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Article and photos courtesy of David Thomson ©mediumpool.comLAS VEGAS, NEVADAThe 32nd BCA National 8-Ball Championships, May 9-17, 2008 - “TheGreatest Pool Tournament in the World!”

Year after year the BCA National 8-BallChampionships is touted as “TheGreatest Pool Tournament in theWorld!” and for good reason.The BCA National 8-BallChampionships is the longest running,amateur tournament presented by anational pool league. The firstchampionships were staged at theDayton Convention Center in Ohio in1977. The tournament’s growth hasrequired larger and larger venues andThe Riviera Hotel & Casino, LasVegas, provides over 100,000 feet ofballroom and meeting space.Pavilions overflow with an ocean ofTour Blue Simonis Cloth, dotted withSuper Aramith Pro balls on Diamond

“Smart Tables.” The hotel’s room quota quickly sold out to ardent poolfans, and their families, 60 days before the event.Predator has joined forces as a Platinum Sponsor and added a selectionof their POISON CUES as prizes for the amateur players.The billiard industry recognizes the BCA National 8-Ball Championshipsas the place to be in the month of May.No other tournament unites moreamateurs, professionals, leagueoperators, referees, vendors, andspectators in a shared experience thatcommands the title of “The GreatestPool Tournament in the World!”This year, the playbca.comproduction surpassed member’swildest dreams.More than 7100 players, from 17countries, competed in 20+ events inthe hunt for $750,000 in prize money.And, if that’s not enough, the BCA PoolLeague members, men and womenalike, love pro pool. Hence, the long-standing tradition of bringing theworld’s elite players to Las Vegas. This year, BCA National 8-BallChampionships hosted the biggest field of back to back pro action in itshistory.

Matchroom Sports delivered its WorldPool Masters tournament. DragonPromotions, in association withDiamond Billiard Products andPlaybca.com, relocated the Predator10-Ball Championships, and TheAction Report, sponsored by OBCues, drew record crowds with theirbig money, one-on-one TAR Pitmarathons.The league, also, offers pros a placeto play. Says CEO Mark Griffin, “Youcan’t get so good in our league thatyou don’t have a place to play. Yourmembership doesn’t become invalid”

So. it was no surprise when WPBA champion Kelly Fisher won theWomen’s Grand Master Singles, or that Diamond Derby City Classicwinner Jason Kirkwood is the 2008 Men’s Grand Master, but what about

Noel Campos? Noel, from Modesto, California, won the Women’s OpenSingles, and $6000...from a wheel chair... and, she’s legally blind!Griffin’s new bride, Sunny, showed joyas she captured the Women’s PlayerMember Singles title. Had Sunnygotten a few pointers from her newhubby? Before he took reins of theleague, Mark actually had time to hit afew competitive balls himself and hadachieved Master status in the leaguesystem.Mike Williams and Susan WilliamsChandler overpowered Mary Rakin &Colin Mazaikain in the Open ScotchDoubles. Mary, surely, had one of themost memorable days of her life; shehad also secured second against Noelin the Women’s Grand MasterSingles.Randy Goettlicher, who had beenfreely educating league members at

the Cue-Tech Pool School all week,finished runner up against Don Harpin the Super Senior Singles. Randy,obviously, practiced what hepreached.Men’s Open Singles titlist DannyBarnes pocketed $11,000, while SamKirby got$8,000, and Shayne Morrow$6,000. Hey, that’s $25,000 rightthere, and more than most Proevents. Who says pool doesn’t pay?Canada’s Tyler Edie exacted revengeon being last year’s runner-up as hewon the BCA Pool League 9-BallChallenge. Demi Jelatis from

Brooklyn Park, MN took second.Laura Smith corralled Efren, Bustey, Mexico’s Rafael Martinez, Allison,Gerda, and a slew of other pool celebs at The Billiard EducationFoundation’s annual Challenge of the Stars. Members had too much fun

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Pros help raise funds for juniorbilliardsThe Billiard Education Foundation(BEF) held their annual “Challengethe Stars” fundraiser on May 13that the Riviera Hotel & Casino in LasVegas. The BCA Pool League(BCAPL) National 8-BallChampionships and the 8th AnnualPredator International 10-BallChampionships were held at theRiviera that week, providingopportunity for participation by bothpro and amateur talent. Over $4,000was raised through “challenge thepro” matches and auctions to helpsupport junior billiard programs andscholarships.

Thirteen pros accepted challengesfrom highly skilled amateurs whowere among the 7,000 playerscompeting in the BCAPL National 8-Ball Championship. Participatingpros were Francisco Bustamante,Dominic Esposito, Allison Fisher,Thorsten Hohmann, Melissa Little,Rafael Martinez, Cathy Metzinger,Caroline Pao, Stefano Pelinga,Efren Reyes, Tom”Dr. Cue”Rossman, Adam Smith, and LauraSmith. All challengers received acertificate and an autographedsouvenir photo taken with their pros.Challengers and spectators alikeparticipated in the silent auction andraffle made possible by the

generous donations from dozens ofindustry supporters. Donatingcompanies included OzoneBilliards, Viking Cue Mfg, CuestixInternational, PoolDawg.com,Frank’s Center, Omega Billiards,Chalkeys by Ken, PredatorProducts and Poison Cues. MarkGriffin of Diamond Billiard Productsprovided pool tables from theBCAPL tournament.The BEF charity event was madepossible with the help of a team ofvolunteers including KevenEngelke, Brent Johnson, ShannaLewis, Dave Merrill, and BCA PoolLeague referees. BEF PresidentTom Riccobene served as Master

of Ceremonies. A complete list ofthose who helped make this eventpossible is available on the BEFwebsite at www.BilliardEducation.org.All proceeds benefit the BEFscholarship fund and juniorprograms throughout the year.The Billiard Education Foundationis a 501(c)(3) non-profit charitableorganization committedto furthering the standard ofexcellence and leadership withinthe billiard community by engagingin activities related to the educationand cultural advancement oftomorrow’s leaders.

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from: Gene MillerThe phone call I got from Allen Jones Wednesday evening, May 14, wasnews we both knew was inevitable. John Hayes had died that morning. Hehad taken ill several weeks earlier, and we hadn’t heard his jovial voice fora long time.Big John certainly played more of my tournaments than anybody else, andI can vividly remember my first encounter with him. It was early in 1991and The Great Entertainer had just opened. At our Monday USPPAtournament he came up, shook my hand and said “I’m John Hayes, andI’m putting in Doug McCumsey and Bud De Soto and myself. What is it,ten bucks?” John enjoyed doing favors for people. After I moved our USPPAtournaments back to Family Billiards, he could see how busy I was so he

began taking advance signups, collecting the money for me. He was theonly person who ever did that, and he enjoyed it. He once gave me two fullrolls of breakpot tickets, saying, “I just had these laying around and I knowyou can use ‘em.”A tournament director deals with every type of pool player, and it’s thecharacters with a sense of humor who create the best memories. I willalways remember Big John’s ever-present sense of humor. A conversationwith John was always punctuated with amusing comments, and who couldforget his hilarious artwork on all those score sheets? We have lost a goodfriend.

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from: Chris Rogers and Ford, Tournament DirectorsOn April 26th and 27th the Northwest Women’s Pool Association held theirsecond of seven tour stops for 2008 at The Cue Ball in Salem, Oregon. It’sconsidered a favorite event by many of the players for several reasons,

notably the amazing playing conditions on the many original BrunswickGold Crowns.The Cue Ball sells, installs, and maintains tables from a store located inthe pool room itself, and it follows, that they would keep up their own tablesto a high standard. If you want to check it out, they hold a monthly tournamentcalled “Win Jim’s Money”, Jim Lebold being the owner.There were twenty players on Saturday morning (the price of gas is nothelping turnouts), but a smaller field can mean tougher competition and noroom for error and there were some great players who didn’t make it toSunday. The six who did make it were Cindy Sliva playing Mary Hopkin tohill - hill before closing to get to the point match. She faced Mary Olson,who beat Jessica Orth 7-3, and Cindy then got on the point by winning 7-4.Mary H then squeaked past Tamre Rogers 7-6, but Jessica fell to Liz Cole7-3. Liz, who lost her first match, had rolled through the B side and next gotMary H 7-5. But it’s hard to win a tournament after losing the first, and MaryO got her rematch in the finals by beating Liz 7-4. It looked like the finalswould be a rout when Mary took a quick 6-1 lead in the single race to nine,but a couple of mistakes by Mary and some strong outs had Cindy firsttying it at 7, and then taking the last two to win her first ever NWPAtournament.Thanks to everyone who came to watch, the entire Cue Ball staff, and theplayers for making our job so easy. The next stop is at Uncle Jack’s inLynnwood on June 15th and 16th followed by our first event at the brandnew “Golden Fleece” in July. See you there.

