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by Samm Diep

Contributed story

Ihave recently become completely obsessed with straightpool, aka 14.1 continuous or simply 14.1. This classic disci-pline was the game of choice for many of the old school leg-

endary players. It was the game played in the 1961 movie, TheHustler, starring Jackie Gleason and Paul Newman. A player’sworth was measured by their high run and even then, thebetter player could still get shut out by steady ball-pocketingand patient safety play.These days, straight pool players seem to be a dying breed.

Most recently, “Mr. 400” John Schmidt has made the gamepopular again. I’ve had the honor of watching him run 100+balls in person on more than one occasion and it inspires me bea better player.

ObjectiveStraight pool is a call-pocket game. Balls may be pocketed in

any pocket, in any order. One point is received for each ballpocketed. Players shoot until they miss, play a safety, or theyreach their target match points. The 15th ball from each rackis left untouched on the table along with the cue ball. The re-maining 14 balls are racked, leaving the head ball empty. Theplayer continues to shoot attempting to pocket the 15th ballwhile breaking open the newly racked balls to continue theirrun.Most recently, I watched John run 204 balls at the 2010

Super Billiards Expo 14.1 Challenge organized by Steve andHeather Kurtz and Charlie Eames. The run was made on a 9’Diamond pro-am with fresh cloth, fairly clean balls, in 80degree greasy, humid heat. Spectators were gathered on bothsides to watch. His run was not perfect. Several times he gotout of line and was forced to shoot recovery shots to get backin the game. According to him, his run was not textbook butwith strong shot-making and savvy position play at the end ofeach rack, he strung together 14 and a half racks. That’s true atestament to his tenacity.

BenefitsSince I began playing more straight pool, I have seen notice-

able improvements in the following areas:I pocket balls with better speed. There is an ‘ideal’ speed that

comes along with the game. I learned very quickly that youdon’t need to slam the balls. In fact, it’s better if you don’t.My breakouts in 8-ball have been much more precise.

Instead of just busting into a cluster, I’m much more confident

in knowing which balls will go where.I feel good about my combination shots. They come up fairly

often in straight pool runs.I’m reminded of the ‘every single shot matters’ mentality. In

this day of alternate-breaks, we’re guaranteed to have anotherchance at the table. It can be easy to take a shot for grantedhere and there. In straight pool, one missed shot could cost you25 or 50 balls, or even the match. If you do get another chanceat the table, you need to warm up again from sitting so long.I’m fortunate enough to have the DSPA (Denver Straight

Pool Association) league in my area which affords me the op-portunity to share my love for the game with so many others. Ifyou have a league near you, I would strongly recommendchecking it out.In no way am I an expert in the game but I certainly appreci-

ate it and all that it has done for me. I love straight pool somuch because every single time I crack into the rack it’s awhole new game with original, sophisticated scenarios; a littlenudge here, a little bump there.Even John gets surprised at times by the outcome of the stack.

There are so many subtleties to this beautiful game. The chal-lenges are endless. If you have never tried it, try it this week. Ifyou haven’t played it in a while, set a new high-run goal andrevisit the game. If you already play it, introduce it to someonenew. Let’s keep the game alive!

Visit PoolTipJar.com “random smatterings of pool thoughts, arti-cles, & news”. Take polls, view article archives, and read tourna-ment and training updates.Samm Diep, “Cherry Bomb”House Pro at Rack ‘Em Billiards (Aurora, CO)Author of “You Might Be A D Player If… (101 Classic Moves

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by Jerry Forsyth

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Shane Van Boening captured the Players Champi-onship in Valley Forge at the Super Billiards Expo bycoming back from the one-loss side in the finals and de-feating the man, Jonathan Pinegar, who had earlierhanded him his only loss. Van Boening had cruised through the early stages of

the event, handing defeats to star players like FrankieHernandez, Mike Davis and Shawn Putnam. But he raninto a buzz-saw when he faced Pinegar for the first time.Pinegar had done some tall tree chopping of his own andhad already beaten Dave Grau, Jason Klatt and JohnnyArcher before taking on Shane. After beating VanBoening Pinegar continued his hot hand and sent CoreyDeuel left to take the hot seat and await the finals. The losers bracket was a toss-up populated by many of

the greatest players in the game today. To get to the final tableVan Boening had to beat Dennis Hatch, then ThorstenHohmann and then, finally, Corey Deuel. That done he thenhad to regroup and prepare himself to take on the only man inthe field with enough stick to beat him, a fact that had beenproven earlier in the day. Pinegar would not be able to get past Van Boening again.

Even though he had the momentum on his side Van Boeningcame with determined aggression and some fine safety finessesto take the crown and become the Players Champion for 2010.

Place Playername Prize Money1st Shane Van Boening $10,000.002nd Jonathan Pinegar $5,000.003rd Corey Deuel $4,000.004th Thorsten Hohmann $3,000.005th Shawn Putnam $2,500.005th Dennis Hatch $2,500.00

Allen Hopkins Super Billiard Expo in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania Convention Center, now in its 18th year wasbigger then ever. With a whopping 179 Diamond Pooltables and with over 130 vendors there were plenty of deals

on billiard merchandise.The Super Billiards Expo has earned its reputation as the largest con-sumer tradeshow in the industry by continually bringing you the finestmanufacturers, retailers, and custom cue makers in the billiards world.Plan ahead for next years event, March 10-13, 2011.

7th Rodney Morris $2,000.007th Mike Davis $2,000.009th Al Lapena $1,700.009th Earl Strickland $1,700.009th Johnny Archer $1,700.009th Mike Dechaine $1,700.0013th Shaun Wilkie $1,400.0013th Ryan McCreesh $1,400.0013th Marlon Manalo $1,400.0013th Joseph Testa $1,400.0017th Robb Saez $1,200.0017th Ralph Eckert $1,200.0017th Hunter Lombardo $1,200.0017th Ronnie Wiseman $1,200.0017th Chris Bartram $1,200.0017th Charlie Williams $1,200.0017th Jason Klatt $1,200.0017th Jamie Baraks $1,200.00

Open 10-Ball Professional Players ChampionshipVan Boening Crowned Champion

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Contributed story

In the invitation-only Women’s Pro 10-Ball Event at theExpo, sixteen players were called on to compete for a$2,500 first prize, however, only one player stood head and

shoulders above the crowd. This would be 5-time WPBA cham-pion, “Kwikfire” Kelly Fisher, who dominated this single-elimination event to finish off with a final win against Canada’syoung rising star, Brittany Bryant.A relative newcomer to the WPBA and only 18 years old,

Brittany finished the 2009 season in the top 30… above theranks of many tour veterans. Prior to landing a spot on the pro tour, she claimed name to

the 2008 World Junior 9-ball Championship and is the reign-ing Canadian Women’s 8-ball and 9-ball Champion.Brittany left her mark at Valley Forge, defeating Megan

Smith and Liz Ford, before making a comeback win over SarahRousey after trailing 5-1.Payout1st: Kelly Fisher - $2,5002nd: Brittany Bryant - $1,5003rd: Sarah Rousey, Angel Paglia - $1,0005th: Morgan Steinman, Liz Ford,

Jennifer Barretta, Amy Chen - $500NYC Grind’s coverage of the SBE is sponsored by Poison Bil-liards and Simonis Cloth.

