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USBA Newsletter • 3-CushionInternational Open Tournament, College Billiards & Cafe, San Diego, Ca 27-29

Javier Teran Wins

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“B” Class Tournament, World Class Billiards, Peabody, MA 30

Dave Van Lokeren claims 1st place and $2000.

The Principle of Defense…Bob Byrne 31

Attention Room Owners • Shot Contest 31

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Upcoming USBA Tour Events 32

Pool Instructional…Proper Planning…Tom Ross 10Looks Impossible…Wllie Jopling 15Two Rails First-1…Bob Byrne 15You are a Risk Taker, Go for it…The Monk 16Machine Gun Masse…Eric Yow 17Where Oh Where is Cue Dean-”E”?…Tom Rossman 20The Law of Attraction…Samm Diep 21What Matters…Tom Simpson 34Bar Box 8 Ball…Marty Kaczmarowski 42DPM Universal Pocket & Carom Billiard Systems # 42… by Darrel Martineau 43

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Maryland Open 14.1 StraightPool ChampionshipBig Daddy’s Billiards, Glen Burnie, Maryland

Players and fans began arriving into the Balti-more area as early as noon on Friday, June 26 forthe Fifth Annual Maryland Open 14.1 Straight

Pool Championships. This event has become one ofthe most prestigious straight pool tournaments of theyear in the U.S. and for the second year in a row hasbeen held at a new family billiard venue, Big Daddy’s Billiards,7954 Baltimore-Annapolis Blvd., Glen Burnie, Maryland.Under the ownership of Richard & Cynthia Molineiro, “ BigDaddy’s” has become a premier east coast mecca for the beauti-ful and imaginative game of 14.1. Previously the MarylandStraight Pool title has been won by:

2005 Ryan McCreesh 150 defeated David Hunt 67 2006 Ed Hodan 150 defeated Danny Barouty 89.2007 Mika Immonen 150 defeated Mike Davis 592008 Bob Maidhof 150 defeated Danny Barouty 140

Once again this year a 40 player field of the top Straight Poolplayers in the country began to filter into Maryland early Fridayfor afternoon warm-ups, check out the venue, the tables andequipment, get in a few hours of practice, as competition thisyear was going to be top flight, no question about it. Committee members for the tournament once again provided

‘in home’ congenial accommodations to many of the out oftown players who come long distances to play. Most know oneanother well and this makes for an enjoyable weekend of friend-ship, camaraderie and top notch pool all tied together. Festivi-ties this year got off to a gentle start at a player-guest receptionon Friday evening hosted by tournament director Peter Burrowsand his wife Pam at their home. This provides a few hours ofwarm hospitality before the sparks began to fly on Saturday, anda nice chance for new comers and lesser know players to visitand share cordiality with great champions such as Bob Maidhof,Jeanette Lee and others in the sterling field. Jeanette, popular,sparkling and charismatic as always has been a terrific andvalued supported of the Maryland Tournament, and she notes . ..“This will be one of the few non-major events I play this year”,Lee said. “Being here has a lot to do with my rapport with PeterBurrows, who is based here and my fondness and love ofStraight Pool, which this tournament is. I’ve always been astudent of straight pool, still am and always will be. It’s reallynice to be around people who share my love of the game andPeter is one of them. There are certain things that if you believein you want to give support to them. It’s not all about money.”Lee said.

Having Jeanette Lee playing in a pool tournament in theBaltimore-Washington area is something of a coup. The Mary-land Open Straight Pool Championship may not be a glitzyand large event, but in its own quiet way it has become achance for the best straight pool players to meet and play withone another in a well designed tournament under quite idealconditions. Prize money has grown as has the field of worldclass players. We have made a concerted effort to attract toplady players to our tournament, but so far with little success, asfew of the best women have strayed from their long time devo-tion to Nine Ball to gain the needed proficiency at the classicgame of Straight Pool. Jeanette Lee remains one of the raremodern lady players who has honed her skill in 14.1. In past years the Friday evening pre-tournament reception

has served as the tournament “draw” ceremony, but this yearthe forty player round robin format with eight balanced flightsand blind draw was done in advance to allow for advanceprinting of the tournament program as well as concise schedul-ing of match times and table assignments between the sevenDiamond Pro Tables and eight Brunswick Gold Crowns IIIs.Flights & 40 player field, with shaded players being the twofrom each flight who had the best Sat. W-L record and ad-vanced to Sunday:

Danny Harriman is crowned Champ


Encompassed in the informal players reception & cocktailparty on Friday night was the Players Meeting, which DirectorPeter Burrows believes is always a welcome opportunity forplayers to voice their opinions of format, rules and anythingelse on their mind. Peter always seeks feedback to make this is“players friendly” tournament. One of those elements is no timeclock, always a debate. He notes, “we honestly believe thatplayers do play at their own pace, and generally this is a con-stant one. There will always be discrepancies and fluctuations,but a given player usually in my experience plays the way theyplay. I have watched top 14.1 players for more than six decadessince first seeing Mosconi play at the old Bensingers room onRandolph Street in Chicago in the late 1940s. Pool playersplay at the pace they play at and the rhythm and tempo of oneplayer’s game is what it is. I just don’t believe in a shot clock inStraight Pool. The game is cerebral and players need time tothink and analyze and I want to recognize that. Some situa-tions lend them selves to more rapid disposal of a rack, butothers do not. It you want a time clock play chess.” And Peter goes on to note that another deviation is the

more modern usage of “cue ball fouls only” and with a greateremphasis on player integrity which has been so widely adoptedwith great success in golf. “Why do we need a white glovereferee at every table? Nice, classic of course, but simply notpractical. Golf rules are many times more complex than pool,but the ancient golf rules are well known and players honestlyadhere to them. Pool can do the same. And while we’re at it,let’s dress the part. So the Maryland Open is a dress code tour-nament following the format of other world class events. Ithink that is proper. The dressier the better, what’s wrong withthat? Pool guys . . . and ladies . . . are handsome folks . . . let’slook the part! Dress up our game. My gosh, we’ve got Ms. Leethe most stunning gal on the planet plus just a terrific playerand advocate for our sport . . . She is playing right here in ourmidst, beating all of us like a drum, let’s follow her lead andlook sharp!”The tournament format was a Saturday Round Robin of

eight flights, five players to a flight playing four matches to 100points. The old fashioned straight pool format which DirectorPeter Burrows believes is not only fairest to the players allow-ing them to play a maximum number of matches, but also aformat which is ideal for spectators. They can watch their fa-vorite locals or a top player play all day long, with no fear thatthey are going to get quickly eliminated in a one and donetournament. From the players perspective they can get warmedup, familiar with the equipment and there is no tediouswinners’ side delay which occurs in drawn out double elimina-tion tournaments. Non stop action involving everyone fromdawn to dusk is a key positive in the round robin format! After an evening of companionship and an hour of practice

the action got off to a bright and early start 10 a.m. on Satur-day morning, using the fifteen tables and forty players in a bal-anced round robin format, each player playing the other fourin his flight on already pre-assigned tables and time slots, withan attempt that each player would play two of his matches onDiamond tables and two on Brunswick tables, The day con-sisted of six rounds and each player would have two roundsduring the day when he had a bye, and the byes would not beback to back. Some tough scheduling but meticulouslymanaged by scorer & statistician, Dave Nangle.

SaturdayRound Robin Pairings & Table Assignments For the most part early matches went according to odds with

the strong national players pulling away in a field which in-cluded such world class straight pool notables such as Ms. Lee,and Bob Maidhof of Drexeline Billiards, Drexel Hill, PA, lastyear’s tournament winner who just two weeks ago had a run of316 balls! Included were the great NYC stalwarts Steve Lipsky& Danny Barouty, two of the top 14.1 players in the countryand long time tournament regulars in Maryland. In fact twiceBarouty has played in the finals, coming in 2nd both times.The young phenom from Waterville, Maine, Mike Dechaine.Mike Davis who recently located to Tampa, FL made the tripto play, as did the great Danny Harriman, probably the bestAmerican born straight pool player since Mike Sigel. 1991World Champion, and still great player and cue maker, BobHunter of Chicago. Grady Mathews screwed the old cue to-gether one more time and drove north from Columbia, SC.These are just a few of the world class players that made up atruly great field. Just a terrific assemblage of top players. Therewere two last minute additions, when Brandon Shuff, one ofthe strongest players in the area joined the field, and Dr.Michael Frank, Dir. of the Univ. of Maryland Graduate School,and the first alternate, replaced Bill Dunsmore of Dalton, MA.Dr. Frank has been the Tournament’s first alternate for manyyears, a strong player and always makes a great showing. Givenhis strong academic management background at the Universitythe good Dr. is encouraging the Tournament Director to puthim under a permanent contract as “tournament alternate”!Bill Dunsmore entered a Maryland Hospital the night beforethe tournament with a mild heart attack! We send Bill ourprayers and have learned that he is making a quick recovery,and Bill insists that it was not the level of competition thatgave him a scare! Each of the eight flights was balanced with top players, those

likely expected to advance, usually playing their toughest op-ponents in the later rounds after having a chance to play a few


games and get used to the tables and atmosphere. Strong localand regional players always surprise the front runners, and itnever fails a dark horse has a great day at the expense of one ofthe favorites. In the very first round this year Maryland’s ownSteve Haag, a long time straight pool lover and solid playerfrom Frederick, Maryland stunned top rated Shaun Wilkie inearly match, winning a squeaker 100-95 and World’s Cham-pion Bob Hunter lost his very first match to top rated localplayer, Mark Ford. Brooklyn’s great Danny Barouty lost to BobChamberlain 100-42.Welcome to competition at the Mary-land! In the second round Alan Duty knocked off old pro Grady

