Capps Claims Ozone Billiards Victory

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Capps Claims Ozone Billiards Victory
Ozone Billiard Tour / Hickory, NC

by InsidePOOL Staff

In a battle of Brians, Brian Capps bested Brian White in the finals of the Ozone Billiard Tour’s December 4-5 event to take the title. The $1,500-added event was hosted by Randolph’s Billiards in Hickory, NC, featuring a $1,000-added 9-ball tournament that kicked off Saturday, as well as a $500 guaranteed 8-ball tournament Sunday.

The 9-ball tournament attracted 54 players, but it was Capps and White battling it out Sunday for the top-place prize. Capps had won the hot seat by defeating Sam Monday. In the semifinals White, who had been sent to the one-loss side earlier in the event by Monday, made a comeback to defeat Monday in a hill-hill match to reach the finals and face Capps.

In the double-elimination finals White bested Capps in the first set 9-6, but Capps won the second 9-8 to take home the first-place prize money. Capps’ path to the finals began by defeating Skip Coffey 9-5, Mackie Lowery 9-4, Dan Madden 9-6, Mark Meyers 9-6, and Monday 9-8.

The 8-ball tournament kicked off Sunday with a full field of 32 players. Tony Morrison claimed the first-place prize by defeating Jeff Abernathy. Morrison worked his way through the top half of the bracket defeating Chris Steele 5-2, Brad Gates 5-1, Jason Ray 5-4, Dan Madden 5-4, and Jeff Abernathy 5-3. In the finals Morrison lost the first set 5-3 to Abernathy but made a comeback in Set Two 5-4 to claim the win.

9-Ball Results:
1st Brian Capps $1,140
2nd Brian White $700
3rd Sam Monday $500
4th Josh Newman $300
5th Adam Pendley $150
Mark Meyers
7th Jeff Abernathy $70
Eddie Little
9th Tony Morrison $50
Clint Clark
Lay Thammavon
Darren Shaffer

8-Ball Results:
1st Tony Morrison $250
2nd Jeff Abernathy $125
3rd Jody Musselman $75
4th Mike Bumgarner $50

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Putnam Claims 55th Billiards Win

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Ozone-Olhausen Billiards Classic Tour / Atlanta, GA

by InsidePOOL Staff

Shawn Putnam won his fifty-fifth stop on the Ozone-Olhausen Billiards Classic Tour during their September 30-October 3 event, with Paul Song, Adam Towery, David Eytcheson, and Jason Stemen also taking titles. The $5,000-guaranteed event was hosted by Mr. Cues II in Atlanta, GA, and hosted 208 entrants during the four days of pool.

The one-pocket event kicked off with 36 players competing in a race-to-3, single-elimination format. Song took the win after defeating Craig Riley 3-1, David Shadden 3-0, Brian White 3-2, Horace Godwin 3-2, and Paul Turner 3-1 in the finals.

The 10-ball division, offering a single-elimination, race-to-4 format, kicked off with 64 players. This event also boasted a $10 economy-buster entry fee. Towery claimed the first-place prize in this event. He began his bid for the win in the top half of the bracket and defeated Bo Bellew 4-1, Fred Ruttinger 4-0, Daniel Turpin 4-1, Jason Stemen 4-3, Frank Quattlebaum 4-2, and Horace Godwin 4-3 in the finals.

The 9-ball division offered a format of double elimination and a race to 9 on both sides of the chart, as well as an economy buster entry fee of $20 and a full chart of 64 entrants. Shawn “Big Bubba” Putnam claimed his fifty-fifth tour win, beginning his race to first in the bottom of the chart. He made his way across the bracket in the winners’ side, taking the win in the first set of the double-elimination finals. Putnam defeated Dana Aft 9-2, Frank Carcioppola 9-3, Jamie Lowery 9-4, Paul Song 9-7, Jeff Crawford 9-7, and John Maikke 9-6 in the match for the hot seat. Maikke came back from the semifinals only to be defeated by Putnam 9-5 in the finals.