“Kwikfire” Kelly Fisher Tears Through the Women’s 10-Ball Event

Kelly Fisher

Brittany Bryant

After 14 years of an event that shows continued growth,increasing participation numbers, and improvementsthat players recognize were done for them, the TAP

league and its growing number of licensees returned home fromValley Forge, PA on a positive roll.On Wednesday, March 17th licensees and players alike

started to arrive to the Valley Forge Convention Center. Regis-tration was offered to the players for the first time that evening,along with a social gathering at Fox & Hound for the licenseesto get acquainted. Licensees had their annual national meeting, on Thursday,

March 18th to go over training modules throughout the daylead by TAP Founder/Owner and CEO Loyd Schonter. In thelast hour, new licensees (of which TAP has over 15), spent

14th Rally in the Valley Event on a Roll!

time solely with Mr.Schonter, to be welcomedas part of the TAP familyand have one on one timewith him. New licensees,UPSTATE TAP, ChrisRuegsegger and AprilBradley from SC were awarded plaques for starting up with 50+new teams in their first month of operation. At TAP, licenseesare encouraged to share experiences, ideas and work togetherto provide the best sanctioned amateur league experience tothe players. Positive Feedback from licensees was received byseveral on the format, structure and educational informationprovided to them at this annual meeting.

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Cues and Cases for the player prize giveaway. Their over-whelming support of our Rally and National event has beengreatly appreciated, through out the years. Omega Billiards sponsored badges and provided a 10% dis-

count for all players and licensees in attendance at the event.Additional sponsors and advertisers included, AZ Billiards, Foxand Hound, Mickey’s Cues and Brews, and Diamond Tables. On Sunday, March 21st the Champions were crowned !Congratulations to the 2010 TAP Rally in the Valley Elite

Board Champions, “Mulligans” and to the 2010 TAP Rally inthe Valley Championship Board Winners, “Fat Guy Assassins”A complete list of team and singles winners will be posted

on www.tapleague.com and on TAP Facebook.

In 2010 and 2011 we will be returning to Las Vegas, Nevadafor our Nationals and adding a new event, RALLY ATBALLY’s which will be like it’s big brother event Rally in theValley, in March in Valley Forge, PA held each year.

Want more information about TAP? Check out our website, www.tapleague.com and contact us,through our corporate office, at the Live Help desk, via email or IM.Join the countless others that have been checking us out. We lookforward to hearing from you ! Until then, TAP ON !

Thursday evening, Single Competition began. This yearTAP brought back to singles the round robin format and addeda best of the rest so all singles participants got 4 rounds of playguaranteed.Friday, the sold out, 144 dream team event kicked off at 8

a.m. and ran through Sunday. TAP’s dream team event is around robin event, that goes to single elimination of Platinum,Championship and Best of the Rest also guarantees 4 rounds of

play.Over $100,000 in total prizes were given out at the event.

Players enjoyed 100% payback in the singles event; openDiamond tables during their events, along with great competi-tion of players throughout the USA and Canadian leagues rep-resenting each of their TAP territories and mixing it up withothers. As with all Rally events, friendships are always formeddue to our common love of the game with new people that aremet at this high profile event. As always, entry of all score sheets for team and singles

events, ensures an overall solid handicap based on player per-formance week to week and at National competitions. NewPool Net features were used for the planning of the event,which took manual processes and made them automated, effi-ciently and effectively streamlined preparations. Also available,for the first time, a new qualification report and the release ofautomated flagging report features helped the National directorand his staff run the event.Players were appreciative of the communication efforts and

improvements to registration, proving once again TAP listensto their players and is continually using their resources andefforts to constantly improve based on player feedback.Once again, the Predator Group was an event sponsor pro-

viding items from their Predator and Poison lines to all TAPplayers; Poison Jump Cues to each player on the Elite BracketDream Team and to each Singles Handicap Winner and various

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“Mulligans” (front row l-r) Brian McGee, Dennis Dudgeon, Kurt

Wanyek, Dave Kriak, Larry Holschuh, (back row l-r)Greg Kencson, Bryan Kasper and Karl Abend

“Fat Guy Assassins” (back row l-r) Bert Csizek, Ron Perry, Winston Davis,Tim Hyatt, John Walsh, (front row l-r) Jack Albainy,

Justin Yankowski and Bill Varkonyl

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Senior Open 9-Ball Event384 players

1st $3000 - Larry Price from Mullins West, VA.2nd $1,500 – Kelly Espinoza

from top left clockwise,

Men’s 2nd Chance Scramble

Rob Krull from Vanderrift, PA

Women’ Amateur Players Championship

1st Briana Miller from Allentown, PA.

Junior’s 17 & under Players Championship

1st Skyler Woodward from Ledbetter, KY

Women’s 2nd Chance Scramble

Diana Minor from Columbus, IN

Junior’s 12 & under Players Championship 1st

Ethan Madara from Hansburg, PA.

Open Amateur Event864 players1st $5000 - Matt Clatterbuck from Front Royal, Virginia.2nd $2,000 – Ron Frank Jr. from Radford, Virginia.

Amateur Players Series Winners…

pocket from onediamond past theside. Another common

example of a one-rail kick with draw isshown in shot B. Set the balls up asshown beginning with the solid-out-lined cue ball. Nothing changes for shotB except maybe speed since the cue balltravels a shorter distance to the stripedball. It’s possible that applying draw tothis kick shot makes the ball easier topocket because the cue ball approachesthe striped ball much closer to thestraight-in line. After shooting itenough to develop a good feel, movethe solid balls obstructing the mirror-image line and compare success for tenshots on the shortened draw path to tenshots on the natural-roll, mirror-imagepath. Also, try the shot from the posi-

tion of the dotted-outlined cue ball,which lies near the shot’s limit and willtherefore require adding some left-handenglish to the draw for maximum alter-ation to the natural rebound angle.Because we most commonly associate

sidespin with rebound angles we are notlikely to consider the role that backspinplays in altering the cue ball’s path froma cushion. And since we do not expectsuch a result, we can miss a lot of kicks

owing to draw, possibly without knowingwhy. So here’s a twofold advantage whereonce there might have been a problem.We can learn to use this technique to ouradvantage when we face obstructionswhile maintaining an awareness of itssomewhat odd effect to avoid misses onall kick shots.

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by Tom Ross

Contributing Writer

Kicking with Draw

After learning a couple effectivekicking systems most of usbegin to look for two or three-

rail kicks in those situations where wecannot shoot directly at the object ball.Intuition might suggest that one-railkicks would be simplest, a logical guessthat often fails for several reasons. Onebig reason that experienced players prefermulti-rail paths to hit hidden object ballsis that all of the one-rail systems demandprecise speed with a dead-center hit onthe cue ball and a natural roll—no top orback spin. Failing to meet any of those re-quirements usually results in a departurefrom those pretty, mirror-image pictureswe see in books and ball in hand for theother player.If applying inadvertent spin can alter

the cue ball’s path to cause a miss, thenthere must be situations where such alter-ation can be useful. One valuable tech-nique for altering the cue ball’s travel isthe application of draw to move the cueball onto a tighter rebound track off of acushion in cases where the natural pathwill not work or is unavailable. In the diagram we have two shots and

will begin with cue ball A, where theshooter wants to pocket the solid ballhanging in the top-right corner with aone-rail kick. For this setup, the mirror-image, one-rail path intersects the left,side pocket and is therefore not possible.One option would be to shoot the cueball to the side rail, short of the sidepocket, with some right-hand english towiden the rebound toward the far corner,a good choice but not today’s topic.Instead we shall examine the more ad-vanced choice of shooting past the side,with draw, to tighten the cue ball’srebound and pocket the solid ball asshown, an uncommon technique amongintermediate players since we do not in-tuitively think of draw causing the cue

ball to curve. But look at the reboundfrom the first rail with a mental image ofthe cue ball spinning backward andimagine how that backspin can cause thecurve shown in the diagram. The best way to observe the phenome-

non is to play the shot and watch theresults. Shoot the cue ball one diamondpast the side pocket with straight draw—no right or left-hand english—until youare pocketing theobject ball. Play itwith a very low hitand a long followthrough to ensuregood backspin.Proper speed is critical on this shot, hardenough to maintain the spin after therebound but soft enough to give the cueball time to “grab” the cloth and curve.Using a striped ball instead of the cueball will make the spin and its effect easyto observe. Practice shot A as a referenceto develop a feel for hitting the corner

…best way to observe the phenomenon is toplay the shot and watch the results.