Mathews, while Rob Pole surprised eventual finalist Dave Daya100-33. Jeanette Lee ran a 56 to defeat tough NYC player MarcVidal. Chamberlain & Ford continued their winning ways de-feating two great youngplayers, Mike Dechaineand Matt Tetreault,early tough wins overstrong opponents thatwould eventually helpin moving both winnersahead to the Sundayrounds.In the third round

Ford again won atight match defeatinghost room owner RickMolineiro 100-95.Other matches in the3rd round went ac-cording to Hoyle, andZion Zvi, eventualsemi-finalists andstrong Israeli playernow living in Queensran an 83 to defeatRob Pole 100-10. The4th round had no surprises, and Dave Daya had a beautiful 81ball run to best Richmond’s pride, Dr. David Hunt. BrandonShuff continued his powerful play with a hard fought win 100-92 over Trenton Marty Ciccia from NJ. The finals two rounds on Saturday got under way a half hour

later than expected and Danny Harriman moved to 4-0 with ahard fought win over Zvi 100-86. The first defeat for Zion andthey both advanced on to Sunday. Mike Dechaine defeatedBarouty 100-3 to knock Danny out of the tournament. But thekey match late in the day would prove fatal to top player ShaunWilkie, when Mike Davis ran a 56 on him to win 100-21,putting Shaun at 2-2 tied with Steve Haag. But Haag would be

the only 2-2 player to advance to Sunday when his ball countdifferential bested Wilkie, who was also 2-2.Mike Davis, coming off a big win, was thrilled to begin play

at nine a.m. on Sunday morning, noting that it just an idealtime for a professional pool player to start work! “Peter, 9 a.m.is the middle of the night!” The Sunday format pitted the toptwo players from each of the eight Saturday flights. As notedabove the winner of each flight was 4-0 on Saturday, with the2nd place players all being 3-1 except Haag at 2-2. The firstplaces finishers were seed 1-8, based on Saturday ball differen-tial, and paired 1-8, 2-7, 2-6, 4-5. The eight second placewinners were randomly placed, two into each of the four flights,so that they would not be in a group with a player from theirSaturday flight. So the four Sunday lights ended up:

The first flight was won by DaveDaya who bested Bob Maidhof in agreat match 125-116 which included a91 ball run, advancing Daya to the fourplayer elimination finals. Zion Zvi wonall three matches in his flight to moveon. Jeanette Lee, after finishing 2ndwith 3-1 in her Saturday round toadvance to Sunday, probably drew thetoughest Sunday flight. Playing beforeenthusiastic fans she surely displayedwhy she is a great champion and com-petitor. Everyone who watched herthree back to back hard fought winsover Mike Davis, Ryan McCreesh and

Brandon Shuff was in awe of the great competitive spirit of theBlack Widow. Lee reinforced an awareness that she is at thetop of the list of WPBA players when it comes to 14.1. Davis,McCreesh & Shuff are three very strong players that areseldom going to be defeated by anyone, and Jeanette consecu-tively won each of her matches over all three! The last flight would prove to be very competitive with the

three top players all going 3-1; Harriman lost to Lipsky, but de-feated the others. Lipsky lost to Dechaine and won vs. theothers; Dechaine lost to Harriman but defeated Steve Lipskyand Alan Duty. So all three were 2-1 and in the tie breakerformat of ball differential Harriman bested Lipsky by 6 balls to


move into the Sunday night four player elimination round asthe #4 seed vs. #1 Zion Zvi. David Daya was the #2 seed andplayed against #3 Jeanette Lee.The semi final rounds were sterling, with Zion opening up a

large lead following a 69 ball run, only to have Harriman run115, and then 21 and out to win the t.v. table match 150-107.In the second match Jeanette jumped off to a big lead againPennsylvania’s great Dave Daya, who knuckled down andmade a strong comeback to pull away 150-128 and finally endwhat had been a long and really beautifully played tournamentfor Jeanette Lee, finishing tied for 3rd -4th and a $900 purse.Lee’s two day record of 6-2 versus the best Straight Pool playersin the country is enviable and a terrific accomplishment. The final got underway about 9:30 Sunday night, pitting the

two semi winners, Danny Harriman, long time top 14.1 playerfrom Kansas City and Dave Daya, who seems like he has beenplaying 14.1 for ever! But Harriman was not to be denied andfrom the very outset virtually never let Dave out of the chair.One of those days as they say, and Danny was just on a roll.After early safeties, Harriman put together rapid fire runs of 28and then 99 to make the score 126 to -2before Daya even had a chance. Dave ran afew racks before getting stuck and Harrimancame to the table and ran out the match,winning the 2009 Maryland Open 150 to 25,and going 7-1 for the entire two day tourna-ment, with his only loss coming against SteveLipsky. First prize including Sunday High Run$4,100. Daya’s second place finish awardedhim $2,400. Zion Zvi had the Sat. high run of83.Always lots of debate amongst players and

fans as to 14.1 format. Is this the best way, anold fashioned round robin, let the cream riseand then a handful of players play on in asingle elimination? How many players, howmany matches, how many points in the earlyand later rounds? A lot of issues and things tothink about as we look ahead to the 2010 Maryland StraightPool Tournament, planned for June 26-27 next summer. Markit down! I think the overall consensus amongst fans and playerswas that this year’s Maryland 14.1 Championships is coming tothe top of the heap around the country.Congratulations to all who played, helped, came to watch

and viewed the internet links. And especially congratulationsto Danny Harriman and to the other three finalists, Dave Daya,Zion Zvi and Jeanette Lee (right) for their beautiful play, andto hosts Richard & Cynthia Molineiro and to the many spon-sors and supporters, most particularly Simonis Cloth and APA.

Place Player Prize Record1 Danny Harriman $4,000 8-12 Dave Daya 2,400 7-23-4 Jeanette Lee 900 6-23-4 Zion Zvi 900 6-25 Bob Maidhof 650 6-16 Ed Hodan 6257 Mike Dechaine 5758 Brandon Shuff 5509 Steve Lipsky 42510 Mike Davis 40011 Mark Ford 37512 Bobby Chamberlain 35013 Bobby Hunter 32514 Allan Duty 30015 Steve Haag 27516 Ryan McCreesh 250Sat Zion Zvi 100 83 high runSun Danny Harriman 100 115 high run

Photos: Warren Kahle Photography, Annapolis, Maryland

because of the difficult,hard follow shot withenglish that it offersup as the only option.Even a soft, straight-in shot on the gameball is easy to miss with the unwanteddifficulty of shooting off the rail, espe-cially under a little pressure. We leaveourselves frozen to the rail too often forone primary reason; we use the rail as ourtarget. Usually when determining a cue-ball target for the next shot we pick aspot on the rail, a diamond or halfdiamond and play for it. If that is the lastthought we have going into the shot, wetypically land on the chosen target. It’sfrightening sometimes how well we canplay position. The remedy is simple.After choosing your target on the rail,make a clear decision to hit it. If the cueball hits a rail it will rebound from it.Practice some rail shots with cross tableposition to get a feel for hitting the oppo-site rail and rebounding from it to aspecifically chosen spot.

We find ourselves in trouble too oftenafter playing the position that we wanted.This shows up as a lack of planningrather than talent. Balls lying near a railas the eight ball in the diagram will leadto us to this dilemma more than anyothers. It’s very easy to glance at such aball and think of it as a ball on the rail.An object ball three or four inches fromthe rail can require a cue ball shift asgreat as one and a half diamonds for theproper angle. Begin now to look care-fully at such balls and decide exactlywhere you want the cue ball to landwhile considering the option of hittingthe rail to avoid leaving yourself on ortoo close to it. Great players rarely en-counter unpleasant surprises after execut-ing the desired plan.


by Tom Ross

Contributing Writer

Proper Planning

Sometimes we play good positionfor the next ball but not the posi-tion needed to pocket that ball

and complete the rack. In many nine-ball situations, any reasonable shot onthe next ball is good enough to continuebeyond it. So when things are going wellit’s easy to feel comfortable merely glanc-ing at the next ball and then moving thecue ball into position for it. Oftenhowever, more precise or careful positionplay is required. This month we shalldiscuss position strategy and distinguishtechniques for avoiding good shots thatend the run.The most common example of good

position that does not work is landingstraight in on a ball near a rail when thenext ball is on the opposite rail. Theeight-ball shot in the diagram from posi-tion X illustrates the problem. Thetypical cause of ending up at X is not badposition play but careless planning. Theplayer who finds himself in this predica-ment probably feels good until he getsready to shoot the eight and sees hiserror. Very often we take a quick lookat a ball near a rail and regard it as aball on the rail. If you look at the eightball in the diagram and mentally moveit to the rail, you will see that positionX is ideal for moving cross-table to thenine. An experienced player wouldnote the few inches between the eightand the rail and move the cue ball outto position Y from the seven. Look at the diagram now to examine

the routine out from the seven ball.Going from the seven to eight here isvery straightforward. It requires anabove-center hit on the cue ball to rollone rail along the track indicated by thedotted line. A closer look reveals thatthe dotted line heads for position X andthe problem just discussed. A morethoughtful player is likely to play the

two-rail position indicated with the solidline. For this setup that would require aslightly lower hit on the cue ball andmaybe a touch of outside english. One of the first valuable rules we learn

is to choose the simplest cue-ball routesto the next shot. Why then would aplayer opt for two rails when one-rail po-sition appears to work? The answer isfound in another rule that we usuallylearn a bit later in our pursuit. The bestway to avoid a rail is to hit it. In thissetup we have a choice between two cue-ball tracks to get to the eight ball. Thesimpler one moves the cue ball one railto the eight and toward the rail it liesnear. As the cue ball moves closer to theeight ball on this track, it moves closer tothe rail and the straighter angle for theshot on the eight. Opting for two railssends the cue ball into the long rail andthen across the straight-in line to raisethe probability for an easy shot on theeight to get to the game winner.

