Monday Douses Davis on Jacoby Custom Cue Stop

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Monday Douses Davis on Jacoby Custom Cue Stop
Jacoby Custom Cue Carolina Tour / Burlington, NC

by Skip Maloney

Sam Monday defeated Mike "Iron Mike" Davis twice to capture the Jacoby Custom Cues Tour title at Family Billiards in Burlington, NC.

Sam Monday double-dipped Mike Davis to take first place in the Jacoby Custom Cue Carolina Tour stop the weekend of December 6-7. The $1,000-added event drew 19 entrants to Family Billiards in Burlington, NC.

Monday and Davis first met in the hot seat match after Monday had dispatched Arnold Hamlett to the one-loss side 7-5 and Davis had survived a hill-hill struggle against Michael Fuller. Monday’s first victory over Davis was a 7-2 affair that left him in the hot seat.

On the one-loss side, Scott Lewis and Tony Morrison emerged from the event’s final 12 to meet Hamlett and Fuller. Lewis had dropped Leroy Bryant into the tie for seventh place 7-3, as Morrison was busy doing the same to Cary Dunn 7-4. It was Lewis and Fuller advancing to the quarterfinals in a pair of tightly contested matches; Fuller outlasting Morrison in a double-hill struggle, as Lewis got by Hamlett 7-5.

Fuller then dropped Lewis into fourth place 7-4 and faced Davis in the semifinals. Davis advanced for a second chance at Monday with a 7-3 victory over Fuller. In the race to 9 finals, Monday took command early, jumping out to a 4-1 lead, but Davis kept his head in the game and eventually tied it 4-4. Monday won the next five, running three of the five racks, playing strong safety positions in the other two, and opening the final game by sinking three balls on the break to capture the first-place prize.

Results:
1st Sam Monday $1,000
2nd Mike Davis $500
3rd Michael Fuller $200
4th Scott Lewis $100
5th Arnold Hamlett $75
Tony Morrison
7th Leroy Bryant
Cary Dunn
9th James Backburn
Derek Leonard
Chris Vollmar
Johnny Walker

Hillbilly Wins Carolina Open Billiards Event

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Hillbilly Wins Carolina Open Billiards Event
Carolina Open / Goldsboro, NC

by Skip Maloney, InsidePOOL Staff

Bryant and Archer played until 5 am to see who was going to be crowned the champion at Fast Eddie's in Goldsboro, NC.

It was Johnny “The Scorpion” Archer looking to sting Charlie “Hillbilly” Bryant, complete with bibbed overalls, in the finals of the Carolina Open 10-Ball Tournament in the early hours of Monday, October 13. But in an epic battle to 15 that lasted until just after 5 a.m., Bryant came through to bring home the $5,000 first prize.

Earlier in the evening, Archer sent Keith Bennett west with an 11-4 victory, as Jason Klatt battled to a double-hill win over Brian White. Archer opened the hot seat match that followed with a slim lead at 3-1 but then surged ahead. At 7-2, Klatt moved into a two-to-one mode that saw him get within three at 9-6. Archer reached the hill at that point and in the final rack played a safety that set up a perfect 6-10 combination for himself. Klatt missed the kick at the 6 and conceded the match.

With the tournament down to four in each bracket, Bryant, who’d worked his way back through five opponents since a second-round defeat at the hands of Klatt, dropped Michael Fuller into a tie for seventh place, as Chris Bartram did likewise to Sam Monday. Bryant then faced Bennett, as Bartram took on White. Bryant advanced 11-2, as Bartram and White locked horns in a hill-hill match that advanced White against Bryant in the quarterfinal match. When Bryant finished with White 11-5, he turned his attention to Klatt, who’d sent him to the one-loss side eight matches ago. Vengeance was sweet and swift. Bryant was up 7-0 before Klatt won a game, and though he did manage to get three in before it was over, Bryant advanced to face Archer.