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Rail-First to Scoreby Robert Byrne

From “Byrne’s Complete Book of Pool Shots”

with permission

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The 9-ball is hanging on the lip. Ifyou decide to try to make if offthe 1-ball, the best bet is hit the

rail first with left sidespin. The same istrue from the other cue ball if the 2-ball isthe lowest ball on the table. Try these pat-terns and I think you’ll agree that theyare better choices than anything involv-ing ball-first hits. With more balls on thetable, the same patterns might be goodfor safety plays.

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by “The Monk”

Contributing Writer • www.monkbilliardacademy.net

Stop! Lets do it right.

Let me share with you the most im-portant part of this game, the shotat hand. It is very important that

you do it right. This is the best article Ihave ever written.The most important thing you will do

with all shots is to connect to the shotand fully understand your intentions withthe shot. What do you intend to do withthis shot at hand? The next thing you must do is deter-

mine how much interest you have in thisshot. Is this a compelling shot, vital tothis game? As a Monk player all shots areimportant. Are you keenly interested inthis shot? If you are, you will begin to

specify your focus and become keenlyaware of your intentions. It is this focusthat will enable you to deliver the purestroke. All environmental issues will dis-solve and you will be free to execute theintended stroke. The noise around you isdirectly related to the amount of interest youhave in what you are doing.You will then position your right leg in

line with the target. A line from theobject ball follows back through the cueball and then connects to your right leg.You move your left leg forward slightlyand then stand in the upright position tore connect to the shot. If everything isstill lined up, you then go down in yourstance. This pivot must be smooth andpure. I have students practice their pivotwithout a pool table. Then you “land on the cue ball”, and

re connect to the shot. If we are one-quarter inch off we will not see the shot

properly. Sometimes we shoot it anywaysand when we miss, we turn to our oppo-nent and say, “I knew I was going to missthat shot exactly how I missed it.” Whenyou are off line you can still make shots.What happens is that you wear down? Itis off line and working much harder. If weare not lined up properly we will need tomake adjustments in our stroke just ascue comes to the cue ball and this willwear us out. If you find yourself ex-hausted at the end of tournaments it is asign of miss alignment with your stance.You are working too hard.When you land on the cue ball you

must be in line. When you are not per-fectly in line a redflag will come up.Do not ignore thisred flag. The size ofthe pockets willallow you to stillmake the shot, butsooner or later you

will miss. Make sure you know exactlywhere you are hitting on the cue ball.Some players think they are center balland actually, they are slightly off center,injecting a slight amount of deflection intheir shot. They miss the shot and thenwonder why. They sighted perfectly anddelivered the perfect stroke but the de-flection caused them to miss. So youneed to build the skills to hit the cue ballexactly where you intend.Remember, “The stroke, minus the in-

terference equals the shot.” If you addvalue to any shot, other than the shotitself you have invited interference. Youcan reduce this interference when youfully embrace “See the shot, know thestroke, shoot the shot”.If I want you to make more balls I need

to teach you not to care if you make theshot at all. The only thing you care aboutis how you hit the cue ball. Everything

happens at the cue ball. Once you hit thecue ball you are no longer in control soyou want to be sure you are totally free tohit the cue ball.We connect to the shot. We position

our feet and re connect to the shot, wepivot and land on the cue ball andconnect once again and then we go tothe set position with the tip stopping di-rectly where we want to hit the cue ball.At this point we play in our mind exactlyhow the cue tip will go through the cueball, what it sounds likes and what it feelslike. Then I pull back and pause and atthat pause, I burn a hole in my target.Everything in my environment ceasesand the only thing that matters is thestrike that I am about to deliver.After the cue ball leaves my tip I freeze

and watch the cue ball race towards thetarget, watching the exact moment thecue ball hits the object ball. Then I takea practice stroke and rise up slowly.Moving around the table always keep

your left side out. I refer to this as “leftout”. Do not chalk your tip whilewalking around the table. While movingto the next shot let go of all connectionto what just happened. Redevelop inter-est in the next shot. when you havearrived, then chalk up.Look at the tip when you chalk up. Do

not do this unconsciously. At this pointgo through your pre shot routine onceagain.It is always “this shot”, never “last shot

next shot”. I am going to look for you inthe finals my friend.

The noise around you is directlyrelated to the amount of interest youhave in what you are doing.

Conrad’s Review

“The Road Scholars” by Diana Hoppe

where in between. Mystudies have found thatthe tight grip hinders thedeflecting action youwant where the tip re-bounds the jump cue off of the ball, allowing the cueball to rebound off of the table. If you use a tight grip,you likely do not hit the ball near center, thus permit-ting the cue to escape, but you lose power hitting off-center and increase the likelihood of a miscue. If youstrike near center with a tight grip, you likely get what Icall the ‘sandwich effect’ where the cue ball is sand-wiched between the tip and felt, as the tight griphinders the cue from getting out of the jumping ball’sway. So, use a lighter grip and see what happens. Tryone finger and thumb with your Eric Yow Jump Cue.

You’ll be amazed at the difference!

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by Eric “The Preacher” Yow!

WPA Masse World Champion

Jump Strokes

For more information on Eric Yow! Cues, yow@ericyow.com or visit Joe

Nielsen’s Billiards at www.JOERACKEM.com.

There’s an old saying, “different strokes for differ-ent folks.” I’ve never heard it used where it actu-ally made sense and honestly, I’m not old enough

that I can say I’ve ever used it in any context. However,it is fitting for this article about jump strokes. If you’relike most readers of this publication, you are a seriousplayer, you own several cues, you own at least one jumpcue, and you read these articles to educate yourselffurther in the game. People ask me from time to timehow I accelerated in the game at the pace at which I didand I always tell them, “I read as much as I could.” You,like I, want to learn as much as you can about the littlenuances of the game and improve your abilities in anyway possible.Part of improving your game means first using the right

equipment. You probably already have a good jump cue,but consider the Eric Yow Jump Cue, on which this article isbased. It is 9.5 ounces, just over 40 inches, has a stainlessferrule, and has a black phenolic tip. The length and weight ofa jump cue are a quality necessary to accelerate the cue quicklywhile at the same time being able to deflect off of the ball,rather than stroking ‘through’ the ball and causing a masseeffect. This way, it rebounds off of the table rather than being‘squished’ between the tip and the felt, thus prevented from es-caping and actually jumping off of the bed of the table. Thestainless ferrule and black phenolic preclude the cue from ab-sorbing any of the energy of the strike on the ball, thus trans-ferring literally all of the power of the hit into the ball, makingit the most efficient jump cue on the market. With the rightequipment, like this cue, your jumps become ridiculously easyto accomplish successfully and consistently.Now that you have a good jump cue, how do you use it?