Using the concept of hitting a rail toavoid it will work to prevent anothernagging position problem, finding thecue ball lined up nicely for the next shotbut frozen to the rail. When thishappens mid-rack, it often ends the run


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This is one of those shots that looks impossible, but it can bemade. And it comes up in most any pocket billiard game, butmore often in one-pocket games.

In this example the 2-ball is frozen to the rail at the first diamond and the 7-ball isfrozen to the 2-ball directly in line with the diamond on the right side of the end railas shown with the dotted line. My opponent has the left end pocket and my pocketis the right end pocket.Instead of just moving the two balls away from his pocket I can make the 7-ball in

my pocket by forcing the 2-ball into the rail behind the 7-ball.If I hit the 2-ball rail real hard the cushion will give enough to get the job done.On a soft cushion table you can align the 2-ball and 7-ball at the center diamond

and make this shot.


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Two Rails First-1by Robert Byrne

From “Byrne’s Complete Book of Pool Shots”

with permission

It often isn’t enough just to hit the

correct ball to escape from a safety;

you have to hit it thick or thin and on

the proper side. One reason the great

Efren Reyes is so hard to beat is that

he is an excellent three-cushion player

and can estimate multiple-rail kicks

with uncanny accuracy. Diagrammed

is a two-rail kick shot. If the cueball

hits the 7-ball thin, the result is a

safety as shown. Hit the 7-ball too full

and you have sold out.


by “The Monk”

Contributing Writer • www.monkbilliardacademy.net

You are a Risk Taker. Go for it

During my recent road trip fromNC to CA to OK to NV to NEto WI and back I thought about

what I wanted to share with you. When Idrive I always think about my studentsand the journey you are taking. Whatmakes you so special is that you dare toreach out. You are a risk taker. It is yournature or you would not pursue pocketbilliards excellence. I often talk aboutbeing the path you follow.Along the way we learn the fine art of

the safety game and for some of us, thisspells doom. In other words, it sets up amind set of the defensive nature. Weleave our own personality of risk taking,which is our strength and decide wedon’t want to take a chance. This goesagainst our very nature. We came intothis game as a risk taker. Now we holdback and don’t want to go for it.

You will lose a few games when youtake risk. You will win a few games whenyou take risk. I once had a guy run sevenracks on me and three times he sentclumps flying in every direction lookingfor luck. He got it because he took therisk.You decide. Are you a gunslinger? Do

you feel better when you go for it? If youanswer yes, then I want you to go foreverything for the next thirty days. Everysingle time you go to the table I want youto attempt a run out. When you walk tothe table you are focused on winning thisgame at this turn. It is time you foundout how this works. Go for it. Take achance. Go for some luck. Try to run outevery single time you come to the table.Do not second guess yourself when it

does not work. Note how many times yousteal a game from your opponent. Note

how many times this mind set serves youwhen you need a shot. A conservativeplayer cannot make a tough shot. Some-times we go for a tough shot and leaveour opponent safe. Sometimes we go for atough shot and finish our run out after wemake it. You will be surprised by howgood you can play this game when youallow yourself to use your talent.

Go for it and I will see you in the finals.

You decide. Are you a gunslinger?

OB Cues Welcomes Its Newest Team Member - Grace Nakamura!

Grace Nakamura is not only a seasoned women’s pro player with titles and accom-plishments spanning more than 2 decades, but she has also worked in the bil-liard industry for the last 15 years. If you have attended a major billiard

event anywhere in the United States or Canada within the last several years, oddsare you’ve run into Grace either raffling cues, or operating a sales booth withtremendous energy and enthusiasm.“Grace provides a perfect complement to OB Cue’s commitment to total customersatisfaction. She brings strong sales skills and excellent customer service to ourgrowing company” says Royce Bunnell, President and Co-Owner of OB Cues.“We are happy to welcome her to our team.”OB Cues, located in Plano Texas, is the manufacturer of the OB line of per-

formance cues and cue shafts.

For more information contact: Royce Bunnell – OB Cues

[email protected] or 877.399.9901

If youhave pur-chased aYow!Masse Cueor Yow! Jump Cue, shoot me an email([email protected]) with your feedback. I’dlove to see what kinds of shots you are nowcapable of since you have purchased the bestjump cue and the best masse cue on themarket! I look forward to hearing from you


by Eric “The Preacher” Yow!

WPA Masse World Champion

Machine Gun Masse

Masse shots come in all shapesand sizes. Once your discoverthat you can elevate the cue,

strike down on the cue ball, and createsuch a massive amount of spin, your cre-ative mind will begin to wonder whatexactly you are capable of doing withsuch a stroke. Recently, people who havebought the Eric Yow Masse Cue haveshared with me that they “never knewthese shots were possible” and are doingthings they’ve “never dreamed they coulddo.” The creative pool player will beginto see shots that have never been seen,perform shots that have never been per-formed. I once read an author say thatevery pool shot that has ever been con-ceived has been shot before, implyingthat you will not be able to invent a newshot. I beg to differ. Several of my fansand friends have gone on to invent beau-tiful combinations, jump shots, andmasse shots that I’m convinced are origi-nal to them. A few of them, I will shooton ESPN Trick Shot Magic this fall!An old favorite, however, is the sub-

stance of my article today. With my Yow!Masse Cue, I like to go back to thecrowd-favorites like the Machine GunMasse. In competition and in my exhibi-tions, I perform this shot regularly. Lineup all of the balls as diagramed with therow of balls right at one ball’s width fromthe long rail. Strike down with your Yow!Masse Cue with straight draw-masse. Iadd just a touch of inside English (towardthe rail) so that the cue ball hugs the raila bit more, just in case it hops and triesto escape. The cue ball will spin rapidlydown the chute, making a noise like amachine gun, and pocket the all in theside pocket.If you have a clean ball and Simonis

cloth, you can add more balls, perhapsfrom another set of balls. I’ve performedthis shot on a 9 foot table taking the row

of balls as far out towards the cornerpocket as possible. Obviously, you muststrike it harder but the effect is beautiful.To add more flare, put a cue along thelong rail and use three sets of balls, liningthe row of balls one ball’s width from thecue stick. The cue ball will spin all theway down, hitting every ball, and be ableto do so because it won’t lose its actiondue to the cue stick creating less frictionthan the rail would. Crowds love it!

PoolDawg, an online leader in retailbilliards and game room equipment, an-nounced their sponsorship of WPBAtouring pro pool player Sarah Rousey.Rousey is currently ranked 13th by theWPBA and will represent PoolDawg atupcoming pro billiards events. “We are thrilled to have Sarah as part ofour team,” said Mike Feiman, PoolDawg’s DOM. “Sarah is quickly becoming oneof the most recognizable names in the WPBA and we are really excited to haveher representing our brand. In addition to being a perennial Top 20 player Sarahbrings with her a loyal and rabid fan base and a personality that meshes nicelywith what we’re doing here at PoolDawg.” Sarah turned pro in November 2003after a successful junior career. In addition to her Top 20 ranking in the WPBAMs. Rousey finished the ‘08 season as the 12th ranked player on the WPBA Tourincluding a top 4 finish in the ‘08 Tour Championships. PoolDawg.com Inc. is a recognized online leader in retail billiards and game roomequipment, offering over 3,000 products ranging from pool cues and cases to dart sup-plies and game room furniture. As one of the web’s largest billiards retailers PoolDawgoffers cues from over thirty manufacturers including Scorpion Action Meucci LucasiMcDermott Schon Mezz and Viking.

Fisher was born Feb. 24,1968, in Peacehaven, Sussex,England. She began playingsnooker at age seven and wonher first title at 15. In a dozenyears playing professionalsnooker, Fisher won 18 titles,including 12 world champi-onships (four of those indoubles competition). Shemoved to the U.S. in Septem-ber 1995 to try her hand onthe WPBA Classic Tour, and promptly won two 9-ball titles inthree months. Fisher won an astounding 20 Classic Tour titlesin the next four years. She also won the WPA World 9-BallChampionship in 1996, 2001 and 2002. During Fisher’s reign,she earned POY honors from both Billiards Digest and Pool &Billiard & Magazine 11 times in 12 years.“I was worried that I was still a little too young to be elected,”said Fisher, who learned of her election while competing in theWorld 10-Ball Championship in Manila, Philippines. “It’swonderful to be recognized like this,” Fisher said. “I had a greatcareer in snooker as well, but was never recognized for it. I’vehad a great career in 9-ball, and this is the icing on the cake.Being recognized among the greatest players is something thatis there forever. It’s a great honor.” Voting was conducted by the USBMA Hall of Fame Board.

