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A big thanks to all of the players who made it out to Tucson for the Diamond Pool Tour’s season finale. The new season is tentatively kicking off March 19th - 20th at Bullshooters in Phoenix. More info next month.
Speaking of pool tours, the AWBT kicks off their season February 27th - 28th at Bullshooters.
Even with all of the politics involved in local pool, when one of our own is in need of assistance, we always come to their aid. Kitty Carroll has been a supporter of local pool for longer than some of our faithful readers have been alive, and she needs our help. Check out page four this month for more info.
Also check out page 14 for a little info on the Az Senior Olympics. Pool is on the schedule this year.
-Until next time Mike
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Jose Luis De La Luz & Matt Lee
De La Luz & Lee Win at Metro
Although Matt Lee & Jose Luis De La Luz took first place undefeated at Metro Sportz Bar’s 15 & Under Scotch Doubles event on January 30th, it was the sec-ond place team of Hopell Ampongan and Joseph Farias who earned the lion’s share of the prize money.
Matt & Jose cruised through a field of 26 other teams and took the hot-seat with an 8-4 win over Hopell & Joseph.
On the one loss side, Hopell & Joseph found Bob Mizer & Nate Johnson wait-ing for them. Bob & Nate had just eliminated Jon Naumann & Ryan Long, and were looking to do the same to Hopell & Joseph. The match would go hill-hill, but it would be Hopell & Joseph moving on to the finals.
In the finals, Matt & Jose got to the hill first at 7-6, but the match then went hill-hill before they won an extended safety battle and navigated a tricky last couple balls to earn the hill-hill victory in one set.
Complete Payouts:1st Matt Lee & Jose Luis De La Luz $420 (no side pots)2nd Hopell Ampongan and Joseph Farias $930 (all side pots)3rd Bob Mizer & Nate Johnson $2854th Jon Naumann & Ryan Long $180
Tyson Cole Back in Knobbys Winners Circle
Tyson Cole held off Bruce Hirose to take first place at Knobbys’ 9 & Under 8-Ball Tournament on January 8th.
Tyson sent Bruce to the one loss side in the second round, and then went on to take the hot-seat with a win over Ed Scott.
On the one loss side, Bruce defeated Scott Perry, Nigel Francis and then Ed Scott to earn a rematch with Tyson in the finals.
Hirose would push the finals to two sets by defeating Cole in the first set, but it was Cole scoring the win in set #2 for first place.
Complete Payouts:1st Tyson Cole $1302nd Bruce Hirose $60
Bruce Hirose and Tyson Cole
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A total of 58 “A” and “B” players made their way out to Casino Del Sol Resort in Tucson on January 7th - 10th to help the Diamond Pool Tour wind up their 2015 season. Once again, Scott Frost displayed his dominance on the table, but there was much more than just the $4000 added main event going on over this four day weekend.
The festivities kicked off on Thursday with a free banquet for all of the players, provided by Casino Del Sol Resort. The banquet saw top junior, Nick Kline, and Top “B” player, Joey Barrera, presented with beautiful new cues, courtesy of tour sponsor QB Custom Cues. After taking some time to let all of the players “ooh” and “aah” over the cues, Kline put his to use in a challenge match against Oscar Avila Jr. Avila showed his top game as he won the challenge match 7-3. Another challenge match on Thursday night saw Bernie Store defeat Heather Cortez 9-6. In addition to the challenge matches and an evening of mini tourna-ments, the drawing was held to determine the winner of the Diamond pool table, courtesy of Diamond Billiard Products. That lucky winner was Tucson’s own Mike Hamman.
Friday saw mini tournaments throughout the day, along with the presentation of the beautiful custom cases to top “A” player Brian Reich and top “B” player Joey Barrera. The main event kicked off early Friday evening with a field split between 17 “A” players and 41 “B” players. As if the mini tournaments and main event weren’t enough, a six man 10-ball ring game was held late Friday with Gus Briseno emerging as the winner of that event.
The “A” bracket saw Scott Frost motor through his half of the bracket, with wins over Tim Daniel, Rudy Alameda and Brian Reich. Making his way through the other half of the bracket was Chris Adams, with wins over Tres Kane, George Teyechea and Joven Bustamante. Frost was in top gear, as he took the “A” bracket hot-seat with a 9-0 win over Adams. Brian Reich emerged from the one loss side to move to the final bracket, with wins over Teyechea, Busta-mante and Adams.