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Northwest Bar Box 8 BallChallenge. The tournamentdrew 42 players based in adouble-elimination 8 Ballrace to 5/5 on ten 7 footValleys.Fresh off his recent win atthe Nighthawk and in earlystarting form, Glenn Atwellmarched undefeatedthrough the A side with winsover Leon Thomas (5-1), ahill-hill thriller over 12th placefinisher Raul Abenojar (5-4),Rose Soliz (5-0), JingGicoso (5-2), then pre-pointhandily beating Eddie

Carrido (5-2) to wait for the top halfof the A side which was owned byMalarkey’s Don Wirtiman who ranoff with wins over Jim Boyce (5-0), Rhiannon Stewart (5-0), RennieAmadeo (5-3), then beating thesurging Cindy Sliva, whoimpressed everyone early ondefeating Jeff Baker (5-0), LarryLesson (5-4) then winning asqueaker against Doug Enera (5-4).The point match was a true flop ina sense of words. Glenn defeatedDon (5-1) only to wait for thewinner of the B side.On the B Side players such asRobert Cleveland, Cindy Sliva, Jing Gicoso and Eddie Mataya flourishedafter wins over Andrea Saenz-Maes (5-4) and Joe Mack (5-0). Robert faceda surging Eddie Mataya who also early on ran the A side beating Don Anton(5-1), Pat Vice (5-0), then controlling and beating Robert (5-2) only to losethe pre-point to Don Wirtiman (4-5). The 4th place match featured bothMalarkeys regulars, Jing Gicoso and Eddie Mataya, where early on Jinghad the lead but was no match for Eddie who played lights out to defeathim (5-1). Eddie was now to face Don for a tough 3rd place set. It seemedas if each of these players knew it was ‘game on’, as we watched early onas Don took the lead 3 to 1, only to have Eddie cold handedly take controland beat Don (5-4).Entry $15, 42 Players, 100% bar matched = $1,260 purse1st & 2nd (split) $615

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This drill is an oldiebut a goodie. Thesetup is simple —just put a ball at eachof the 15intersections of thediamonds, as shownin the diagram. Thisfills the area outsidethe kitchen.

The first level of playis to simply pocket allthe balls

beginning with cue ball in hand in the kitchen.This is harder than it looks, especially if youhappen to be on a small table, but you willeventually find good patterns to get the ballsoff the table, and it is a feel for such patternsthat’s important.

This version of the drill was used in Boys’Clubs competitions in the last millenium, andI met one of the competitors who had runnearly 200.

The next level of play is to run out without thecue ball touching any other ball. This is onlya small complication. The main thing to learnfrom this is stop and stun shots whichminimize the movement on the cue ball andmakes the direction of the cue ball off theobject ball very predictable.

The final level of the drill is to not let the cue ball hitany cushion. This will require much better planning,especially towards the end of the rack when thereare only a few balls left to shoot and you don’t havea lot of options.

Once you get your no-rail position working well, tryit out in a regular game such as eight ball or nineball. It won’t work in all situations, but if the table isset up well with no major problems, see if you canget out without touching a cushion. The greatchampion “Babe” Cranfield, who ran 768 balls inpractice, said the greatest feat of cue ball controlhe had ever seen was a60-ball run by Ralph Greenleaf. A run that long isnot remarkable, but Greenleaf sent the cue ball tothe cushion only twice during the 4-plus racks.

It’s nice to be able to use the cushions for position,but it’s even better to be able to avoid them.

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Begins Its 14th YearJune 1st is the start of a new season for Western BCA leagues. Therewere more leagues, league players, tournament entries and added moneythan ever before last season and this year should extend the growth ofWestern BCA.The 11th Annual Regional 9-Ball Championships are scheduled for theweek of October 20, 2008. The 14th Annual Regional 8-Ball Championshipsare scheduled for the week of March 9, 2009. Both of these events will beat Chinook Winds Casino in Lincoln City, Oregon.At the recent Annual Meeting of Western BCA, there were several changesmade which will affect some players in the next season.* Players entering Master Scotch Doubles will be allowed to select a partnerfrom throughout the region, just like Master Teams.* Only one Grandmaster can be on a Master Scotch Doubles entry.* The policy of mandating only 2 original league team members on a Men’s/Mixed Open 8-Ball Team has been amended and has been returned tomandating 3 original members on a Men’s/Mixed Open 8-Ball Team, withhardship exceptions on a case-by-case basis, to be decided by the Boardof Directors. The Women’s Open 8-Ball Teams will still have the 2 originalmembers requirement.* For the 9-Ball Championships, the opponent will rack the balls for thebreaker. (No racking your own break for 9-ball)* The top 4 Open Men’s 8-Ball Teams and the top 2 Open Women’s 8 Ballteams must play in the Master Team event during the next two 8-BallChampionships if 3 or more players from those team rosters are on ateam. This is retroactive to the 2008 8-Ball Championships.At the Annual Meeting, Bill Henderson was re-elected as President andDarcy Moss was elected as the new Vice President. A new Board ofDirectors was voted in. The 7 Directors are Mike Jensen, Sam Rabito,Terry Ludwig, Cindy Doty, Stacy Sherman, Andrew Monstis and SassyCampbell.Player fees will remain at $10 for the coming year. Sam Rabito will remainas Tournament Director and Darryl Farley will continue as Head Referee.Please refer to the Western BCA leagues in this issue to find a league nearyou or check out our website at www.westernbca.org.


United States Professional Poolplayers Association Takes StandAgainst World-Pool Billiard AssociationPHOENIX, AZ (May 5, 2008) - The United States Professional PoolplayersAssociation (the “UPA”) announced today that the organization and its

players plan to take a stand against the WorldPool-Billiard Association (WPA) effectiveimmediately due to its “medaling” within theUnited States men’s professional pool scene.The UPA, as an organization, officially receivedword just hours ago that a press release wasbeing provided to media from the BilliardCongress of America (BCA) concerning achange in ranking and player communicationoverview. In the press release by the BCA, itstated that the decision to “manage the men’sprofessional rankings system and playercommunications duties” was to be performedby the BCA.The President of the UPA, Frank Alvarez,commented that “it is regrettable that I was onlyinformed of this hours before the release. I sit

on the BCA/WPA committee and this topic somehow was not presentedto the very player’s association that is directly involved. The UPA is officiallyrecognized by the BCA as the ‘governing body’ and yet we were notconsulted on this matter nor informed by the BCA of any such release.Obviously, we will need time to get to the heart of the matter and deal withit properly. The BCA is a trade organization and not a player’s associationso this not only undermines, but underestimates the wishes of our TouringProfessionals. It is apparent that the UPA membership as a whole is notbeing treated equally or with the same respect as its counter part theWomen’s Professional Billiard Association (WPBA). Understandably, theplayer’s are outraged and we believe this matter will do nothing but impairU.S. pool if not resolved in the near future. It is my position that the will ofthe UPA is simply the will of the players.”In response to both the BCA’s recent decision and the behavior of theWPA, effective immediately, UPA players will not plan to attend the 2008Qatar World Open 9-Ball Championships currently scheduled for June27-July 5, 2008.Some of the top names in the men’s professional pool scene have providedstatements on this issue as follows:“I take it as a personal offense that any association would seek to undermineour ranking system. We are the players in the U.S. and I will support mycountry’s association. If the WPA wants American players, then I am certainthat we will be shown the respect that we deserve from WPArepresentatives.” - Rodney Morris, UPA Lead Representative“This is our tour and our ranking system. No one has the right to take thisaway from us. Honestly, I am shocked and disappointed that we are treatedwith such disrespect.” - Tony Robles, UPA Representative“In my opinion, we have the strongest ranking system in the world and weare not about to let that go.” - Tony Crosby, UPA Representative“I’m in full support of the UPA - I believe in what it stands for and that thepower should be in the hands of our player association.” - Shane VanBoening, UPA Touring ProfessionalIf you would like to learn more about the UPA organization, our website islocated at www.upatour.com or to contact us directly with questions, pleasecall (480) 353-6747 or email [email protected]