One-Pocket Results:
1st Paul Song $675
2nd Paul Turner $225
3rd Bobby Brown
4th Horace Godwin $115

10-Ball Results:
1st Adam Towery $750
2nd Horace Godwin $300
3rd Dana Aft $115
4th Frank Quattlebaum $115

9-Ball Results:
1st Shawn Putnam $1,350
2nd John Maikke $800
3rd Jeff Crawford $520
4th Paul Song $310
5th Amy Chen $150
Bobby Brown
7th Andy Stewart $80
Horace Godwin
9th Mike Clay $50
Steve Cox
Raul Aviles
Brian White

Sossei, Chau, Shuff and Smith Claim Wins on Ozone-Olhausen Tour at Cue Nine

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Sossei, Chau, Shuff and Smith Claim Wins on Ozone-Olhausen Tour at Cue Nine

By Alison M. Fischer, NYCgrind.com

In an intense four-day, three-event tour stop, The Ozone – Olhausen Billiards Tour headed to the newly-remodeled Cue Nine (formerly Leisure Time Billiards) in Levittown, NY on Long Island. Alongside standard 9? tournament tables, Cue Nine also features two heated 3-cushion billiards, as well a wide menu of great food and a full bar in their unique upscale atmosphere.

The event streamed live via PoolActionTV.com, hosted by Ray Hansen aka BigTruck, and pool fans around the world got to see great action on the Olhausen feature table, which included players such as Mike Dechaine, George “Ginky” SanSouci, Shaun Wilkie, Manny Chau, Jeremy Sossei, Brandon Shuff, and Daniel Smith, among many others.

In the headlining double-elimination 9-ball event, thirty-three players competed over Saturday and Sunday. Featured on the streaming table in the first round, Brandon Shuff was defeated by Ginky SanSouci by an 11-7 scoreline. As a favorite of many New York pool fans, Ginky was one of the prominent figures in this event. but two rounds later was sent to the one-loss side by “Fireball” Mike Dechaine.

One of the interesting match-ups on Day 1 came in the first round of the one-loss side. As the only two females competing in this event, two members of the “Kiss of Death” team (sponsored by Olhausen Billiards), Michele Li and myself (“The Other” Alison Fischer) both lost our first round matches to Shaun Wilkie and Scott Murphy respectively, and were lined up to play in our first one-loss side match on the feature streaming table. Playing a race to nine, our set started out close at 3-3. Both of us were fending off nerves, but I managed to pull away to eventually win at 9-5. Following up that match, I played top NYC open player Mhet Vergara, exiting the tournament at 11-6.

Meanwhile in the winner’s bracket four of the tournament favorites came through to the winner’s side final four. Maryland’s-based Peruvian player Manny Chau faced off against Connecticut pro Jeremy Sossei. Here Jeremy took a major lead on Manny, but this did not deter him from fighting back to test Jeremy. After a few critical errors in the final games, Manny came back to win double-hill, 11-10. In the other final four match-up, Mike Dechaine kept control over his match against Shaun Wilkie, to win with a final score of 11-7. Mike Dechaine and Manny Chau then faced off in the hot seat match, where the two had a close battle until Manny pulled away to win 11-7.

In the comeback bracket, Ginky SanSouci got busy grinding through a number of close-call matches. he took wins over Mhet Vergara (11-10), Brandon Shuff (11-8), Jeremy Sossei (11-9), and finally Shaun Wilkie (11-7). These four wins earned Ginky a rematch against Mike Dechaine in the live-streamed semifinal.

Mike Dechaine, who is well-seasoned in high-level competition looked to run away with this match, taking a 6-1 lead against Ginky. The odds may have been against Ginky at this point, but while trailing by a big margin, he grinded back to win 8 straight games to take the lead at 9-6. Mike and Ginky traded racks and Ginky wen to the hill first at 10-8. Mike countered by winning two more after Ginky gave in a few errors, to make it double-hill at 10-10.

The crowd around the feature table was electrified as Mike Dechaine broke in the case game. and then were stunned as three balls dropped, along with the cue ball-leaving Ginky a near-dead combination on the two ball and the nine. The sweaters were still in disbelief as Ginky sank the nine after Dechaine’s deadly break, moving Ginky into the true double-elimination finals against Manny Chau.

In the first set of the finals in a race to 11, both players took some time to get comfortable. Ginky and Manny traded taking the lead a couple times, but Ginky found a groove to win the set at 11-10. Moving onto the second set of the finals, late Sunday night, the momentum shifted. Manny Chau, who didn’t seem to get the pieces to fall into place in the previous set, found his high gear in the second set of the finals, and would win by a final score of 11-4
.

Congratulations to both players for putting on great performances in this event.

View the 9-Ball Bracket for this event here.