For the second straight tournament, Tucson’s Aaron Purdy came out on top of the “B” bracket. Purdy beat top “B” player Joey Barrera, and then got past Michael Dale and Burt Balancad in back-to-back hill-hill matches. Purdy then sent Scott Vogelsberg to the left side of the board 9-4. Purdy then took the “B” bracket hot-seat with a 9-8 win over Jose Mendoza. Mendoza would be elimi-nated on the left side of the board by Art St. Germaine, as part of a seven match winning streak.
The overall hot-seat came down to Frost and Purdy for the second straight event, and Purdy gave Frost all he could handle before dropping the match 9-7. Reich eliminated St Germaine in fourth place 9-5. Not content with just play-ing Frost once, Purdy then eliminated Reich 9-6 to earn his rematch with The Freezer in the finals.
Building on his close match for the hot-seat, Purdy beat Frost 9-5 in the first set of the finals, but dropped the second set 9-3 and settled for his second consecu-tive runner-up finish.
The success of the Diamond Pool Tour in 2015 would not have been possible without the sponsors or the players. The contributions from all of the sponsors made each event happen and the players came out to support each and every event. A total of 246 players came out to play in at least one stop, and tour orga-nizers hope to see even more participation in 2016.
The Tour’s 2016 schedule was not finalized at press time, but the first event is tentatively scheduled for March 19th - 20th at Bullshooters in Phoenix. The Diamond Pool Tour is proudly sponsored by:
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Scott Frost
Frost Wins Diamond Pool Tour Season Finale
Main Event Payouts:1st Scott Frost $1,500 7th Junior Flores $250 13th Gus Briseno $1002nd Aaron Purdy $1,250 7th Joven Bustamante $250 13th Karloz Chavez $1003rd Brian Reich $1,000 9th Scott Vogelsberg $175 13th Les Torpin $1004th Art St. Germaine $600 9th George Teyechea $175 13th Jeff Webb $1005th Chris Adams $350 9th Mickey Provencio $1755th Jose Mendoza $350 9th Hopell Ampongan $175
Aaron Purdy
Brian Reich
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Are You A Player?
By Roger LongCertified Instructor
“Money won is twice as sweet as money earned.” That was the sage advice offered by Fast Eddie to his protégé Vince in the 1986 movie, The Color of Money. In the movie, Paul Newman played the role of Fast Eddie Felson, a former top road player who was mentoring young Vince (Tom Cruise) in the fine art of pool hustling. Eddie was trying to transform Vince from someone who was content to just “play-play” into someone who played for only one purpose – to get the cash. He wanted to show Vince how to be a real player.
It hasn’t been until recently that I have given the word “player” much thought. I had always been under the impression that anyone who played any game, was a player. It wasn’t until being given the word “player” as a clue for the seven-letter word gambler in a crossword puzzle that I came to realize that many people consider the two words synonymous. In check-ing with a dictionary, I found this to be true; one of the definitions for player is, “a gam-bler.”
Now let’s take a look at the root of the word player, which would be – play. In consulting any dictionary you will find that this word can be used as a verb or as a noun, and can have a multitude of applications. But one thing of
interest here is the fact that nowhere will you find the word work associated with the word play. Those two words are complete opposites. Well, that’s true on the surface, anyway.
All pool enthusiasts start out with one purpose in mind: to have fun. All they want to do is play. But those who wish to make it to the top can’t possibly get there without putting in a lot of work. And working at pool means making large time investments and some considerable money investments. For single people with few or no responsibilities, that’s not a huge problem. What they spend their time and mon-ey on is no one’s business but their own. But for pool addicts who have spousal, parental, and job responsibilities, their time and money does not belong solely to them, and both must be managed very carefully.
The solution for many of these “tied down” wannabees is to find a way to make money off of the game itself. Doing so gives them an excuse to spend considerable amounts of time in the pool room while helping to keep their significant others off their backs. It’s a justification, so to speak. A few of the second-ary occupations undertaken by these people have been: cue building, tournament directing, newspaper publishing, league operating, cue
dealing, and table recovering.
But again, the aforementioned “occupations” require more work than they do play. There-fore, many people opt to take the route that involves more play than work. And that route is, gambling. Gambling at pool is their pri-mary goal, but it’s not always the only form of gambling they partake in. That doesn’t matter, however, as long they accomplish their goal of staying in the pool room and playing.
Personally, I’ve never been particularly drawn to gambling at pool. That’s not to say that I haven’t done it, it’s just to say that I’ve never enjoyed it. I never enjoyed taking another person’s money, and I certainly didn’t enjoy them taking mine. Today, I won’t gamble for one cent. For me, gambling takes the fun out of the game and brings seriousness into it. And that’s not play.
So…I don’t care what the dictionary says, I think the person who plays for fun is more of a player than the person who plays for money.