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An Open Letter in Support of the UPAfrom: John Lewis - Executive Director ACSBravo to the UPA for standing up to the recent “BCA Resumes Control ofMen’s Rankings, Communications” release!The UPA - United States ProfessionalPoolplayers Association, is an affiliateto the ACS - American CueSportsAlliance. The ACS - a member-governed association - fully supportsa pro men’s player union in the UnitedStates and their right to administerand govern their own affairs.When issues arise that negativelyaffect the players, too often there’s a lack of activism. Regardless of -- who is promoting a pro men’s event- who claims to be a governing body- who advertises themselves as the next savior of pool,it is paramount that the professional pool players in the United States remainfocused on their own union, whose sole purpose is to look after theirinterests.In recent years, that has been the UPA. Some may criticize the organizationfor doing too little, but such critics should never lose sight of one vision -the UPA is “the men pro player’s thing” to which they can look to whenoutside forces make decisions that affect their future without including their“union” in the decision-making.The Billiard Congress of America trade association should only besupported for what it is - a trade association that is necessary to the industry.However, since 2004 when the BCA divested itself of its player programs,it has unfortunately insisted on continuing to adopt a governing body stance,with the also unfortunate backing of the world-governing body for the sportof pool, the WPA - World-Pool-Billiard Association.The WPA is a credible world sports body, but even a credible body canmake poor decisions. The WPA interference in United States pool growthby their continuing to recognize a trade association whose entire board ofdirectors is trade people, is a black mark on the world-governing body.Unlike all the other confederation members of the WPA, the BCA is NOT asports organization! It has no sports structure. If it walks like a tradeassociation and quacks like a trade association...IT’S A TRADEASSOCIATION! No amount of coaching from the WPA to be otherwise isgoing to change the BCA’s true profile.The ‘Committee’ formed by the BCA of various Player Member organizations(which included the UPA) to somehow satisfy the WPA and to somehowaddress their complete lack of player membership, has shown itself to be

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2008 APA 8-BALL CLASSICThe finals of the $200,000 8-Ball Classic were held May 3 with three newchampions being crowned.In the finals of the Blue Tier (SL 2-3), Teresa Spencer of Mooresville, N.C.,defeated Susan Wise-Frayer of Collinsville, Ill., 2-1.In the finals of the Yellow Tier (SL 4-5), Bob Smith of Kankakee, Ill., defeatedLauren Haley of Lauren Haley, 5-0.

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In the finals of the Purple Tier (SL 6-7), Christopher Miller of Lafayette, La.,defeated Jack Reid of Scarborough, Ont., 5-1.Each of the three champions took home a $15,000 prize package, whilethe Runners-up received a prize package worth $9,000. More than 350players from across North America competed in the 2008 8-Ball Classic.

8 BALL DIVISION: BLUE TIER1 TERESA SPENCER, N.C.2 SUSAN WISE-FRAYER, IL3 CHARLENE MARTIN, TX

RACHAEL TOWLER, TX5 DAVE ALEXANDER, NY

AMANDA MEEK, ONTARIOMICHAEL ORTH, PAJULIE TEMPLETON, MD

8 BALL DIVISION: YELLOW TIER1 BOB SMITH OF KANKAKEE, IL2 LAUREN HALEY OF TEMPLE, TX3 MICHAEL BRUNO OF HOWELL, NJ

JAYLENE MATTOCKS OF OKLAHOMA CITY, OK5 JAMES KALLAS OF PHILADELPHIA, PA

FRANK PALMERI OF NEW HYDE PARK, NYANTHONY BOODOO OF BROOKLYN, NYDANIEL PARISH OF HENDERSON, NV

The finals of the Jack & Jill 8-Ball Championship paired the Lucky Canucksof Toronto - teammates Chris Russell (SL7) and Josie Patini (SL3) - againstB & V On the Run of Newport News, Va. - teammates Robert Lawrence(SL5) and Vicki Highsmith (SL5). The Lucky Canucks dominated thebeginning of the match-up, winning the lag and the first three games. B &V On the Run then came back to win the 4th and 5th games. In the endhowever, it was the Lucky Canucks that took home the championship trophyand the $5,000 cash prize. B & V On the Run didn’t go home empty-handed,taking home the 2nd Place trophy and $3,000. Neither team had ever competed in the Jack & Jill 8-Ball Championshipbefore. “We performed fabulously in our final match, it was flawless,” Patinisaid. “I don’t know if words can really describe how excited we are aboutwinning!”

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WILLIAM GRUBBS, TN5 JESUS BORJAS, FL

JOSE MONTALAVO II, MISHAWN FORET, NVDARRELL ZAVILLA, VA

9 ROBERT HALL, ALPAUL LECAIN JR., FLJOSEPH FISCHETTI, MDBART GOODE, MIBILLY TEMPLE, MSHOWARD DANIELS, PAJAY GAINES, TXJONATHAN BEARFIELD, TX

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THERESA SETZER, NC9 SAMANTHA COCKREN, CA

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ROSIE SWARTOUT, FLSHANNON FOGARTY, LA

9 BALL DIVISION: WHITE TIER1 AARON WELTER, FL2 MICHAEL QUIZON, CA3 DAVID PENDER, FL

WILLIAM GLEASON, NJ5 GINA CAVALLO-HUDES, NJ

MICHAEL TRUJILLO, NMPERRY PRESLER, NVTALMADGE HOUSTON, TX

9 JUDITH SPERLING, AZDUANE JAVIER, CASIMONA BALAS, FLCHARLES HOWE, FLDONALD WHITE, MIMICHAEL KONESKI, NJCHRISTY TESON, OKJACOB JOHNSON, VA

2008 APA 9-BALL SHOOTOUTThe finals of the 9-Ball Shootout were held May 3 with three new championsbeing crowned.In the finals of the Green Tier (SL 1-3), Laura Vancura of Austin, Texas,defeated Janie Duncan of Wylie, Texas.In the finals of the White Tier (SL 4-5), Aaron Welter of Sorrento, Fla.,defeated Michael Quizon of Los Angeles, 38-23.

In the finals of the Black Tier (SL 6-9), Roger Lites of Belcher, La, defeatedJerry Lin of Northridge, Calif.Each of the three champions took home a $10,000 prize package, whilethe Runners-up received a prize package worth $5,000. More than 130players from across North America competed in the 2008 9-Ball Shootout.

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3rd Place: Black TierDavid Heuett

2nd Place: White TierMichael Quizon

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1st Place: Black Tier Roger Lites 1st Place: Black Tier Aaron Welter 1st Place: Black Tier Laura Vancura


Spring Session 2008 ResultsWe are at the close of another calendar leagueyear, which consisted of 3 sessions: summer,fall and spring.Teams from each session participating in the 5-8 person open format that win the title of ‘divisionchampion’ earn entry into the annual Local TeamChampionship (LTC). In addition, any team thatfinishes ‘high points’ in their division, prior tosession play-offs, also earns a seat into the LTCtournament. The same applies for any team inthe (8 Ball) 3-5 person open format during thesummer and fall sessions, as long as their teamparticipates during the spring session in the (8Ball) 5-8 person open format.The 8 Ball LTC will be held from May 27 – June 1and 9 Ball LTC from June 6 – 8 at Malarkey’sPool & Brew in Tacoma. Teams that win thistournament advance to the National TeamChampionship (NTC) in Las Vegas. The amountof teams that can qualify for the NTC is basedon local area team count. This year, 3 teams fromPierce County in the 8 Ball format and 2 teamsfrom the 9 Ball format will compete to win the1st place prize of $25,000 ($15,000 for 9 Ball).Following are all the teams that won in the final’smatch and earned the title of ‘division champion’.All Racked Up