9-BALL EVENT PAYOUTS
1 MANNY CHAU $2,250
2 GINKY SANCOUCE 1400
3 MIKE DECHAINE 885
4 SHAUN WILKIE 550
5 JEREMY SOSSEI 300
6 GREG ANTONNOKOS 300
7 BOBBY BLACKMORE 200
8 BRANDON SHUFF 200

The Ozone Olhausen Classic Billiard Tours $1000 added 1 pocket event kicked off on Thursday night and finished up Friday night. The event’s format was a race to 3 on both sides of the chart and drew in 15 players. Daniel Smith would go undefeated thru the bottom half of the bracket sending Brandon Shuff 3-2 to the one loss side followed by John Fargo 3-2; Manny Chua 3-2; Mike Dechaine3-0 in the match for the hot seat.

Smith would claim the win with a 5-3 finish against Mike Dechaine in the finals.

View the 1 Pocket Bracket for this event here.

PAYOUTS

1ST DANIEL SMITH $825

2ND MIKE DECHAINE $500

3RD MANNY CHAU $300

4TH MICHEAL PANZARELLA $200

Brandon Shuff would take home 1st place in Sunday’s $500 9-Ball by defeating Greg McAndrews 5-1 in set #1 and 5-3 on set#2. Shuff would work his way thru the top half of the bracket defeating Tony Sinacore 5-2; John Carioti 5-2; Gordan Rudelich 5-2; and Greg McAndrews in the match for the hot seat.

PAYOUTS

1ST BRANDON SHUFF $500

2ND GREG MCANDREWS $250

3RD NICK BRUCATO $100

4TH BOBBY BLACKMORE $30

The Ozone Olhausen Classic Billiards Tour staff would like to thank John Brendle the owner of Cue Nine Billiards for hosting the event as well as the players that support our sport for their continued support.

The Ozone Olhausen Classic Billiard Tours 10 Ball event kicked off on Friday night the event format was a race to 4 single elmination. Jeremy Sossei would come through the bottom of the bracket to take the win. Sossei defeated Robert Gassmann 4-0; Daniel Smith 4-1; Mike DeChaine 4-3; and Mike Janis 4-0.

View the 10-Ball Brackets here.

Payouts

1st Jeremy Sossei $500

2nd Mike Janis $300

3rd Mike Panzarella $120

Song Prevails on Viking Tour

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Song Prevails on Viking Tour
Viking Cue 9-Ball Tour / Atlanta, GA

by InsidePOOL Staff

Paul Song triumphed at the May 1-2 installment of the Viking Cue 9-Ball Tour, defeating Brian White in the finals for the title. The event was hosted by Mr. Cues II in Atlanta, GA, where players from around the region battled their way through the field for a shot at the first-place prize.

Song was the last man standing after he made his way through the bracket, besting Danny Smith 11-1, Greg Nodine 11-3, Jeff Hook 11-6, and Tim Orange 11-5. He then faced White for the first time in the hot seat match. Song remained consistent with his game and defeated White.

Also on the winners’ side, White defeated Desiree Furlough 11-1, Xiu Zheng 11-5, Jeff Crawford 11-4, and Jason Stemen 11-2 before he was sent to the left side of the chart by Song. He then battled Stemen in the semifinals for a trip back to the right side of the chart. White prevailed 9-3, earning the rematch with Song. But Song was still hot and easily handled White in the first set of the finals 11-1.

The Viking Cue 9-Ball Tour donated a cue for raffle during this event. The proceeds benefited Oscar Cerone, who was a victim of a random shooting. The raffle raised over $500.

Results:
1st Paul Song $1,180
2nd Brian White $500
3rd Jason Stemen $300
4th Jeff Crawford $200
5th Jeff Hook $100
Tim Orange
7th Wayne Thompson $60
Joe Kim

Viking 9-Ball Tour at Classic Billiards

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The Viking Cue Amateur 9-Ball Tour was hosted by Classic Billiards in Conyers, GA. The Viking Cue Amateur 9-Ball Tour drew in 98 entries and paid players over $5700 this past weekend. The Action packed weekend kicked off on Friday night with a mini tournament and concluded Sunday night as David Trest and David Rice would battle for the first place prize in the $1500 Added main event.

David Trest would take home two wins, he won the Friday nite mini tournament by defeating James Giorella in the finals 4-0 in set #1 and 4-1 in set #2.
1st David Trest $150
2nd James Giorella $90
3rd John Maikke $50
4th Matt Bulfin $30
The Saturday Ring Game was won by Jeff Tabet. Jeff won $300 by taking first place, Jonathon Tedder claimed $100 for second place.

