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USBA Newsletter • 3-CushionStop One • Cue & Cushion 27

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Kissback Shot…Bob Byrne 31

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Greeley, CO Senior Activities Center 31

The Rack, Memphis, Tennessee 32

Rip’s Tips…George Rippe 33

Upcoming USBA Tour Events 33

Pool Instructional…Advanced Draw…Tom Ross 10Three Ball Trick Shot…Wllie Jopling 15The Impossible Cut…Bob Byrne 15Get the Right Ball on the Second Shot…The Monk 16Circular Threat …Eric Yow 17Where Oh Where is Cue Dean-”E”?…Tom Rossman 20Worst is Better…Samm Diep 21Put Some Life into Your Game…Tom Simpson 34Bar Box 8-Ball …Marty Kaczmarowski 42DPM Universal Pocket & Carom Billiard Systems # 40… by Darrel Martineau 43

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The American Poolplayers Association (APA) is proud to announce they havesigned a sponsorship agreement with The Black Widow, Jeanette Lee. The APA made the announcement yesterday

at their annual League Operator Convention in Las Vegas.“We’re very excited to work with The Black Widow. We believe her image transcends

the sport of pool, and we believe she will encourage non-poolplayers to pick up a cueand give our leagues a try,” said APA Public Relations Manager Jason Bowman.Lee will be the official spokesperson for the APA and APA Pool Leagues and will

appear in advertisements, commercials and other promotional materials encouragingpeople to compete in an APA Pool League.“The APA has not only been the leader in amateur pool leagues for years, but a leader

in the billiard industry as well. The Equalizer® APA’s handicap and scoring system,allows players of any ability to compete and win, including those who have neverplayed the game. I look forward to working with the APA, and I encourage poolplayersand non-poolplayers alike to join an APA League,” said Jeanette Lee.

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by Conrad Burkman

Contributing Writer

Las Vegas, Nevada. Looking very much an unlikelywinner Darren Appleton some of the best in the businessto take his first World Pool Masters Title, and it wasn’t

easy. Raj Hundal went down 8-3, for Appleton’s easiest match.For his second round match he drew the “Kaiser” Ralf Souquetwho has won this title 5 times and is the consummate profes-sional. Ralf, who doesn’t have the worlds strongest break, hadsome tough shots. Ralf still got off to a 4-0 lead then took thewrong shot when he needed to break up a frozen 8/3 combogiving Appleton his first game. Darren made him pay as he gotthe lead to within one game at 4-3 from that point it went agame at a time until both players were at 7 with Ralf breaking.He scratched on the break and Appleton ran out for an out-standing win.Next came the “Iceman” Mika Immonen and again a slow

start Appleton came back to get to the hill first at 7-6. Mikabroke had a run going only to miss the 5-ball in the side. Ap-pleton had to resort to a cross side bank shot on the 5-ballwhich he made and ran out for the match.That win earned him a spot in the finals against Nick Van

Der Berg . I think Nick had run out of gas by this time as hislast three matches were tough ones. In the first round he got byAlex Pagulayan the defending champ with an 8-2 drubbing. Ithink perhaps Alex gambled to much the night before as he wasdefinitely off his game. Next came the Americans, Archer inthe second round and Van Boening in the third. You can seewhat I mean by tough matches.Appleton gave Van Der Berg an 8-4 whipping to take the

crown on his first try. The reining world 10 Ball champion isnow the World Pool Masters champion.Head Referee, Michaela Tabb did her usual excellent job of

running the floor action. Michaela arrived after finishing thefinals of the world snooker championships in England. She is

the first women in history to accomplish that. She probably hasmoved to the top as the worlds ranking referee in both pooland snooker.

Money List1st round Alex Pagulayan (PHI) $2000Imran Majid (ENG) $2000Yu Ram Cha (KOR) $2000Niels Feijen (NED) $2000Rusian Chinakhov RUS) $2000Raj Hundal (IND) $2000Tyler Edey (CAN) $2000Fu Jian Bo (CHN) $20002nd round Johnny Archer (USA) $2500Tony Drago (MLT) $2500Ralf Souquet (GER) $2500Dennis Orcollo (PHI) $25003rd round Shane Van Boening (USA) $5000Mika Immonen (FIN) $5000.004th roundNick Van Der Berg (NED) $10,000Overall Winner Darren Appleton (ENG) $20,000

Appleton WinsWorld Pool Crown

Head Referee, Michaela Tabb and Nick Van Der Berg

Appleton and

“Iceman” Mika Immonen

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by Sally Lee

Contributing Writer

The 9th Annual Predator International 10-Ball Champi-onship has ended with Filipino Dennis Orcullo domi-nating Ralf Souquet in the finals. Orcullo is the first

ever Filipino to win the title in its nine year history. Ozone Bil-liards presents the 112 top players from around the globe alongwith top sponsor JBETpoker.net on the Dragon Promotionsproduction at the Riviera Hotel & Casino May 11-16,2009during the BCAPL’s National 8-Ball Championships. The 9thAnnual Predator International 10-Ball Championship featureslive scoring of the entire event on www.Predator10ball.com .

Orcullo’s accurate and consistent play won him his secondbiggest win everIn the first semi-finals, Orcullo faced fellow countryman

Warren Kiamco. Kiamco had been playing well the past fewyears with several top 4 finishes at major events including theUS Open. But once again he was not able to top his run offourth place finishes as he trailed the whole match withOrcullo till the final 7-4 score.The other semi-finals was even more lopsided between Ralf

Souquet and Alex Pagulayan. This was a rematch of the pastUS Open finals between the two stars, and this time the resultwas the same. In a flawless performance, Souquet gave Pagu-layan no opportunities and defeated Alex 7-1.

Souquet flawless in semi finalsThe finals pitted Germany vs Philippines or Europe vs Asia.

Orcullo has been considered to be the best player out of thePhilippines the past 2 years now, while Souquet has been domi-nant in finals play in major events. And with the recent yearshaving Filipino players coming in second place to their westerncounterparts in several major championships, Souquet seemedto be the favorite.Fortunately for Orcullo, he was able to make his own destiny.

Orcullo capitalized on a good roll from his own miss and asafety error from Ralf to take the first game. From there he builta 3-0 lead and never relinquished his lead. Souquet lost hisflawless performance with a few bad safeties and a couplemissed shots. Dennis was able to maintain his high level of play,and though not flawless, was strong enough for the win at 8-3.“It looks like I saved all my mistakes for the finals”, said a dis-

appointed Souquet in his after finals speech. “But Dennis wasthe better player and deserves the win.”“Ralf is a very good player, but in our match he made some

mistakes. He played good on Alex, so I had to play good,too.I’m very happy for this win because I didn’t expect to win inthis great field of players at the beginning of the tournament”,said Orcullo in his speech to the fans.Pictures, brackets, and news stories from the entire event go

to www.predator10ball.comSponsors include Ozone Billiards www.ozonebilliards.com ,

www.Jbetpoker.net, Simonis Cloth, Diamond Tables, AramithBalls, Laser Rack, Uni-Loc, and the event host BCA PoolLeagues in this Dragon Promotions production.Predator Group, an international billiards industry leader, is

focused on bringing constant innovation and game-improvingequipment to billiards players worldwide. USA, PredatorGroup’s core brands include Predator Cues – high-end (profes-sional level) cues with revolutionary technology to enhanceperformance, Poison Billiards – recreational cues with cutting-edge designs and Predator engineering for best-in-class playa-bility, and Uni-Loc® – precision billiards equipmentmanufacturer. For more information regarding PredatorGroup’s products, visit www.predatorgroup.com. Dragon Promotions is one of the leading producers of billiard

programming in the world today. Dragon produces over 40events a year airing on networks in the Philippines, USA,Korea, India, and Europe. Events include The Women’s World10-Ball Championship, The World 14.1 Championship, ThePredator International 10-Ball Championship, King & Queenof Carom, Empress Cup, Pro Pool Schools, Women’s TrickshotChallenge, World Junior 10-Ball Championships, Korea vsUSA, and many more.

Orcullo Outstanding at Predator International 10-Ball Championship

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BCAPL 8-Ball Nationals

Having the subtitle. “The Great-est Pool Tournament in theWorld.” the BCA Pool League

National 8-Ball Championships has a lotto live up to.In it’s 33rd year and the economy

heading south, just under 7000 players,in 10,000 entries, went, mostly, west insearch of glory and the motivation of the$750,000 prize fund.“That’s only a couple of hundred players

less than last year,” expressed CSI’s MarkGriffin. “We’re really impressed with theloyalty of our league members, especiallythe international contingent.” CSI is theparent company that owns and operatesthe BCAPL. “With the media singingthe blues every time you turn on the TV,we want it to be known that pool players,amateur and pro alike, are not going tolet that spoil their party.”And pool player, party paradise it was.

The 24 division, BCAPL event com-menced in conjunction with Match-room’s PartyPoker.net World PoolMasters. Then, on Monday, The PredatorInternational 10-Ball Championshipbegan and, simultaneously, over the 11days of festivities, theActionReport.comintroduced their TAR BAR offering highstakes indoor action. And, when it all gottoo hot, players and fans alike, mixed itup with a cool down from the 90 degreedesert highs in the Riv’s inviting swim-ming pool.