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Diablo Valley Pool League crowned a new National SeniorsWomen's Singles champion at the 2008 BCA National 8-BallChampionships held at the Riviera Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevadathis past May - Holly Robinson from Concord.This was Holly's first year playing in the Seniors!! Let’s take amoment to congratulate our local veteran for such anachievement.She sat in the winner seat waiting for the toughest competitionto try to take her down. It was a race to 4, she lost first race3-4 but came out strong on the final second race beatingher tough opponent 4-1. She earned $2500 and hasnow become a master player.Holly Robinson is and has been and activemember of our Diablo Valley Pool League.The Diablo Valley Pool Women league has beenrunning leagues since 1995. We are composedof women who love to play pool and strive to getcompetitive enough to face the challenges of thecompetition of the upcoming BCA and ACS eventsthat run out of the Riviera Hotel in Las Vegas,Nevada.She is one of the most aggressive players in our local scene, and has puttogether some of the strongest teams in the women’s, open-mix and scotchdoubles leagues. Cashing in the top places is a familiar theme for her.Cue-Ball control is her strength and running racks is one of her favoritepast times. Her safety game played a huge role while competing in LasVegas tournament.She will be teaming in with another veteran of the game Gary Marcus thisJune in the ACS tournament in Las Vegas, good luck.Lets hear Holly’s Thoughts:How did you start playing pool?“I started in 1976 playing at “Town & Country” on Monument Blvd. in Concordwith their resident pro “Hank Noel”. He and I played scotch doublestournaments back when Magoo’s was known as Sharkey’s. He took me tosome big tourneys in Sacramento where I was lucky enough to meetMinnesota Fats and play a game with him. I gave up pool for many yearsuntil I joined DVPL 10 years ago or so.”How did u hear about DVPL?A friend asked me to check it out around the time it started 12 years ago.I’ve been supporting most of their leagues since, women’s, open and scotchdoubles.How has your Vegas experience been?It’s been a learning experience about myself for sure. The first so manytimes you go you might just spend time trying to get comfortable with the

dynamic of playing in that atmosphere, I know I did. It took me manytrips to get comfortable with playing there and actually blocking mostof everything out while I’m playing. I know I felt like this time I reallywasn’t aware of much other than the table I was playing on and thatwas a leap forward for me.What do you suggest to new players?Practice with players that consistently beat you, watch how they’re

getting out and winning and emulate them. Play the Friday nighttournament at Vinnie’s, I’ve spent years getting beat up in

that tournament and now consistently place higher upin it.How do you compare small table to big table play?I think there are differences in the strokes and wayyou would play both tables. I prefer to play on thesmall table as that’s what we mostly play on inleague.At what point does having fun while playingpool turn in to a stressful situation?I find it somewhat stressful when I beat myself atthe game. I don’t mind being beat by a better player,but sometimes when you make mistakes and beat

yourself that can be stressful.How has scotch doubles helped your game?I’ve learned a lot from watching how my partner shapes their shots firsthand.In scotch you can get in the head of your partner and understand what theyare thinking relative to the table or a shot and going forward it can give youa different perspective when approaching shots.Plans for the future?Continue to better my game to play Master’s Division next year in LasVegas ’09.How do you plan to pass on the message to new players?Continue to encourage players to take opportunities to play against thebest players and learn from them. All 3 leagues give this opportunity. I knowif it weren’t for the top players my game would never have progressed as ithas and I really appreciate having the opportunity to play with some of thebest players in the Bay Area!What does I feel to be a National Champion?Unbelievable….it really hasn’t sank in all the way…..Here are some of her local achievements:

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The 14and1.com Nationals MAINEVENT!Atlantic City Billiard Club, NJTrue double elimination tournament formatwas used for the 14and1.com NationalsMain Event. The top 2 finishers in allleagues nationwide earned an invite intothe main event.What a battle it was!! Come Fridaymorning all players were focused andready! 14.1 Players from 8 statesconverged on Atlantic City to try andbecome the 1st 14and1.com NationalChampion through qualifying in their localsanctioned league.John Downie showed poise and skillgetting to the hill on the top side of thewinners bracket by methodicallycontrolling the table throughout his matches. On the bottom half of thewinners side Tom Acciavatti was showing the same poise and skill as well,it looked like he may cruise to play for the hot seat match with John until heran into Joe Stern III who was also playing well. Joe caught an early lead inthe first few racks that was added to his 45 ball spot given by Tom. 3/4 theway through the match with Joe leading comfortably things turned as Tomwas able to get John on 3 fouls and knock back that seemingly large lead,then Tom chipped away and pulled it out to get to the hot seat match withJohn Downie sending Joe Stern III to the 1 loss side. The hot seat matchwas a classic battle between 2 knowledgeable players who do not relinquishthe table easily. John managed to send Tom to the 1 loss side in a wellplayed match. Waiting there for Tom was Al Muccilli who was playing verywell and just got done putting Joe Stern III out in 4th place. The match wasa classic with 2 old school style players in battle! With Tom giving up 30balls going to 140 he pulled out that victory 140-131 to make the true doubleelimination finals and getting another chance at John Downie. At 9:30Saturday night we were lagging for the break in the finals of the 14and1.comNationals between John Downie (B+ handicap) and Tom Acciavatti (A+handicap). Tom gives John 45 balls on the wire going to 140 and we are

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May 3rd, 2008 marked the second annual B.J.A.C.S.(Beaverton Junior American Cue Sports) junior opentournament hosted by Hot Shots Family Billiards inBeaverton, OR. 16 competitive junior players rangingin age from 11-19 came with there game faces on. Therewere a record number of parents and supporters thatattended.The tournament started with all competitors on the samebracket. Play commenced and was intense. Soon theconsolation board was formed. The followingtournament player made up the consolation board,Skylar Graymer, Ryan Sparth, Jeremy Lochrie, GregLebo, Riley Mathis, Peter Hayward, Allie Rhodes an Bob

Green. Thesebeginning players show amazing skilland knowledge. The final results wereJeremy Lochrie defeated Riley Mathisand won the consolation bracket.Greg Lebo finished in 3rd Place and

everyone that entered the tournamentwent home with a prize that was poolrelated.In the main tournament bracket 8competitors remained, Nate Jahnkeand Dean Underwood placed 7/8.Dean had an amazing match against older brother Jake that went hill hillwith older brother Jake prevailing. Jake finished 5th-6th with Hannah Rengo.Cleave Rengo took 4th place and was voted Best Sportsmanship. Brandon

Junior TournamentStephens took 3rd showing practice does make adifference.The finals pitted B.J.A.C.S. very own 12 year old ByronWeiker facing off against 17 year old Clint Scott fromVancouver, Washington. The first race was won by Byronwho came from loser’s side. The next thing you knew itwas hill hill both players had been playing for hours. Thetension was building; spectators were holding there breathas Clint was rolling the winning 8 Ball into the corner pocket.With his win Clint won a nice Pechauer cue that wasdonated by Pacific American Cue Sports president BillMiltenburger that was valued at $330.00. Thank you for thevery generous donation Bill.Thank you also go out to head referee John Hamilton,

referee and tournament board organizer Naomi Cannard, tournament boardorganizer and registration assistant Stephanie Tafolla and Hot Shots Billiardsfor there excellenttaco and breakfastspread, plus all thefans, players andparents who cameout to support andcheer these kidson.We would also liketo thank “TheBreak” and “OnThe Wire” for the free articles that helped to make this a successful event.LEAGUE OPERATOR NOTE: These players maybe the future of poolplayers. They do not know of the politics or hard feelings of existing leagues.They just want to have fun, learn pool and compete. My hope is to providea place and opportunity to do this. Niki Phillipi League Operator B.J.A.C.S. Forinformation on forming a league or signing up call Niki @ 503-740-8478

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Mark Griffin Makes the Pros an Offer They Can’t Refuse.Industry leader Mark Griffin has announced his intention of promoting new

pro events. Due to the current lackof direction, and compounded byleadership that has been unable toprotect player welfare, Griffinguarantees generating $200,000+in added prize money in 2009. Plus,he presented players with a planfor continued growth that providesplayers economic security for theirfuture.Troubled by lack of genuinesponsorship, players not gettingpaid at association sanctionedtournaments, ranking snafus,event scheduling conflicts, etc.,Griffin agrees that the pros are inworse shape than ever.“When I see the state of affairs for

the pro players, it makes my blood boil. I have been around this sport for 45years. Recent setbacks have sent pro player economic opportunities backto the stone age,” fumes Griffin.Professional sports, take golf for example, have a strong amateur base.Pool is no different. Griffin, as CEO of the BCA Pool League, has 60,000+members. This infrastructure offers the pros an opportunity, through crosspromotions, sponsorships, and membership drives, where the amateurbase can help fund pro events and allow both the opportunity to grow.As always, there are a few conditions. “I will welcome player input, but noentity will tell me what I have to do. We are spending considerable time,and money, on pro player behalf. To protect our investment, and the pros,we will probably have to initiate a new association where player’s ideasand concerns can be addressed.”Mark has a spotless reputation in the industry. His success with the BCAPool League, Diamond Billiard Products, etc., speaks for itself. He seesthe offer as a stable way for pros to make a living.“This concept is, obviously, a work in progress. I had been talking withsome of the more high-profile players who had expressed their concernsand, suddenly, this all came to a head and something just had to be done.We all agreed that, by working together, this plan could work.“Hey, I can see that players could even have health insurance in the comingyears.”What a concept! Attention pros. So that you can be kept in the loop, pleaseforward your contact info to [email protected]. Include a phone number.