Some use the overhand grip, which is the appropriate terminol-ogy for the grip you use when cueing any normal shot. This isthe grip when shooting a level cue shot with the typical pendu-lum action. Others use the dart style, or European, grip. Swing-ing like a dart, the reverse pendulum stroke is beneficialparticularly when using more than forty-five degrees of eleva-tion, such as when you need to jump quickly over a near objectball. Getting even more technical, where and how you grip thecue makes a significantly greater difference, in my opinion,than whether you use an overhand or dart grip. I prefer the dartgrip, but with either, I’ve found that a thumb and 1-2 fingergrip, very lightly, is the most efficient and consistent grip to use.In my travels in shows and competitions I’ve found those whouse a kung-fu death grip, those who grip lightly, and every-

War stories, we love them. On this DVD some ofthe greatest hustlers tell them. Some legendarynames can be heard on this DVD and stories to

match. You can hear stories about; corn bread red, Min-nesota fats, titanic Thompson, fast Eddie, Irving crane,Freddie the beard, champagne Eddie, and daddy warbucks toname a few. Hoppe has spent several years producing thisDVD and her hard work along with many others, amongthem Mark Griffen and Diamond Billiard Products paved theway for this work.

Many of the hall of famers are struggling to make a livingand have the DVD’s for sale. Exhibitions and lessons justwon’t pay the way. So help support them and your sport.You can also get a 13”X 19” poster with simulated signa-

tures for $40.00, the DVD for $20.00 or both as a package for

$50.00. Enjoy. See ad page 14Conrad Burkman

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It was that time again for the Artistic Pool Masters Champi-onship held at the 2010 Super Billiards Expo in ValleyForge, PA. With many hours spent and late nights practic-

ing it was time to show what you were made of. With a field of25 players the competition was high. Unlike past tournamentsthere was no practice table where players could warm up andmake there shot adjustments right before their scheduledrounds. For some it paid off, othersnot so lucky. After a brief players meeting, the

first round started early that Thurs-day Morning. Due to the loss of thepractice table many players foundthemselves struggling early on butsoon learned how the tables wereplaying and increased there scores.After four preliminary rounds

the top 12 players made it on tothe playoffs with the top fourearning first round byes.

1. Jamey Gray 2. Andy Segal3. Gabi Visiou 4. Nick Nikolaidis5. Gil Olsen 6. Dave Nangle7. Abram Diaz 8. Tom Rossman9. Steve Markle 10. Paul Danno11. Tom Kinzel 12. Jason LynchAfter a day of playoff rounds four players remained in the

quarter finals and were set to play that Sunday Morning. Thefour remaining players were: Tom Rossman, Nick Nikolaidis,Gabi Visiou, and Andy Segal. Making it to the finals for the second straight year were Nick

Nikolaidis and Andy Segal. When these two players are goinghead to head it is always a close round and it keeps the crowdon there feet and at ease. The round began with both playersmaking all of there shots. Many shots that are not always usedduring the preliminary rounds but are in our book were beingused by both players and they were making them look easy. Allthroughout, the players were neck and neck with no playergaining a major go-ahead lead. The round came down to thefinal shot with Segal having to make the shot in two attemptsor less due to the score difference and degree of difficulty of theshot. After all was said and done Nick “Quick Nick” Nikolaidiswas now the 2010 Artistic Pool Masters champion. Specialthanks goes to our sponsors for the event: Crown Cues, DrPopper Jump Q, and Dr. Cue Promotions.

Artistic Pool Mastersby Steve Markle

Contributed story

left, DaveNangle, Gil Olsen,Jamey Gray , Andy

Segal, BruceBarthellete, (not

pictured) and JimBarnard 

Discipline Medals (High Scores of the Rounds)

Trick and Fancy Andy Segal Prop/Novelty/Special Arts Andy SegalDraw Dave NangleFollow- Andy Segal Bank/Kick- Bruce Barthellete Stroke Jamey GrayJump Jamey GrayMasse Gil OlsenSportsmanship Award Jim Barnard (Coach)

Final Placing and Payouts:1. $2,300 Nick Nikolaidis2. $1,900 Andy Segal 3. $1,550 Gab Visiou4. $1,350 Tom Rossman 5. $1,100 Jamey Gray6. $850 Dave Nagle7. $650 Paul Danno8. $450 Jason Lynch9. $275 Gil Olsen10. $275 Abram Diaz11. $275 Steve Markle12. $275 Tom Kinzel

ChampionNick Nikolaidis

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He started his research in 1976 after seeing the PPPAWorld open in Asbury Park, NJ and promoted his firsttelevision show with ABC in October 1977.

“I was working with Howard Cosell and was told that he likedaccurate historical information. So I started researching thesport by going through the New York Times and Mosconi’s,Crane’s and Caras’ scrap books. I started recording by hand allthe data on index cards and then made a chronological chart ofthe championship matches on a large accounting ledger sheet.I found many inaccuracies that had been printed in the BCArule since 1945. The first was that Cyrille Dion was still cham-pion 2 years after he died”.I asked Charlie why he put the history on a website site

instead of in book form. “A good friend of mine and fellow historian/collector DenoAndrews talked me into it. I am missing about 10 percent ofthe information I need and I am still searching daily for it. If Iprinted a book and found 5 percent of the missing information

what do I do? Reprint the book? Deno offered to help mecreate and maintain the website, explaining to me that inminutes he could make any corrections that I wanted. Thisseemed to be the perfect plan.Why did you decided to create the website now?“After I moved from New York to Florida, I realized what Ihad and that only about a hundred people have seen it over theyears! I wanted to share it with anyone who had an interest inthe history of pocket billiard and three-cushion billiards”.Exactly what are you putting on your site?“The main sections will be a complete chronological historyof pockets and three-cushion for 1878 to 2010. Every Worldand National Championships are listed along with challengematches and league play. The history will show the day by dayprogression of the event with scores high runs, best game, prizefunds etc…”What else do you intend putting on the website?“I am putting up almost the entire publication know as “Bil-liard Magazine” which existed from April 1913 to August 1934(257 issues). I own about 210 issues and have access to the rest.

After 34 Years He shares his Collection with the World

This was the longest running publication devoted to the sportof billiards to date”.Is there anything else that you will be on the site?“I intend to put up anything that I can scan. Tournamentposters, program books, newspaper articles, post cards, tradecards, tobacco cards (American and foreign), photographs,publications, books, score sheets etc… whatever I have”.How much time and money have you invested in this

project?“I started August 1976, so it’s going on 34 years in August. I

have spent about $450,000”.In closing why do you think it is important for

you to create this site?“I am 62 years old now and not in the best of health,so I figured it was about time to share with the world

what I have. With the touch of a button you can trace theentire history of the sport we love”.What would you like to say in closing?“I hope what I have created will motivate other collectors todo the same. Owning a piece of history and keeping it in ob-scurity, is like not owning it at all”.

I hope everyone enjoys the site and if there is anything anyone wouldlike to share please contact me. CharlesUrsitti.com or CharlieUrsitti.com

An Interview with Charlie Ursitti, Billiard Historian

“I was working with Howard Cosell and was told

that he liked accurate historical information.”