OnthebreakTV captured the finalleague matches and uploaded them toplaybca.com. Kozoom.com broadcast thePredator 10-Ball with the final day pro-duced for TV, and Matchroom had theircrew record the WPM for the world.Then, there was the logistics of Ric

and Bonnie Jones and their crew at Bad

Riviera Hotel & Casino, Las Vegasby David Thomson, mediumpool.com • pictures by D. Thomson

Contributed Story

Boys Billiard Productions setting up 250,or so, 7 foot Diamond Smart Tables. Alldecked with Simonis and Aramith, the100,000 plus square feet allocated by theRiviera was an ocean of blue. The big news this year was the intro-

duction of CSI’s new tournament operat-ing software that lets players searchon-line for their table and match time.The scores were updated and uploaded,in real time to playbca.com for all toview from their own laptop, Iphone, orthe computer on site.The Ref School, derived from the

newly updated BCAPL Rule Book thatMike Shamos of Billiards Museum andArchive has suggested may be the bible,ensured that all were playing from thesame page. The Pool School hosted byRandy Gottlicher, assisted by Scott Lee,gave league members free instruction andtheir stroke analyzed on video.One of Griffin’s goals is that players are

invited to improve yet,they can’t get so goodthat they don’t have aplace to play. So,three years ago, theGrand Master Divi-sions were introduced.Now, both male andfemale pros areinvited to compete onthe 7 ft. Diamonds;All they have to do isjoin the league. Andthe members loved it.Where else do ama-teurs have the opportunity to upset theworld’s best? Just ask Simon Pickering.

Men’s Grand Masters. Race to 7:World titlists present were RobertoGomez Jr; the defending WPM 9-Ball

Champion, Daryl Peach; Mika Immonen(who was sent west by son of a worldchampion Sal Butera), and OliverOrtmann. The Filpino contingent in-cluded Luat, Parica, and Orcollo. PastCSI event finalists Srevie Moore, BillyPalmer, Max Eberle, Warren Kiamko and,let’s not forget, BCAPL player rep ShaneVan Boening. All were ready to park therock.But it was Canadian Simon Pickering

(left, below) who snuck under the radar.Simon, a boyish beam on his 30 year oldclock, was a 12 year veteran of the NAT8s. His best finish was 5th in last year’sMasters. This year, sitting atop the hotseat, he was guaranteed 2nd. With winsthat included Palmer. Dan Louie, Butera,and Gomez—whom he sent to the loser’sbracket to fall to proven bar tablemonster, Van Boening.Pickering felt prepared for his bout

with Van Boening. He had the advantageof being unknown.Shane, on the otherhand, did not takeSimon for granted, butfelt confident of a posi-tive outcome. He hadbeaten London’s KarlBoyes, Mike Massey andFilipino championDennis Orcollo—whohad just won Match-room’s World PoolMaster event--and nowGomez.The finals had Shane

hill-5…and breaking. For the 3rd time inthis match, he scratched. Simon tookball in hand while Shane sat, powerless,as the Championship drifted away.

fairly, has to justify being Shane VanBoening’s girlfriend. That’s a heavy loadwhen you have a lot more in commonthat a pool game. The good news is thatshe can play. Just ask Helen Hayes,whom she left at 4-1 to put in the loser’sbracket, or Angie Killips, at 4-2 for thehot seat. In the loser’s bracket finals,Helen, at 4-3, left Angie with 3rd.Cristina then suffocated Helen in thefinals at 4-0.

Women’s Master Singles:Race to 7. Mary Rakin, last year’s

runner up, could not forget the skiddingball that cost her that title. She was de-termined. Her hot seat win at 7-2 sentTina Pawloski to meet Gina Lim-Lipsky.At 7-6, Tina was ready for her Rakinrematch,another nailbiter at hill-hill hadMary stoked as she closed the deal.

Women’s Open TeamsRace to 11. It was east coast vs. west asNew York’s Kiss of Death (below) livedup to their name as San Francisco’s Pool

Party died respectably at 9.Women also scored big over the men

in team name originality: Where else areyou going to find Victorious Secret,Leave It To Beaver, The Night-Mares, orPreferably On Top. The best the men cancome with is Hustlin?

We could fill the mag with the 24 divisionsof the event. Check out the 3000 or soplayers who cashed at playbca.com. Yougotta know someone. And don’t miss the up-loaded, streaming matches, too. The hill-hillones are killer,and they’re free. The BCAPLthanks Predator for their support and all thevendors who, year after year, fill the halls.

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9-Ball ChallengeRace to 7. Canada’s Tyler Edey (below)has his name written all over the thisevent. Introduced only 3rd years ago, just

to mix it up with a little bar box 9-ball,Tyler has always been a finalist. He wonit last year and, this one, on the hillagainst 2008 US Bar Table Championand 2009 Swanee winner Arizona’sMitch Ellerman.

Master Master SinglesRace to 7. It was Southern Cal’s DannyPetralba (below, right) over VinceChambers…twice. Once for the hot seatthen, afterVince de-featedBobby Be-navides Sr.Altho, hehad todouble dipDanny, hegot so close.At 6-6,Vince ranall the way to scratch while making thelast ball to get on the 8. Devastated, hecollapsed on the table. Quietly, Dannytook ball in hand and with absolutely notraffic on the open road to the champi-onship, calmly connected the dots tocollect the $5,500.

Men’s Open SinglesRace to 7: Texan Gus Correa Rodriguezsent Portugal’s Bruno Sousa west wherehe battled back thru the loser’s bracket tomeet Gus again. Gus had just beenbeaten for the hot seat by Mike Boyd.Mike was put on ice as he waited for

the slow, deliberate, methodical Ro-driguez to lose in his rematch with Sousa.The chill hadn’t worn off as Bruno leftMike frozen at 2.

Women’s Grand Master SinglesRace to 7: Julia Gabriel was wonderinghow did I get here? The hot seat waswarm but there was a cool breeze coming

from Korea. Yu Ram Cha (above) hadgotten in stroke in the loser’s wing.Melissa Little upset Allison Fisher who

had just sent Cha there. She fared well,gotten used to the small table and now,had to beat Julia twice. That, she did.Julia was none worse for the wear andnow has tales to tell.

Women’s Open SinglesRace to 4. Cristina Dela Garza (below)has more pressure than most as she, un-

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by Tom Ross

Contributing Writer

Mastering Follow

Almost all of our work so far hasfocused on developing feel forworking the lower half of the

cue ball. This month however we shallmove upstairs to work on the follow shotand our feel for a cue ball that is behav-ing more naturally or rolling forward as itmoves forward.

Despite that the draw shot requiresmore manipulation of the cue ball toapply the spin necessary to make the balldraw back, my experience shows thatmany somewhat accomplished playershave more trouble executing a strongfollow shot. One reason for this may bethat from the first timesomeone sees a good playerdraw the cue ball over thelength of the table, hebegins to apply all of hisefforts to imitating or repro-ducing what he has just seen.Everybody wants to drawthe cue ball.

In their early attempts to draw the cueball many beginners apply a great deal ofunneeded effort, usually gripping the cuetoo tightly at impact and sometimes grit-ting their teeth and contorting theirbodies to put a little backspin on the cueball. This phenomenon of trying too hardis precisely what keeps many players fromexecuting strong follow shots whenneeded. Consider now that making thecue ball follow requires no effort or force.

Without any balls on the table get intoyour stance and raise your bridge to putyour tip just higher than the cushion;this is where the top of cue ball is. Relaxyour shooting hand until you can feelevery thread of your cue’s wrap in yourfingertips. Now begin practicing a long,

smooth, flowing, level stroke. Make sureto bring the tip all the way back to yourbridge and then move it forward well pastwhere the cue ball would be. Practicestroking smoothly with the same speedforward as back and no stop in front orback. Immerse yourself in the flow of thismovement.

Is your cue level? Focus on your tipthroughout the stroke; if its height overthe table changes your cue is not level.Look back at your shooting hand; if it ismoving up and down end that now.Check the clearance of your shaft overthe rail; if it is more than a quarter inch

your cue is not level. Ask someone ifyour cue is level. Find a carpenter andborrow his level. Make your cue level.

Put the cue ball in place now andshoot it down the table with a gentle,medium speed while focusing on your tip,which should stay at the same heightover the table throughout the stroke.Without bursting any blood vessels shoota few more with some speed, addingspeed gradually but keeping the strokesmooth and level.

Now set up and mark the shot in thediagram with the obstructing striped ballin place as indicated. Pocket the objectball with a soft follow shot, rolling thecue ball forward inside of the obstructingball. You will find that on soft shots youdo not need to hit the top of the cue ball

to accomplish this. As you add speed,your tip must move to the top of the cueball, and more important, your strokemust remain very smooth and level whileaccelerating gradually. Any jabbing orpunching the cue ball on this shot willcause it to drift sideways and hit the ob-structing ball. The same goes for theslightest downward hit. Continue shoot-ing the shot until you can hit it withenough speed to make the cue ball crossthe table to the opposite rail.