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National 8-BallChampionshipsis one of pool’sgreatest happenings of the year. Itattracts more players and fans to onevenue than any other eventworldwide. That’s an amazingaccomplishment and we’re honoredto be a part of its success.”So was Tony Drago. Some may saywho?Although, competing in his first ever10-Ball tournament, Tony’s nostranger to pool. He was World PoolMaster in ’03, He was MVP as teamEurope trounced Team America inDecember at the Mosconi Cup and,

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as the fundraiser lasted into the wee small hours.Dr. Cue, Tom Rossman, served as instructor, entertainer, and judge of the16th Annual BCAPL National Artistic Pool Championship. Standing roomonly crowds swelled into the lobby as Members got to compete againstother members as Tom held court. Jason Kane, from New York City,outtricked Los Angelesian Josh Ulrich in the finals.The Speed Break contest was nailed at 32.7 mph by Jared Bailey.These are just a few of the more memorable moments. Space limits us.Please visit playbca.com and check the results of the more than 3,000members who cashed in this year’s 32nd BCA National 8-BallChampionships. You’re bound to know, at least, one person. And next timeyou see them, ask “What’s the greatest pool tournament in the world?”SINGLES & SCOTCH RESULTSOPEN SCOTCH DOUBLES1st Mike Williams & Susan Williams (Chandler, Arizona) $4,3002nd Mary Rakin & Colin Mazaika (Mountain View, California) $3,2503rd Lyn Wechsler & Tammy Brook (Rochester, New York) $2,400MASTERS SCOTCH DOUBLES1st Chad Vilmont & Jessica Frideres (Fort Dodge, Iowa) $3,2002nd John Gabriel & Michelle McDermott (Tulsa, Oklahoma) $2,2003rd Andrew Quinn & Kristen Werner (Overland, Missouri) $1,550MEN’S OPEN SINGLES1st Danny Barnes (Newport, Michigan) $11,0002nd Sam Kirby (Muncie, Indiana) $8,0003rd Shayne Morrow (Erie, Pennsylvania) $6,000WOMEN’S OPEN SINGLES1st Noel Campos (Modesto, California) $6,0002nd Mary Rakin (Daly City, California) $4,0003rd Serena Copenance (Manitoba, CANADA) $3,000MEN’S MASTERS SINGLES1st Justin Bergman (Fairview Heights, Illinois) $5,7002nd Jeff Boucher (Bozeman, Montana) $4,2003rd Tony Sulsar (Sherman, Texas) $3,200WOMEN’S MASTERS SINGLES1st Iris Ranola (Zamboanga City, PHILIPPINES) $4,3002nd Kyu Yi (Houston, Texas) $3,0003rd Amalia Matas Heredia (Barcelona, SPAIN) $2,000MEN’S SENIOR SINGLES1st Tim Joseph (Pocatello, Idaho) $4,6002nd Carl Sampson (Nova Scotia, CANADA) $3,3003rd Jose Zaragoza (Fort Worth, Texas) $2,400WOMEN’S SENIOR SINGLES1st Holly Robinson (Concord, California) $2,5002nd Cheryl Pritchard (Moyock, North Carolina) $1,7003rd Kim Anderson (Boise, Idaho) $1,200SUPER SENIOR SINGLES1st Donald Harp (Riverside, California) $3,0002nd Randy Goettlicher (Carrollton, Texas) $2,1503rd Angel Garcia (Thornton, Colorado) $1,500MEN’S PLAYER MEMBER SINGLES1st Ramesh Gokhul (London, ENGLAND) $4,9002nd Michel Couvrette (Newport Beach, California) $3,5003rd Donald Helbig (Oakland, Maryland) $2,400WOMEN’S PLAYER MEMBER SINGLES1st Sunny Griffin (Avon, Indiana) $1,8002nd Mary Ann Marr (Jackson, Michigan) $1,1003rd Keitha Belin (Shiprock, New Mexico) $700MEN’S GRAND MASTER SINGLES1st Jason Kirkwood (Grand Rapids, Michigan) $3,5002nd Gary Abood (West Monroe, Louisiana) $2,2003rd Scott Tollefson (Houston, Texas) $1,500WOMEN’S GRAND MASTER SINGLES1st Kelly Fisher (Charlotte, North Carolina) $2,6002nd Bonnie Plowman (Longmont, Colorado) $1,7003rd Rebecca Wagner (Chicago, Illinois) $1,200

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New York’s Jian Qiang Wang 5-2 inthis year’s final at the EmbassyBilliards Club in San Gabriel,California.Eleven year’s after tasting his firstnational success, 33-year-old Lai lastwon the title back in 2005 though hesuffered defeat in the final last year atthe hands of Jack Kung.Lai went into this final as a strongfavorite, though Jian’s tremendousprogress through this Championshiphad been a revelation particularly afterdefeating the defending champion andnumber one seed Jack Kung 4-1 inthe semifinals.Lai resoundingly won Group Dundefeated.For the second successive year Lai

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The fiftieth and final stop of the 2007/2008 Pechauer All American Tour(produced by the American CueSports Alliance - ACS) was hosted at Antique

Billiard Museum in Colorado Springs, CO, the weekend of May 3-4.The $1,000 added event featured a $5 entry and drew seventy-two playersin a double-elimination 9-ball format on 7-foot bar boxes.Ruben Silva (Colorado Springs, CO) marched undefeated through hisbracket to the finals, while Jeff McKeon (Colorado Springs, CO) - despitean earlier round 9-4 loss to Silva - emerged from his bracket to the finals.In the tourney “last 8”, Jim Barber (Colorado Springs, CO) eliminated MarkMorgan (Colorado Springs, CO) 7-3, while Nick Smith (Colorado Springs,CO) dominated Adrian Ayala (Pueblo, CO) 7-1 - both Ayala and Morganfinishing 7-8th.Both Nick Smith (5-7) and Jim Barber (2-7) fell at 5-6th positions in thenext round at the hands of NateSmith (Colorado Springs, CO)and Bobby Hibbetts (Wheeling,WV) respectively.Hibbetts, whose only loss cameat the hands of Ruben Silvaearlier, kept his momentum by dumping Nate Smith at 4th place by a 7-2margin. Hibbetts recovery ended on the hill in the next round, courtesy of a7-6 loss to once-defeated Jeff McKeon.The tourney finals match was a one-race-to-11 finals, and Jeff McKeontook a small lead over Ruben Silva and never looked back in his 11-7 titlewin!By virtue of Nate Smith being the highest-finishing ACS member in theevent, he qualified for a free singles entry into the 2008 ACS Nationals inLas Vegas - courtesy of the ACS.The ACS wishes to thank sponsors J. Pechauer Custom Cues,Championship Billiard Fabric and Nick Varner Signature Cases for theirsupport in donating “Value-In-Kind” product for this and all stops on thePechauer All American Tour.The ACS wishes to thank its sponsors, host rooms and the players foranother successful national amateur tour year!Further details and past results for the 2007/2008 Pechauer All AmericanTour are available at www.americancuesports.org.Final Results:1st $475 Jeff McKeon (Colorado Springs, CO)2nd $250 Ruben Silva (Colorado Springs, CO)3rd $150 Bobby Hibbitts (Wheeling, WV)4th $100 Nate Smith (Colorado Springs, CO)