In a finals match that began at 12:50 EST, the two played slowly and deliberately through to a 3-3 tie before Bryant began to establish a rhythm that brought him out in front 8-3. Archer fought back and at 9-7, as the hour hand inched toward 4 a.m., a certain amount of irritability was on display as the two got involved in a dispute over whether the racked balls were being placed properly over the head spot. Play resumed and Archer got a step closer at 9-8.

Bryant won two in a row to make it 11-8 and Archer got one back. Bryant opened the gap to three again before Archer’s chance to make it 12-10 disappeared when he rattled a 7 ball into a corner pocket. Bryant cleaned up and it was 13-10 and then, “Hillbilly” was on the hill. Archer refused to go quietly and made it 14-11. Bryant was called on a shot clock foul and Archer closed out the rack to get back within two at 14-12, but Bryant took advantage of a combination in the next rack and it was over.

Results:
1st Charlie Bryant $5,000
2nd Johnny Archer $2,800
3rd Jason Klatt $1,500
4th Brian White $1,000
5/6th Keith Bennett $700
5/6th Chris Bartram
7/8th Mike Fuller $400
7/8th Sam Monday
9/12th Antonio Mendieta $250
9/12th Charlie Brinson
9/12th Manuel Chau
9/12th Mike Davis

White Waves off Final Challenge

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White Waves off Final Challenge
Jacoby Custom Cues Carolina Tour / Goldsboro, NC

by Skip Maloney, Inside POOL Magazine

Brian White held off Charlie "HillBilly" Bryant to capture the title at the Jacoby Custon Cues Carolina Tour at Fast Eddie"s in Goldsboro, NC.

Brian White withstood a strong one-loss side challenge by Charlie Bryant to finish undefeated in the Jacoby Custom Cues Carolina Tour stop the weekend of October 4-5. Hosted by Fast Eddie’s Sports Bar in Goldsboro, NC, the $2,000-added event drew 32 entrants.

On the winners’ side, White and Ronnie Wiseman emerged from among the final four to face each other in the hot seat match. White had sent Shane Harvey west 7-2, as Wiseman bested Mike Davis 7-3. White defeated Wiseman 7-3 as well and awaited his final opponent.

Meanwhile, back at the ranch, Charlie “Hillbilly’ Bryant was working his way back. From among the final eight on the one-loss side, he dropped Michael Fuller 7-5 and Tony Chohan 7-2 before meeting Davis. Scott Rabon, in the meantime, shut out Mack Harrell and defeated Charlie Brinson 7-2 to meet Harvey. Bryant went on to defeat Davis 7-3, as Harvey ended Rabon’s tournament bid in a double-hill battle. Bryant then dropped Harvey into fourth place with a 7-3 victory and defeated Wiseman in the semifinals 7-5.

Early on in the finals, it looked as though White was going to stop Bryant’s surge early. He took a 5-1 lead before Bryant roared back to win five in a row. They were his last five, though, as White took command and won the next and final three games.

Results:
1st Brian White $1500
2nd Charlie Bryant $800
3rd Ron Wiseman $500
4th Shane Harvey $300
5/6th Scott Rabon $175
5/6th Mike Davis
7/8th Tony Chohan $75
7/8th Charlie Brinson
9-12th Sidney Champion
9-12th Michael Fuller
9-12th Larry Kressel
9-12th Mack Harrel

Nevel Takes Command of North Carolina Billiards Event

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Nevel Takes Command of North Carolina Billiards Event

Jacoby Custom Cues Carolina Tour / Rocky Mount, NC

by InsidePOOL Magazine

Larry "The Truth" Nevel continued his rampage on southern billiard events by snapping off the Jacoby Cues Carolina Tour event at Sharks-n-Shooters in Rocky Mount, North Carolina.

Despite Hurricane Gustaf threatening to wreak havoc across the state of North Carolina, 26 players bravely journeyed to Sharks-N-Shooters in Rocky Mount for the Jacoby Custom Cues Carolina Tour. Held the weekend of September 6-7, this $1,000-added event saw Larry “The Truth” Nevel come back from the left side of the chart to take first place.