The Viking Cue Amateur 9-Ball Tours Sunday Mini Tournament was won by BR Tatum who defeated Sam Gilmer to claim first place prize fund.
1st BR Tatum $150
2nd Sam Gilmer $80
3rd Jeff Lavinge $30
This weekends winner of The Viking Cue Raffle was Ryan Roundtree. Ryan won $230 Viking Cue that comes with a lifetime guarantee.

If you make your way to Georgia don’t miss out on all the action at Classic Billiards. There is never a lack of action in the room. Monday thru Sunday the room is filled as players from around the region match up.

Billiard Gods Productions to Sponsor Viking Cue 9-Ball Tour

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Billiard Gods Productions to Sponsor Viking Cue 9-Ball Tour

Allan Sand, Billiard Gods Productions (www.billiardgods.com) is proud to become a sponsor of the Viking Cue 9-Ball Tour. This is a great opportunity to support all those who make the Green Game such a great part of our lives.

Billiard Gods Productions is the publisher and distributor of the Handbook of the Billiard Gods series of books. These each present true table knowledge and are designed to help you become the Intelligent Shooter. This knowledge is independent of skill levels and shows how you can make good table decisions.

Currently, there are three books (CD book format) available:

* Table Map Library – 3,100+ cue ball patterns that provide dozens of ways to get from one location to another. For those who want to master table patterns. Useful for safeties and kicks, and the game of One Pocket
* Safety Toolbox – the knowledge on how to use defensive shots as offensive tools. Every trick and trap will help you win more games. Included are the finest cue ball and object ball control exercises.
* Cue Ball Control Cheat Sheets – Learn in weeks what takes others years to use cue ball speed and spin to get position on any ball. Hundreds of diagrams with exact spin and speed cheats. Just reading this makes you a smarter player.

Two new books in January and March of 2010:

* The Art of War versus The Art of Pool – this book takes the rules of war by Sun Tsu (a Chinese general who lived 2,500 years ago) and applies them to pool strategies, tactics, and deceptions. If you are serious about becoming a serious player, this book will teach you the mindset. Embedded are the real and true secrets to being a tough and dangerous competitor. (For those interested in the philosophy of pool.)
* How to Stop Sharking – this book identifies 75 major sharking techniques that unscrupulous players can use against you. Each one includes a full description (with variations) and the necessary actions to restore the integrity of the game. (Written about pool, the material applies to all sports.)

Go to www.billiardgods.com and read further details. Also available are 10 cool pool screensavers.

Viking Cue Olhausen Billiards Classic Tour Announced

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Viking Cue Olhausen Billiards Classic Tour Announced

Viking Cue Mfg. Inc., Olhausen Billiards Mfg. Inc. and The Viking Cue 9-Ball Tour have entered into an agreement to add a new tour/format to the existing Viking Cue 9-Ball Tour. The new Tour is dubbed the “Viking Cue – Olhausen Billiards Classic Tour” and will feature six $5,000 added Pro-Am tournaments in 2010.

All locations hosting these six new events will receive a Brand New Olhausen Champion-Pro 9′ table with delivery and set-up to the host location + over $8,000 in products and discounts from Viking Cues and the Viking Tour co-sponsors. This is a $15,500 Value to billiard room owners.

Room owners interested in hosting one of the New “Viking Cue – Olhausen Billiards Classic Tour” Events should contact Mike Janis at 1-800-200-POOL or email vikingtour2@yahoo.com. Act FAST, there are only 6 of these events available.

Larry Olhausen, Sales Director Olhausen Billiards Mfg., Inc., stated “Olhausen Billiards is very excited to be associated with Viking Cues and to help promote the upcoming 2010 Viking 9-Ball Tour. The Viking Cue 9-Ball Tour has demonstrated that it is the premier tour to be associated with and we were pleased to be asked to be part of it. This tournament helps reaffirm Olhausen Billiards continued commitment to the sport of billiards and its many players. We are looking forward to a very exciting season.”

Barry Hart, President of Viking Cue Mfg., Inc., stated, “Viking Cue has always supported tournaments and players throughout the country with sponsorships and is proud to be associated with Olhausen Billiards and the Viking 9-Ball Tour. Viking believes industry sponsorships and investing in the promotion of our sport through tournaments is good for the future of pool.

Mike Janis, the founder of the Viking Cue 9-Ball Tour, added, “Having Viking Cues and Olhausen Billiards combined as the title sponsors for these new tour events will be a blessing to our sport. Viking Cues and Olhausen billiards sponsorship will allow us to give many more dollars in prize money to the players over the year along with relieving most the associated costs to room owners that host the tour events. I am really excited about the new Viking Cue – Olhausen Billiards Classic Tour events. Together we will be able to continue to provide excellent events for the players and help billiard room owners with the costs of hosting tour events.”