Induction is awarded to the player named on the most ballots.A second player is elected if he or she is named on more than70 percent of the ballots. Archer (82%) and Fisher (75%) botheasily topped those requirements. The next closest vote-getterswere Filipino stars Jose Parica (25%) and Francisco Bustamante(18%). To be eligible for consideration in the Greatest Player cate-

gory, a player: a) must be 40 years old by Jan. 1 of the year oftheir induction; b) must have a professional playing career of atleast 10 years; and c) must have recorded significant achieve-ments in U.S.-based events.


Johnny Archer and Allison Fisher, the most dominant maleand female pool players of the past 15 years, have beenelected for induction into the Billiard Congress of America

(BCA) Hall of Fame in voting conducted by the United StatesBilliard Media Association (USBMA). Archer, 40, and Fisher,41, was honored at the BCA International Billiard & HomeRecreation Expo in Las Vegas, June 23, and will be formally in-ducted into the BCA Hall of Fame on Oct. 22 during cere-monies at the Chesapeake Marriott in Chesapeake, Va.

Archer is a four-time world 9-ball champion and winner of 25pro tour titles, while Fisher is athree-time world 9-ball cham-pion and winner of 53 Women’sProfessional Billiard Association(WPBA) Classic Tour titles. Born in tiny Twin City, Ga.,

Nov. 12, 1968, Archer wasdrawn to the game by a smallcoin-op table in the arcade of alocal Minute Mart. He began

playing more frequently at a small room called “Chester’s” innearby Matter, and it was Chester, himself, who took Archerunder his wing and eventually introduced him to tournamentplay in 1984 at the Tennessee State Open in Chattanooga.Archer, 15 at the time, never looked back. “My parents tried tokeep me in school, but they couldn’t change my mind,” Archersaid in a 1992 interview in Billiards Digest.Archer joined the pro tour full-time in 1986, but it was six

years before he won his first tour title, the 1991 Sands RegencyOpen. The following year, Archer won five titles, including theWorld Pool-Billiard Association (WPA) World 9-Ball Champi-onship, and was named Billiards Digest Player of the Year(POY), the first of such POY titles Archer would garner.Archer would go on to win 12 Professional Billiard Tour (PBT)titles over the next four years, including two of his four worldcrowns (back-to-back PBT World 9-Ball championships in1993 and 1994). Archer once again won the WPA World 9-Ball Championship in 1996. In all, Archer has won more than60 tournaments. He has also been a member of Team USA inthe Mosconi Cup 12 times. “This is really a great honor,” said Archer. “The Hall of Famehas the greatest players in the world, and to be in the samegroup with them is a blessing.“The biggest thrill will be havingmy father there in October when I get inducted,” Archer added.

Archer & Fisher to be new BCA InducteesDominant Stars become first-ballot inductees in Greatest Player category


Ewa Mataya Laurance becomes APA Tour OperatorWPBA Star Takes Over APA League in Myrtle Beach, S.C.

As a major sponsor of the WPBA Classic Tour, Ewa“The Striking Viking” Laurance has associated foryears with the American Poolplayers Association

(APA). Ewa has traveled to various APA Leagues around thecountry conducting exhibitions, and Mitch, her husband andESPN billiard commentator, is well versed on promoting APAduring the ESPN event airings. Now both, along with daugh-ter Nikki Graham, will own and operate the Coastal CarolinaAPA League.“I’m really excited about taking over APA operations in theCoastal Carolina area where we reside. This is really a perfectfit for me, and an extension of my involvement in the sport.Mitch and I will be marketing and promoting the league, andwe believe there is a major opportunity for growth here. Beingable to do this as a family makes it even more special giventhat Nikki will handle day-to-day procedures,” said Ewa.Ewa, a multiple winner of 9-Ball and Trick Shot Champi-

onships, joins renown trick shot artists Bruce Barthelette andAndy Segal as fellow APA League Operators. The APA hasmore than 260 League Operators throughout the United States,Canada and Japan.

The APA, based in Lake SaintLouis, Mo., sanctions the world’slargest amateur pool league, knownas the APA Pool League throughoutthe United States, and as the Cana-dian Pool League in Canada. Morethan 260,000 members compete inweekly 8-Ball and 9 Ball league play.The APA is generally recognized asthe Governing Body of Amateur Pool, having established theofficial rules, championships, formats and handicap systems forthe sport of amateur billiards.The APA produces three major tournaments each year—the

APA National Team Championships, the APA NationalSingles Championships and the U.S. Amateur Champi-onship—that, together, pay out nearly $1.5 Million in cash andprizes annually!The APA and its championships are sponsored by Cuetec

Cues and PoolDawg.For more information on the American Poolplayers Associa-

tion, visit www.poolplayers.com.

On May 17th, 2009 The WynkoopBrewing Company located in DowntownDenver held their annual BEF Junior Na-

tionals qualifier. Jeremy Archibeqe from Thornton,CO and Alex Haj-Hussein from Colorado Springs,CO both came in first and second to qualify forthe 2009 BEF Junior Nationals to be held this July in Michigan. Congratu-lations to both players and good luck next month.

Melissa Little, WPBA Pro and house-pro at the Wynkoop has sched-uled the Colorado State 9-Ball Championships this year for the weekendof Saturday & Sunday, September 26th-27th, 2009. Last year we offeredover $4500 worth of prizes for the top finishers and look forward to thisyears championships. Look for up-coming Wynkoop ads in the futuremonths to come.

Jeremy Archibeqe & Alek Haj-Hussein to Represent Colorado in BEF

Alex Haj-Hussein and Jeremy Archibeqe

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side(global). To put this in pool jargon, theleft side analyzes things in a game,point-by-point and point-to-point manner. If we arenot free flowing our stroke, we are steeringit with our left-brain function in a calculated and trying tomake it method. This is inconsistent with how most pros andfluent stroking players execute their stroke. They use their rightbrain function in a graceful and musically let it go technique. How does one develop this right side brain tempo and

fluency? First, before your last slow, backward stroke, hesitate atthe cue ball with your cue tip. Burn your focus on the lint onthe wing of the fly, or for you pool players, the contact point ofthe object ball. note: Use a magnifying glass, penetrating, andlaser-beamed focus on this point. Now, the left-brain functionis being kept busy! It is time for what I call the sneak attack ofthe right brain function – a uninhibited, free-flowing final stroketo victory. The stroke cannot be steered with the left-brainbecause it is busy burning its focus on the contact point. Theonly thing that can stroke the shot is the right brain, whichdoes so automatically without the left brain getting in the way. Slow backstroke, hesitate again, continue to burn the focus…

and, let your cue go! The shot will shoot itself, so to speak andyou will often enter the “golden” arena of dead stroke. You canpractice this burning focus technique from large to ultra smallwhile in your chair. Watch your focus come alive!

by Tom Rossman • [email protected] Writer


Golden Nugget of Instruction

My wife, Marty (Ms. Cue) and I have been on the roadfor over 22 years doing clinics, shows, and promo-tional events. The demanding logistics and perform-

ance of our tour schedule requires significant planning anddisciplined focus. The principle of burning focus is essential forsuccess for your game. Without it, concentration is lost ornever obtained, and failure normally lurks around the corner tosteal away the joy of a game well played! Therefore, I would liketo provide you with a special technique to acquire focus whenone might appear to be in limbo. First, I would like to give you a brief test of focus, so that you

might better understand how it is controlled and found/ab-sorbed when you feel like you are wandering aimlessly fromshot to shot. Pick an object of any size. View it in its entiretywith both eyes open. Then reduce your viewing/focus to a partof the item. Reduce again to a specific point on the item.Imagine a fly sitting on that point and ultimately a spec of linton the wing of the fly. Finally, imagine the spec of lint smoking!While you are burning your focus on the lint, try to burn yourfocus on another fly’s wing right next to it. You will find this isimpossible! The left-brain function is visually burning the focuson one specific point. It can’t do two burning focus points at thesame time. The focus will always be split if you try to do both,back and forth back and forth. The brain is comprised of a left side(analytical) and a right

Burning focus – Sneak Attack of the Right Brain

things you want, not the things youdon’t want.If you have yet to see the

movie, watch it or read the bookwith an open mind.


The Law of Attractionby 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

Ijust finished the movie and the non-fiction book, TheSecret, by Rhonda Byrne. If you’ve heard anything about it,then you know that it’s all about the Law of Attraction.

Without giving away too much of the movie, the law of attrac-tion is all about getting what you think about; using yourthoughts and feelings to determine your destiny. Whatever youfocus on will be attracted to you. Far fetched? Decide for your-self. But, you can’t deny that there’s much truth to this theory.