Charlie with some of his collection

wrist/arm should existwhich might cause adistorted cue move-ment through the cueball. This principle holds true for level,jump, or masse plane shots. Remember toshoot the cue down a straight line and letthe cue ball get in the way of the tip andlet the object ball get in the way of thecue ball. Focus on the concept of straightalignment and straight stroke in 100%focus mode and the cue stick will flowstraight for consistent shots!A final perception is that every long

shot is a short shot in disguise. A dedicatedtime of practice walking back from thetable several feet to view what you havealways thought of as a long shot willproduce wonders for your mental ap-proach. Taking this long distance ap-proach often makes every long shot seemshort and makes short shots even shorter.

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by Tom Rossman • drcue@artisticpool.orgContributing Writer

A Shot is a Shot… Is a Shot… Is a Shot

shot that it was my favorite shot and that Iwould execute it with a positive attitude.Every shot was just another shot withballs rolling and making a gentle andjoyful click in the process. I have prac-ticed this favorite shot principle in mybrain over and over again for 25 years;shots which would otherwise make nosense have become shots that I lookforward to making. Expecting a joy fromthe shot is a wonderful key of success forme. The second principle to shot success is

knowing that every “straight” shotshould be a straight shot, and that every“crooked” shot is a crooked shot. I am notreferring to a straight in versus a cut shot,but rather the straight swing nature of thecue in that whatever plane the cue starts ,it should indeed finish on that plane. Inother words, no diving and no turning ofthe natural rotor motions of the

The perspective of how difficult ashot is and how a player ap-proaches it often lies in prior

episodes of success or failure to similarchallenges. Some players surrender to theshot and appear to “hit a ball hard andhope a pocket gets in the way”, whileothers take a more technical route, pro-viding a tried and true remedy for victory.Over the years I have heard numerous op-posing views on specific shots; therefore,I would like to list a few Dr. Cueisms,which will ultimately help you attaingreater satisfaction for the shot objectivein mind. First, it is paramount to implant a very

positive affirmation in one’s mind beforeany shot. In 1985 I returned to the gameafter a one-year hiatus, the first thing Idid was to convince myself that every shotin pool was my favorite shot. I did this bymentally repeating to myself before every

center and just come one rail against theline of the shot for the 8.The player could also roll forward to get

on the inside of the 7. This leaves a longershot on the 7 and also adds an extra level of difficulty to theshot. There is also a risk of scratching in the opposite sidepocket for position.Instead, when they draw back to play position for the 7 in

the side pocket, the window to play position for the 8 ball nowbecomes much greater. The 7 in the side is a much easier shotand it’s natural to move the cue ball three rails for position onthe 8. If they draw back too far, they can go forward one rail tocome straight across for position. Choosing to play the 7 in sidereduces the chances for error.Once I began playing position for these shots in the side

pocket, it increased my run out percentages and made themmuch more effortless. Look for balls that can go in the sidepockets and play position for them three balls ahead.Keep in mind, there are times when the corner pocket

trumps the side pocket. See Diagram 1. A good rule of thumb isto play position for balls in the shaded area into the cornerpocket. When balls fall in that region, the opening to the sidepocket becomes much narrower. Side pocket shots are less wel-coming and often times impossible. If you’re ever in doubt,draw an imaginary line from the center diamond to the sidepocket. If your shot falls in that area, take it up to the corner.Remember to look for patterns that require natural move-

ment of the cue ball. Whenever we have to force an angle withthe cue ball it makes the shot more difficult. Look for thenearest pockets to the balls and see if there’s a natural track forposition from that pocket. We always want the path of least re-sistance.If you are interested in participating in the PoolSynergy as a

blogger or a guest writer, please contact me for more details.

April/May PQB 21

Corner vs Sideby 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 read tourna-ment and training updates.

Samm Diep, “Cherry Bomb”House Pro at Rack ‘Em Billiards in Aurora, Colorado

Player Representative for CB Custom Cues, Tiger Products,PoolDawg, IB Cue Cases, Predator

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

www.SammsPocket.comPooltipjar.com

One of the biggest breakthroughs that I personallymade, particularly in big table 9-ball, was to under-stand when to play position for a ball in the side

pocket versus in the corner pocket. Having more of a bar table8-ball background, it’s very natural and often times preferred toplay position for balls in the corner pocket. On the bar table,the corner pocket is much more forgiving and does not requireas pinpoint position to get to the next shot. However, once youstep up to the big table, your patterns must also.In Diagram 1, take a look at where the 1, 2, 3, and 4 balls are

sitting. Beginner players will often play position for these balls

in their nearest corner pockets. If they’re not careful, they canturn a connect-the-dots run out into a hairy one. Wheneverpossible, consider playing position for balls in the top shadedarea in the side pocket.For instance, take a look Diagram 2. A careless player may

opt to just shoot a stop shot on the 6 for position A. If they’relackadaisical, they may just eyeball the shot on the 7 ball.

Without being deliberate on their position, they now flirt withthe side pocket. The path to get from the 7 to the 8 nowbecomes much more limited and the shot on the 7 alsobecomes a little more difficult. They’re forced to shoot above

Diagram 2

Diagram 1

Results:1st Gerda Hofstatter2nd Shu-Han Chang3rd Xiaoting Pan

Karen Corr5th Jeanette LeeSarah RouseyKelly FisherGa Young Kim9th Line KjorsvikMonica WebbLiz FordKyoko SoneMelissa LittleAllison FisherMelissa HerndonJasmin Ouschan

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The drought is over for Hofstatter, after a ten yearsabsence from the winner’s circle she wins impressivelyat the San Diego Classic. Winning over Shu-Han

Chang of Chinese Taipei in the final. The event was hosted bythe Viejas Casino in Alpine, CAHofstatter’s path to the finals included wins over Lisa Davids,

Angelina Paglia, and Kyoko Sone. Once in the final 16, shebested Monica Webb and advanced to the quarterfinals, whereshe eliminated the tour’s number-one player, Ga Young Kim. Inthe semifinal match Hofstatter ousted Karen Corr, and then“G-Force” claimed the title over Chang in the finals.

After a first-round victory over Laura Smith, Chang was sentto the one-loss side by Corr. From there she fought back to thefinals with wins over Jasmin Ouschan, Jeanette Lee, and Xiaot-ing Pan in the semifinals.Chang held an early 2-1 lead in the finals, but Hofstatter re-

gained the lead at 4-3. The turning point of the match mighthave been in rack eight when Hofstatter’s miss on the 6-ballleft and open rack for Chang. Chang missed the first shot andHofstatter ran out for a 5-3 lead. From there, it was all Hofstat-ter with a 7-3 win.The win was worth $12,700 for Hofstatter, while Chang

settled for $7,800 in second place prize money. Karen Corr andXiao-Ting Pan earned $5,100 for their third place finishes.

