Deuel Wins Seminole Pro Tour Billiards Event

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Seminole Pro Tour / Cape Coral, FL

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Corey “The Prince of Pool” Deuel recovered from a late loss in the Seminole Pro Tour’s August 13-15 event to end up in the winner’s circle, defeating Rodney Morris in the finals. The $7,000-added tournament was hosted by Diamond Billiards in Cape Coral, FL, and featured a full field of 64 of the region’s top shooters.

In the final eight on the winners’ side, Deuel matched up with former Player of the Year Shane Van Boening. The two players fought to double-hill before Deuel was sent west 8-7. Van Boening went on to face off against “Iron Mike” Davis, who had just delivered Mike Dechaine to the one-loss side after their hill-hill match. Yet another hill-hill match ensued, and it was Van Boening who advanced to the hot seat match while Davis was sent left 8-7.

Meeting Van Boening in the hot seat match was Rodney Morris. “Rocket” not been challenged as yet that day, delivering defeats to Mario Cruz 8-2 and then Tommy Kennedy 8-3. But his hot seat match with Van Boening went, as so many other matches had, double-hill, but ultimately it was the Hawaiian who stayed unseated.

Once on the west side of the chart, Deuel had an uphill battle to face. He started off with Florida’s Hunter Lombardo, eliminating him 8-5, and then went on to Dustin Morris, to whom he delivered a donut 8-0. Deuel then ousted Kennedy at fifth place with an 8-5 victory and went on to the quarterfinals.

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There he matched up with Davis, who had just won yet another hill-hill match, this time against Jerry Calderon 8-7. Davis must have been spent, for Deuel swiftly put an end to his run 8-1 to advance to the semifinals. The recently defeated Van Boening, who was responsible for Deuel’s sole loss in this event, was Deuel’s opponent. It was a hotly contested battle of the big guns, but Deuel wreaked revenge to win 8-7. In the finals against Morris, Deuel had an easier time of things. The two traded the first four racks, but after that Deuel dominated the match to earn the win 9-2, winning his first Seminole Pro Tour title of the season.

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Florida Top Shooters at Seminole Pro Tour

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Florida Top Shooters at Seminole Pro Tour
Seminole Pro Tour / Cape Coral, FL

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The best shooters in the region are at the Seminole Pro Tour’s $7,000-added event this weekend, with Mike Davis, Corey Deuel, and Rodney Morris leading the pack. The tournament is being hosted by Diamond Billiards in Cape Coral, FL, and features a full 64-player field of the top names in billiards.

“Iron Mike” Davis was on fire at his first day at the event, whitewashing Hans Berber 7-0 and Kelly Lake 7-0. He allowed former tour champion Donny Mills two racks in the race to 7 before he sent Mills to the one-loss side. Davis’s next match will be against Mike Dechaine, who has bested Richard Broumpton 7-2 and Jeremy Sossei 7-5.

Rodney Morris, who won the tour’s Hollywood, CA, event, is also still alive, having defeated Jimmy Hines 7-0, John Rause 7-4, and Stephen Richmond 7-2. In his next match he will face Mario Cruz.

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Two other threats in the winners’ bracket are Shane Van Boening and Corey Deuel. Van Boening dispatched Tony “The Sniper” Crosby in the first round hill-hill and then went on to defeat Gorden Van Der Veer 7-2 and Anthony Meglino 7-4. Deuel bested Robb Saez in the first round 7-3 and then sent both Mike Patton and Jerry Calderon to the one-loss side 7-2 and 7-6, respectively. Van Boening and Deuel will face each other in the next round.

There are only sixteen players left in this event, and Sunday’s matches will reveal the winner. Visit InsidePOOL for the latest news in the sport of billiards and pool.

Van Boening the Gem City Champ

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Van Boening the Gem City Champ
Seminole Pro Tour / Gem City Open / Marietta, GA

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Shane Van Boening went undefeated through the 64-player field at the Seminole Pro Tour / Gem City Open to take first place, defeating Charlie Williams in the final set for the title. The event was held at the Marietta Billiard Club in Marietta, GA, July 10-12, and boasted an $11, 500-added prize purse.