Without getting too heavy on this topic, let’s think abouthow this applies to pool. We may not realize it, but we oftencreate our lives by focusing on what don’t want. For instance,“I hope I don’t scratch,” “I don’t want to lose my next match,”“I’m not a bad player,” and “I hope I don’t miss this shot.” Theseare all ways that we allow the things we don’t want to creepinto our subconscious.Instead, choose the exact spot where you want the cue ball

end up and think, “I’ll make this shot and the cue ball will gothere,” and visualize it happening. Say, “I will win my nextmatch,” and believe it. Say, “I’m a spectacular pool player!” andbe proud of it. Think, “make it, make it, make it,” with eachwarm up stroke and see the ball going into the pocket. Visual-ize everything that you want to happen, making the shot,beating your opponent, and winning the tournament. Attractthe positive outcomes with your positive thoughts.Obviously, I can’t guarantee that just by doing this you will

win more tournaments. However, I do believe that by adjustingthe way we phrase our thoughts, not only in pool but also inlife, we can proactively attract the things we want, not whatwe don’t want. A quote by Henry Ford: “Whether you thinkyou can or whether you think you can’t, either way, you’reright.”Shifting the way we think and feel to the things that we

want takes practice. It’s natural to want to complain about badthings that happened, the bad rolls we got, the bad luck we had.But, if we can focus on the positive things, we create them forourselves. Our destiny lies in the future, not in the past. If weconstantly dwell on the negative things from our past, then weinevitably recreate them. Remove “I can’t and “I’m not” fromyour vocabulary.Imagine yourself as a magnet that attracts things to you

through the signals you emit, using your thoughts and feelings.Whether its money, relationships, health, or pool, be clearabout what you want the ultimate outcome to be. Visualize it.Believe in it. And, make it happen for yourself. Focus on the


BCA Returns to Vegas for Successful 2009 Expo

After four grueling days MikeDechaine defeated Thorsten“Hitman” Hohmann at the

World Summit of Pool, taking his shareof the prize fund and top honors to boot.The event Hosted by the Riviera Hoteland Casino took place June 7th in LasVegas, NV. The $20,000 added event wassponsored by McDermott HandcraftedCues, Instroke Cases, Ivan SimonisCloth, Aramith Balls, Delta-13 Rack,Quick-Clean, and Diamond Tables.The tournament featured many top

players including Thorsten HitmanHohmann and Ralph Eckert of Germany,Roberto Gomez of the Philippines,Johnny Morra, Max Eberle and tourna-ment favorite Rodney RocketMorris.Morris defeated Bennett to advance tothe hot seat match sending Keith to theone loss side. To the disappointment offans and on lookers alike, with the scoretied at 3 all, Morris broke down his cue

and forfeited his match. UPA rules re-quired that Morris be disqualified. Morrisissued an apology on AZ Billiards. “Iwould like to extend my most sincereapology to the UPA, ACS, staff at theWorld Summit of Pool, my friends andfamily, my sponsor Kamuitips.com, fans,and my fellow pool players. Earlier matches saw Stevie Moore beat

John Morra to play one of the tourna-ment favorites Roberto Gomez. Mooreeliminated Gomez and advanced to thequarterfinals to face Hohmann who hadeliminated Kucharo and Bennett.Hohmann ousted Moore to advance tothe finals after Morris’ disqualificationleft the semifinal spot with no opponentfor Hohmann to face. Hohmann, beingon the one loss side was forced to defeatDechaine twice to take the title. He wonthe first set 13-7 leaving Dechaine visiblyshaken. The second set saw Hohmannout to an early lead but Dechaine was

not quite ready to give up just yet. Gath-ering himself together Dechaine took thematch 13-11 to take the title at theWorld Summit of Pool.“This is my first title and I can’t stopshaking,” said Dechaine after the match.Dechaine went on to complimentHohmann.

World Summit of Pool

Thorsten “Hitman” Hohmann andWinner Mike Dechaine

Broomfield, Colo. – June 29, 2009

The 2009 edition of the BilliardCongress of America’s (BCA) In-ternational Billiard & Home

Recreation Expo came to a successfulconclusion. The event, produced by theBCA, was held at the Sands Expo andConvention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada,June 25-27, 2009. Buyer attendance for the three-day

event was 1,120. The number of compa-nies exhibiting at the event was 116,while the total number of booths was 412. “I was excited to see how well the showturned out and I am very pleased with allof the positive comments that I have re-ceived from both exhibitors and buyers,”commented Ivan Lee, co-chair of theExpo and 2008-2009 chairman of theBCA Board of Directors.“Informally, the show was a roll-call

for the billiard industry and the ex-

hibitors that attended saw a strong showof support from the retail base. Manybuyers commented that Las Vegas is theright place for the BCA Expo and theywere happy to be back in Vegas. I wasalso impressed with the Business of Bil-liards Seminar Series. We had very goodattendance at the seminars this year andthe information presented was timely andvery useful.” “If you are involved in the billiard in-dustry and didn’t participate in the BCAExpo you missed out,” said Lee. “But,don’t take my word for it, ask the ex-hibitors, retailers and room operatorsthat came to the Expo.” The BCA has secured the Las Vegas

Convention Center for the 2010 Expo,which will take place June 24-26, 2010,and the Sands Expo and ConventionCenter, June 23-25, 2011.

About Billiard Congress of America Founded in 1948, the Billiard Congress of

America is a non-profit trade organizationdedicated to growing a united, prosperousand highly regarded billiard industry throughBCA leadership. The BCA seeks to enhancethe success of its members and promote thegame of billiards though educational, mar-keting and promotional efforts, annual in-dustry trade shows, tournaments and otherprograms designed to encourage billiards as alifestyle and make pool everybody’s game.For more information, visit www.bca-pool.com or call 866.852.0999.


www.USBA.net

USBA OfficersPresidentBob Jewett1000 Kiely Blvd Apt 86, Santa Clara, CA [email protected]

Secretary/Treasurer Jim Shovak58 Hawthorne AvenueEast Islip, NY [email protected]

Eastern Region Directors

Mazin Shooni2006 USA Champion135 Broad Street Unit # 3A5, Hudson, MA, 01749 cell phone: 248-910-4466 work phone: 603 623 5330 [email protected] Ugartechea3795 NW 5 TerrBoca Raton, FL [email protected] [email protected]

Central Region Directors-George Theobald1N260 Prince Crossing Rd.West Chicago, Illinois 60185(630) [email protected] Johnson734-368-3315 [email protected] Ashby8X USA Champion206 E. State StreetJacksonville, IL [email protected]

Western Region Directors

George Aronek19120 Nordhoff St.Northridge, California [email protected] Higgins19342 47TH Ave NE.Seattle, Washington [email protected] Warner(310)[email protected]

There were 40 players from differentstates across the country as well asfrom Mexico and Ecuador. In all,

there were at least 15 players that have estab-lished averages of at least 1.000 and only 10players would be able to qualify into the finals.That’s how tough the field was. There werealso some upsets which changed the outcomedramatically.The tournament was played on 6 beautiful

Verhoeven tables with brand new Simonis 300rapide cloth. With the players split up into 5groups of 8 players each, only 2 players fromeach group would qualify into the finals alongwith one auction and one lottery winner. Theprize fund from the entry fees alone was$10,000 ($ 250 times 40 players). BetweenCollege Billiards and the USBA Tour sponsors,another $6,000 was added. The auctionbrought in $1,600 and the lottery brought in$1,900 raising the total prize fund payout to$19,500.

International Open Tournament

Javier Teran Wins at College Billiards

College Billiardsand Cafe, San Diego, CA

Flight A: Javier Teran from Ecuador, JaeHyung Cho from Colorado and Sonny Chofrom New York were the favorites, but only 2could advance. Javier Teran finished 7-0 towin the flight. Sonny Cho lost 2 matches, oneto Teran and one to Jae Hyung Cho but hadonly 8 and 9 points respectively in his 2 losses.Jae Hyung Cho lost his match with Teran butwas upset twice, first by Arturo Velasquez(“Carnitas”, as he is affectionately called) fromMexico and then by Alfredo Reyes fromHuntington Park, California, giving JaeHyung Cho three losses altogether. Because ofpoints, the winner of the match betweenArturo Velasquez and Alfredo Reyes wouldadvance to the finals and “Carnitas” defeatedReyes 25-20 to earn the 2nd spot.Flight B:Miguel Torres from New York,

Rodolfo Covarrubias from Mexico andMichael Kang from New York were the fa-vorites, however Lupe Cruz from Iowa upsetsome apple carts, first by defeating Miguel

(l-r) Hugo Patino (2nd),Pedro Piedrabuena (3rd)

and Javier Teran (1st)

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Torres 25-19 and then beating Michael Kang 25-21. Covarru-bias wins the flight at 6-1 and a three-way tie for 2nd placebetween Miguel Torres, Michael Kang and Lupe Cruz isdecided by points in favor of Miguel Torres. Lupe Cruz finished3rd and Kang in 4th.Flight C: This was a very tough flight as well with Mazin

Shooni from Massachusetts, Miguel Almaraz from Mexico andGuillermo Sosa, also from Mexico as the favorites. The flightalso had some strong players such as Carlos Alvarez from WestCovina, California, Ivan Rosales from Mexico and Sean Parkfrom Los Angeles. Shooni lost 3 matches, one to Almaraz, oneto Sosa and an upset to Sean Park. Guillermo Sosa lost toAlmaraz and was upset by Carlos Alvarez. Almaraz wins theflight going 6-1 with his only loss being an upset to CarlosAlvarez who finished 2nd, also at 6-1. Sosa finished in 3rd andShooni finished in 4th.Flight D: Carlos Francisco Palafox from Los Angeles wins

the flight going 6-1 and Hugo Patino from New York finishes in2nd, also at 6-1.Flight E: This was also a very difficult flight with Pedro

Piedrabuena from San Diego (College Billiards owner), LuisAvila from Mexico, Roberto Rojas from Mexico, Salvador Diazfrom Los Angeles and Juan Delgadillo from Hayward, Califor-nia. Roberto Rojas defeated Piedrabuena 25-10 in just 7innings, but Rojas lost a match to Delgadillo. Avila wins theflight at 6-1 with Piedrabuena finishing 2nd, also at 6-1.