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Road Trip
By Carl StewartBCA Certified Instructor
All my life, playing pool and road trips have went hand in hand. Mostly I would hear about a tournament and make a plan to attend. Since I grew up in a small town on the Oregon coast, bigger tournaments were inland in towns on interstate I-5.
Looking back on the process, it was always the same. First find a road partner, which was harder than it seems. Any pool players out there with a good or great road partner, hold on to them. It is hard to find someone you can be in close quarters with and have a little money plus the time off work. The other part of the formula included more practice, which lead to self-doubt when practice failed to produce stellar results. Telling myself why I would be going to a bigger tournament if I couldn’t even run a simple out.
Once at the event, going two and out was a common theme. Which I would treat as a failure and try to figure out the secret combination to playing well. The years of playing tournaments on the road or locally have taught me the key to any situation is make it work for you. I had decided a long time ago I would never go pro or make a living in the billiard industry but now my road trips have multiple rewards. I also no-tice how many players a lot better than myself
would ever be, go two and out or have poor results in tournaments.
Over the years I have refined the process, found - and married - the ultimate road partner. On multiple occasion, I will come home and tell her of a tournament on short notice and we make it happen. Now days it is not about my level of play I now focus on my level of enjoyment.
I was able to take the ultimate road trip in 2015 on Halloween. A little back-story is in order. I have traveled all over the west coast playing events and seeing new pool halls which most have closed over the years. Now here in the Phoenix AZ area I have not had to travel as much to due to the fact that I have never lived anywhere with so many pool venues and events.
In addition to having more fulltime roles in my career, travel is limited. I have discovered the billiard channel and kept seeing matches of all the greatest players at a pool hall in Astoria New York. The pool hall was named Steinway billiards and they have pictures of pool balls on the carpet. Watching a match one night I told my road partner that we should go there for their Steinway open in a few weeks. I was half joking and sixty percent dreaming when I made
that statement but low and behold she came up with a smoking good deal for direct flights to New York and we flew in Halloween night 2015.
I have always enjoy the thrill of seeing new pool halls with different equipment, people and player history and skill levels. Steinway bil-liards did not disappoint, with the nicest people and players and the best food I ever had in a pool hall. I have always heard how fresh and legendary the New York food has been, but the surprise to me was the options at the pool hall. We had a wide variety of homemade dishes that I have never seen offered in a pool hall. The food, tables and people were the greatest and made our experience wonderful.
I encourage all players to road trip to new rooms and for events, you can learn so much by meeting new players and playing on different equipment. Of course, if you get to visit Stein-way billiards you would not be disappointed.
To be added to this list, contact Mike Howerton - 480-251-3452
Carl Stewart (BCA Master Certified) (602) 820-7665 [email protected]
League Name: BULLSHOOTERS BCA 9 BALL City/State: PHOENIX, AZ Contact 1: GIBO PACHECO Home #: 602-841-8272 Contact 2: MARGIE STEPHANIK Home #: 602-332-1851Contact 3: JOHN ZAJACHome #: 602-870-0505 League Name: EAST VALLEY LEGACY LEAGUE City/State: GILBERT, AZ Contact 1: Cathy Kelley Work #: 480-203-8640
League Name: Troy Vending Where: Statewide Contact: Scott or Tobin Phone: (602) 265-0178
League Name: PARADISE POOL LEAGUE City/State: CHANDLER, AZ Contact: JEREMY GIBBSLeague #: 480-779-0343
League Name: Charley’s Place Shooters City/State: Glendale, AZ Contact 1: Betty Barber Home #: 602-843-3692
League Name: Arizona Hot Shots Where: Phoenix, AZ Contact: Larry Eans Phone: (602) 677-4220Website: www.azhotshotsonline.com
League Name: Mohave Valley Pool LeagueCity: Bullhead CityContact: Ed SandovalNumber: 928-763-3788
League Name: Jack and Jill Scotch DoublesCity: In-House at Stingers in PhoenixContact: Brynn HoffmanNumber: 602-510-8058
League Name: League of Champions Where: Maricopa County Contact: Frank Alvarez III Phone: (877) 788-7227Website: www.UPAtour.com
League Name: UPA Phoenix Contact: Stephanie Ponessa Phone: 816.668.7329
League Name: Troy Vending Where: Statewide Contact: Scott Phone: (602) 265-0178