If you are a beginning orintermediate player thisexercise has arrived just intime for you to develop astrong follow stroke,which is completely differ-ent from the stroke usedfor draw and stop shots. If

you are an advanced player you may besurprised to learn that you do not alwaysapply a level, smooth stroke to yourfollow shots and you can use this exerciseto hone your follow stroke.

Because the cue ball will roll forwardnaturally many players neglect to workon the follow shot concentrating insteadon the flashier and more difficult drawshot. A powerful draw shot is very ap-pealing and certainly worth working todevelop. However a great player knowsthe distinction between the two strokesand owns both shots at equal strength.

Everybody wants to draw the cue ball.

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This is a shot I showed Allen Hopkins back in the seventies whenhe came down here to Lynchburg to do an exhibition in our pool-room. Then when he played our best one pocket player money Allenmade this same shot on him his first try.When this shot comes up playing one pocket you may have cue ball in hand

because your opponent scratches when he pockets a ball. He has to spot a ball forthe scratch and also the ball he made. Now this is when you have a chance to trythis shot because you have cueball in hand.This is what I do. After the two balls are spotted I walk around to the foot of the

table chalking my cue while checking to see that the balls are frozen and straightup and down table. Then I put the piece of chalk about 1/3 the distance betweenthe center and right hand diamonds on the foot rail. Then position the cueballabout the same dis-tance from thehead spot. Now,aim to hit the 1 balltowards the chalkwith top rightEnglish. This shotcan be seen on myUltimate trick Shottape or DVD.

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DVD’s Available

Safety or an Outby Willie Jopling

Contributing Writer

Rail First Safetyby Robert Byrne

From “Byrne’s Complete Book of Pool Shots”

with permission

Try this safety shot with theballs placed exactly as shown. Ittakes practice to hit the 5-ballthin enough to keep it frommoving more than a few inches.Shoot softly with maximumsidespin. On your first attemptyou are likely to use too muchspeed and hit too much of the 5-ball.

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by “The Monk”

Contributing Writer • www.monkbilliardacademy.net

Get the Right Shot on the Second Ball

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Here are two shots I would like you to master. I wascompeting in Performance Pool and these two cardswere my last chance to take the match. I had to hit

both of them twice to gain eighty points. The first shots in allmy card disciplines are the key to success. It is the same withnine ball, or eight ball so this game will help youset up your run out. Performance Pool was de-signed to help you master the four strokes of pooland cue ball speed. With card number 32 yousimply need to avoid the scratch in the sidepocket as you set up for your second shot. Not aneasy task when you are under pressure. This is ashot I always demonstrate in my personal appear-ances. On the first shot on card number 33, makesure you use a soft follow stroke with insideenglish and bring the cue ball across the table fora clear shot on the second ball. If you come upshort, you will have to deliver and “up and down”two rail position on the second ball to get thethird ball. If you go to far, you are in trouble.

In dealing with these Performance Pool shotdisciplines you need to develop strong instinctswith cue ball speed. I have an exercise I designedfor my Master Players that helps you gain greatinstincts and I will be glad to email it to you at nocharge. Just drop me a line at monkbilliardacad-emy@yahoo.com and I will send it over to youright away. Instincts are vital to skill development.You will never develop instincts banging ballsaround. You need a training program that is spe-cific and deliberate in order to bring your game toits highest level.

My workshops are affordable and I will be inmany places this summer. Each weekend isbooked until July 26th. Log on to www.monkbil-liardacademy.net and make plans to spend aweekend working on your game. This is my lasttrip around the country so join me in sharing TheMonk 101 program. You will be glad you did.

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by Eric “The Preacher” Yow!

WPA Masse World Champion

Go Fetch

I’ve been preparing tocompete in the 2009ESPN2 “Trick Shot

Magic” competition whichfilms September 16-17 at theESPN Zone in the NYNYHotel in Las Vegas. Thisyear’s competition involves ashot program with 182 shotsplus an additional 4 shots sub-mitted by each of the 8 com-petitors. I want to teach youone of the shots that one ofmy competitor’s submittedwhich has been around forquite some time. I successfullyshot a version of this shot in“3 Cushion Grandmaster” onESPN against Semih Sayginerwhere I called the shot “GoFetch.” It is a full table lengthmasse where the cue ball isshot up-table to strike the firstobject ball, then return backdown-table to the bottomcorner. In 3 cushion billiards,the white would “go fetch”the hit on the red, then rocketback down table to hit theyellow after numerous hits onthe long rail. In artistic pool,we will be pocketing a ball inboth the far and near corners.I shoot this shot with my

signature Eric Yow Masse Cue,which is 25 ounces, 44 incheslong, has a stainless steelferrule, and a hard layered tip.The “Yow!” Masse Cues and“Yow!” Jump Cues have justbeen introduced on themarket and I am confidentwhen I say that they are thebest masse and jump cuesavailable! I elevate the “Yow!”Masse Cue to about 80

degrees (near vertical) andaim down table, perhaps evenjust a little bit away from thelong rail. With a dart grip,holding the cue by only afinger and thumb, I strikedownward with a powerfulstroke hitting the cueball with low left masseenglish. The left handspin will keep it driveninto the long rail on itsway back, so as not to letit lose its desired path. Ifstruck with the rightamount of power, theball will maintainenough back spin despitethe distance and friction,pocket the far ball, thenrocket all the way back to thenear corner, likely hitting thelong rail a number of times.It is particularly important

that you use proper equipmenton this shot. Fresh Simonis860 cloth is my preference, forthe sake of speed, consistency,and durability. When shotproperly, the cloth will not benoticeably damaged. Also, aclean Aramith cue ball is nec-essary, as dirty balls lose spindue to friction. Add a littlewax or silicone if you’rehaving trouble. While thisshot can be done with a fullcue, it is quite difficult. With afull cue, perhaps you mightought to shoot the shot alongthe short rail, as you won’t beable to get the distance other-wise. If you want to shoot thefull table masse shots, youshould consider purchasingthe best masse cue on the

market, an Eric Yow MasseCue! For more informationand photos, please contact meat yow@ericyow.com.

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Illinois State University to Host 2009Junior Nationals & Collegiate 9-BallChampionships The Billiard Education Foundation (BEF) is excited to an-

nounce that Illinois State University (ISU) will host the 21stAnnual Junior Nationals and the Association of CollegeUnions International(ACUI) Collegiate 9-BallChampionships on July21-26. The collegiateevent will be held Tuesdaythrough Thursday, whilejunior competition willtake place Thursday through Sunday.The Bone Student Center, located on the ISU campus in

Normal, IL, has 15 Brunswick billiard tables that will be thestage to an expected 200 young billiard athletes. Juniorplayers will be competing for scholarships, prizes, and an invi-tation to represent the United States at the World Pool-Bil-liard Association Junior World Championships.To participate, players must earn an entry through a BEF

qualifier or must be appointed by their local junior league.The national event features 4 divisions: 19 & under boys, 19& under girls, 14 & under boys, and 14 & under girls. Quali-fiers will be held throughout the US through June 7.

Banking Legend Vernon Elliott

The family of Banks Legend Vernon Elliott sadlyreports that Vernon died the afternoon of May 9,2009, after suffering a heart attack following several

recent surgeries.Vernon Elliott, like fellow One Pocket Hall of Fame

member ‘Cornbread Red’, was a tough country bred Ken-tucky road player from the old school. Except unlike Red,Vernon completely shunned the publicity of tournaments,never once playing in one. Like Red, Vernon’s fearless hus-tling style took him all over the country, into even thetoughest of poolrooms in the toughest of neighborhoods. Heis often called the greatest under-cover player of all time.As a young man he developed as a player among the great

bankers of the day in the banking capital of the universe,Louisville, Kentucky, among banking legends like BobBowles and Charlie Jones, where even Eddie Taylor washumbled now and then. A patient and observant playerwho could also win at 9-Ball and One Pocket, Vernonhunted the big game players, seeking out the big score, atwhich he was successful.In a 2006 interview with OnePocket.org’s Steve Booth,

Vernon described it this way, “I’m going totell you something pardner, I wouldn’t letnobody play cheap; if they want to playcheap, they can get somebody else. Ialways made ‘em bet. They always thoughtthat I was just a damned old country boy,that I couldn’t do nothin’. I got big actioneverywhere I went, damn near, because I always had that abilityto make ‘em bet. They didn’t ever know my real name, because Iwouldn’t tell them, and I never played in a tournament, so theycouldn’t find out.”Vernon Elliott was born February 18, 1938 in Kentucky. He

raised a family of six by playing pool and hustling his whole life,until he was finally forced to retire in the 90’s after sufferingseveral strokes. During his playing years, he possessed one of themost powerful pool strokes of all time, and if he couldn’t get agame for the money he wanted, he had an array of impossiblelooking proposition shots that he could win. Once he evencashed in with Eddie Taylor on a bank shot that even Taylor wasconvinced was impossible.Vernon was inducted into the One Pocket Hall of Fame in

recognition for Bank Pool in January, 2007.submitted by Steve Booth OnePocket.org