FinalsWith the 10 players already decided for the finals, there was

an auction and a lottery held for the 2 additional positions inthe finals. The auction was won by Sonny Cho who paid$1,600.00 to play in the finals. Then there was a lottery wheretickets were sold for just $20.00 apiece and there was no limitto the amount of tickets you could purchase. The lotterybrought in an additional $ 1,900.00 for the prize fund. A localpatron won the lottery (not a player) so the patron decided tohave us auction his winning ticket. Michael Kang won thatauction, paying the man $ 1,450.00.The 12 finalists were then divided into 2 groups of 6 players

each (Flights F and G). The flights were determined exclu-sively by the players’ performance in the preliminaries,meaning “Wins and Losses”, “Total Points Scored” and “TotalPoints Against”.Flight F: Javier Teran, Pedro Piedrabuena, Miguel Almaraz,

Rodolfo Covarrubias, Sonny Cho and Miguel Torres. Wow! Iwouldn’t want to be in THIS flight! After 3 rounds of play,Javier Teran, Miguel Almaraz and Pedro Piedrabuena were allaveraging over 1.500!!! Javier Teran wins the flight going 5-0and averaging 1.579. Pedro Piedrabuena finishes 2nd going 3-2and averaging 1.545. Miguel Almaraz finishes 3rd going 3-2

and averaging 1.320. Rodolfo Covarrubias finishes 4th going2-3 and averaging 1.245. Sonny Cho finishes 5th going 2-3and averaging 1.042. Miguel Torres finishes 6th going 0-5 andaveraging .970. The average for the entire flight was anamazing 1.267!Flight G: Luis Avila, Hugo Patino, Michael Kang, Carlos

Palafox, Aruro Velasquez (“Carnitas”) and Carlos Alvarez.Arturo Velasquez defeats Avila 30-21. Hugo Patino wins theflight going 4-1 with a 1.333 average. Luis Avila finishes in2nd also going 4-1 with a 1.306 average. Grand average wasthe tie-breaker if there was a tie in Wins and Losses. Avilajust misses winning the flight by 3 additional points or 3 lessinnings. Michael Kang finishes 3rd going 3-2 with a 1.198average. Carlos Palafox finishes 4th going 2-3 with a .763average. Arturo Velasquez finishes 5th going 1-4 with a .793average and Carlos Alvarez finishes 5th going 1-4 with a .739average.

Final Matches Player Pts Inns Avg High Run 1st & 2ndJavier Teran 35 40 .875 4 Hugo Patino 33 39 .846 5 3rd & 4th Place: Pedro Piedrabuena 35 21 1.667 5 Luis Avila 34 21 1.619 6 5th & 6th Place: Miguel Almaraz 18 25 .720 4 Michael Kang 35 25 1.400 8 7th & 8th Place: Rodolfo Covarrubias 35 31 1.129 8 Carlos Palafox 30 30 1.000 8 9th & 10th Place: Sonny Cho 34 40 .850 3 Arturo Velasquez 35 41 .854 5 11th & 12th Place: Miguel Torres 35 19 1.842 8 Carlos Alvarez 25 18 1.389 9 Pedro Piedrabuena had the tournament high run of 13.Javier Teran and Miguel Almaraz both had the best game ofthe tournament:30 points in 14 innings (2.143 average)Congratulations to Javier Teran and all that participated in

this fabulous tournament!Right after the award ceremony, a raffle was held where

Raye Raskin won a cue case and a local patron won adonated cue. The crowd was treated to a display of trick-shotwizardry by World Champion trick-shot artist, Roberto Rojas.


Secretary’s DeskWe are looking for good peoplewho wish to become a USBARegional Director or run for thepositions of President and/orSecretary/Treasurer. Pleasecontact me as soon as possible ifyou are interested [email protected] are still positions openfor USBA Tour Events. If youare interested in hosting one,please contact me for further in-structions.Four of our top players are beingsent to compete in the CPBChampionships in Buenos Aires.The best 8 finishers will be sentto the World Championship inNovember. Your membershipdues make this possible.Without you, we would benowhere and we would not beable to send our top players tocompete internationally. Theyare very appreciative.Please spend some time on theUSBA website. There is somuch information available.There is a Member Directory,there is an online Forum todiscuss things with other players,you can create and save yourown shot diagrams or sharethem with others, and you canbuy and sell billiard-relateditems. If you have any questions,you can contact me and I willhelp you.Please volunteer to run somelocal tournaments, or hold apool player “Shot Contest”which will get more pool playersinterested in 3-cushion. Thereis so much that can be done,but we need more volunteers ifwe want to promote this beauti-ful game.I am very proud and grateful tohave served as yourSecretary/Treasurer for the past2 ½ years and I hope to con-tinue in that capacity if it iswhat our members want.

We would like to thank the following:Pedro Piedrabuena and Timoteo Moreno, owners of College Billiards for putting up their

room, for adding money to the prize fund and overall making it a fun time for all.Luis Castro who practically ran the whole tournament, cleaned tables and did whatever was

necessary. Great job, Luis.Those that were score keepers for the finals. We really appreciate it.

Final Rankings Player Prize

1) Javier Teran $ 4,500.00 2) Hugo Patino $ 3,000.00 3) Pedro Piedrabuena $ 2,500.00 4) Luis Avila $ 2,000.00 5) Michael Kang $ 1,500.00 6) Miguel Almaraz $ 1,200.00 7) Rodolfo Covarrubias $ 1,000.00 8) Carlos Palafox $ 900.00 9) Arturo Velasquez $ 800.00 9) Sonny Cho $ 700.00 11) Miguel Torres $ 600.00 12) Carlos Alvarez $ 500.00 High Run: $ 150.00 Pedro Piedrabuena: 13 Best Game: $ 150.00 Javier Teran/Miguel Almaraz 30 Points in 14 innings: 2.143 average

USBA Election Candidates Being Sought

In a few months we will be having our 4-year election cycle which includes the po-

sitions for 9 Regional Directors along with the office of President and

Secretary/Treasurer.

If you are interested in becoming a Regional Director or an officer for the USBA,

kindly let me know.

All interested candidates’ names will be brought to the current Board of Directors.

If a Board of Director nominates someone and the nomination is seconded by a di-

rector, then the name will appear on the ballot.

Please contact Jim Shovak as soon as possible if anyone is interested.

[email protected]

We are accepting bids to hold a USBA Tour Event in your room

If you are interested, please go to www.USBA.net and click “Running USBA

Tournaments, USBA National Championships, USBA TOUR Events, Regional

Qualifiers & Shot Contests” on the left side menu. Then click “Holding a USBA

Tour Event” for complete information.

The 2010 USBA National Championship Tournament will be held at theElks Lodge in Tacoma, WA. Expected dates are February 17-21, 2010.

More details will be forthcoming.


The 2009 USBA Tour continued with a great “B” tour-nament held at World Class Billiards in Peabody,Massachusetts. Room owners, Joe DeAmato and John

Magulas added money to the prize fund and were extremelygracious hosts to all the players.Four Soren Sogaard tables were freshly covered with

Simonis 300 rapide cloth and played beautifully throughoutthe tournament. The Tables were vacuumed daily and werecleaned thoroughly with a slightly damp microfiber cloth afterevery match.In all, there were 21 players competing for a first place prize

of $ 2,000.00 with a total prize fund of $ 7,000.00. Theplayers were divided into 3 flights with 7 players each. Thetop 2 finishers of each flight along with the two best 3rd placefinishers would play an 8-player round robin in the finals. Theprelims were to 20 points and the finals were to 25 points.Final placement was determined by wins/losses, total pointsscored, head-to-head and points-against. Averages were keptthroughout the tournament by the players but it was not a de-termining factor in the placement.Flight A: Tony Ferrara goes undefeated, 6-0, to win the

flight, averaging .659. Dave Van Lokeren finished 2nd with a5-1 record and a .644 average. Dan Kolacz finishes 3rd with a4-2 record, but misses out on the finals because he only scored9 points in each of his losses. In one of those losses, Dave VanLokeren scored 20 points in just 15 innings.Flight B: Joe DeAmato wins the flight going 5-1 and Jim

Watson finishes 2nd, going 4-2. Ellis Lawrence, who wasshooting great, had one more match against Rick McGuire.The winner would make the finals and the loser would not.Rick McGuire rose to the occasion, scoring 20 points in just17 innings to earn the spot.Flight C: John Magulas shot great, going 5-1 to win the

flight. Bob Page had a spot in the finals sewed up but had onematch left against Jim Shovak. Shovak needed to win tomake the finals. A loss would allow Leonard Collibee to enterthe finals. Bob Page started the 20 point match with a bang,scoring 11 points in just 3 innings. With the score 13-2 infavor of Page, things didn’t look too good for Shovak. After afew more innings, it was 15-6. Both players started playingsafety as Shovak started scoring. With the score at 18-16,Shovak ran a two to tie it, and then another 2, to snatchvictory from the jaws of defeat with a 20-18 win.Finals: With the 8-player round robin to 25 points each, it

was anyone’s tournament. All the players played admirably

and many matches could have gone either way. After 3 rounds,the favorites were Dave Van Lokeren, Jim Watson and JimShovak, all with 3-0 records.Going into the final round, there were 3 players who could

still win the tournament, Jim Watson, Dave Van Lokeren andBob Page, all with 5-1 records. Dave Van Lokeren won hismatch, finishing 6-1. Bob Page lost to Joe DeAmato, 25-3,giving Page his 2nd loss and not a whole lot of points. JimWatson needed to win against Jim Shovak to force a playoffmatch with Dave Van Lokeren, but lost 25-22. Watson settledfor 2nd place. Joe DeAmato was 2-2 after 4 rounds, but won hislast 3 matches to finish 5-2 and fought his way into 3rd place.Great comeback, Joe. Bob Page (5-2) settled for 4th place, JimShovak (4-3) finished in 5th place, Tony Ferrara (2-5) came in6th, John Magulas (1-6) finished 7th and Rick McGuire (0-7)came in 8th place.