Though the field was smaller than normal because of Gustav, there was a great deal of talent—including the five junior players who entered. Legend Wade Crane was bested by Ty Griffin 7-1 in the first round, while Mike “Iron Man” Davis went down in the second round after a hill-hill match with local player Stephen Bishop.

Nevel cruised through the field, besting Chris Vollmar 7-0 before going to defeat Delton Howard 7-5 and Cary Dunn 7-2. He then battled to double-hill with Michael Fuller before sending Fuller to the west side of the chart and moved on to the hot seat match, where he suffered his only loss of the event to Jeff Abernathy 7-2.

Dunn, sent to the one-loss side by Nevel earlier, had just advanced to the semifinal match with a hill-hill victory over Sam Monday. Seeking revenge, Dunn didn’t have a chance as Nevel steamrolled him 7-2 to head back to face Abernathy. In the single-elimination final match, Nevel closed out the win with a 9-4 score.

Results:

1st Larry Nevel

2nd Jeff Abernathy

3rd Cary Dunn

4th Sam Monday

5th Michael Fuller

Stephen Bishop

7th Delton Howard

Peaches Fuller

9th Ty Bissett

Joe Whaley

Mike Davis

Ty Griffin

Champion Crowned on Jacoby Billiard Tour

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Undefeated Champion Crowned
Jacoby Custom Cues Carolina Tour / Raleigh, NC

by InsidePOOL Staff

Sidney Champion outlassted twenty-five players that descended on Brown’s Billiards in Raleigh, NC, for the Jacoby Custom Cues Carolina Tour.

Twenty-five players descended on Brown’s Billiards in Raleigh, NC, for the August 9-10 stop of the Jacoby Custom Cues Carolina Tour. The aptly named Sidney Champion went undefeated to win not only first place but to qualify for the Carolina Open 10-ball division to be held this October.

In Sunday’s one-loss side matches, Ian Holt was ousted by Tony Morrison 7-5, while Brad Shearer joined Holt in seventh place courtesy of Michael Fuller 7-3. Both Holt and Shearer are junior players. From there, Morrison advanced to play Jeff Pruitt, who eliminated him in a double-hill match before going on to the quarterfinals against Fuller, who had just bested David Brown 7-2.

Fuller had few problems sending Pruitt home with fourth place, winning their match 7-3. Meanwhile, in the hot seat match, Brandon Pureza was fighting hard against Champion. It was a close-fought match, but Champion sent Pureza to the semifinals 7-5.

Making use of his momentum, Fuller continued on, powering through Pureza in the semifinals 7-0. However, his momentum was not enough to overpower Champion in the final race to 9, in which Champion triumphed with a 9-6 score.

Results:
1st Sidney Champion
2nd Michael Fuller
3rd Brandon Pureza
4th Jeff Pruitt
5th Tony Morrison
David Brown
7th Ian Holt
Brad Shearer

Bullard is Tops in Billiards

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Bullard is Tops in Billiards
Jacoby Cues Carolina Tour / Wilmington, NC
by Skip Maloney
After being sent to the one-loss side in a hot seat match versus former U.S. Open Champion and recent inductee into the BCA Hall of Fame, Allen Hopkins, Sr., Bruce Bullard came back to capture the first-place prize in the Jacoby Custom Cues Carolina Tour held in Wilmington, NC, on the weekend of July 12-13. A total of 28 entrants signed on for the $1,000-added event, hosted by Break Time Billiards.
Bullard defeated Cary Dunn to face Hopkins in that hot seat match. Hopkins had sent Mike Davis west to get there. Hopkins sent Bullard to the semifinals with a 7-3 victory.
On the one-loss side, after defeating his father, Peaches Fuller, in that bracket’s round of 16, Mike Fuller joined Keith Bennett, Robert Ray, and Joe Nichols among the final eight.
Fuller and Nichols dropped Bennett and Ray into a seventh-place tie and faced off against Dunn and Davis, over from the winners’ side. Dunn then dropped Davis into fourth place with a hill-hill victory and faced Bullard in the semifinals.
Bullard battled to a 7-5 win against Dunn and headed back for the rematch against Hopkins, where the two initiated proceedings by battling back and forth to a 7-7 tie. Hopkins reached hill first on the break of the fifteenth game. Bullard brought it to hill-hill in the next rack and then gave Hopkins a taste of his own medicine by sinking the 9 ball on his final break to win it.
Results:
1st Bruce Bullard
2nd Allen Hopkins, Sr.
3rd Cary Dunn
4th Mike Davis
5th Joe Nichols
Mike Fuller
7th Keith Bennett
Robert Ray
9th Larry Faulk
Buddy Fisher
Sidney Champion
Chris Volmar