June/July 19 PQB

WPBA San Diego Classic

The Best in The West Alpine, California at the Viejas Casino • by Anne Craig

It was Ga Young Kim and Monica Webb matching up in thefinals of the first event of 2009 for the WPBA – the SanDiego Classic. Monica was coming off of her high from the

2008 Tour Championships and this was Ga Young’s first finalssince the 2008 BCA Generationpool 9 Ball Championships. Ga Young won the lag but scratched on the break and Monica

came to the table ready to rock. There was no hesitation in herstroke as she began running out the table but a huge mental errorright at the beginning caused her to come up short on the 8 ball,hooking herself behind the 9. With a regretful smile, she eyed akick shot short rail that just missed, giving Ga Young back theball in hand she’d given to Monica and took the first game of thematch. Monica had the break in game two but came up dry but left

nothing for Ga Young to look at except a safety. She thinned the1, went 4 rails with the cue ball and stuck it snug behind the 6while the crowd whistled in amazement. Monica missed the 3rail kick and Ga Young received ball in hand. Working her wayaround the layout, she navigated a few touchy position shots withaplomb, running out to take a quick 2-0 lead. Ga Young pocketed a ball on her break, and it seemed all the

remaining balls paired up two by two around the table. Ga Youngattempted a tough 2/9 combination, leaving the 9 hanging in thepocket giving Monica a chance at the table. The layout wastough so when she got to the 3 ball, she played a nice safetyforcing Ga Young to jump the cue ball over the 6. Calling forher extension after Steve called “10, Steve informed her she’dtaken it so she had to rush jump, she struck the 3 but did leaveMonica a shot. Monica ran out to post her first game of thematch, down 1-2. Monica broke but failed to pocket a ball and Ga Young stepped

up, quickly taking control of the rack. Surprisingly, she playedlazy position from the 5 to the 6, which caused her to go furtherout of line for the 7 which was sitting near the side rail. Leavingherself a tough, thin cut, she nailed the shot with position on the8 and got herself out of trouble to take a 2 game lead, 3-1. GaYoung broke, pocketed a ball and appeared to be on her way toa break and run but made bad position on the 3 ball. She playeda beautiful safety, snookering Monica behind the 9 near thebottom corner pocket and sending the 3 ball to the opposite siderail. Monica was forced to use a lot of left-hand English, kickingone long rail and although she hit the ball, the crowd groaned asthe cue ball slid off the 3 and scratched into the corner. Withball in hand, Ga Young finished the rack off to take a 4-1 lead. Monica broke and pocketed a ball but was forced to jump to

make the 2 ball. She madethe ball but left herselfanother jump and the crowdwas on its feet as she madethat one too! The positionshe was left with forced her tomake a tough 3/8 combina-tion and the crowd roaredagain as she made both ballsand got position for the 6.She made the remaining 3 balls to get back within 2.Ga Young made 2 balls on the break, leaving a wide open table.

It was tricky to get from the 1 to the 2 as she was straight inhaving to force position and she left herself a long shot on the 2.She forced that into the corner, regaining position to the 3. Sheovercut the 3 slightly, leaving it hanging in the pocket andMonica jumped up quickly to take advantage of the situation,running out to get within one game, 3-4. Monica broke, pocketing a ball, and took a lap around the

table to map out her run out. Slowly she sank each ball andshowed she wasn’t going to get discouraged so easily,running therack, match up 4 all. Going into game 9, Ga Young knew she needed to be persistent

and pocketed a ball on her break, the layout wasn’t easy as shehad to carefully navigate short shape from the 2 to the 3, but shehad no problem with it. The only question was, would she holdher focus through the entire rack or would she once again makean unforced error. The answer came quickly enough, with a breakand run to take the lead 5-4. Monica broke and broke hard, causing the 3 ball to leap off

the table before sinking into the corner pocket. Her safetyattempt on the 2 ball fell short, leaving Ga Young an open shot.While she made the ball, she came up very short on her positionfor the 3 ball and played a safety, leaving Monica with the cueball on the end rail and a long straight in shot. She hit it perfectly,but missed the 5 and got a bit of a roll when the cue ball endedup about 3 inches in front of the 7 ball forcing Ga Young to jackup to strike the 5 ball up table. As is the case with many jacked-up cue ball hits, the cue ball struck the 5 far from where she wasaiming it and it came around for an open shot for Monica to hit.Monica had to decide if she wanted to shoot at the corner pocketlong ways, or into the side, sending the cue ball up table and backdown. She opted for the side pocket shot, executing it perfectly

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Monica Webb

custom Cue - Dean - “E” ring, Table Trotterstyle cue, and a unique 2 day visit by “Dr.Cue” with all travel costs covered. Aminimum of $1000 will be paid to each po-sition of finish 5 thru 8, plus special Dr. Cue “E” awards reflect-ing the Entertainment, Education, and Enlightenment value ofrespective auditions will be presented. The 8 finalists will bedesignated as Artistic Pool Playing Artists. The original “table trotter” antics of “Dr. Cue” have proved a

lifelong dream can come true. The “Search” opportunity beforeyou might just be part of a dream you have had for some timenow. My wife, Marty (Ms. Cue) and I encourage you to “try out”via the Cue - Dean - “E” audition process.

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by Tom Rossman • drcue@artisticpool.orgContributing Writer

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Where Oh Where…is Cue-Dean-“E”?

The Search • Audition Time!

In Search Of Cue – Dean – “E” has started a major humwithin the billiard industry and beyond! Chat rooms andforums are realizing the magnetic appeal of this promotion.This exciting, and innovative attraction seems to be just “whatthe Dr. Cue ordered”, as it provides a vehicle for gift and talentexpression from pool players and non players around the world.Audition submissions may include any variety presentation

that is billiard related and should contain some cue/ball/tableattachment when done in conjunction with the artistic formbeing performed. Some examples of entertainment contentmight be singing, juggling, impersonation, ventriloquism, orany other special talent a person feels would make for enrichedviewer enjoyment, positive fan response, and media feedback.The initial online audition process finishes on September 30,

2009 and leads up to the grand audition finale at the Dr. CueSignature Artistic Cup III, which will be held at a select USsite in late 2009. The Cue - Dean - “E” final event will be aunique blend of Survivor, America’s Got Talent, the Miss Uni-verse Pageant, and Dancing with the Stars. Eight finalists willcompete for over $15,000 in guaranteed package award values.

Note: 1st place special prizes include, but are not limited to a

June/July 21 PQB

Is Cue Balance Really that Important?by Samm Diep

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

Please be sure to visit www.pooltipjar.com You can take polls, view article archives, and readtournament and training updates.

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

Author of “You Might Be A D Player If… (101 Classic MovesThat All Pool Players Can Appreciate)”

www.SammsPocket.comPooltipjar.com

Before I begin, theanswer to the titlequestion is: ABSOLUTELY!

We’re repeatedlytold how impor-tant it is for our

stroke arm to be “perpendicu-lar” at the point of contactwith the cue ball. We want tocreate a pendulum motion aswe follow through and acceler-ate through the cue ball.What most beginner playersdon’t take into considerationis the balance of the playingcue.A distinct observation I’ve

made over my past few yearsof teaching is that shorterplayers, particularly women,have a tendency to grip thecue too far back. Often times,they’ve just never been toldotherwise. Some of the time,it just feels more natural. Thisgenerally happens because

they are not using a well-bal-anced pool cue.When a shorter player uses

a cue that is too heavy in theback, it’s so easy during theirfollow through to drop theirelbow from the extra weightand bring their tip up, result-ing in a follow-through withthe cue pointed way up at thelight. They just can’t help it.When they are perpendicular,most of the weight is behindtheir grip. The cue almostdoesn’t feel stable. The extrajunk in the trunk weighsdown the back end and natu-rally flips up the front. It’s in-voluntary.Because of this, a shorter

player instinctively will gripfarther back on the cue whereit feels more balanced inwhich case there are two pos-sible outcomes: (1) they aregripped too far back, inca-pable of delivering a smooth,pendulum follow-through, or

(2) they end up having asuper long bridge to stay at 90degrees and to compensate forthe grip position.I’m 5’5” tall. With an ap-

proximate 10 inch bridge andmy chin down on the cue,when my stroke arm is at per-pendicular, there’s stillroughly nine inches from mygrip to the butt of the cue.Now, I’m fortunate enough toshoot with a well-balancedChris Byrne Custom Cue, butfor those of you using a butt-heavy cue or worse, a wall-

abushka (aka, a house cue),nine inches may feel like a tonof bricks.

The moral of the story is: Ifyou are a shorter player with ashorter arm span and arethinking about getting moreserious, consider investing in awell-balanced pool cue.

only off the 7 but off the 8 that was there too. The next shotsaw her gently strike the 2 to the 3 on the bottom rail with the9 close by, once she pocketed the 3, 5, 7, 8 & 9 were the onlyobject balls standing between her and her 2nd WPBA Title.