After his unchallenged run through the winners’ bracket, including strong victories over James Roberts 9-1, Donny Mills 9-2, and Williams 9-2, Van Boening went up against Maine’s Mike Dechaine in the hot seat match. Dechaine had vanquished tough opponents such as Johnny Archer 9-6 and Adam Smith 9-8 before reaching the hot seat match. However, Van Boening handled Dechaine easily, sending him to the one-loss side 9-4 to await his finals opponent.

Williams was fighting through the west side after his defeat by Van Boening, sending Shaun “Get Some” Wilkie home in fifth with a 9-5 defeat and going on to face Smith in the quarterfinals. Smith had just ousted Corey Deuel 9-4. An epic hill-hill battle saw Williams move on to the semifinals, where Dechaine awaited him. Another double-hill bout ensued, and again it was Williams who moved on, moving back to the right side of the chart to try to revenge his loss to Van Boening.

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However, in the final match Williams was outmatched in his opponent. Van Boening took an early 4-1 lead and, with his massive break, managed to outplay Williams at every opportunity. It wasn’t too long before Van Boening won his first Seminole Pro Tour title of the season 11-3.

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Seminole Pro Tour Down to Final Six

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Seminole Pro Tour Down to Final Six
Seminole Pro Tour / Gem City Open / Marietta, GA

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Shane Van Boening is leading the pack at the Seminole Pro Tour / Gem City Open, which has wound down to its final 6 players from the full 64-player field they began with two days ago.

Van Boening’s closest match was in the first round against Darin Brewer, whom he defeated 9-6. Since then he has been demolishing opponents, only giving up eight games in the last four rounds. After his 9-1 trouncing of James Roberts Saturday evening, he went on to knock Donny Mills into the one-loss side 9-2 and then sent Charlie Williams to follow 9-3.

In the hot seat Van Boening will face Mike Dechaine. Dechaine’s road has more speedbumps than has Van Boening’s—two of his last three matches have gone double-hill. His last match of the evening Saturday saw him best Rod Rentz 9-8, and then in Sunday’s first round he had to face Hall of Famer Johnny Archer, whom he defeated 9-6. A hill-hill nail-biter over Adam Smith put Dechaine in the hot seat match against Van Boening.

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Smith is still alive, though, and will face off against Corey Deuel in the next round. Deuel recently eliminated Mills 9-5 and James Baraks 9-6. In the other one-loss side match, Williams will play Wilkie, whom narrowly escaped a hill-hill match with Archer in the previous round.

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Mills Looking to Repeat at Seminole Gem City

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Mills Looking to Repeat at Seminole Gem City
Seminole Pro Tour / Gem City Open / Marietta, GA

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Winner of the Seminole Pro Tour’s last stop, which was held in Spring Hill, FL, last month, Donny Mills is looking to repeat at the stop this weekend. Hosted by Marietta Billiard Club in Marietta, GA, the Seminole Pro Tour / Gem City Open has winnowed its winners’ bracket to eight players, while the one-loss side is still fighting it out.

After two easy wins in the first couple of rounds over Eddie Little and Jeff Crawford, both 9-2, Mills went on to face regular tour player and occasional victor, Stevie Moore. In no time Mills reached a 5-0 lead and looked like he would sweep the match, but Moore fought back to knot the score at 5 apiece. From there Mills took two games for every one of Moore’s, with the final score at 9-7 Mills. Mills’ next challenge will come from Shane Van Boening, who bested James Roberts 9-1.

Hall of Famer Nick Varner was sent west 9-5 in the last winners’ side round by Adam Smith, who will go on to face Shaun “Get Some” Wilkie, just off a hill-hill thriller with Paul Song, in the next round. Mike Dechaine survived another hill-hill battle with Rod Rentz and next plays Johnny Archer, who earlier defeated John Brumback 9-2. James Baraks dealt Tommy Kennedy his first loss 9-4 and next plays Charlie Williams, who sent Sylver Ochoa to the one-loss side 9-4.

Of the four women who entered, two are still alive. Allison Fisher suffered a second-round loss to Williams 9-3 and next plays fellow countryperson Tony Crosby, while Helena Thornfeldt was sent to the one-loss side by Moore in the second round 9-2. Kelly Fisher lost her first match to Rod Rentz 9-6 and her second to Mark Ritter 9-8, while Amy Chen lost her first match to Ochoa 9-2, defeated Bill DeLisle 9-1, and then lost to Felipe Flores 9-8.

