May

Nevel and Walker Take Marietta Billiard Stop

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Nevel and Walker Take Marietta Billiard Stop
J. Pechauer Southeast Open Tour/Marietta, GA
By Skip Maloney
For the third weekend in a row, Larry “The Truth” Nevel stepped into a billiards tournament and stepped out with the first-place prize. On Memorial Day weekend, he joined a field of 38 entrants in the $1,000-added J. Pechauer Southeast Open Tour stop at the Side Pocket cue Club Grill in Marietta, GA, and did it the hard way, defeating Steve Moore twice for top honors.
Already on the one-loss side, Nevel was faced with tournament director Tommy Kennedy, whom he bested 9-5, dropping him into fifth place. He then went on to defeat Jason Richko in the quarterfinals and then turned to face Jesse Middlebrooks, who only won two of the eleven games that delivered Nevel to the finals against Atlanta’s Steve Moore.
Nevel and Moore fought back and forth to double-hill in the first set of the double-elimination finals. With two balls left on the table in the final game and the cue in Moore’s hand, it looked as though Moore was going to take it, but he missed. Nevel stepped to the table, sinking the 8 but watched as the cue ball traveled a little farther down table than he’d anticipated, leaving him with a long bank to finish the game. He made the bank, won the game, and moved on to the second set.
They struggled again. Back and forth to a second double-hill game, where Moore committed a foul prior to the break. Moore handed Nevel the ball, and with ball in hand, Nevel touched the 1 and hooked Moore. They wrestled back and forth through a few successful kicks that managed to nudge the 9 ball out of what was still a fairly tight pack of balls in the center of the table. Until Moore missed. Nevel set up to shoot the 1 ball, and a carom knocked the loose 9 ball in to win the game, set, and tournament.
In the amateur event Sunday, Bryant Walker defeated Jeff Hooks 7-1 in the finals to capture the first-place prize in the $500-added event. Walker had sent B.R. Tatum to the one-loss side earlier in the day and defeated Jeff Tabet in the subsequent hot seat match.
Open Results:
1st Larry Nevel
2nd Steve Moore
3rd Jessie Middlebrooks
4th Jason Richko
5th Tommy Kennedy
Johnny Archer
7th J. R. Rossman
Ron Park
9th George Rothrock
B.R. Tatum
Craig Houghton
Jeff Tabet
Amateur Results:
1st Bryant Walker
2nd Jeff Hooks
3rd Jeff Tabet
4th Denny Singletary
5th B.R. Tatum
John Hossman

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May

Shin Park Claims Another Predator Billiard Tour Stop

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Shin Park Claims Another Predator Billiard Tour Stop
Predator 9-ball Tour / Queens, NY
By InsidePOOL Staff
In a strong field of 50 pool players over Memorial Day weekend at Master Billiards in Queens, NY, the Predator 9-ball Tour hosted its sixth stop of the season. The event saw stand-out players such as Shin Park, Mika Immonen, Shaun Wilkie, Warren Kiamco, Frankie Hernandez, Matt Krah, Tony Robles and many others.
As day one ended, the final twelve were brought back for a chance at the top prize of $1,025. On the winners’ side, Frankie Hernandez battled newcomer Scott Simonetti in the quickest match of the day, lasting under an hour. The quick-fires fought to hill-hill, and Simonetti looked to win the match with a killer safety on the 2 ball. But the unfazed Frankie kicked three rails to make an amazing 2 ball and run out for the 5-9 combination.
The common match-up of Robles and Park was the other winners’ side match. Robles took an early 5-2 lead on Park, but again Robles’ break proved inconsistent. Both struggled to make balls, and Park managed to pull ahead and win the match 9-6.
After a loss to Park, Immonen came back to win his next six in a row, including wins over Bobby Blackmore, Thomas Wan, Eddie Abraham, Robles, and Kiamco to face Hernandez in the semifinal match. Hernandez came out strong and took an early lead over Immonen, but Immonen fought back with some offensive shots and a few good rolls to win the match 9-4, leaving Hernandez to settle for third place.
The final was all Park. Immonen seemed to show signs of fatigue from the day’s battles and missed shots unexpectedly. Park capitalized and played some great pool, earning a 9–5 win over the “Iceman” and winning the event.
Results:
1st Shin Park
2nd Mika Immonen
3rd Frankie Hernandez
4th Warren Kiamco
5th Scott Simonetti
Tony Robles
7th Matt Krah
Eddie Abraham
9th Kari Paloheimo
Jorge Rodriguez
Joey Kong
Victor Nau