Morris Comes Back to Best Hundal

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Morris Comes Back to Best Hundal
Jacoby Custom Cues Carolina Tour / Raleigh, NC

by Skip Maloney
Professional pool player “Rocket” Rodney Morris followed up on a hill-hill hot seat defeat at the hands of Raj Hundal by returning in the finals to win 9-4, capturing the first-place prize in the Jacoby Custom Cues Carolina Tour the weekend of June 7-8. The $1,000-added event drew 25 billiard entrants to Babineau’s in Raleigh, NC.
Earlier Sunday, Morris and Hundal moved into their hot seat match following defeats of Mike Fuller and Robert Ray, respectively. Morris couldn’t capitalize on the momentum, falling to Hundal and moving into the semifinals.
On the one-loss side, Cary Dunn defeated Sidney Champion, who had just eliminated Mike Davis from the tournament. Wade Crane, in the meantime, dropped Peaches Fuller into the seventh-place slot. Dunn and Wade then defeated Mike Fuller and Ray to face each other in the quarterfinal match. Crane advanced with a 7-5 win to face Morris in the semifinals. Morris ended Crane’s tournament with a 7-3 victory and turned to challenge Hundal a second time.
Morris and Hundal struggled back and forth to a 4-4 tie in the finals before Morris took command, winning the next five to capture the first-place prize. Morris’ victory also earned him an entry into the Carolina Open in October, though he narrowly missed an opportunity at extra prize money, offered to any player who ran five racks. While he’d closed out the tournament by winning the last five games, he’d allowed Hundal opportunities to shoot, which cost him the supplementary prize.
Results:
1st Rodney Morris
2nd Raj Hundal
3rd Wade Crane
4th Cary Dunn
5th Mike Fuller
Robert Ray
7th Sidney Champion
Peaches Fuller
9th Mike Davis
Doug Jones
Younger Chapman
Leroy Bryant

Page Takes Two From Davis

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Page Takes Two From Davis
Tar-Heel Open 9-Ball Tournament / Rocky Mount, NC
by Skip Maloney
Steve Page went undefeated in the Tar-Heel Open 9-Ball Tournament in Rocky Mount, NC, the weekend of May 31-June 1. He defeated billiard player Mike Davis twice to capture the first-place prize in the $750-added event, which drew 25 entrants to Dot’s Cue Club.
On Sunday, Page sent Larry Pittman to the one-loss side with a 9-3 victory, as Davis was doing the same to Mike Fuller 9-4. Page prevailed in the subsequent hot seat match, sending Davis over with a 9-5 victory.
On the one-loss side, Scott Rabon was at work on a march that would eventually take him to the semifinals. He defeated Qi Liu 7-4 before turning to face Fuller. He eliminated Fuller from the tournament and moved on to challenge Pittman. He dropped Pittman into fourth place with a 7-5 victory and then ran into a determined Mike Davis. Davis moved into the finals with a 7-4 victory that ended Rabon’s strong run.
The true double-elimination finals lasted only a single set. The two struggled to a 3-3 tie before Page surged ahead by 4 games. Davis managed two more racks but so did Page, ending it 9-5. It was Page’s first event victory of the year.
Scott Rabon followed his third-place effort in the open division with a hill-hill 3-2 finals victory over Tommy Briscoe in a $110-added bank tournament. Rabon had defeated Wade Crane 3-1 to face Briscoe in the finals, as Briscoe sent Mike Davis into the third-place slot with a hill-hill 3-2 victory.
Open Results:
1st Steven Page
2nd Mike Davis
3rd Scott Rabon
4th Larry Pittman
5th Phillip Richardson
Mike Fuller
Bank Results:
1st Scott Rabon
2nd Tommy Briscoe
3rd Mike Davis
Wade Crane