The WPBA wants to thank The Viejas Casino for hosting for the13th year in a row! We look forward to next season. Many thanksto the fans, the players, the shot-clock volunteers from the AmericanPoolplayers Association local League and its’ operators, Brian & JillFrankland. Many thanks to our sponsors for 2009, The AmericanPoolplayers Association, Aramith, Brunswick Billiards, CuetecCues, Mueller Recreational, Simonis Cloth, and to our PresentingSponsor for the 2009 Web Streaming, Pooldawg.com. Manythanks to the crew and staff at TSI Events.We’ll see you at the BlueChip Casino in Michigan City, Indiana, June 17th – 21st, 2009.

for position on the 6. The 7 was near the bottom rail, the 8 justunder the side pocket and the 9 at the opposite short rail. Shemade it appear easy and ran out to tie the match up again, 5 all. Ga Young had the break going into game 11 but nothing fell

for the Little Devil Girl. Monica played a pretty carom off the 1into the 4 that was sitting in the corner pocket but since she hitthe 1 thin, it came off the bottom rail harder than she’d hopedand she had to bank the 1 into the side. Making it look routine,she did just that and continued around the layout. One by one,each ball dropped and before you could say “out”, she hadreached the hill, up 6-5 and her first lead of the match. Monica enjoyed the break advantage and pocketed two balls

but faced a bit of a dilemma on the 1, the 7 ball was right therewith it so gaining position up table for the 2 could have beentricky, but she cut the 1 into the corner and slid the cue ball not

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tempted to qualify for the 2009 APA 9-Ball Shootout Singles Championship intheir local league area. More than 2,900poolplayers made it to the regional levelof the 9-Ball Shootout before the fieldwas whittled down to 250 men andwomen competing for 9-Ball crowns ineach of three skill level tiers.More than 20,000 shooters attempted

to qualify for the 2009 8-Ball Classic.Nearly 5,100 poolplayers made it to theregional level before the field was nar-rowed to 439 competing for 8-Ballcrowns in each of three skill level tiers.In the finals of the 8-Ball Classic, four

champions each took home a prizepackage worth $15,000.In the Blue Tier (Skill Levels 2 - 3) of

the 8-Ball Classic, it was Brent Bratcherof Louisville, Ky., defeating MichaelRyan of Joliet, Ill., in the final match.Bratcher defeated Michael McCabe ofFullerton, Calif., in the semifinals toadvance, while Ryan defeated Frank DeLa Cruz of Tucson, Ariz.The finals of the Yellow Tier (Skill

Level 4), saw Donnie Richardson ofBuersheba Springs, Tenn., defeat TrippTatum of Germantown, Md.. Richard-son advanced to the finals by defeatingPhil Farris of Hamilton, Ohio, earlier inthe day in the semifinal round. Tatumdefeated Olga Azarova of Seattle,Wash., in the semifinals.In the Red Tier (Skill Level 5) of the

8-Ball Classic, it was Chris Frazao ofTrumbull, Conn., defeating DouglasKrus of Peoria, Ill., in the final match.Frazao defeated Mike Kurpicski ofMillersville, Md., in the semifinals toadvance, while Krus defeated MichaelJaeck of White-house, Ohio.The finals of

the Purple Tier(Skill Levels 6 -7) pitted DavidRowell of Birm-ingham, Ala.,against Martin

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APA National SinglesChampionships

More than $450,000 in cash andprizes was awarded to APAmembers at the APA National

Singles Championships held April 29 –May 2 in Las Vegas at the Riviera Hotel& Casino. The Championships consistedof both the 8-Ball Classic and 9-BallShootout Singles and the Jack & JillDoubles Championships.The final round of the 9-Ball Shootout

featured three matches, one for each skilllevel tier, with two shooters in eachmatch competing for cash and prizes. Dustin Harwood of Sumner, Wash., de-

feated Amber Setzer of Mooresville, N.C.,in the finals of the Green Tier (SkillLevels 1 – 3) for the championship.Harwood advanced to the finals after asemifinal round victory over TammyHellyer of San Antonio, Texas. Setzeradvanced to the finals after defeatingEmily Marino Vang of Beaverton, Ore.Nicolas Reyna of Lincoln Park, Mich.,

defeated Joshua Sherman of Rockledge,Fla., in the finals of the White Tier (SkillLevels 4 - 5). Reyna defeated ClodaghLancaster of Redmond, Wash., in thesemifinal round to advance to the finals.Sherman advanced to the finals by de-feating Allam Ramahi of Marietta, Ga.Kenneth Brisbon of Oxford, Mich., de-

feated Brandon McGuire of RoaringRiver, N.C., in the finals of the BlackTier (Skill Levels 6 - 9). Brisbon ad-vanced to the finals after defeating BobVallas of E. Peoria, Ill., in the semifinals.McGuire advanced to the final roundmatch after a victory over Yong Fang ofChino, Calif., in the semifinal match ofthe Black Tier.Each of the three Champions received

a prize package worth $10,000. Run-nerups in each tier took home a prizepackage of $5,000.Nearly 37,000 amateur shooters at-

Zavala, Jr. of Joliet,Ill. Rowell de-feated AveryBarnard ofMacon, Ga., inthe semifinalround. Zavala advanced after defeatingJamie Guajardo of Crest Hill, Ill.First place winners received cash and

prizes worth $15,000. Each Runnerup re-ceived cash and prizes worth $9,000.In the annual Jack & Jill Doubles

Championship, Matt Mancini and WaiLam of Revere, Mass., defeated RichardWinpigler and Leslie Hickman of Freder-ick, Md. Mancini and Lam took home$5,000, while Winpigler and Hickmanreceived $3,000 as runnerups.For more results and pictures and infor-

mation on the American Poolplayers As-sociation, visit www.poolplayers.com.

David Rowell Chris Frazao

Don Richardson

Nicolas Reyna Kenneth Brisbon Dustin Harwood

Brent Bratcher

June/July 27 PQB

www.USBA.net

USBA OfficersPresidentBob Jewett1000 Kiely Blvd Apt 86, Santa Clara, CA 95051408-615-7479president@USBilliardAssn.net

Secretary/Treasurer Jim Shovak58 Hawthorne AvenueEast Islip, NY 11730516-238-6193JimShovak@USBilliardAssn.net

Eastern Region Directors

Mazin Shooni2006 USA Champion135 Broad Street Unit # 3A5, Hudson, MA, 01749 cell phone: 248-910-4466 work phone: 603 623 5330 mazinshooni@yahoo.comHenry Ugartechea3795 NW 5 TerrBoca Raton, FL 33431561-929-8100henryugartechea@comcast.netCharles Browncbrown54@speakeasy.net

Central Region Directors-George Theobald1N260 Prince Crossing Rd.West Chicago, Illinois 60185(630) 231-9444gtheobald4@comcast.netBill Johnson734-368-3315 williamharryjohnson@gmail.comGeorge Ashby8X USA Champion206 E. State StreetJacksonville, IL 62650217-440-0069pooltabledoctor2@verizon.net

Western Region Directors

George Aronek19120 Nordhoff St.Northridge, California 91324-3654AGQcase@aol.comKen Higgins19342 47TH Ave NE.Seattle, Washington 98155-2954355 206 5498ken.higgins@hushmail.comBruce Warner(310)738-5429bw-@ix.netcom.com

The first stop of the 2009 USBA Tour washeld at Cue and Cushion Billiard Lounge inHooksett, NH on April 17-19, 2009. Four of thecountry’s top players participated and were theclear favorites in this 11 player round robin to25 points. Room owner Mazin Shooni, had his2 beautiful Chevillotte tables recently recoveredwith Simonis 300 rapide cloth. Competingalong with Mazin was Hugo Patino , Sonny Cho,Michael Kang, Jim Shovak, Bob Page, JuanElizalde , Leonard Collibee, Rick Kirk, AndrewJanquitto and Steve Brodie.

Tournament highlights:Cho scores 25 pointsin 9 innings for the tournament best game. Pageupsets Kang 25-14 in 23 innings. Electronicscoreboards were used which the spectators ab-solutely loved. They were able to keep track ofthe score as well as the innings and a 1 minutetime clock per shot was used with 2 extensionsper game. This kept the games moving along.Players who were not playing at the time wereplaced in the schedule to run the scoreboards.Going into the final match, both Patino and

Shooni both had records of 8-1. Jim Shovak ref-ereed the final match. Mazin took a 10-5 lead,looking strong, but Hugo started scoring pointsand leaving tough. With the score at 17-12 infavor of Patino, Hugo showed why he is thecurrent US Champion by running 8 points andout to win handily, 25-12 in just 14 innings.The crowd applauded Hugo’s feat.The 2nd through 4th place finishers all with

7-2 records, were determined by total points.Sonny Cho, 2nd; MazinShooni,3rd; andMichael Kang, 4th. Juan Elizalde edged into 5thplace by defeating Jim Shovak 25-22. Bob Pageactually had a chance for 4th place after upset-ting Michael Kang but lost to Shovak 25-9 andCollibee 25-7, pushing him to 6th place.Raffles were held for 3 billiard cues. Photog-

rapher Steve Booth won a Gabriels cue, RickKirk won theAdam RCH-2 cue (donated by

Adam Cues) and finally, Juan Elizalde won aKilby cue (donated by cuemaker Ron Kilby).PRIZE FUND $70601st $2,300 Hugo Patino2nd $1,800 Sonny Cho3rd $1,500 Mazin Shooni4th $1,200 Michael KangHIGH RUN $ 130 Sonny Cho 9BEST GAME $ 130 Sonny Cho 2.778 We would like to thank room owner MazinShooni for adding money to the prize fund andgenerously providing a celebratory banquet.Photographer Steve Booth for generously takingpictures of the event.Tony Ferrara, Daniel Sousaand Drew Dangelmayer for making sure that thetables and the balls were always clean and ready.Tony Ferrara for volunteering many times to runthe scoreboard.Sponsors:-Iwan Simonis-Aramith-Adam Cues-Kilby Cues

Financial Sponsors:David Levine, Jim Shovak,Bob Jewett, Paul Frankel, Creative BilliardShirts, Michael Kang, Andrew Janquitto, DeanHarrell, Pedro Piedrabuena, Robert Byrne, TomResk, Mazin Shooni, Tom Rossman, BruceWarner, Mike Walo, Jim Watson, TommyThomsen, Tom Haskin, Jamil Isreal, Bob Roach,Mike Melloy, Don Sperber, Norm Brust, EdFriedman and Pat Young.