Gerda’s upcoming schedule (www.gerdahofstatter.com)May 12-16, 2010: World Pool Masters,Las Vegas, NVMay 15-17, 2010: BCA Grand Masters 8-BallRiviera Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, NVMay 17-22: U.S. Open 10-Ball Championship OPEN DivisionRiviera Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, NV

Austrian Gerda Hofstatter goes Undefeated at San Diego Classic

April/May PQB 27

www.USBA.net

USBA Officers

PresidentDennis DieckmanPO Box 369Manchester, MI 48158734-428-1161

Secretary/TreasurerJim Shovak58 Hawthorne AvenueEast Islip, NY 11730516-238-6193jimshovak@usba.net

Northeast DirectorsMazin Shooni2006 USA Champion 135 Broad St-Unit#3A5 Hudson, MA 01749 cell: 248-910-4466 work: 603-623-5330Merrill Hughes Huntington Station, NY cell: 631-338-9698 home: 631-421-6814

Southeast DirectorHenry Ugartechea1132 SW 44th TerraceDeerfield Beach, FL 33442561-929-8100

Mid-America DirectorsSteve Andersen3861 Byron Center Ave. SW Wyoming, MI 49519616-530-8665Juan Elizalde Sauz7212 Hardwood TrailDallas, TX 75249214-908-2411Felipe Razon2218 S 59 CtCicero, IL 60804708-878-4197

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Southwest DirectorsBruce Warner Santa Monica, CA 310-738-5429 Gilbert Najm4335 Vineland Ave # 213Studio City, CA 91602 818-761-0484

The 2010 US National3-Cushion Champi-onship was held Febru-

ary 17-21 at the Tacoma ElksLodge. Play was on five heatedVerhoeven tables coveredwith super-fast Simonis 300cloth and Aramith Pro tourna-ment balls. The Lodge was anoutstanding host for the eventand provided bleacher seatingfor spectators, staff to cleanthe equipment after eachmatch, scorekeepers, ticket-takers, lunch and dinnerbuffets, and free practice timefor all participants. CharlesBrown, USBA Director fromNew York, did his usual accu-rate and efficient job as Tour-nament Director and Masterof Ceremonies. Tiger Productsprovided gloves and cue wrapsfor all the players throughtheir player representativeMazin Shooni.

As a special treat, Tacomamember Tom “Huf” Hofstedtwas on hand to draw carica-

tures of all the players. Tomalso produced an excellentprogram booklet for the event.

The 35 entrants weremostly players who had wonqualifiers around the country,but also included the four topfinishers from 2009 and a fewopen entrants who had playedin qualifiers but had not won.They were grouped into fivegroups of seven players forround-robins with 25-pointmatches. One top finisherfrom 2009 was seeded intoeach group.

The prelims produced onemajor surprise as defendingchampion Hugo Patino failedto advance. He lost matchesto 2005 champion Sonny Choand to Min Jae Pak, who hadput in a top-notch perform-ance at the USBA Tour stopin August at Carom Cafe inNew York with a 1.3 average.

In another group, last year’srunner-up Pedro Piedrabuenawas totally dominant as hedidn’t let any of his 6 oppo-nents get to 10 points. JaeHyung Cho ran a 7 againstPedro to tie at 7 points, butthen Pedro shifted gears towin 25-9 in only 10 innings.

Two players from eachgroup advanced to the 10-player final round-robin,which had matches to 40points. Besides Piedrabuena,Sonny Cho and Miguel Torreshad been undefeated in theirprelim groups, while Carlos

Jae Hyung Cho New US 3-Cushion Championby Bob Jewett

28 PQB April/May

Hallon, Michael Kang, Mazin Shooni,Min Jae Pak, George Ashby, and JaeHyung Cho advanced with 5-1 records.John Jacobson advanced from a 3-way tiefor second in his group based on a most-points tie-breaker. Of the 10 finalists, sixwere former US Champions.

Live streaming to the Internet of thefinals was provided by OTBnTV.com, al-lowing hundreds of fans to keep up withthe action and scores. Commentary foreach match helped anyone new to thegame to catch up on the intricacies ofshots including position play and safeties.

Tom “Dr. Cue” Rossman was on handto give one of his excellent trick shotshows between rounds. Along withUSBA Directors Bruce Warner andHenry Ugartechea, Tom manned the mi-crophones for the commentary duringthe live streaming.

Going into the final round of fivematches, Piedrabuena and Jae HyungCho both had 8-1 records, while all theother players had at least two losses. Thismeant that the rematch between Pedro

and Jae would determine the new cham-pion. (In round-robin play, it’s possiblefor equal win-loss records to happen, inwhich case a play-off would have beennecessary to determine first and secondplaces.)

In getting to the championshipmatch, Jae Hyung Cho turned in thebest game of the final rounds with 40points in 21 innings against 2006champ Mazin Shooni. Mazin had an ex-cellent 1.600 average in that game, sohe just caught Cho at the wrong time.Cho’s sole loss was to Miguel Torres.For his part, Piedrabuena got to thefinals with the highest grand averageand a 1.739 game against 3-time formerchamp George Ashby. Pedro’s only losshad been to Shooni.

Cho led through most of the finalmatch. Piedrabuena rallied at the end,scoring 10 points while Cho was at 39,but an 18-point deficit proved insur-mountable. Jae Hyung Cho became the2010 US Champion with a 40-32 score.The grand average of all players in

the finals was 0.987. For more details,

visit the US Billiard Association websiteat www.USBA.net.

2010 USBA NationalChampionship FinalPlacement and Prizes

1st Jae Hyung Cho $37002nd Pedro Piedrabuena $31003rd Miguel Torres $26004th Sonny Cho $22005th Mazin Shooni $18006th Michael Kang $15007th Carlos Hallon $12008th Min Jae Pak $10009th George Ashby $80010th John Jacobson $700

High Run: 11 pointsPedro Piedrabuena $50Michael Kang $50Best Game: 1.905 (40/21)Jae Hyung Cho $100Best General Average: 1.232Pedro Piedrabuena $100Total Prize Fund $18,900

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Fellow Members of The

USBA, Greetings:

As your new president Iwould like to say that I am

looking forward to working forand with you during the nextfour years. And also to beworking with the new boardwhose energy and drive excitesme tremendously, to saynothing of Jim Shovak our dedi-cated Sec/Treas.

We have plans for bothanother Jr’s Championship anda Women’s Championship.Felipe Razon is working on theformer and Bob Byrne on thelatter. Anybody who wants towork in these areas let me know.George Theobald is doing re-search on how other profes-sional sports organizationsinduct people into their Halls ofFame. Again, if this is an areayou would like to work on, letme know. Tom Paley is workingin the area of historical research.Any document or pictures youmight have would be greatly ap-preciated. They can be sent viaInternet as data files or as hardcopy that will be returned toyou after copying.

This year’s tour looks to bebigger and better than ever.Any donations would be gladlyaccepted. Send them to Jim.

I would encourage all of youto participate more on theforum at usba.net. I will beposting regularly there, espe-cially about topics that areunder discussion by the board.Your opinions on these subjectswill be greatly valued.

Please feel free to call me at743-428-1161 anytime if youwant to talk to me. Or e-mailme through the forum.

Yours in billiards,Dennis Dieckman

Hugo Patino

2009 “A” Level Rankings

Champion

Jim Watson

2009 “B” Level Rankings

Champion

Dale Saunders

2009 “C” Level Rankings

Champion

2009 Ranking Champions… Top 150 on page 30

Miguel Torres, Jae Hyung Cho

and Pedro Piedrabuena with

trophies from 2010 USBA Na-

tional Championship Final

l-r Mike Brodie (6th), Carlos Hallon

(1st), Henry Ugartechea (2nd),

Room Owner Hernando Pineres,

Alfonso Torres (3rd), Victor Cuzzi

(4th).Not pictured: Jim Bishop

2010 Carom Café

C+ Tournament

Carom Café Billiards

Carlos Hallon Qualifies at

New Wave BilliardsThe Florida USBA Regional Qualifier washeld at New Wave Billiards in Miami.