Fuller Wins Second Straight Billiards Event

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Fuller Wins Second Straight Billiards Event
Jacoby Cues Carolina Tour / Rocky Mount, NC
by Skip Maloney
After recording his first victory in five attempts on the Jacoby Cues Carolina Tour in April, Mike Fuller picked up his second straight billiards tour victory the weekend of May 17-18. Fuller defeated Phillip Richardson twice to capture first place in the $1,000-added event, which drew 39 entrants to Sharks-N-Shooters in Rocky Mount, NC.
On Sunday, Fuller and Richardson were half of the final four on the winners’ side. They gave up only three games total between them in defeating Rob Krull 7-1 and Delton Howard 7-2, respectively. The going got a little rougher in the hot seat match, with Fuller prevailing 7-5 to send Richardson to the semifinals.
On the west side, Robert Ray faced Mike Gulyassy in the quarterfinal match. He’d sent Gulyassy to the one-loss side in the tournament’s opening round and defeated him a second time 7-5 to move into the semifinals against Richardson. Richardson defeated Ray 7-4 to advance to the finals.
Richardson took an early 3-0 lead in the finals before Fuller responded. They tied and then struggled back and forth to double-hill before Fuller closed it out and collected his second straight tour victory.
Results:
1st Mike Fuller
2nd Phillip Richardson
3rd Robert Ray
4th Mike Gulyassy
5th Rob Krull
Delton Howard
7th Ron Park
Mac Harrell
9th Matt Reed
Peaches Fuller
Jeff Pruitt
Russell Sasser

Fuller goes undefeated in Carolina Tour Stop

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Fuller goes undefeated in Carolina Tour Stop

Jacoby Custom Cues Carolina Tour / Greensboro, NC
Mike Fuller worked his way through a field of 40 entrants on the Jacoby Custom Cues Carolina Tour stop at Fast Eddie’s in Goldsboro, NC, the weekend of April 26-27. He sent Larry Faulk to the one-loss side of the bracket with a decisive shut-out in the round of 8 and defeated him again in the finals to capture the first-place prize.

Larry Faulk worked his way through two opponents on the west side before meeting Arnold Hamlet in the quarterfinals. He won all but 5 of the next 19 games, dropping 2 versus Hamlet and 3 against Liu in the semifinal.

The final match-up was something of a waltz, played out three steps at a time. Fuller and Faulk danced their way one game at a time to a 3-3 tie before Fuller decided that he wanted to lead the dance and jumped out 6-3. Faulk responded with his own three steps and tied it at 6-6, but it was Fuller who brought the waltz to a three-step finale to finish the dance.

The tour stop also featured a Friday night early bird tournament with 9 entrants, a second chance tournament Sunday with 11, and a small junior tournament with 3 entrants. Cary Dunn took the early bird, defeating Wade Crane, with Michael Fuller in third place. Mike Triplett defeated Shane Barnwell 7-1 to take the second chance first prize; Peaches Fuller and Charlie Brinson took third and fourth place, respectively. Justin Ward defeated Tiffany Leonard in the finals of the three-player junior tournament, taking the lead in points for the race to qualification to the Junior Nationals.

Results
1st Michael Fuller
2nd Larry Faulk
3rd Qi Liu
4th Arnold Hamlet
5th Younger Chapman
Wade Crane
7th Sidney Champion
Chris Vollmar
9th Cary Dunn
Mike Frowein
Charles McClung
John Hernandez