Player Prize $ 7,000.00 Prize Fund 1) Dave Van Lokeren $ 2,000.002) Jim Watson $ 1,500.00 3) Joe DeAmato $ 1,100.004) Bob Page $ 800.005) Jim Shovak $ 600.00 6) Tony Ferrara $ 400.00 7) John Magulas $ 300.00 8) Rick McGuire $ 200.00Best Game: Dave Van Lokeren $ 50.0020 points in 15 innings (1.333 average)High Run: Joe DeAmato 9 $ 50.00

“B” Tournament (under .800 average)

World Class Billiards, Peabody, MA

(l-r)Joe DeAmato (3rd), Dave Van Lokeren (1st), and Jim Watson (2nd).


The Principle of Defenseby Bob Byrne

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

Good defensive strategy, absolutelyessential to winning

in three-cushion billiards, ishardly ever mentioned in thescanty literature in a game.Defense in billiards consists offar more than simply playing“easy to the red” and its corol-lary, hard away to the white.It is a simple matter to leave

your opponent’s cueball atone end of the table and twoobjects balls at the other. Thetrick is to still do that andmake the point.Some general rules: Don’t

die to close to the red or you’llleave a decent bank. Forgetsafety play on “big ball” shotsand standard naturals. Don’t

relax on shots that have a safeleave built into them-try toscore. Early in the game, if youare hitting the ball well, easeoff on the safety play and tryto bury your opponent withpoints.The easiest way to make the

shot in Diagram 103is with a half-ball hit,which banks thewhite ball to thesellout end of thetable. To avoid that,there are two hits tothink about in posi-tions of this type:thick and thin. Afeather-thin hit,cutting the whitetoward point c with

maximum right english to putthe cueball on a scoring pathoff the first rail, will leave youropponent far from his work ifyou miss. Or you can hit thewhite full with follow andslight right english, bankingthe white to point b and back

to c. In both cases the cueballcan be made to die near thered ball.

Attention Room OwnersA room owner that has only one or two 3-cushion tables can

now have competition and give their customers a chance tolearn the game. All paperwork and diagrammed shots are sentto the room owners ahead of time giving their players a chanceto learn the shots, giving room owners some revenue on their3-cushion tables while the players practice the shots. Thequickest way to get new players to play the game of 3-Cushionis to reach out to pool players. A small recap of how the 3-Cushion Billiards Challenge Shot Contest works:FORMAT: This is for POOL PLAYERS ONLY. Players will

shoot 8-diagrammed shots. Each player will shoot each of the 8shots three times. Each shot is worth 2 points. After each shot ,a player will also attempt a straight-rail carom shot (no railsnecessary) after the balls come to rest. If they make it, it will beworth 1 point. So for each shot, a player actually makes a totalof 6 attempts to score. This means that the maximum possiblescore for the whole tournament will be 72 points. Three small, round stick-ons will be placed on the table,

which will represent the exact placement of the diagrammedshots. All players will have the same shot and same placementof the 3 balls. After all players have completed their 3 attemptsfor a shot (plus the 3 straight-rail carom attempts), the dots

will be removed and replaced for the next shot selection.With a maximum of 16 players and entry fee being only $5,

players will enter and have fun while they also have a chanceto win some cash.The room owner should add $ 100 plus TheUSBA TOUR sponsors will add $255 making it a total of$355. The payouts, regardless of the number of players (8player minimum) would then be:1st: $ 200 2nd: $100 3rd: $ 55Whatever amount is received in entry fees goes to the room

owner or tournament director. The minimum number ofplayers is 8 and the maximum is 16.For more information callPaul Frankel, (Professor-Q-Ball) at 901 756-2594Diagramed is one of the 3-Cushion billiard challenge shot

for you to try.

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Upcoming Tournaments for 2009August 17-23: USBA TOUR - $ 40,000.00 Carom Cafe Int’l Open -Flushing, NYContact: Charles Brown or Min Jae Pak: 718-358-8585August 21-23: Mike Fahey Memorial- Tacoma Elks, WAContact: Ken Higgins: 206-355-5498September 11: National Qualifier – World Classic – MoodyGardens,Gavaleston, TXContact: Paul Frankel - 901 756-2594September 11: Shot Contest -Amy’s Billiards - Stuart, FLContact Amy Poulter 772 232-9966September 18-20: Minneapolis Billiard Club Fall Classic Open, MNContact Fred Lamers: [email protected] - 763-300-6370September : USBA TOUR- “B” Tournament – UndeterminedCheck www.USBA.net for updates. Click “Tournaments-Calendar”.

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1st object ball is frozen in the corner. Hit cue ball with mod-erate stroke. Will hit 3-4 or 5 rails to complete the billiard.Good test of accuracy of hit on first object ball. Level cuefollow through medium stroke.

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Hillbilly Earns Another “Star”on The Lone Star Tour

On July 18th & 19th it was another huge success forthe Lone Star Billiards Tour as 89 players turned outfor the Rose Country Club 9-Ball Bar Table Open

III in Houston, Texas . Top players battled it out for two daysand for over 20k in cash. Lone Star regulars included CharlieBryant, Sylver Ochoa, Raul Escobedo, Lanny Herrin, NickHood, Cliff Joyner, Manuel Ayala, Bobby Pacheco and de-fending champ Dennis Strickland. Newcomers on the scenewere Barry Emerson, Sparky Ferrell, David Gutierrez, ReneRendon, and Gary Abood. In the hot seat match we had Charlie Bryant vs. Bobby

Pacheco. It was a real thriller with Charlie and Bobby tradinggames until it was hill-hill. On the final rack Bobby broke,made two balls, and had a road map to glory. Unfortunatelyafter pocketing the one ball, he nearly froze himself on the twowhich led to a short lived shot trade off where ultimatelyCharlie gained ball in hand with five balls left on the table. As Hillbilly waited in the wings, the one loss side produced

Dennis Strickland vs. Sparky Ferrell, after both suffering adefeat at the hands of Hillbilly. Ferrell defeated Strickland toearn a match up with Bobby Pacheco. Bobby succumbed toSparky’s unwavering consistency 7-3. In the final match, Sparky’s exceptional play was put to the

test after Charlie hit him with seven games in a row during thefirst race to nine in this true double elimination format. Sparkyanswered back with four in a row, but it just wasn’t going to beenough to shake the Hillbilly as he put him away 9-4.Congratulations to Charlie and also Christina De La Garza

who earned $195 for the top lady finisher in the main event. It was such an exciting tour event and we would like to

thank Rose Country Club and our sponsors Cue Reach, Mc-Dermott Cues, and the Delta 13 Rack for their support of thenew Lone Star Tour. We can now look forward to hosting anadded money ladies event at each tour stop in addition to LiveStreaming by Cue & A Promotions.

Payouts • Bar Table Open III89 Players, 32 Places PaidAuction Tournament1.Charlie Bryant 4,680 1,2802.Sparky Ferrell 3,200 7503.Bobby Pacheco 2,500 5504.Dennis Strickland 1,700 4005.Gary Abood 350 3256.Manuel Ayala 3257.Cliff Joyner 1608.Barry Emerson 1609.David Gutierrez 100ea10.Sonny Bosshamer11.Nick Hood 12.Ishmael Ramirez

Bobby Pacheco,Minh Hammonds,CharlieBryant,Sparky Ferrell

l-r, Chip Compton,Evelyn Dysart, MikeDurbin (sponsor)andJr. Davis

Tournament Results: July 16-19, 2009 - Ladies - 15 players1st Brittany Colbert2nd Michelle McDermott3rd Jessica Frideres4th Julia GabrielHot seat: Brittany def Jessica 7-2, semi: Michelle def Jessica 7-61st set of finals: Brittany defeats Michelle 7-6Open - 128 players1st Chip Compton2nd Jr. Davis3rd James Baraks4th Gabe Owen5-6th Dustin Gunia, Jeremy Jones7-8th John Gabriel, Joe Johnson

l-r, Brittany Colbert,Evelyn Dysart, and

Michelle McDermott

Shooters • Olathe, Kansas • Midwest Tour

confidencewere oncescary anddoubtful.This is our growth process.Fear tells us there is some-thing afoot that is a bitoutside of our comfort zone.Courage is our personal will-ingness to stand up and faceour fears. Courage comes from“feeling the fear and doing itanyway.” Recognize fear, buildcourage. This process neverends.

Recovery:We all miss. Alot. It’s embarrassing. It’scostly. It’s frustrating. Butthat’s the nature of our sport.Like golf, pool is a game of re-covery. We often are out ofline, on the wrong side of theball, too far away, etc. We areconstantly trying to recoverand get closer to perfection. Ithelps to understand that, atevery level, this is the case.The pros are working torecover also, but their errorsare typically much smaller.Accept that it’s about recov-ery. Think before you shoot.

Confidence:When we putit all together, confidence isthe state of mind we’re after.Confidence arises when we’vebeen honest with ourselves,done the work, have clearintent, pay full attention, andhave the calm determinationto fully engage in the game.Playing with confidence leadsto real enjoyment of the game.Muster your confidence.You’re a player. See difficultshots as opportunities forgreatness.