Billy Kim 3rd, Jairo Sanabria Daza

1st, Jorge Meza 2nd

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Final 2009 USBA Player Rankings

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Robert Byrne has a new book, “Behold MyShorts - The Best of Robert Byrne”.To see him in his polka-dot shorts, go to:http://www.thonline.com/store/bookBrowse.cfmTo view his new book’s Press Release, go to:http://www.usba.net/BreakingNews/Byrne PressRelease-11-2-09.pdf

The Basics of Position Playby Robert Byrne

Contributing Writer • from Byrne’s “Advanced Techniques in Pool & Billiards” with permission

Incomebilliard tour fund 190.20Dues 2011 2,300.00Dues 2012 180.00Dues 2013 45.00Dues 2014 45.00Junior/Ladies Billiards Fund 2,286.46Main Fund

2008 Nationals - 964.402009CPB-Conf-Guatemala - 500.002009Nationals - 2,726.102010Nationals 11,000.00501(c)3 administration - 1,315.00accounting - 565.00Bank Fees - 237.61Champions Travel Fund

2009WorldChmp-Switz - 2,100.00CPB-2009 -5,200.00CPB-Champshp-6-4-08 - 2,546.06Germany-WorldChamp-2008 - 3,690.59KoreaWorldCup - 290.00Mexico City World Cup - 346.25SpainWorldCup2008 - 1,824.37Viersen 2007 - 2,563.34WC-Ecuador - 3,632.21Champions Travel Fund - Other 5,125.00

Total Champions Travel Fund - 17,067.82cloth reimbursement - 1,501.29CPB-Membership - 600.00doodle spots - 1,492.00Dues 2008 20,789.74Dues 2009 21,066.00

Dues 2010 4,081.00Dues P2006 1,008.00Dues P2007 12,488.69envelopes - 672.36green card machine - 1,730.72ink - 1,317.65labels - 65.75legal - 1,500.00live-streaming - 225.00membership displays-posters 0.00Membership Packages - 2,854.86miscellaneous - 2,569.42Nationals 2007 - 1,788.75Newsletter - 10,726.40other supplies - 750.13patches - 1,135.00postage - 6,079.37ranking system program - 75.00referrals - 922.50sanction fees 8,223.00

s tickers - 419.00taxes - 968.00TournamentExpenses - 113.00zapco mailers - 269.81Main Fund - Other 6,324.35Total Main Fund 23,828.84

PlayerReservedFund 1,340.00Total Income 30,215.50Expense 0.00

Net Income 30,215.50

USBA Profit and Loss December 2006 through December 2009

Many if not most casualthree-cushion players spendtheir lives without ever tryingto leave themselves an easyshot. They think ahead inthat they try not to leave theother guy anything. On some shots, trying for

position reduces the chance ofscoring, but the risk may beworth it in view of the award.

When faced with a relativelyeasy shot think position.In this diagram the black

ball is big in the corner, andwith cue ball at A, this is avery easy shot, thanks to thesize of the final target. An easyposition pattern calls fordriving the first object ballalong the dashed path sothat it ends up in the

shaded zone, while at thesame time making the cue ballland softly on the red. If bothof these ends are accom-plished, there will be anothergood shot the great majorityof the time.In other words, try to gather

the three balls. If you can’t,

try to leave the first object ballin the center of the table. Ifthat isn’t practical, leave allthree along a long rail. And ifyou can’t do that, drop thefirst ball into a corner

Sorry folks, but unless you are in a trick shotpool contest or Artistic billiard show, thisshot is illegal! It would be ok to masse this shot so let’s callthis a level cue masse and then it will be ok. Hit the cueball at the 52 minute mark and follow through about 8inches, (after cocking your aim to the right a bit), andnotice how the cue ball reacts. I think you’ll get am appreci-ation for the force follow shot, oops… I meant to say LevelCue Masse Shot.

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Force Follow Level Cue

George AshbyOpenAdrian Viguera Wins atBogart’s Banquet Hall in Jacksonville, IL

l-r, John Kim (2nd), Arturo Herrera (1st), Joseph Hwang (3rd).

Carom Café B tournament 36 players. 6 groups of 6 players each, round robin to 20 points.Arturo Herrera wins 1st place. ($2,070)John Kim wins 2nd place. ($1,370)Joseph Hwang wins 3rd place. ($970)

2010 Upcoming TournamentsApril 25: SHOT CONTEST - The Rack - Memphis, TN Apr 30-May 2: Mike Kelley Memorial - Marshalltown, IA May 21-23: Medford Elks - Medford, ORMay 7-9Cue & Cushion, Hooksett, NH - Open TournamentContact Mazin Shooni: 248-910-4466

l-r, Adrian Viguera,George Ashby, Rich Conboy

Ken Higgins MemorialUSBA 3-Cushion TournamentNeal Olson and Ralph Weiss Win the First Ken Higgins Memorial

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Hall of Fame recipients Poster intro-duced at Super Expo. The posters are

just $10 and are a perfect item for billiard collectors!

Designed by Jim Knott of the Art Loftin San Diego. For more info visit

www.cuemakers.org

2010 American CueMakers Association Awards

The American Cuemaker’s Association is proud topresent its 2010 recipient of the prestigious Cuemakerof the Year Award. The American Cuemaker’s Associa-

tion (ACA) was established in 1992 to promote the American-made cue and cuemaker. Beginning in 2008, the ACAinitiated the Cuemaker of the Year Award to recognize anACA member who has provideda top quality product in anethical, honorable, and profes-sional manner through the years. The 2010 winner is Prather

Cue from Mooreland, OK.Founded in 1978, the Pratherfamily initially provided qualitycuemaking components to cue-makers at a reasonable price. DanPrather was joined by his twosons, Daniel Jr. and Jeff, in the mid-eighties and cue makingbecame an important part of the business. By 1990 the Prathershad become renown for their cues as well as their cuemakingcomponents. With Dan Jr.’s computer skills, Jeff’s woodworkingabilities, and Dan Sr.’s inspiration, Prather Cues really tookoff. Dan’s daughter, Jennifer, has also been involved in thebusiness since its inception. Today Prather Cue makes a com-plete line of cues including many custom “one of a kind” beau-ties. They also continue to be a leading supplier of cuecomponents to many of the world’s cuemakers.

People’s Choice AwardAlso recognized at this year’s ACA

banquet was the recipient of thePeople’s Choice Award. This awardacknowledges the cue buying public’schoice of the their favorite cue ondisplay at the ACA booth at the SuperBilliards Expo. Every ACA membercan display one cue of which they areespecially proud. Attendees at theexpo had the opportunity to vote ontheir favorite cue. The People’sChoice Award went to whose cue re-ceived the most votes and that went to Pete Tonkin (above)ofTonkin Custom Cues Cues.

2nd Runner up - Brandon Jacoby (2nd right) of Jacoby Cues3rd Runner up – Joe Peachauer (3rd right) of Peachauer Cues

l-r, Jeff Prather, Daniel Prather, Jennier Prather, Dan Prather

How do you knowwhen your bridge handis where it needs to be?Whatever your pre-shot routine, at somepoint you are as ready as you’re going tobe. At that point, bring your tip to a fullstop at the back of the cueball. Is yourbridge where it needs to be, stable in ashape that supports your tip height, at adistance that’s good for you? If so, andthe shot looks right, gradually anchoryour bridge. I’d say you should be anchor-ing hard enough that you know you’redoing it, but not so hard that you’re using

most of your strength. Enough that youknow it won’t move. Once you are satis-fied with your anchored bridge, maintainthat pressure, that forward focus, untilthe stroke is finished.