Hugo Patino (1st), Sonny Cho (2nd),

Mazin Shooni (3rd), Michael Kang (4th)Photo by Steve Booth

First stop of the 2009 USBA Tour

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The 2nd Stop of the 2009 USBA Tour was held atCarom Café Billiards in Flushing, NY on May 1-3,2009. There were actually 2 separate events occurring

simultaneously: a “C” tournament which featured players withless than a .500 average and a “B Plus” tournament featuringplayers with less than a .900 average. There were exactly 28players participating in BOTH events for a total of 56 players.The USBA received 26 new or renewing members.Each event divided the players into 4 flights of 7 players for

the preliminaries. The top 2 finishers in each of the 4 flightsadvanced to the finals. One auction and one lottery for eachevent added two additional players to each final, making it a 10player final for both tournaments. From the 10 player finals, theplayers were divided into 2 flights of 5 players each. Thewinner of the 1st finals group of 5 would then play the winnerof the 2nd finals group of 5 to determine 1st and 2nd placeoverall for each tournament. The 2nd place finisher of eachgroup of 5 would then play each other to determine 3rd and4th place overall, and so on.

“B Plus” Tournament WinnerSang Jin Lee (right) Entry fee was $ 155.00 per player

unless the player had an averagebetween .801 and .900. For those 2players, Sang Jin Lee and KaluGaviria, the entry fee was $ 255.00.The preliminaries were matches to 20points. The finals were to 25 points.When it got down to the 10 final-

ists they were divided into 2 flights of5 players, Group A and Group B, andwere placed into the flights based ontheir performance in the preliminar-ies.In Group A, Christian Portilla

wins the group going 3-1, John Kimcomes in 2nd going 2-2 with 89 totalpoints and an .864 average, JohnCristiano comes in 3rd with a 2-2record and 77 total points, FranciscoLoaiza comes in 4th going 2-2 with71 total points and Juan Elizalde comes in 5th going 1-3.In Group B, Sang Jin Lee wins all his matches and wins the

flight. Jim Watson finishes 2nd going 3-1, Nayiv Ramirez fin-ishes 3rd going 2-2, Tony Ferrara finishes 4th going 1-3 andHyuk Yoon finishes 5th going 0-4.

Final Matches:

Sang Jin Lee wins the “B Plus” tournament by defeatingChristian Portilla 25-13.John Kim finishes in 3rd place by defeating Jim Watson 25-

19. Nayiv Ramirez finishes in 5th place by defeating John Cris-tiano 25-19. Francisco Loaiza finishes in 7th place by defeatingTony Ferrara 25-18. Hyuk Yoon finishes in 9th place by defeat-ing Juan Elizalde 25-11.“B Plus” Prize Payouts:1) Sang Jin Lee $2,3002) Christian Portilla $1,7003) John Kim $1,3004) Jim Watson $1,0005) Nayiv Ramirez $8006) John Cristiano $6007) Francisco Loaiza $6008) Tony Ferrara $5009) Hyuk Yoon $50010) Juan Elizalde $ 400

“C” Tournament WinnerAndrew Dangelmayer(right)Entry fee was $ 105.00

per player. The prelimi-naries were matches to15 points. The finalswere to 20 points.When it got down to

the 10 finalists they weredivided into 2 flights of 5players, Group C andGroup D, and wereplaced into the flightsbased on their perform-ance in the preliminaries.In Group C, Drew

Dangelmayer wins thegroup going 4-0 and a.552 average. Ester Parkfinishes 2nd going 3-1. Billy Kim finishes 3rd going 2-2. MikeBrodie finishes 4th going 1-3 and Tommy Park finishes 5thgoing 0-4.Group D, Cha Soo Seo wins the group going 3-1 with 76

total points scored. Seong Youn Seo finishes 2nd going 3-1with 74 total pts. Herman Nie finishes 3rd going 2-2 with 75total pts. Jairo Daza finishes 4th despite averaging .569 going 2-2 with 70 total points. Ed Filangeri finishes 5th going 0-4.

see page 29

Sang Jin Lee and Andrew Dangelmayer win at Carom Café

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Secretary’s DeskTo all room owners that are in-terested in holding a USBATOUR event:

USBA TOUR GUIDELINES

With the assistance of many,we have come up with a planor system for allowing roomowners to place bids to hold aUSBA Tour Event in theirroom. In 2010, we will hope-fully continue this practice soas to give more rooms achance to be represented inthe USBA Tour events. For2009, we have already sched-uled the first 4 events. Thatmeans that we have availabil-ity for at least 2 additionalevents this year, possibly 4 or5 more, depending on theamount of money we have re-maining from sponsors.On our website,www.USBA.net, we havegiven specific details outlin-ing the amount of money thatshould be added to an eventby the room owner and whatthe room owner gets in return.It is all based on how muchthe room owner wishes to addto the event. After going tothe website, click “BreakingNews” on the left side of thepage and then click “USBATour Guidelines” which ex-plains the whole program indetail.If you wish to hold a Tourevent in your room, pleaseread the Tour Guidelinesthoroughly and then contactJimShovak@USBA.net or516-238-6193.

Final Matches:Drew Dangelmayer wins the “C” tournament by defeating Cha Soo Seo 20-16.Seong Youn

Seo finishes in 3rd place by defeating Ester Park 20-16. Billy Kim finishes in 5th place by defeat-ing Herman Nie 20-14. Mike Brodie finishes in 7th place by defeating Jairo Daza 20-19. TommyPark finishes in 9th place by defeating Ed Filangeri 20-13.

“C Plus” Prize Payouts:1) Drew Dangelmayer $1,1002) Cha Soo Seo $8503) Seong Youn Seo $8004) Ester Park $6505) Billy Kim $6506) Herman Nie $4507) Mike Brodie $450.8) Jairo Sanabria Daza $ 300.009) Tommy Park $ 300.0010) Ed Filangeri $ 200.00

The total prize payout for both tournaments was $ 15,450.00 thanks to added money fromCarom Café owner, Michael Kang and the USBA Tour sponsors.Tour Sponsors: -Iwan Simonis -Aramith (Saluc) -Adam Cue CompanyUSBA Tour Sponsors:David Levine, Jim Shovak, Bob Jewett, Professor-Q-Ball (Paul Frankel), Creative Billiard Shirts,Michael Kang, Andrew Janquitto, Dean Harrell, Pedro Piedrabuena, Robert Byrne, Tom Resk,Sonny Cho, Mazin Shooni, Dr.Cue Promotions (Tom Rossman), Bruce Warner, Mike Walo, JimWatson, Tommy Thomsen, Tom Haskin, Jamil Isreal, Bob Roach, Mike Melloy, Don Sperber,Norm Brust, Ed Friedman and Pat Young.

From page 28

Congratulations to Gilbert Najm

from Studio City, CA who recently

had a run of 17 in a local game.

Keep it up, Gilbert!

PQB 30 June/July

Lamers Wins the Mike Kelley!Story by John Jacobson

The 4th Mike Kelley Memorial got under way without ahitch. Well, almost. We lost our local room back inSeptember-Jilly’s. So with a huge effort from Bob Jacob-

son, we now have his place sporting 2 Carom tables with Euro-pean rubber along with a Snooker table to play on. Thistournament was held at my house, also, on a Kim Steel. Thetwo locations made it only a little challenging for some.We had 2 flights of 7 going into a final round of 6. All the

games were to 25 points. Advancement to the finals were W/L,total points, and then head to head.Clubs flight saw Fred Lamers advance with a perfect 6-0,

then Jorge Hinajosa 4-2 and Jose Jimenez 4-2. Just missing thefinals was James Richards with a 4-2 record. Finishing out thatflight was Lorenzo Chavarria, Gary Eake and Steve Gullet.Fred showed a best game of 25 points in 17 innings for 1.47averageLupe Cruz breezed through the Diamonds flight 6-0, followed

by John Jacobson 5-1 and Bob Jacobson 4-2. Next in line wereDale Saunders, Rich Kuchma, Bob Roach and ArmondoGarcia. Lupe matched Fred’s 17-inning game and averaged.833 throughout the prelims.After the first 3 rounds of the finals, the top seeds (Lupe,

Fred and John) were still unbeaten. Next up to play....Fred handed John his first loss 25-23, while Jose kept Jorge

down to a 25-13 score. Lupe took care of John also 25-21as Jose beat Bob 25-18. Bob and Jorge started their match earlyand Jorge prevailed 25-13.So now, the game everyone wants to see. Fred and Lupe.