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Rodney Morris also had a tough event this weekend. John Visotsky overcame him in the first round 9-8, and then “Iron Mike” Davis finished the job in the second round 9-7. Davis then eliminated Mark Gregory 9-3 and will next play Corey Deuel, who was defeated earlier by James Roberts 9-7. Also still alive on the one-loss side are Manny Chau, Cliff Joyner, and Dave Grossman.

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Seminole Gem City Underway in Atlanta

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Seminole Gem City Underway in Atlanta
Seminole Pro Tour / Gem City Open / Marietta, GA

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The Seminole Pro Tour Gem City Open kicked off July 9, with a full field of 64 fine players vying for their share of the $20,000 pot. The $11,500-added event is being hosted by the Marietta Billiard Club in Marietta, GA, through July 11.

Many of the tour’s regular players are attending and still alive after the first round, while there are some new faces as well at the tour’s first trip to Hotlanta. Room owner and BCA Hall of Fame member Johnny Archer won his first match smartly against Jerry Grooms 9-5 and will next play Rocky McElroy, who just defeated Bill Dunsmore 9-4. Previous stop winner Donny Mills scored an easy 9-2 win over his first opponent, Eddie Little. Corey Deuel had no problems in his first match, besting Cleiton Rocha 9-2 and going on to face James Roberts, who dealt Tommy Najar a 9-0 donut, next. Stevie Moore handled Ronnie Park easily 9-1, and his next opponent will be Helena Thornfeldt, who earlier defeated Joey Aguzin 9-4. Of the handful of women who joined the men this weekend, Thornfeldt and Allison Fisher, who defeated John DiToro 9-3, are the only ones who survived the first round undefeated.

However, there are some early upsets. “Rocket” Rodney Morris was sent to the one-loss side after a nail-biting hill-hill match with John Visotsky 9-8, and he will next face another tour favorite, Mike Davis, who suffered a loss to Paul Song 9-6.

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Shaun Wilkie, who recently was runner-up at the Maryland State 14.1 Championships and then topped that off with a Mezz Pro-Am Tour victory, is visiting from the East Coast, as is Mike Dechaine. Wilkie won his first-round match over Hunter Lombardo 9-7, while Dechaine defeated Louie Smith 9-7. Sylver Ochoa is visiting from Texas, winning his first match against Amy Chen 9-2.

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Seminole Pro Tour Hits Capone’s Billiards

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Seminole Pro Tour Returns to Florida
Seminole Pro Tour / Spring Hill, FL

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Fresh off their first stop on the West Coast two weeks ago, the Seminole Pro Tour is back in Florida this weekend. A total of 49 players are vying for their share of the $7,000-added prize purse, and Capone’s Billiards in Spring Hill, FL, is the host location.

The field has already winnowed down to the final eight on the winners’ side of the chart, led by Johnny Archer, Stevie Moore, and Donny Mills. Archer is highly focused and has already defeated Jimmy Hines 7-1 and Ricky Sanchez 7-0, with his next match against Mike Hutchinson. Mills fought a tough first-round match against Rodney Morris, who won the last stop at Hollywood Billiards in Hollywood, CA, and won 7-5. His second-round match saw him best Julio Aquino 7-5, and next he will play Moore, who has dealt losses to Hunter Lombardo 7-3 and Kelly Lake 7-1.

On the bottom half of the winners’ bracket, “Iron Mike” Davis looks to take charge. He defeated Paul Song in a hill-hill first-round battle and then went on to send to the west side Erick Poveda 7-1 and Anthony Meglino 7-4. His next match will be against Robb Saez, who has faced a tough lineup already. In the first round he whitewashed Bob McCulley 7-0, and then he went hill-hill with Tommy Kennedy and won, finishing with a 7-3 victory over Corey Deuel.

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Justin Hall had a bye in the first round and then defeated James Adams 7-4 and Mike Delawder 7-5 to face Shawn “Big Bubba” Putnam in his next match. Putnam has won over Bobby Livrago 7-4, Sam Staats 7-1, and Tony Crosby 7-6.