Drop anchor. Lock your bridge in place.Lock your mind on the target. Fire. Staydown and show off your rock-solid bridge.

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Drop Anchorby Tom Simpson • PoolClinics.com

Contributing Writer

In a previous column, I talked aboutthe idea of the grip hand feeling soft.I called it “cloud hands”. I suggested

that, as you approach the shot, bothhands should have this cottony, ex-tremely soft character. The goal is tomaintain that softness in the grip handall the way through to the completion ofthe shot, preventing micro-movementsin the hand that could cause a miss.

Both hands are soft during the ap-proach to the shot. However, once yourbridge is on the table and is set whereyou want it, I think it makes good senseto anchor the bridge to the table. Make ita rock.

After all, what is the purpose of thebridge? The purpose of the bridge is toprovide an absolute rock that helps guidethe tip to the precise spot at which youwant to strike the cueball. A soft, relaxedbridge might get the job done alright, butis it really stable and secure? If it’s soft, itmight remain motionless, but it’s veryeasy to make little adjustments andmicro-moves when the hand is soft. Youprobably don’t realize you’re doing it.Many players, in video analysis, see

that they make unconscious “corrections”in their swing, swerving, dipping, ortwisting their grip hand during the swing.Some players have this same problem intheir bridge – unconscious adjustment.It’s a smaller move, but it can be a bigproblem. If we can avoid unconsciousbridge “correction” during the swing,we’ve eliminated another source of in-

consistency and error. Anchoring thebridge helps primarily with reducingerrors and inconsistencies arising from aweak, uncommitted bridge. And if youare one of those players who “jump up”,anchoring sometimes helps overcomethat tendency.As your bridge becomes stronger, more

alive, more stable, you’ll be able todevote more of your attention to youraim and stroke. Your bridge will instillfear in others.What are we talking about? As your

bridge comes to rest exactly where youwant it, in the powerful, stableshape you want, with the tip at theheight and distance you want, your

bridge hand firmsup. You want tonail your hand tothe table, so youcan forget about itand leave it alone.If you’re using an

open hand bridge, nail it to thecloth by pressing with the tip ofyour forefinger. Some elevated bridgeswill anchor both the forefinger and thelittle finger. When using a closed (loop)bridge, try anchoring with the middlefinger. Notice the “white knuckles” inthe forefinger in the anchored bridgebelow, indicating pressure.Once your bridge is anchored into the

cloth, it’s not going anywhere. Throughthis process, you have firmed your com-mitment to the shot and your readinessto shoot it. The process of locking yourbridge hand down builds your confidence.The more confident and ready you are,the less likely you are to second guess andsteer or move your bridge hand duringthe hit stroke. Bridge like you are ab-solutely on top of your game. Convinceyourself and your opponent.

…it makes good sense to anchor the bridge to the table. Make it a Rock.

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Bar Box 8-BallBy: Marty Kaczmarowski, APA 7

Contibuting Writer

It’s the start of the game and youhave solids. You see that your op-ponent may have some issues even if you miss. Gofor the bank on your first shot! Get that trouble balloff that rail and be aggressive here. Banking balls atthe right time in a game can be very strategic.

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

WBIA Head Master Instructor

DPM Universal Pocket and Carom Billiard SystemsArticle 47

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Billiard Buddies, We now start on a more difficult shotsystem segment but one when mastered will give youseveral billiards and in many cases position.

This is the Cross Table Shot.The idea is not too hard to learn. It consists of an Object ball

one number and an Object Ball two number. You will addthose together. The last number is the Cue Ball / Object ballone diamond angle. That number is subtracted from the othernumber.In the graph the total of the Object ball numbers is 4 and the

Cue Ball / Object ball one angle is 3. Since the number aftersubtracting is one you will need to add one back. This is donebuy the cuing you use. Look at the graph it shows you how toadd one. You move the tip to the right quarter ball line and usethe center of the tip to aim the hit the Cue Ball will make onthe Object Ball. This is a number 4 hit or one third of theobject ball. In future articles I will show you how to change the

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CueSports International

U.S. Open 10-Ball Championship Qualifier Scheduled in

Alberta, CanadaJoining Golden Fleece Billiards in Kenmore, Washington; First Break Café in Sterling, Virginia;

The Wynkoop in Denver, Colorado; and Pool Sharks in Las Vegas, Nevada; the Sharks Club in SpruceGrove, Alberta, Canada has been added to the remaining small list of U.S. Open 10-Ball Champi-onship qualifiers.Scheduled April 23-25 as part of the $2000 guaranteed added Bill Ganne Memorial 10-Ball Tournament, the winner of the

qualifier will receive their paid entry, airfare and hotel accommodations to the $25,000 added U.S. Open 10-Ball Championshipproduced by CueSports International (CSI).The U.S. Open 10-Ball Championship is scheduled May 17-22, 2010 at the Riviera Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada. It is

held in conjunction with the BCAPL National 8-Ball Championships and immediately following the World Pool Masters. Theevent is one of the highly competitive BCA point events in the U.S. and recognized by the WPBA (Women’s Pro Billiard Asso-ciation). All qualifiers and the U.S. Open 10-Ball Championship are open to both men and women. Initially in July 2009, CSIannounced the maximum field size for the U.S. Open 10-Ball Championship would be 96 players, however due to player re-sponse CSI was able to expand the field to 112. Yet even with the field size increase, the field is close to full thus making thebelow listed qualifiers all the more important for those interested in playing in the national event this coming May. Below aredetails on the remaining qualifiers for the U.S. Open 10-Ball Championship.

April/May PQB 45

First Annual Atlanta Billiard ShowWhether you are a professional or an amateur player, spectator or buyer, the Atlanta Billiard Show has something for you.

This event will be held at the beautiful Gwinnett Center in Duluth, Georgia. The fun begins on Thursday, September 30, 2010when pro’s team up with amateurs in a charity event to kick off the weekend. Tournaments begin the following day on Thursday,October 1st and continue through Sunday October 3rd.The events promoter Dawn Hopkins has years of experience successfully co-producing one of the largest retail billiard events

in the world, the Super Billiards Expo in Pennsylvania. Dawn is ready to bring the action south! To find out more about this event, you can go to www.atlantabilliardshow.com, where you can register to play in an event, pur-

chase tickets to watch the pros, get directions to the event, etc. If you have further questions, feel free to contact Hopkins Pro-ductions at 609-226-0646 or email info@atlantabilliardshow.com. AT-A-GLANCEWPBA Satellite event – The Women’s Pro Billiard Tour has included this on their schedule. Artistic Pool Championship –

Open Amateur - limited to 256 players, $3,000.00 guaranteed first place.Senior Amateur - 50 years old and up. Women’s Amateur - field size of 64 players. Juniors – two divisions, 14 and under and 19

and under play for scholarships and prizes. APA Southeast Fall Singles Regional’s – APA leagues from several different statescome together to qualify for the 2011 main event in Las Vegas. Booth exhibitors displaying all types of billiard products.

46 PQB April/May