It had many lead changes but in the end it was Fred 25-21.Thanks to all the players that came from far, far away, Bob

Jacobson @ Iowa Lumber and Kelcy @ Ben’s Tire for beingthe main sponsors over the years. Look for the Regional Quali-fier coming in early September..

Tim Kelley shakes hands with winner, Fred Lamers.

Carom Café hosted a wonderful Open tournamentwhich was a 15-player round-robin event. That meansthat every player gets to play all the other players once

for a total of 14 matches for each player over a 3-day period. Itwas a lot of billiards.The event also featured a guest from Denmark, Dion Nelin,

a world-class player who was the strong favorite to win theevent, with an approximate overall average of about 1.500.Also in the field were top U.S. players: Hugo Patino thecurrent USBA Champion, Miguel Torres (2008 Champion),Mazin Shooni (2006 Champion), Sonny Cho (2005 Cham-pion), Michael Kang, Francisco Parra, Young Gull Lee andseveral strong local players.Some people were predicting that Nelin would go unde-

feated, but that was not to be the case. Sang Jin Lee, a localplayer who recently won a B+ tournament at Carom Café, gaveDion a hard time and almost pulled off the upset. Dion finishedstrong and came out on top. Francisco Parra was the first playerto beat Dion. followed by Michael Kang who also managed tosqueeze out a tight victory over Dion.Meanwhile, Miguel Torres was beating everybody. Then

Miguel finally lost his first match to Sonny Cho. At the end, itwas one match between Miguel Torres and Dion Nelin. Dionneeded to beat Miguel and then also beat him again in aplayoff match to win the tournament, but it was not to be.Miguel beat Dion in a close match 30-27 with a beautifulforce-follow shot for the last point to win the tournament.Congratulations to Miguel Torres!Go to www.usba.net, and click “Tournaments/Calendar”,

then click the “Carom Café Open featuring Dion Nelin” linkto see the 15 player Round Robin Tournament Chart.

Carom Café Open

Dion Nelin, Mguel Torres and Michael Kang

June/July 31 PQB

More Kiss-back Shotsby Bob Byrne

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

3- Cushion Billiards ShotContest Challengeby Rich Weiss

A3-Cushion Billiard ChallengeShot Contest was heldWITHOUT the knowledge of

the USBA at the Greeley, CO Senior Ac-tivities Center on April 22, 2009.The reason we are posting this story is

because we are very excited to see roomowners and local players taking the ini-tiative to help promote this wonderfulgame of 3-cushion billiards.

Kudos to the people at Greeley SAC!

Standard Challenge scoring was used and the winner with 26 points was Joe Meuren. The table is a Gabriels Imperator withSimonis cloth and the balls are Aramith. We will be holding quarterly Challenges with the thought in mind that the word willspread and will result in greater participation.

Bart King, Dan Bauer, Rick Wilhoit, Chas (Ike) Iseminger,

Rich Weiss, Joe Meuren, and Dick Lamb.

In the diagram, some players

might go for the short-angle

with right English off the left

side of the red.

The trouble with that shot is

that it is hard to reach for a

right-hander it is a sellout if

you miss, and the red might

bank into the second object

ball before the cueball gets

there.

Kissing back off the white as

drawn is frequently the best

idea. You’ll have to try it a few

times to get a feeling for the hit

required

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Finally, we have a billiard programdesigned to attract Pocket BilliardPlayers to the game of 3-Cushion

Billiards. It is called the “3-Cushion Bil-liard Challenge Shot Contest” and it isunique in its own way. For the first timeroom owners that have only one or twobilliard tables will be part of a biggerpicture. The format is simple, easy andfun to play.A room owner that has only one table

can now have competition and give theircustomers a chance to learn the game.All paperwork and diagrammed shots aresent to the room owners in a small packetahead of time to be displayed on a bul-letin board giving their players a chanceto learn the shots. This also brings someadditional revenue to the room ownerswhile the players practice the shots severalweeks ahead of time. The quickest way to get new players to play the game of 3-

Cushion is to reach out to pool players.Professor-Q-Ball (Paul Frankel) and USBA Secretary Jim

Shovak are the driving forces behind this great idea. The Rack,in Memphis TN, held the Shot Contest and it was a hugesuccess. Thirteen pool players signed on and were willing totest their skills at the game of 3-Cushion Billiards. As theevent date was set for Sunday at 2:00pm, on May 3rd 2009,players had a full month to practice the shots. Entry Fee was$10.00 which included an additional $ 5.00 per player for aluncheon that was personally cooked on a barbeque grill byJerry Ramey, owner of The Rack. At the player’s meeting,Paul Frankel explained all the rules of the “Shot Contest” andthanked all contestants for accepting the CHALLENGE andthen went on to explain the format.

A recap of how the 3-Cushion Billiard Challenge Shot Contest Works:

FORMAT: Players will shoot up to 8 diagrammed shots.Each player will shoot each of the shots 3 times (24 shots total).Each shot is worth 2 points (48 pts max) and the total numberof points wins. Three small round dots (stick-ons) are placedon the table, which will represent the exact placement of thediagrammed shots. All players will have the same shot andsame placement of the 3 balls. Then the dots will be removed

and replaced for the next shot selection.Special Note: After each shot, a player will attempt a

straight rail carom shot (no rails required) after the balls cometo rest. If they make it, it will be worth 1 point added to theirprevious scores. This means that the maximum possible scorewill be 72 points if they made every shot.

Payout: Waymon Earnest 1st place $200Gary Baker 2nd place $100Jeremy Marcello 3rd Place $55Krishna Ravinuthala Professor-Q-Ball’s Power Cue

This type of program will benefit the USBA in its efforts toattract more members by introducing this program to billiardroom owners who sponsor 3-cushion billiard events.As the contest entered the 8th and last shot there were

several players that were very close in score. After all playersfinished their shots, 3 players were tied for first. The tie-breakershot was the break shot. See chart for final results.

Attention all room owners - for more information on how you canhave a “3-Cushion Billiard Challenge Shot Contest, call PaulFrankel at 901-756-2594 or Jim Shovak at 516 238-6193.

3-Cushion Billiard Challenge Shot Contest a “HIT” withPocket Pool Players

l-r, Gary Baker 3rd, Don Cho, Referee, Jeremy Marcello 2nd

Waymon Earnest 1st place winer, Paul Spain Score Keeper

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Upcoming Tournaments for 2009

June 5-7, 2009: USBA TOUR-College Billiards Open-San Diego, CAContact: Pedro Piedrabuena or Timoteo Moreno-619-582-4550

July 10-12, 2009: USBA TOUR-”B” Event- World Class Billiards-Peabody, MAContact: Joe DeAmato or John Magulas-978-535-7000

August 17-23,2009: Internatinal Open Carom Cafe Contact: Min Jayor Charles Brown – 718 358 8585

August 21-23, 2009: Mike Fahey Memorial-Tacoma Elks, WAContact: Ken Higgins-206-355-5498

Send completed form and check or money order payable

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Oil up your elbow for this one guys.Shooting from near the breaking area,address the Q-ball at the 29-minute mark. Aim at the railjust before the yellow ball. Stroke through very firmly aboutone foot and quickly pull the cue back to release the Q-ball.Catching the rail just before the yellow ball and maybeusing all fingers and thumb grip on your cue will make theshot for you. Don’t give up on it; with today’s heated railsthe shot is very makeable.“George Rippe is a former billiard room proprietor and artistic

billiard enthusiast,”He can be reached at 978 975-9958

PQB 34 June/July

Run a Rack of Ballsby Tom Simpson • PoolClinics.com

Contributing Writer

Recently, a player asked for advice on reaching his goalof running his first rack of balls. He has not beenplaying very long, but has been to pool school, so he