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by: Mike JanisMagoo’s Restaurant and Billiards inTulsa, Oklahoma hosted thisweekends Viking Cue 9-Ball Tours“Open” and Amateur” events on May3rd & 4th, 2008. Magoo’s has been afamily run establishment since 1994and is owned and operated by Jim &Laura McDermott who are avid poolplayers themselves. Magoo’s offersa variety of entertainment with livebands on Friday and Saturday nights,a full restaurant menu that featuresthe best food this side of theMississippi from salads to awesomesteaks and delicious desserts as wella full bar. Magoo’s houses 29 tablesfeaturing 9 brand new 9 ft BrunswickGCIV’s and 2 antique BrunswickSnooker and Billiard tables as well as a variety of 7 ft tables. In addition toMagoo’s offering dining, dancing, live music and billiards all of which istastefully blended together they also offer the players the best equpitmentand playing atmosphere that even the most critical of players are sure toappreciate. If you are looking for action Magoo’s is located at 5002 S.Memorial Dr. in Tulsa Oklahoma and is open from 11 a.m. to 2 a.m. Sundaythru Wednesday and 24 hours onThrusday, Friday and Saturday.The Open Division featured someexciting matches and several upsets.Early in the event Buddy Hallunexpectidly forfieted his match toBrian Jones when Hall was leading

the race to 11 set by a score of 7-3.Hall stated the reason for his forfeitwas “He misunderstood a ruling bythe director, Mike Janis and it upsethim. After that he didn’t feel likeplaying anymore”. Hall was fined afee of $130 for his walking out on thematch per Viking tour rules which Hallpromptly paid along with giving anapology to everyone. In the semi finalsSteve Rector defeated Shane McMinn11-7 to get into the finals and faceDaniel Neldner once again for thechampionship after losing to him inthe hot seat match 11-6. Rector thenwon the 1st set in the true doubleelimination event 11-5 and 2nd set 11-4 to take first.Nelder worked his way thru thebottom half of the bracket to reach thefinals undefeated by facing somestrong opponents and sending eachof them to the left side of the brackets.Neldner drew a bye in round one andproceeded to defeat Joey Gray 11-9;

Jim McDermott 11-8; Jesse James11-4; Steve Rector 11-6 before facingRector again in the finals.Rector started his run in the top halfof the bracket defeating BrittanyColbert 11-4; Chip Compton 11-5;Shane McMinn 11-6; David Strawn 11-7 before being sent to the one lossside by Neldner 11-6 where hedefeated Shane McMinn 11-7. Rectorwon set 1 in the finals 11-5.McMinn took 3rd he started with a byein round one defeated John Gabriel11-9; was sent to the one loss sideby Rector 11-6 where he defeatedJoey Gray 11-1; Doc Ramey 11-7;Jesse James 11-6; Brian Jones 11-6and losing in the semi finals to Rector

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on Pagulayan. He responded well as he ran thenext rack to reduce arrears.There was disappointment for Pagulayan thoughas he scratched off the break in the next. The ballswere laid out nicely and Immonen completed aneasy run out to take his lead to 6-3.Immonen made an illegal break in the next as hepocketed a ball but did not bring the requisite twoothers past the headstring. The punishment of lossof visit allowed Pagulayan back to the table and hemade a tidy run out to get within two of Immonen.Now playing with renewed vigour, he delivered agood break that gave him a chance to get right backinto it and he duly responded as a break and runtook him to within a rack of Immonen. Now on aroll, Pagulayan broke and ran the 12th rack to drawlevel at 6-6.Breaking from the centre of the table, Pagulayandeposited the 1 ball into the centre pocket andplayed a fine long reverse cut to down the 2 ball. Inthe zone now, Pagulayan completed his fourth rackin a row to move to the hill at 7-6.

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Boring Full Moon Bar & Grill (503) 663-0581 8 Ball BCA rules $5 $$$ 7:00PMMedford Rack’em (541) 779-6111 USPPA $8 7:00PMPortland Cues Billiards (503) 251-8399 8-Ball BCA Rules $7 incl. g.f. 7:30PMSalem Sharky’s Pool & Brew (503) 391-4912 9-Ball $5+$2 g.f. Matching 7:00PMTroutdale Skyland (503) 661-6464 8-Ball B & Below $3 7:30PM

Tuesdays Beaverton Hot Shots (503) 644-8869 9 Ball ‘C’ -Texas Express $6+$1 7:00PMMedford Rack’em (541) 779-6111 USPPA $8 7:00PMPortland Cues Billiards (503) 251-8399 9-Ball C & below $7 incl. g.f. 7:30PMSalem Sharky’s Pool & Brew (503) 391-4912 8-Ball B & below Mod. BCA $5+$3 g.f. $75/1st w/16 7:00PM

Wednesdays Milwaukee Wichita (503) 654-4201 8-Ball Open $5 Matching 7:30PMPortland Cues Billiards (503) 251-8399 9-Ball $6 incl. g.f. $$$ 7:30PMPortland Cues Billiards (503) 251-8399 8-Ball $6 incl. g.f. $$$ 9:30PMTroutdale Skyland (503) 661-6464 8-Ball B & Below $3 7:30PM

Thursdays Milwaukie Domenic’s Bar & Grill (503) 654-6969 8-Ball “No Masters” $5 50% 7:00PMPortland Ranchouse (503) 702-7878 8-Ball/9-Ball Handicapped $6 $$$ 5:00PMPortland Ranchouse (503) 702-7878 8-Ball/9-Ball Handicapped $6 $$$ 7:30PMPortland Ranchouse (503) 702-7878 8-Ball/9-Ball Handicapped $6 $$$ 9:30PMVaneta Yukon Jack’s (541) 935-1921 8-Ball Double Elim. $3 50% 7:30PM

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Freeland Houdini’s (360) 331-1979 8-Ball $10 $50 w/16 6:30PMLakewood Maggie O’Toole’s (253) 584-3278 9-Ball “B” Only $5 100% 7:00PMPuyallup Summit Pub (253) 536-1588 8-Ball $5 50% 7:00PMSedro Woolley Cues-N-Brews (360) 855-2263 8-Ball - Limit 32 $5 $50 7:30PMTacoma Latitude 84 (253) 531-5154 9-Ball $5+$3 g.f. 8:00PMVancouver Halftime (360) 694-3114 8-Ball Open-Limit first 24 $5 $$$ 7:00PMVancouver Spot Bar & Grill (360) 256-1110 8 Ball - Ladies Only $3 $2/player 8:00PM

Tuesdays Everett New Grove (425) 438-8449 8-Ball $12 $200 Guar 7:00PMEverett P C Pub (425) 258-9465 9-Ball $5 100% 7:00PMFederal Way P J Pockets (253) 298-2259 9-Ball Starting June 3rd Call $100 w/16 MidnightLakewood Full Splice (253) 512-6898 8-Ball $5+$3 100% w/15+ 7:30pmLakewood Longhorn Saloon (253) 581-2580 8-Ball $5 Pays 75% field 8:00PMMarysville J R’s Steakhouse & Bar (360) 658-7747 8-Ball B & below/BCA Mod. $5+$2 g.f. 100%+Break Pot 7:00PMMountlake Terr O’Houlie’s Pub (425) 776-1833 8-Ball $7 100%+BreakPot 7:30PMShoreline Dr Cues (206) 365-1187 9-Ball Limit 32 $10 Break Pot 7:30PMSpokane 7th Rail (509) 325-7751 “Torture” Tournament $1 $20 5:00PMSpokane McQ’s (509) 891-8357 9 Ball - Texas Express $5+$2 g.f. $50 min. 7:30PMSumner Log Cabin (253) 863-2905 9-Ball Vegas Rules $5 Matching 7:00PM

Wednesdays Bellevue The Spot Off Main (425) 646-6434 8-Ball Revised BCA Rules $7 100% 7:00PMFreeland Houdini’s (360) 331-1979 9-Ball $10 $50 w/16 6:30PMLongview Cadillac Island (360) 957-0065 8-Ball Open $5+$1 Matching 7:00PMMonroe Robin’s Billiards (360) 794-7878 9-Ball $5+$3 g.f. Breakpot 7:00PMSeattle Jillian’s (206) 223-0300 9-Ball $7 100% 7:30PMTacoma Malarkey’s Pool & Brew (253) 383-3301 9 Ball $5+3 g.f. 100% w/32 8:00PMTacoma Latitude 84 (253) 531-5154 9-Ball $5+$3 g.f. 8:00PMVancouver Spot Bar & Grill (360) 256-1110 8-Ball Call Pocket $5 Matching 2:00PM