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Rocket Shoots Down Hollywood Seminole Field

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Rocket Shoots Down Hollywood Seminole Field
Seminole Pro Tour / Hollywood, CA

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“Rocket” Rodney Morris claimed the Memorial Weekend stop of the Seminole Pro Tour, besting the undefeated Corey Deuel in the finals to take first place. The $8,500-added event was hosted by Hollywood Billiards in Hollywood, CA, and attracted a 59-player, star-studded field.

Morris suffered a late, hill-hill loss in the event to Gabe Owen in the winners’ side final eight and was sent to the west side. Owen continued on to face Deuel, who delivered a sound 8-2 defeat to “The Babe” and then progressed to the hot seat match against Rafael Martinez, who had just bested Stevie Moore 8-5. It was as close as it could be, but Deuel ended up sending Martinez to the one-loss side with an 8-7 victory.

On the west side, Morris faced off against house pro Max Eberle and eliminated him 8-3. Another close call saw him edge past Florida’s Hunter Lombardo 8-7 to drub Moore 8-1. Owen, now on the west side, fought a tight match against local hero Oscar “The Big O” Dominguez and narrowly escape 8-6 to reach the quarterfinals. It was Morris versus Owen again, but this time with different results: Morris took two racks for every one of Owen’s and advanced 8-4.

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Martinez fought hard against going home in third place, but it was Morris who won the semifinal match 8-6 to reach the finals against Deuel. “The Prince of Pool” took a daunting 5-0 lead in the extended race to 9, but Morris didn’t give up. Soon the Hawaiian was in the lead 7-5. Only a few more games were exchanged, and soon Morris was in the winner’s circle with a 9-7 victory.

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Parica and Dominguez Set to Collide

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Parica and Dominguez Set to Collide
Seminole Pro Tour / Hollywood, CA

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The Seminole Pro Tour’s Memorial Weekend event is set to begin its second day in Hollywood, CA, having gone through two rounds on the one-loss side Saturday. The three-day event boasts an $8,500-added prize fund and is hosted by the famous Hollywood Billiards.

L.A. pros and the father-and-son team of Ernesto and Oscar Dominguez were set to meet in Saturday’s matches on the one-loss side. Oscar suffered a hill-hill defeat at the hands of Mike Davis in the first round, while Ernesto was sent west by Fach Garcia 7-3 in the second. The fickle finger of fate saw them matched up in the elimination rounds, and as Ernesto declined to play his son, Oscar advanced 7-0.

His next match will be against Jose “Amang” Parica, who was defeated by Marco Teschudi in the second round 7-5. After his match with Teschudi, Parica went on to face down Jerry Matchin 7-4.

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Players still on the winners’ side of the chart include Gabe Owen, Arturo Rivera, Rodney Morris, Corey Deuel, Eddie Abraham, and Stevie Moore. Local pros Corey Harper and Frank Almanza are also undefeated, though house pro Max Eberle was bested hill-hill in the first round by Moore and is fighting his way through the one-loss side of the chart. So far he has eliminated Greg Niwa 7-2 and Robert Lorry 7-0. Other players who have already lost a match include Charlie Williams, Manny Chau, Hunter Lombardo, and the 18-year-old Brendan Crockett.

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Davis Defeats Dominguez on Hill

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“Iron Mike” Davis Defeats Dominguez on Hill
Seminole Pro Tour / Hollywood, CA

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The Seminole Pro Tour makes its first stop on the West Coast this Memorial Day weekend, with the legendary Hollywood Billiards in Hollywood, CA, hosting this $8,500-added stop. A total of 59 players came out to vie for the $5,000 first-place prize, many of whom are traveling home from the World Pool Masters and U.S. Open World 10-Ball Championships last week in Las Vegas, NV.

There is a stellar field composed of locals, travelers, and pros alike. “Iron Mike” Davis and L.A. pro Oscar Dominguez played a feature match-up in the first round, and Davis prevailed after a hill-hill battle. SoCal’s Arturo Rivera progressed past Bob Jocz 7-4, while other California players are still playing in the first round.

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Max Eberle, the house pro at Hollywood Billiards, has another featured match with Stevie Moore in the first round. Hawaii’s Rodney Morris advanced past Isaac Wooton 7-2, while Corey Deuel bested Michael Berry 7-3.

The format is a race to 7, double elimination, with a single extended final race. The tournament will crown a winner Monday, May 31. Visit InsidePOOL for the latest news in the sport of billiards and pool.