit, WI 608-365-1811 Top 6 Qualify for $50,000 Finale10/11 All American Tour 8-B Dave’s Good Times W. Peoria, IL 309-673-5507 $500; 10/11 Fall Classic (BBx 8-Ball) Game On Jackson, MI 517-784-GAME $250; Open10/11-12 IPT Breedlove Team Qual John Wayne’s Indianapolis, IN 317-882-8124 Top 6 Qualify for $50,000 Finale10/11-12 IPT Putnam Team Qual Pro Tyme Orland Orland Pk, IL 708-403-0600 Top 6 Qualify for $50,000 Finale10/11-12 IPT Sambajon Team Qual Hammerhead’s Dundee, IL 847-836-8099 Top 6 Qualify for $50,000 Finale10/18 Guppies BBx 9-Ball Guppies Holland, MI 616-396-1071 $500/32; Open10/18 Vinnie’s 10-Ball Open LP Moose Lincoln Park, MI 313-383-1792 BBx, 2 days w>4010/18-19 IPT Gabe Owen Team Qual Pyramid Club Addison, IL 630-458-0777 Top 6 Qualify for $50,000 Finale10/19 IPT R Morris Team Qual Miller Time Davenport, IA 563-359-RACK Top 6 Qualify for $50,000 Finale10/24 All American Tour 9-B Fort Crook Blrds Omaha, NE 402-291-7665 $300; Amateurs10/25 All American Tour W8-B Fort Crook Blrds Omaha, NE 402-291-7665 $300; Amateur Women10/25 All American Tour 8-B Fort Crook Blrds Omaha, NE 402-291-7665 $300; Amateur Women10/25-26 All American Tour 8-Ball Finish Line Chenoa, IL 309-261-2256 $500; Amateurs10/25-26 IPT Mike Davis Team Qual Pro-Tyme Alsip Alsip, IL 708-597-4900 Top 6 Qualify for $50,000 Finale10/25-26 IPT Tony Robles Team Qual Rudy’s Place Aurora, IL 630-898-7769 Top 6 Qualify for $50,000 Finale 10/25 All American Tour 8-B Leisure Time E Moline, IL 309-752-9559 $500; Amateurs10/26 All American Tour 8-B Fort Crook Blrds Omaha, NE 402-291-7665 $300; Amateur SCOTCH11/1 All American Tour 8-B Legends Clinton, IA 563-321-8435 $500; Amateurs11/1-2 IPT Tony Crosby Team Qual Pro-Tyme Orland Orland Pk, IL 708-403-0600 Top 6 Qualify for $50,000 Finale11/1-2 IPT S. Ellerby Team Qual Carom Room Beloit, WI 608-365-1811 Top 6 Qualify for $50,000 Finale11/1-2 IPT Nick Varner Team Qual Palace Blrds Villa Park, IL 630-941-3500 Top 6 Qualify for $50,000 Finale11/8 All American Tour 8-B Rudy’s Place Aurora, IL 630-898-7769 $500; Amateurs11/8-9 All American Tour 9-B Brickhouse Decatur, IL 217-429-4500 $500; Amateurs11/8 All American Tour 9-B Miller Time Davenport, IA 563-359-7225 $500; Amateurs11/15 Guppies BBx 9-Ball Guppies Holland, MI 616-396-1071 $500/32; Open11/15-16 National Chmp 8-B Series Shooters Olathe, KS 913-780-5740 $1,000; Open 8-Ball11/15-16 National Chmp Series Palace Blrds Villa Park, IL 630-941-3500 Call for Details11/22 All American Tour 8-B Blrds on Main Galesburg, IL 309-342-7665 $500; Amateurs11/29 All American Tour 8-B Hammerhead’s Dundee, IL 847-836-8099 $500; Amateurs

Upcoming Central/Southern Tournaments (AR, CO, KS, LA, MO, OK, TX)10/11-12 Fast Eddie’s Tour Fast Eddie’s Houston, TX 210-367-4761 $1,750; Open (Women Also)10/25 All American Tour 8-B Sandite Blrds Sand Springs, OK 918-245-2859 $500; Amateurs10/25-26 Fast Eddie’s Tour Fast Eddie’s Odessa, TX 210-367-4761 $1,750; Open (Women Also)10/31-11/2 National Chmp 8-B Series Magoo’s Tulsa, OK 918-663-3364 $1,100; Open 8-Ball11/15-16 Fast Eddie’s Tour Fast Eddie’s Lafayette, LA 210-367-4761 $1,750; Open (Women Also)11/15-16 National Chmp 8-B Series Rack’em Blrds Aurora, CO 303-755-7675 $1,000; Open 8-Ball11/29-30 All American Tour 8-B Match-ups Ft. Collins, CO 970-482-2337 $1,000; Amateurs

Upcoming Western Tournaments (AK, AZ, CA, HI, ID, MT, NM, NV, OR, UT, WA, WY)10/18-19 Desert Classic Tour Kolby’s Corner Pkt Tempe, AZ 480-829-7344 $1,000; Call for Info11/15-16 National Chmp 8-B Series Golden Fleece Kenmore, WA 425-908-7332 $1,250; Open 8-Ball11/15-16 Desert Classic Tour Main St Blrds Tucson, AZ 520-546-3464 $1,000; Open

Upcoming Women’s Tournaments (Tournaments for Women ONLY – All Areas)10/11 Carolina Ladies Opener Fat Cats Billiards Arden, NC 828-681-0555 $500; Open Womens10/11-12 JPNEWT PA Chmp Drexeline Billiards Drexel Hill, PA 610-259-9144 Call for More Info10/11-12 NWPA Finale The Parlor Bellevue, WA 425-289-7000 $500 Qual; Wom. 10/17-19 Six Arrows Event Northern Lights Casino Walker, MN 218-335-7665 $8,500 (split); Women’s & Open10/18-19 Ladies Spirit Tour Hollywood Blrds Hollywood, FL 954-981-4066 $1,000; Women10/18-19 Queen of the Mountain Wooden Rack Mississauga, ONT 905-565-9137 $1,000; Women10/25 Canadian Ladies Team Qualifier LeSkratch Oshawa, Canada 905-438-000811/1-2 AWBT Metro Sportz Bar Phoenix, AZ 602-997-5717 $500 & Qual; Women 11/8-9 Ladies Spirit Tour Finale Capone’s Spring Hill, FL 352-688-9965 $3,000; Ladies, Call for Info11/8-9 Carolina Ladies Tour Crooked Cue Waynesville, NC 828-456-2802 $500; Ladies, Call for Info11/22 Canadian Women’s Team Qual LeSkratch Oshawa, Canada 905-438-0008 Qualifier, 16 Teams Max11/22-23 Caroline Ladies Tour Grady’s Lexington, SC 803-957-7665 $750; Women11/22-23 OB Cues Ladies Finale Legends Blrds League City, TX 281-332-7716 $2,000&Qual; Women

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