Thursdays Bellevue Mustard Seed (425) 603-9001 8-Ball B only Limit 16 $5 up to $100 7:30PMEverett New Grove (425) 438-8449 8-Ball “Meat Shoot” $5 $200 in Meat 8:00PMGraham Qz’s (253) 262-8437 8-Ball $5+$3 g.f. 100% 7:00PMLakewood Maggie O’Toole’s (253) 584-3278 8-Ball “B” Only $5 100% 7:00PMOlympia Frankies (360) 455-0352 9-Ball Valley Rules $5 Matching 7:00PMPuyallup Nifty’s (253) 531-8202 8-Ball $5 100% w/16+ 7:00PMVancouver Spot Bar & Grill (360) 256-1110 8 Ball - BCA Modified $5 $3/player 11:00PM

Fridays Everett P C’s Pub (425) 258-9465 8 Ball - B & below $5 100% 8:00PMFederal Way Time Out Alehouse (253) 838-0086 8-Ball $5 50% 8:00PMKenmore Golden Fleece Billiards (425) 908-7332 9-Ball Handicap $10 $300 min CallLongview Cadillac Island (360) 957-0065 9-Ball $25 top B player $5+$2 g.f. $200 7:00PMOkanogan The Club (509) 422-1907 8-Ball $5 7:00PMRenton Mike’s Place (425) 255-9213 8 Ball $5 100% w/16 8:00PMSpokane 7th Rail (509) 325-7751 9-Ball $3 Matching 8:00PM

Saturdays Everett New Grove (425) 438-8449 9-Ball $12 $200 Guar 8:00PMFederal Way Time Out Alehouse (253) 838-0086 8-Ball $5 50% 8:00PMFircrest Charley’s Pub (253) 564-9454 9-Ball 12 Week Qualifier $5 + $5 g.f. Break Pot 2:00PMKennewick Classic Island (509) 460-7203 8-Ball Handicapped $5+$2 g.f. Matching 7:00PMLakewood Schooners (253) 584-1919 8-Ball BCA rules $5 100% 7:00PMOkanogan The Club (509) 422-1907 9-Ball $5 7:00PMRenton Mike’s Place (425) 255-9213 8 Ball $5 100% w/16 2:00PMRenton Mike’s Place (425) 255-9213 8 Ball $5 100% w/16 8:00PMSpokane 7th Rail (509) 325-7751 8-Ball $3 Matching 8:00PMSumner Log Cabin (253) 863-2905 8-Ball $5 Matching 2:00PMVancouver Spot Bar & Grill (360) 256-1110 Slop Pool $2 Meat 8:00PM

Sundays Graham Qz’s (253) 262-8437 9-Ball $5+$3 g.f. 100% 7:00PMLakewood Full Splice (253) 512-6898 8-Ball/9-Ball Alternating $5+$3 100% w/15+ 1:30pmLakewood Longhorn Saloon (253) 581-2580 9-Ball $5 Pays 75% field 8:00PMLongview Cadillac Island (360) 957-0065 Blind Draw Sc Dbls $5+$1 Matching 2:00PMLynnwood Uncle Jack’s (425) 640-5474 9-Ball Open $5+$2 g.f. Matching 3:00PMOkanogan The Club (509) 422-1907 9-Ball $5 2:00PMOlympia Frankies (360) 455-0352 8-Ball Valley Rules $5 Matching 6:00PMShoreline Dr Cues (206) 365-1187 8-Ball $7 5:00PMSnohomish Kornerpocket Billiardz (360) 862-9054 8-Ball B & below $5+$3 g.f. 50% w/16 1:00PMSnohomish Kornerpocket Billiardz (360) 862-9054 8-Ball Open $20+$5 g.f. 50% w/16 5:00PMTacoma Latitude 84 (253) 531-5154 8-Ball $5+$3 g.f. 8:00PMTacoma Malarkey’s Pool & Brew (253) 383-3301 8-Ball $5 100% 2:00PMVancouver Halftime (360) 694-3114 Blind Draw Scotch Dbls $5 $$$ w/16+ 7:00PMVancouver Spot Bar & Grill (360) 256-1110 9-Ball Race to 3 $5 Matching 2:00PM

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Glendale Silver Q Billiards (623) 776-2266 9 & under HDCP-3 $10 (incl. $2 g.f.) Sidepot 7:30PMMesa Main Street Billiards (480) 969-7898 9-Ball 7 & under S/E HDCP $6 CallPhoenix Fritz’s Doghouse (602) 870-7549 8-Ball 8 & under DE $5 200% payout 7:30PMTucson Main Street Billiards (520) 546-3464 8 and under minus 3 games $5 Sidepot 7:00PM

Tuesdays Chandler Hollywood Billiards (480) 659-3280 9-Ball 8 & Under HDCP-3 DE $12 Sidepot 7:30PMGlendale Silver Q Billiards (623) 843-0900 9 & under HDCP-3 $10 (incl. $2 g.f.) Sidepot 7:30PMMesa Main Street Billiards (480) 969-7898 9-Ball Open S/E Race to HDCP $11 CallTucson Main Street Billiards (520) 546-3464 Open ABC $5 Sidepot 7:00PM

Wednesdays Glendale Silver Q Billiards (623) 776-2266 7 & under HDCP-3 $10 (incl. $2 g.f.) Sidepot 7:30PMMesa Main Street Billiards (480) 969-7898 9-Ball 8 & under S/E HDCP $6 CallTucson Main Street Billiards (520) 546-3464 8 and under minus 3 games $5 Sidepot 7:00PM

Thursdays Chandler Hollywood Billiards (480) 659-3280 9-Ball 7 & Under HDCP-3 DE $12 Sidepot 7:30PMGlendale Silver Q Billiards (623) 776-2266 9 & under HDCP-3 $10 (incl. $2 g.f.) Sidepot 7:30PMMesa Main Street Billiards (480) 969-7898 9-Ball 9 & under S/E HDCP $6 CallPhoenix The Nugget (623) 873-1118 8-Ball 7 & under Race to 1 $5 150% payout 8:00PM

Fridays Glendale Charley’s Place (602) 439-1668 8-Ball 7 & under $5 200% payout 7:00PMPhoenix 43rd Ave Tavern (623) 847-0335 8-Ball Open DE $5 8:00PM

Saturdays Glendale Charley’s Place (602) 439-1668 8-Ball 7 & under $5 200% payout 7:00PMPhoenix Dizzy’s (602) 944-9699 8-Ball 7 & under $5 200% payout 7:00PMPhoenix Greenway Village (602) 971-5523 8-Ball 8 & under $5 200% payout 7:00PMPhoenix Neighbors (623) 878 4154 8-Ball Open DE $5 200% payout 8:00PMPhoenix The Nugget (623) 873-1118 8-Ball 8 & under Race to 1 $5 150% payout 2:00PM

Sundays Chandler Hollywood Billiards (480) 659-3280 8-Ball Open HDCP-3 DE $12 Sidepot 1:00PMPhoenix Chantilly’s (602) 789-1417 8-Ball 7 & under DE $5 200% payout 4:00PMMesa Main Street Billiards (480) 969-7898 9-Ball 9 & under S/E HDCP $11 CallPhoenix Marino’s (623) 878-2722 8-Ball Open Race to 1 DE $5 200% payout 8:00PMPhoenix Neighbors (623) 878 4154 8-Ball Open DE $5 200% payout 3:00PMTucson Main Street Billiards (520) 546-3464 Race to full handicap $10 Side pot 1:00PM

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DADADADADAYYYYY CITYCITYCITYCITYCITY LOCALOCALOCALOCALOCATIONTIONTIONTIONTION PHONEPHONEPHONEPHONEPHONE EVENT / RULESEVENT / RULESEVENT / RULESEVENT / RULESEVENT / RULES ENTRYENTRYENTRYENTRYENTRY ADDEDADDEDADDEDADDEDADDED TIMETIMETIMETIMETIMEMondays Kalispell Cattlemen’s Casino (406) 257-9656 8-Ball $5 Matching 7:00PM

Three Forks Frontier Club (406) 285-9876 Free Pool All DayWednesdays Kalispell Cattlemen’s Casino (406) 257-9656 8-Ball $5 Matching 7:00PM

Missoula Buck’s Club (406) 543-5028 8-Ball $5 $5/player 7:00PMFriday Missoula Buck’s Club (406) 543-5028 8-Ball $5 $5/player 7:00PMSaturdays Kalispell Cattlemen’s Casino (406) 257-9656 8-Ball $5 Matching 1:00PM