About Viking Cue
Viking Cue Mfg. Inc. is the oldest manufacturer of cues in America and has the strictest quality control in the industry. Supported by “Viking’s Lifetime Warranty” and made exclusively in the USA there is no compromising when it comes to Viking Cues. Viking lives up to the expectations of current and future owners as the most critical tool for your game.

For more information about Viking Cues please visit: http://vikingcue.com

About Olhausen Billiards: The Story – Butch and Donny Olhausen
As kids growing up in New Mexico , Butch and Don Olhausen worked for their dad setting up and re-covering pool tables. Their dad had a shop in every house they ever lived in. Little did they know they were learning a trade that would carry them through the rest of their lives.

In the summer of 1969, Butch moved to California . Donny decided to follow in 1972. That’s when the Olhausen boys started their own company, moving and re-covering pool tables, they also delivered new tables for a small manufacturing company in San Diego . They charged $12 to deliver and install a new table, using Butch’s classic ‘59 El Camino and paying for the gas. What a deal! They could be done with a delivery by 10:00A.M. After that, they would go out and “pound the pavement” for any more work they could find.
Then came what they thought was a great opportunity. The owner of the manufacturing company that they delivered for offered to sell them the business for $1000 and take a note back on the inventory. So in 1973, they took everything they had and bought the company lock, stock and barrel. That’s when the world changed for them.

The company they bought was making about 35 tables annually. The first year, their goal was to somehow double the business and sell 70 tables. Within two years, they were selling over 300. Olhausen Billiard Manufacturing, Inc. is now selling almost 30,000 tables a year in their 250,000-square-foot facility in Portland , Tennessee . Still family-owned and operated, Butch, Donny and all the people at Olhausen have consistently pursued a tradition of dedication to Quality, Service, Selection and Value. These attributes and four generations in the business have earned their company the title of “The Best in Billiards.”

About the Viking Tours
The Viking Cue 9-Ball Tour was founded in 1994 as the Ohio 9-Ball Tour by Mike Janis from Cleveland , Ohio . Over the years it has grown significantly to include many regions of the US . It is currently the largest and longest running Open regional billiards tour in the USA . The Viking Tours now consist of five separate tours: The Viking Cue Open, Amateur, Amateur-Advanced, Junior 9-Ball Tour and the new Viking Cue – Olhausen Billiards Classic Tour. Combined, the tours offer approximately 141 tournament events each tour season for players from beginning to professionals to compete in. Player and business associate members are offered many outstanding benefits that separate the Viking Tours from any other tour in the USA . These benefits include: Health-care insurance, Hotel and Travel discounts, Free entry fees for Ladies and Junior players, Discounts to Military Personnel, Senior Citizens and Pool League Players.

For more information about sponsoring, participating in or hosting Viking Tour events contact the tour at vikingtour2@yahoo.com or call 1-800-200-POOL.

Visit the Viking Tours web page at: http://www.viking9balltour.com

Russell Rules Viking’s Rocky Mount Stop

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Russell Rules Viking’s Rocky Mount Stop
Viking Cue 9-Ball Tour / Rocky Mount, NC

by InsidePOOL Staff

The Viking Cue Amateur 9-Ball Tour took center stage at Dot’s Cue Club in Rocky Mount, NC, as amateur players from around the region filled the room for a weekend packed with action November 21-22. The tour attracted 63 entries for the weekend and paid out over $4,500 in prize monies. Glenn Russell took home the lion’s share when he won over Younger Chapman in the finals.

The kicked off on Friday night with a mini tournament. Jeff Tabet made his way north from Atlanta and defeated local player DJ Outlaw to take home first place. Sunday saw more action at the second chance mini tournament. The event was won by Vernon Rogers, who made his way to the hot seat undefeated and claimed first place by defeating Mike Janis 5-4.

The $1,500-added amateur event kicked off Saturday and pitted some of the toughest players in the region against each other. Eddie Little found himself sent to the one-loss side of the chart in the second round by Linwood Whitehead. He fought his way back to take home third place after a loss in the semifinals to Younger Chapman, who had been sent west by Russell after their hot seat match. Chapman earned his rematch with Russell, but it was Russell who took home the win in the first set 9-1.