What Matters?by Tom Simpson • PoolClinics.com

Contributing Writer

Let’s look at some of thevital qualities of betterplayers. What does it

take to get better? Beyondknowledge, technique, and ex-perience, what matters? Whatmight you change or improvethat will raise your game or atleast raise your enjoyment ofthe game?

Intention: To me, this isthe number one ingredient ingetting better at pool (or any-thing). You have to want toget better, and clearly intendit to happen. The more clearyour intention, the more clearyour results. Expect toimprove and to play well. Planfor it. Doubt is the enemy.

Acceptance: If you are de-luding yourself about how wellyou play and how much youknow, you won’t be as open tochange. When new informa-tion appears, you “alreadyknow”, so you don’t pay closeattention. To get better, ithelps to seek the truth aboutwhere you are, and accept it.If you don’t accept where youare, you won’t work on theright things. Face your flaws.

Belief: It’s vital to believeyou can make the improve-ments, that you really can getfrom where you are to whereyou want to be. If you, in yourheart of hearts, don’t believeit, it won’t happen. Believewhile you achieve.Curiosity: In all sports, arts,

and intellectual pursuits, thereis always far more to know,understand, and embody thanoutsiders would ever suspect.

Improvement in pool cancome from deepening knowl-edge of ball behavior, patternplay, position play, and strat-egy. Great pool players arealways learning, always ex-ploring new ideas, alwayscurious. Why did those ballsdo that? How did that guymake that shot? Why did thatworld-class player play thatsafety? If pool isn’t intrinsi-cally interesting to you, whyare you doing it?

Tenacity: You have to bewilling and eager to tackle aproblem and not let go. If yougive up easily, you won’timprove. If you don’t believeyou can do it, you’re right. Iknow a player who is a“grinder”. Mike never gives up.You can have him 99 to 3, butyou’d better not let up. Hewill make one ball and playsafe – whatever it takes forhowever long it takes. I intro-duced Mike to one of my stu-dents, explaining that he isthe master of never giving up.Mike opened his wallet andfished out an old, frayed scrapof paper. It said, “Never, never,never give up.”. Perseverancepays.

Patience: Pool is an in-sanely precise game. Betterplayers seek out ever more de-manding conditions, such astight pockets, fast cloth, toughcompetition, gambling. Withthese types of challenges, andthe difficulty of pool ingeneral, it’s wise to be patientwith yourself. You’re going tomake lots of mistakes, progressin fits & starts, and frequently

have days when you’re justnot performing like you knowyou can. Don’t beat yourselfup so much. It doesn’t help.

Anger:We’ve all seenplayers who get so mad atthemselves that it’s no fun toplay with them. Their angercan put everyone else on edge,and may even scare otherplayers. It’s the proverbial badvibe. Sure, we all have occa-sion to be very disappointedwith our results at the table,or disturbed by something ouropponent is doing. We all get“robbed” by imperfect tableconditions or “no love” leaves.Let it go, let it go. Angercreates tension in our bodies.And tension, of course, inter-feres with the beautiful fluidmotion we need to play well.When you have a flash ofanger, breathe, smile, take abathroom break, loosen up.Get past it before you shoot. Ifyou have to shoot and you’reangry, try to use the energy ofthe anger to sharpen yourfocus and intent.

Fear & Courage: I see fearand courage as stimulation forgrowth. We all have fear. Wemay not see it as fear if we’renot quaking in the fetal posi-tion, but fear has many levels.We may have fear whenshooting the money ball,when playing a better player,when faced with a shot we fre-quently miss. A productiveapproach to dealing with fearis to embrace it, to see it as anopportunity for growth. As wegrow in our game, the thingswe now face with courage and


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Breaking out balls with ball-in-handcan often be more predictable andsafe by using a stop shot behind a

blocking ball. This will leave you an openrack and a painful kick for your opponent.

Desert Classic Tour

Albrecht takes some Arizona

cheese back to WisconsinWisconsin’s Gene Albrecht came to Arizona to promote his

new DVD on how to aim perfectly, and ended up showingeverybody exactly how it works by winning the Desert ClassicTour’s bar box 9-Ball event held at Metro Sportz Bar inPhoenix. Despite there being three other bar box tournamentsin the area on this same weekend, 33 players opted to shun theevents and come out to play the DCT, where the action is thetoughest for miles around. Besides Albrecht, there was oneother out-of-state sharpshooter in attendance, and that personwas Dan Madden from Pennsylvania. Most of the tour’s regularstrongmen were on hand including,Pete Lhotka, Brett Huth,and current points leader, Gus Bresino. However, none of thosenames or reputations had any effect on Albrecht as he pro-ceeded to cut up the competition like a Japanese grill chef. Twoof the other surprises of the day were Gus Bresino’s finish outof the money, and Frank Robutz’s 2nd place finish. Honorablemention goes to “Preacher” , who is primarily known as a strongone-pocket player, and who runs Preacher Ronn’s World-ClassMonthly One-Pocket Tournament at Kolbe’s in Tempe. Thenext stop on the DCT will be August 22-23 and will featureOne-Pocket on 9-ft. tables at Kolby’s Corner Pocket in Tempe.


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

WBIA Head Master Instructor

DPM Universal Pocket and Carom Billiard SystemsArticle 42


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

0 through 12. 12 being the full ball. Numbers 3, 6, and 9 areone quarter, one half and three quarters respectfully. The “Hit“values never change and can be used for every shot on thetable. The system tells you what hit to use.This system segment is called

“ The Ten System Segment “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 one of the shot patterns. See article 41

in Professor Q Ball’s last edition for two more patterns.Check the cue ball/object ball angle then subtract that

number from the number you wish to hit on the fifth rail.Some examples of Cue Ball / Object angles are straight up

and down the table is a 12 angle. Corner to corner to corner isan 8 angle. Just measure through the two balls from rail to rail.Then draw a straight line across the table from the Object ballor Cue Ball and count the diamonds in between.Over the next several months I will show you all the aspects

of this system segment.In the graph 42 the Cue ball / Object ball angle is 2. Now

subtract that from 10. 10 -2 = 8 divided by 2 = 4. Make a fourhit. [ one third of the object ball ] See cuing graph bottom ofgraph page. The stroke is down and use a short follow through.Use HARD speed.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 41 with their graphsplease send $25.00 for a bound copy shipping is included.

Darrell Paul Martineau,5916 Bar Harbour Ct. Elk Grove CA 95758

For more information on this system and my books, tapes, DVDsor lessons on Pool or Carom Billiards please call me at 916-684-4535 or e-mail dpmuniverse @ Comcast . net web page http://www.3cushion.us/


Tournament News from Rooms Around the U.S.A.League Directors • Email results/pictures to [email protected] Submissions become the property of Professor-Q-Ball National Pool & 3-Cushion News

The twelveth annual Tri-StateTour Invitational took place July11 - 12, at Comet Billiards in

Parsippany, NJ bringing together highlyskilled amateurs hoping to sharpen theirgame en route to the pro circuit and am-bitious upstarts looking to advance inclass. The weekend was a huge successwith 14 A & A+ Players, 32 B & B+Players, 32 C & C+ Players and 14 D &D+ Players showing up to play in their re-spective classes. Comet Billiards ownerBill Haley along with the staff were gra-cious hosts and provided a professionaland engaging atmosphere. Their generos-ity and support is without equal. Theroom donated shirts to the event alongwith their room and all the table time.Not enough positive and complimentarythings can be said about Bill or his estab-lishment. As each day began, organizers John

Leyman, Todd Fleitman and Bill Focac-cia congratulated the players on reachingthe top of their classes for the season andhanded out awards to the top players ofthe year in each class. The Tri-State Touradded $4000 in cash prizes and the spon-sors Viking Cues, Fury Cues, Stealth Cues,Sterling Gaming, Ozone Billiards, WildEyes Creations, Pool Tees.com, JimMurnak Custom Cue Cases, Billiards

Digest, Pool & Billiards, Inside Pool, Pro-fessor-Q-Ball’s News, Blue Book Publica-tions, Stroke, Human Kinetic, AmsterdamBilliards and Romer’s Trophies went out oftheir way to provide the event with somegreat equipment and prizes. All of thesponsors are owed a debt a gratitude fortheir dedication to the game and theplayers, their efforts and generosity arewhat made the event so special and sucha great success. The awards went to thetop 3 players in each class and to theMost Improved Players of the Year. Thetop players of the year in the their re-spective classes were Daniel Cintron,Gary Murgia, Tony Eglesias, GeorgeOsipovitch, Dave Fitzpatrick and AmyTriolo. The top female player of the yearwas awarded to Rhio Anne Flores. Thisyear a stand out most improved player ofthe year could not be identified and sothe 3 top contenders, Daniel Cintron,Rhio Anne Flores and Ben Sadowskiwere all awarded Most Improved Playerawards. The Pro/Open class was won byMika Immonen. (for a full list of winnersfor all the classes please see the web sitewww.thetristatetour.com). The tour eachyear gives out an award to a player wethink exemplifies what is good about thesport and this year’s Sportsman of theYear award went to Dave Fitzpatrick.

Mike Gasper defeated Mike Poislerto claim Title

Sportsman of the Year Awardwent to Dave Fitzpatrick

Daniel Cintron, Rhio Anne Floresand Ben Sadowski

Most Improved Players

Mike Gasper Wins Tri-State Tour

by John Leyman

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