Missoula Buck’s Club (406) 543-5028 8-Ball $5 $5/player 4:00PMMissoula Buck’s Club (406) 543-5028 8-Ball $5 $5/player 8:00PM

Sundays Belgrade Hub Bar (406) 388-1811 Free Pool All DayButte Mr Ed’s (406) 782-3700 8 Ball $5 $2.50/player 2:00PM

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San Francisco Family Billiards (415) 931-1115 USPPA $20 7:00PMTuesdays Emeryville Broken Rack (510) 652-9808 USPPA $15 8:00PM

Gilroy Garlic City Billiards (408) 842-6950 9-Ball USPPA $15 7:30PMMountain View CA Billiard Club (650) 965-3100 8 Ball Handicapped $10 8:00PMRiverside Shooters (951) 785-9588 9-Ball Handicapped $12 8:00PMSacramento Jointed Cue (916) 456-3243 9-Ball Open staggered entry $5-$15 $50 8:00PM

Wednesdays Mountain View CA Billiard Club (650) 965-3100 9-Ball USPPA $20 8:00PMSacramento Hard Times (916) 332-8798 9 Ball ‘B’ & below-Limit 32 $5 $75 7:00PMSan Francisco Billiards Palacade (415) 585-6800 8-Ball $10 $50 7:30PM

Thursdays Riverside Shooters (951) 785-9588 9-Ball $12 8:00PMSacramento Hard Times (916) 332-8798 9 Ball USPPA $10 7:00PMSan Francisco Family Billiards (415) 931-1115 USPPA $20 7:00PM

Saturdays Daly City, CA Town & Country (650) 992-7900 9-Ball Call 1:00PMRiverside Shooters (951) 785-9588 9-Ball USPPA $12 $50 w/16 1:00PMSan Francisco Family Billiards (415) 931-1115 NPL $20 3:00PMSan Francisco Billiard Palacade (415) 346-9140 NPL $20 $500 Break Pot 1:00PM

Sundays Bellflower Hard Times (562) 867-7733 9-Ball Open $15 $$$ 1:00PMMountain View CA Billiard Club (650) 965-3100 9-Ball USPPA Handicap $20 $500 Break Pot 8:00PMSacramento Hard Times (916) 332-8798 9 Ball Open $15 $5/player to $150 Noon

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Jun 7 Sacramento, CA Hard Times (See ad 23) (916) 332-8793 One Pocket $20 $10 per 30 max. NoonJun 8 Sacramento, CA Hard Times (See ad 23) (916) 332-8793 9-Ball $25 $10 per 50 max. NoonJun 7 Lynnwood, WA Uncle Jack’s (See ad p29) (425) 640-5474 9-Ball (big table) $20+$5 g.f. $250 w/32 10:00AMJun 8 Portland, OR Sam’s Billiards (See ad p31) (503) 282-8266 Straight Pool $12 11:00AMJun 7-8 Port Angeles, WA New Peking (See ad May) (360) 452-3845 Ironmaniac II-25 player Round Robin $60+$10 g.f. $500 w/full field 10:00AMJun 7-14 Las Vegas, NV ACS Nationals (See ad May) (888) 662-1705 8-Ball & 9-Ball Championships Varies CallJun 14 Salem, OR The Cue Ball (See ad p11) (503) 362-9740 9-Ball So. Willamette Valley players $10 $200 10:00AMJun 14 Bozeman, MT Eagles #326 (See ad p19) (406) 587-9996 “Chip” Pool Classic $10 $200 11:00AMJun 14-15 Lynnwood, WA NWPA (See ad p6) (206) 920-1936 9-Ball at Uncle Jack’s Call CallJun 20 Mtn View, CA CA Billiard Club (See ad p27) (650) 965-3100 9-Ball Mini tournament $15 $200 7:30PMJun 21-22 Mtn View, CA CA Billiard Club (See ad p27) (650) 965-3100 9-Ball USPPA Summer Shootout $60 $1000 w/128 11:00AMJun 21-22 Spokane, WA McQ’s (See ad p8) (509) 891-8357 8 Ball & 9 Ball Summer Jamboree $50 ea $$$ CallJun 21-22 Tempe, AZ Desert Classic (See ad p13) (480) 888-5112 14-1 on 9’ tables Call $1000 CallJun 21 Helena, MT Edge Casino (See ad p7) (406) 449-4997 14.1 (Straight Pool) $20 $200 11:00AMJun 25 San Francisco, CA Billiard Palacade (See ad p26) (415) 585-6800 8-Ball Handicapped $20 $200 CallJun 28-29 San Francisco, CA Family Billiards (See ad p5) (415) 931-1115 One Pocket/9-Ball $25 each $300 ea w/32 1:00PMJul 4 Hollywood, CA Hollywood Billiards (See ad p35) (310) 370-3994 One Pocket Warm-up $30 $500 NoonJul 5-6 Hollywood, CA Hollywood Billiards (See ad p35) (310) 370-3994 One Pocket $75 $2500 w/64 10:00AMJul 5 Lynnwood, WA Uncle Jack’s (See ad p29) (425) 640-5474 9-Ball (big table) $20+$5 g.f. $250 w/32 10:00AMJul 6 Portland, OR Sam’s Billiards (See ad p31) (503) 282-8266 Straight Pool $15 11:00AMJul 5 Sacramento, CA Hard Times (See ad 23) (916) 332-8793 One Pocket $20 $10 per 30 max. NoonJul 6 Sacramento, CA Hard Times (See ad 23) (916) 332-8793 9-Ball $25 $10 per 50 max. NoonJul 12 Bozeman, MT Molly Brown (See ad p16) (406) 209-7332 8-Ball Open Doubles-Limit 32T $20/team $300 Guar. 11:00AMJul 12 Salem, OR The Cue Ball (See ad p11) (503) 362-9740 9-Ball So. Willamette Valley players $10 $200 10:00AMJul 12-13 Kenmore, WA NWPA (See ad p6) (206) 920-1936 9-Ball at Golden Fleece Call CallJul 19 Oregon City, OR K C Midway (See ad p29) (503) 656-9501 Ladies Only-opens 10AM practice $10 11:00AMJul 19-20 Mtn View, CA CA Billiard Club (See ad p27) (650) 965-3100 Sat: One Pocket / Sun: 9-Ball $25 / $25 $400 each 1:00PMJul 26 Bozeman, MT Eagles #326 (See ad p19) (406) 587-9996 Pool in the Park-Mx Dbls $20/team $200 10:00AMJul 26-27 Phoenix, AZ Desert Classic (See ad p13) (480) 888-5112 9-Ball Bar Box Call $1750 CallJul 26-27 San Francisco, CA Family Billiards (See ad p5) (415) 931-1115 One Pocket/9-Ball $25 each $300 ea w/32 1:00PMJul 27 Freeland, WA Houdini’s (See ad p22) (360) 331-1979 8-Ball BCA Rules $30 $150 w/32 9:00AMJul 30 San Francisco, CA Billiard Palacade (See ad p26) (415) 585-6800 8-Ball Handicapped $20 $200 CallAug 2 Lynnwood, WA Uncle Jack’s (See ad p29) (425) 640-5474 9-Ball (big table) $20+$5 g.f. $250 w/32 10:00AMAug 2 Sacramento, CA Hard Times (See ad 23) (916) 332-8793 One Pocket $20 $10 per 30 max. NoonAug 3 Sacramento, CA Hard Times (See ad 23) (916) 332-8793 9-Ball $25 $10 per 50 max. NoonAug 3 Portland, OR Sam’s Billiards (See ad 31) (503) 282-8266 Straight Pool $15 11:00AMAug 9 Salem, OR The Cue Ball (See ad p11) (503) 362-9740 9-Ball So. Willamette Valley players $10 $200 10:00AMAug 16-17 Mtn View, CA CA Billiard Club (See ad p27) (650) 965-3100 Sat: One Pocket / Sun: 9-Ball $25 / $25 $400 each 1:00PMAug 23-24 Mesa, AZ Desert Classic (See ad p13) (480) 888-5112 9-Ball 9 Foot Tables Call $1000 CallAug 23-24 San Francisco, CA Family Billiards (See ad p5) (415) 931-1115 One Pocket/9-Ball $25 each $300 ea w/32 1:00PMAug 27 San Francisco, CA Billiard Palacade (See ad p26) (415) 585-6800 8-Ball Handicapped $20 $200 Call

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