Results:
1st Glenn Russell $1,250
2nd Younger Chapman $750
3rd Eddie Little $500
4th DJ Outlaw $250
5th Ray Vines $120
Mike Yingling $120
7th Mike Frowein $70
Linwood Whitehead

Rabon and White Win in Mississippi

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Rabon and White Win in Mississippi
Mississippi State 9-Ball Championships / Jackson, MS

by InsidePOOL Staff

The Viking Cue Tour’s Mississippi State Championships, hosted by The Green Room in Jackson, MS, kicked off on November 5 with the one-pocket tournament that finished up on Friday and was followed by a 9-ball tournament that kicked off on Saturday and finished up Sunday. The Viking Cue Tour’s Mississippi State Championships paid out over $17,000 in prize monies and drew in 74 participants.

The one-pocket division came down to Rafael Martinez versus Scott Rabon. Rabon claimed the win after defeating Larry “The Truth” Nevel 3-1, with a score of 5-4.

One-Pocket Results:
1st Scott Rabon $2,500
2nd Rafael Martinez $1,300
3rd Larry Nevel $800
4th Jason Evans $200

The Viking Cue Tour’s Mississippi State 9-ball event presented a few upsets as Shawn Putnam was defeated by Jason Evans, sending him to the one-loss side where he was ousted by Josh O’Neal and ended in fifth place.

Nevel also was sent to the one-loss side early in the event by Putnam and ended up in fourth place after also being eliminated by O’Neal, who sent him home after their hill-hill match 11-10.

Brian White was the one who took home the title of 2009 Mississippi State 9-Ball champion, as he made his way through the brackets undefeated and finished up in set one of the double-elimination finals, defeating O’Neal, who had wreaked havoc on the one-loss side of the brackets, 11-5 to claim the win.

Results:
1st Brian White $4,600
2nd Josh O’Neal $2,600
3rd Wesley Barnes $1,620
4th Larry Nevel $1,000
5th James Baraks $600
Shawn Putnam
7th Jason Evans $250
Gary Abood
9th Rafael Martinez $150
Mike Reeves
Luc Depierne
Mark Cavalier
13th Jonathan Pinegar $75
John Macis
Nick Vita
Daniel McKenney

Gallego Comes Back to Win in Winchester

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Gallego Comes Back to Win in Winchester
Viking Cue 9-Ball Tour / Winchester, VA

by InsidePOOL Staff

The Viking Cue 9-Ball Tour returned to Blue Fox Billiards in Winchester, VA, the weekend of October 17-18, hosting 103 players, some of whom were in town for the 34th Annual U.S. Open 9-Ball Championships. The plummy $3,000-added prize purse was a big draw as well, and Ramil Gallego of the Philippines walked away with the lion’s share after his defeat of Manny Chau in the finals.

Gallego made a comeback in the first set of the finals, returning from a 6-1 deficit to win the first set 9-8 and then proceeding to win the second set 7-3. On his journey he had bested defeat Clyde Newill 9-5, Jason Trigo 9-1, Ryan Jones 9-1, and Ryan McCreesh 9-7. Chau then delivered him to the one-loss side of the chart after a hill-hill bout, and Gallego then ousted Matt Clatterbuck 7-5, Brandon Shuff 7-2, and Jerry Calderon 7-2 to earn his way to the finals and a rematch with Chau. Chau went undefeated to the finals, besting Eddie Deska 9-6, Scott Tollefson 9-2, Chuck Cuneo 9-3, Gallego 9-8, and Calderon 9-2.

Open Results:
1st Ramil Gallego $1,500
2nd Manny Chau $900
3rd Jerry Calderon $600
4th Brandon Shuff $430
5th Brian Deska $200
Matt Clatterbuck
7th Scott Tollefson $150
Mike Davis
9th Ryan McCreesh $100
Steve Wigglesworth
Justin Daniels
Chuck Cuneo

The amateur division of the event brought in 57 players, and Eric Charlton of Roanoke, VA, went undefeated to win the event after making his way through the top half of the bracket, besting Reggie Smallwood 5-3, Paul Peters 5-3, Kevin Kleinsmith 5-1, Kevin Irons 5-4, Russ Obaker 5-2, and Clyde Newill 5-1 in the match for the hot seat. Charlton defeated Newill hill-hill to take home first place.

Amateur Results:
1st Eric Charlton $700
2nd Clyde Newill $500
3rd Rick Castillo $300
4th Ryan Jones $200
5th Russ Obaker $150
Chris Hansen
7th Jordan Grubb $100
Dan Madden