has a clear understanding of ball behavior, and his ball pocket-ing skills are coming up. Naturally, he wants to run some ballsand see some improvement.To help reach this goal, and tobecome more comfortable running balls, here’s the approach Ioutlined: I suggested he set the goal as run a random rack of 15.Eightball has blockers. Nineball has snookers. Running 15 balls inany order you like gives you a more freedom of shot sequence and amore forgiving challenge. And it’s running a rack!Practice #1: Improve Your Stroke Fundamentals, so you candeliver more precisely and consistently. Find ways to make yourswing smoother, straighter, simpler, more fluid. Deliver moreaccurately. The primary exercise here is straight-in shots, ob-serving closely. Stay down and watch the cueball. Then checkout your tip. Where is it? Did you stay down and finish theshot? Did you get through the cueball well? Did you swerve?Practice #2: Three Ball Patterns. The fundamental conceptof position play is that whenever possible, we play at least threeballs (“How can I shoot the current shot in such a way that Iget an angle on the next shot that takes me to the one afterthat?”). Three Ball Patterns is the mother drill for running balls.Throw three balls out on the table at random. Take cueball inhand and execute the simplest run-out you can. No funny busi-ness. No fancy shots. Simple. Make it embarrassingly simple.Devise a complete plan before you shoot, as best as yourcurrent understanding and skills can support. Adjust the planas necessary to recover position after each shot. Shoot hun-dreds of these.Practice #3: Three Ball Patterns with Commitment. Same asabove except before each shot you place a small piece of paperwhere you’re planning to leave the cueball for the next shot. Itdoesn’t matter what size your paper target is. Big targets areawkward to place. Make it small and see how close you cancome to it. Pool is a game of close, and of endless recovery.Perfect only happens sometimes. Placing the target will forceyou to plan ahead. Observe your results closely. Think aboutwhy whatever really happened on each shot occurred. This ex-ercise will, very clearly and painfully, show you where yourthinking & execution are on or off. Practice #4: Play Bowlliards. Play by yourself. You’re practic-ing and working toward a goal, so keep score and track yourscores over time. Play hard. No cheating. Bowlliards is a terrificgame for building your confidence and getting comfortablerunning balls. There are only 10 balls on the table, so there

usually aren’t many cluster & pocket-block-ing problems. Here’s how it works: Rack up any 10 balls

in a triangle (just leave the back row off).Break any way you choose and spot anything that goes in.Then take ball in hand behind the line and try to run out. Ifyou miss, you get one more chance to get the rest of the balls.Start where the cueball is. Score the game just like bowling – arun-out of all ten is a strike and getting out in two innings is aspare. If you’ve missed twice and there are still balls on thetable, your score is the number of balls made in your twoinnings. Rack them and play 10 racks this way. If you don’tknow how to score bowling, please have someone show you.This approach to scoring gives tremendous weight to gettingout, and thus gives the game some pressure and excitement. If standard Bowlliards is a little too difficult, play that you are

allowed to begin each frame with ball-in-hand after the break.If it’s still too frustrating, take 3 whacks per rack (instead of 2),for a while. That way, you’ll get all the way through more racks,and not have to rack as frequently. Take ball in hand after eachmiss. As you improve, give up ball in hand and/or give up thethird whack and start playing standard Bowlliards.When you get opportunities to get input from advanced

players, break the rack and then discuss with them what theysuggest as the run-out sequence and why. As your scoresimprove, and you are clearly getting a better feel for simple,smart shot sequences, try calling the next two balls in advancebefore each shot. This will make you remember to think aboutyour three ball patterns before every shot. Your patterns will getsimpler, easier, more natural (fewer difficult shots, less CBmovement, landing for position on the “correct” side of thenext shot line, etc.). Milestones: Score a spare. Score a strike. Score over 100. Onceyou are getting several strikes per game, you are probably readyto start taking some whacks at running a rack of 15.

After you’ve spent a lot of time running through racks of Bowl-liards, you’ll believe it – and achieve it. A one-whack rack!

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Bar Box 8-BallBy: Marty Kaczmarowski, APA 7

Contibuting Writer

End of game or middle gamestrategy: take away a blockedpocket with a combination and put your ball in front

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by Darrell Paul Martineau • www.3cushion.us/

WBIA Head Master Instructor

DPM Universal Pocket and Carom Billiard SystemsArticle 41

All of my systems have a standardized {HIT}system. There are twelve {Hits} These hits,meaning how much object ball is hit by the

cue ball, are numbered 0 through 12. 12 being the fullball. Numbers 3, 6, and 9 are one quarter, one half andthree quarters respectfully. The “Hit“ values neverchange and can be used for every shot on the table. Thesystem tells you what hit to use.

This system segment is called “ THE TEN SYSTEMSEGMENT “It will require you to learn Diamond angles and Cue

Ball / Object Ball angles, but it is really worth your time.The graph shows that one corner is 10 the middle of

the end rail is 9 and the other corner is 8.These are 4 to 5 rail shots starting with the end rail

you wish to return to.The graph shows you some of the shot patterns to get

you started.Check the cue ball/object ball angle then subtract

that number from the number you wish to hit on thefifth rail.Some examples of Cue Ball / Object angles are

straight up and down the table is a 12 angle. Corner tocorner to corner is an 8 angle. Just measure through thetwo balls from rail to rail. Then either draw a straightline across the table from the Object ball or Cue Balland count the diamonds in between.

Example A. You wish to go to 10. The cue ball/object ball angle is 6. The difference is 4. One half of 4is 2. Make a 2 hit [ 8mm ] on the Object ball.Use center ball no spin English. The stroke should be

short and hard. Cut back on the follow through.Example B. You wish to go to 10. The cue ball /

object ball angle is 4. The difference is 6. One half of 6is 3. Make a 3 hit [ one quarter ball about 16 mm] onthe object ball.Over the next several months I will show you all the

aspects of this system segment.Some good practice on your part and you will be

making this type of shot like Dick Jaspers.

If you have any questions you can always e-mail me and I willanswer you.If you would like articles 1 through 40 with their graphs please send$25.00 for a bound copy shipping is included.Darrell Paul Martineau, 5916 Bar Harbour Ct., Elk Grove CA 95758For more information on this system and my books, tapes, DVDs orlessons on Pool or Carom Billiards please call me at 916-684-4535or e-mail dpmuniverse @ Comcast . net web page http://www.3cushion.us/

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Tournament News from Rooms Around the U.S.A.League Directors • Email results/pictures to paul@professorqbal.com Submissions become the property of Professor-Q-Ball National Pool & 3-Cushion News

Sharks-N-Shooters in Rocky Mount, North Carolinahosted the ninth stop on the 2008-2009 JacobyCustom Cues Carolina Tour May 16-17. A talent-

laden field of forty players competed in the $1000 guaranteedadded Main Event. Keith Bennett defeated Steven Page in thefinal match, earning $1000 for first place. Bennett has wonthree out of the last four events on the Jacoby Tour.The festivities began on Friday with a Pro/Am Tournament

that featured the likes of six-time World Champion Earl “ThePearl” Strickland, WPBA Hall of Famer Belinda “The TexasBelle” Calhoun, two-time U. S. Mosconi Cup representativeMike “Babyface” Gulyassy, three-time Virginia State 9-BallChampion Cary “The Southern Gentleman” Dunn, 1998Armed Forces Champion Robert “Razor Ray” Ray and formerplayers of the year on the Jacoby Custom Cues Carolina TourMichael Fuller and B. J. Ussery.After a catered Meet and Greet Social, a few VIP amateurs

were paired with the professionals in a Scotch Quads 8-BallRound Robin.It was fun-filled chaos and mayhem as each teamtried to make as many balls as possible in the time allotted.After the dust settled, it was Team Allen Riley Photographythat came out on top. Winning team members includedJackson Jeffreys, Jay Jeffreys, Justin Love and Brian Floyd, plusteam captain/pro Cary Dunn. Each received $25 gift certifi-cates to Westridge Grill. A camera crew was on hand from TVstation WHIG-TV to get footage for a future broadcast.On Sunday, there were three mini-tournaments. First place

in the Junior Tournament went to Jackson Jeffreys, who de-feated Patrick Pipkin (9-5). Both qualified for Junior Nationalsby finishing at the top of their respective divisions. Top honorsin the Ladies’ Tournament went to Karen Webb, who defeatedLea Andrews (9-2).In the last mini-tournament on Sunday, Bill Duggan took

first place in the Second Chance Tournament, defeating MacHarrell (7-2). Results of this event were: 1st Bill Duggan, $120;

2nd Mac Harrell,$60; 3rd and 4thMike Walker andRussell Sasser, $30each.In the Main

Event, Bennettearned the hotseatas a result of victo-ries over StephenSkvarka (7-1),Willie Simpson (7-1), Michael Fuller (7-3), Eddie Little (7-5), Earl Strickland (7-6) and Steven Page (9-5). Meanwhile, Page defeated ChicoColon (7-4), Mike Cone (7-2) and Qi Liu (7-3) before beingsent to the one-loss side by Earl Strickland (7-5). Page cameback on Sunday focused and determined. He brought downSam Monday (7-5), sent Eddie Little packing (7-2) andavenged his previous loss to Earl Strickland (7-5).In the final match, a single race to nine, Page won the lag,

but came up dry on the break. He had a couple more opportu-nities at the table, but Bennett took the first game and the nexttwo. Bennett enjoyed leads of 5-1 and 7-2 and kept Page on hisheels for much of the match. Page got as close as 7-5, butBennett took ball-in-hand in the thirteenth rack and clearedthe table. On the hill, Bennett broke and ran to close it out.Final score: 9-5.

Rock City Promotions wishes to extend special thanks tothe staff and ownership of Sharks-N-Shooters, and to OB-1Cues for supporting the Jacoby Tour.Final Results 1st $1000 Keith Bennett 2nd $500 Steven Page3rd $350 Earl Strickland4th $250 Eddie Little

Bennett Continues to Dominate Jacoby Tour

l-r, Doug Ennis, Keith Bennett, Steven

Page, James Gray, room owner