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USBA TOUR "Open" Tournament June 14-17, 2012 Napoles Billiards East Boston, MA
2012 USBA TOUR
The event was live-streamed by Andrew Dangelmayer.
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/caromcorner
Please visit his site:
http://www.caromcorner.com/live.html
Cash, check or paypal donations for supporting streaming are being accepted (already a button for this on the stream page provided above).
18 players divided into 3 groups of 6 players each going to 25 points.
The top 2 from each group advance to the finals along with
-Story on prelims by Andrew Janquitto
Mazin Shooni and Luis Avila advanced from group A, with Avila supporting a perfect record and Shooni with one loss. In the final game of the preliminaries, Avila bested Shooni 25 to 15. Shooni jumped to an early lead 11 to 2 but Avila ran a 9 and followed up with a 7. Dave Egdahl finished 3rd with close wins over Rick Kirk, Ellis Lawrence and Andy Janquitto.
Group B was the group of death with Pedro Piedrabuena, Miguel Torres and Sonny Cho, along with Jim Shovak and two very good local players, Camillo Medina and Norman Zulaga. Piedrabuena and Cho advanced. Cho needed to score 12 in his last game against Piedrabuena to move ahead of Torres, and he managed 13. Torres finished 3rd and Shovak 4th.
Hugo Patino and Michael Kang moved into the finals from Group C. On the outside was Roberto Rojas, who lost to both Patino and Kang. Bob Page played well but finished 4th. Rounding out the group was Joe DeAmato and a local player, John Gomez.
In the lottery, Jim Shovak won to fill the 7th spot in the finals. Miguel Torres won the auction to become the 8th player.
The folks at Napoles have been great. The patrons are billiard fans and have packed the place to watch all of the games.
-Finals story by Jim Shovak
The finals was an 8-player round robin with matches played to 30 points. Some brief highlights:
Luis Avila posted a 15 inning game (2.000) against Mazin Shooni.
Sonny Cho then posted the tournament best game of 30 points in just 12 innings (2.500) against Luis Avila.
Early on, it looked like Pedro & Avila would be the final 2 as both were undefeated early on. But Hugo Patino had just 1 loss and he would be playing Avila in the next-to-last round after Avila lost his first match to Sonny Cho. The match was fantastic and tense for both players as Hugo edged Avila 30-29 in just 16 innings! The win kept Hugo's hopes alive and Avila no longer could win first place.
Meanwhile Sonny Cho had 2 early losses and things didn't look good for him in the beginning. Except for the fact that he didn't lose anymore matches after that.
Hugo would play Pedro in the final match with Pedro having no losses, meaning that Hugo needed to beat Pedro which would force a playoff match between the two of them for the Championship. But Pedro played his very best match of the tournament in his last match: 30 points in just 13 innings (2.308).
The loss gave Hugo a 5-2 record which was the same record as Sonny Cho and Sonny edged out Hugo for 2nd place based on average by a very slim margin (1.243 to Hugo's 1.219). Miraculously, Sonny Cho managed 2nd place, Hugo got 3rd and Luis Avila got 4th place, losing his last 3 matches to Sonny, Hugo and Pedro.
The crowd at Napoles Billiards was amazing and their enthusiasm for the game was so refreshing to see! At the awards ceremony, the local patrons kept coming up to us asking for a picture with them and to sign the pictures. Everyone felt like a celebrity! It was a nice experience. World Trick-Shot Champion Roberto Rojas finished off the event with a dazzling display of amazing trick shots and masse shots that defied the laws of physics! I believe that Andrew did get to record it through the livestream, so check out his website and/or UStream.
Thanks to Napoles Billiards, especially Orlando and the wonderful man who cleaned the tables and the balls. Your hospitality was second to none!
Photos by Jorge Sanchez
Ranking Points to be awarded for this tournament (must be a USBA Member):
2012 USBA TOUR Sponsors:
David Levine, Jim Shovak, Bob Jewett, Creative Billiard Shirts,
USBA Sponsors:
Simonis
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OPEN Tournament
This event will be live-streamed:
http://www.caromcorner.com/live.html
Thursday through Sunday from approximately
The event is being streamed by Andrew Dangelmayer and he is accepting advertising money for posting company logos during stream and taking money for the raffle.
He'll be creating some payment options and posting them on his site. Cash, check or paypal donations for supporting the stream are being accepted (already a button for this on the stream page provided above).
There will be a 50 second shot clock being implemented during the event.
Tournament Dates : June 14-17, 2012 (Thursday-Sunday)
Tournament Venue :
Players' Meeting : Wednesday, June 13th at 8:00PM
Qualifications Begin : Thursday, June 14th at 9:30am
Added Money: $7,500.00
Prize Fund: $14,000* with the top 8 finishers receiving prizes:
*$14,000 prize fund is based on 18 players + auction & lottery. 100% of monies received through auction & lottery is added to the prize fund. The prize fund distribution may change depending on the number of players inscribed in the tournament & auction & lottery receipts.
Entry Fee: $335*
USBA Rankings Bonus: For "Open" TOUR events, the top 6 nationally-ranked players will each receive $300 expense money when they arrive and play at the event, assuming they are eligible to participate. "B" or "C" players are also permitted to participate in this benefit if they manage to become nationally-ranked into the top six. Jim Shovak has opted himself out of this benefit. This extra bonus money is coming directly from individual sponsors. In order to qualify for the bonus, a player must reside in the United States and must not play in a foreign National Championship. The Rankings Bonus qualifications for each event will be based on the USBA Rankings that is in effect at the time that the tournament is officially announced. Those players' names will be posted in the tournament announcement and will not change regardless of any in-between rankings changes.
The Rankings Bonus for this event is based on the March 31, 2012 USBA Rankings. The players who qualify for this bonus are:
Hugo Patino
Ranking Points to be awarded for this tournament (must be a USBA Member):
Qualifications Format
18 players divided into 3 Groups of 6 players—playing round robin. Matches will be 25 points. The top 2 finishers from each Group advance to the Finals. The top USBA-ranked “A” players (which may include foreign players) will be seeded into the Qualification groups, one per group. The remaining players will be assigned by random draw. 6 players plus 1 Auction & 1 Lottery winner will advance to the Finals (8 players total).
Finals Format
8 players divided into 2 groups of 4 players: Double Elimination to 30 points. The top 2 finishers from each Group advance to another 4-player Double Elimination. The top 2 finishers of that group play a best-of-5 set, 15 point matches.
Dress Code : FULL DRESS ATTIRE: dress shirt, black slacks, black shoes, formal-wear tie and vest.
Please Contact Tournament Directors
Mazin Shooni
No checks will be accepted within 2 weeks of the start of the event.
*Includes $10 USBA Sanction Fee & $25 USBA non-member fee which goes to the USBA
Hotels:
Hampton Inn Boston-Logan Airport
Econolodge (part of the Choice Hotels International Network)
2012 USBA TOUR Sponsors:
David Levine, Jim Shovak, Bob Jewett, Creative Billiard Shirts,
USBA Sponsors:
Simonis
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Location Napoles Billiards 1233 Bennington St East Boston, Massachusetts 02128 USA 248-910-4466
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