Website: www.TroyVending.com
League Name: Kingman Pool PlayersCity: KingmanContact: Ronald MartinNumber: 928-530-0739
League Name: East Valley Legacy LeagueCity: PhoenixContact: Cathy KelleyNumber: 480-203-8640
League Name: 8 Ball ShootersCity: PeoriaContact: Pat MartinNumber: 623-977-0976
League Name: Route 66 8-Ball LeagueCity: HolbrookContact: Anna BokkerNumber: 928-587-9327
League Name: Champions LeagueCity: PhoenixContact: Jerry StuckartNumber: 602-332-4499
League Name: Clicks In HouseCity: TucsonContact: Chris ChlupNumber: 520-245-9629
League Name: Wildcat Cue SportsCity: TucsonContact: Jack MurrayNumber: 520-404-5533
APA – American Pool Players Association
League Name: Tucson APA Where: Tucson, Arizona Contact: Brandon Ferguson Phone: 520-615-9883 Fax: 520-529-8085 E-Mail: [email protected] E-Mail: [email protected]
League Name: APA Phoenix - Metro Where: Phoenix, Arizona Contact: Doug & Gina Nowlin Phone: (602) 920-9192 Website: phx.apaleagues.com
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APA Phoenix Metro held its session ending Fall 8 Ball and 9 Ball Tri-Cities tournaments last month at Main Street Billiards in Mesa. 48 teams in all from all over Maricopa County showed up for 2 weekends to compete for a chance to play in Las Vegas this coming August at the APA National Team Championships. 12 teams from these tournaments will advance to the year-end ‘Cities’ tournament In June. APA’s ‘Road to Vegas’ tournament series will ultimately produce 3 Eight Ball teams and 2 Nine Ball teams that will have a paid trip to Las Vegas to compete in the ‘World’s Largest Pool Tourna-ment’. The APA National Team Championships will be held at the Westgate Hotel and Casino for the 2nd year in a row.
APA holds their 2 National events every year in Las Vegas during the month of August and are listed in the Guinness book of world records as
the largest pool tournament in the world. The first step in the year long “Road To Vegas “series is the 3 Tri-City events held at the end of each of the three sessions. The last event of the year will be held in May and will produce another 12 teams for the second step in the se-ries, the Cities event. During the Cities event, a total of 24 Eight Ball and 12 Nine Ball teams will compete for those 5 important paid slots to play in Vegas.
Other events in our ‘Road to Vegas’ series include a tournament for the Ladies Only division, which will send one of the 3 person ladies teams, 2 Jack and Jill Scotch Doubles team, several 8 ball and 9 ball doubles teams, and a Masters team. All 5 person teams earning their spot to Vegas are given travel money, a paid room while they are participating in their event and a paid entry into that event.
APA teams consist of 5 to 8 Players of all different skill levels and age groups. The great thing about the APA
pool league is that each team must have as many beginner players as they have good players. Teams are structured in such a way that the lower skilled players are just as important to a team as the higher level players. In fact, many teams that play APA are family teams. Gina Nowlin, the league operator for the phoenix and Maricopa County APA, says ‘We have teams that consist of the Mom, Dad, kids and grandkids’. These families use their pool night to get out of the house and have some fun together, she said. The handicapped league insures that all players, no matter what their skill level, have an equal chance of winning. The APA’s Equalizer Handicap System is the fairest handicapping sys-tem available.
Congratulations to all the winning teams and all the teams that attended the tournament. You were among some of the best teams we have.
APA Tri Cities Winners
Dragon Ballz 2 Cassandra Eickhoff, Charles Doyle, Alisha Bader, Eric Calleros, Martin Rosales, Sam San Martin, Karloz Chavez and Laverne Carrick
Fireball Shooters – Jill Vallie, Jennifer Stangel, Steve Vallie, Leslie Moses and Lisa Wylie.
Tuff Breaks – (Front Row) Sean Spurling and Bill Huddart, (Back Row) Walt Mros, Michael Spurling, Paul Kowalski, Kenneth Kulinowski. Michael Stephens not shown.
Sharknado - Robert Shaw, Bill and Becky Schulzetenberg, Sezaline Rogers and Lynn Beattie. Chris Perham at bottom. James Hallsey not shown.
Regul8ors – Ian Katzman, Michael Sgro, Brian Sellers, Joe Unger, Randy Torres, Francisco Barba and Jason Cote. Ruben Schaefer not shown
No Field Five – Nick Bellows, Mario Hines, Deryc Painter, Megan Seeds, Jennifer and Jesse Krickeberg and Steve Quiros.
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9 Balls but the 9 ain’t 1 – (Front Row) Cheryl Walters, Bernice Martin, John and Colleen Jabkowski. (Back Row) Abie Padilla, Bernie Lewis, Alex Martin and William Bakehouse.
Centerball – (Front Row) Jamie Goodwin, Tiffany Yager and Ali Almiayahi. (Back Row) Royal Smith, Vicki and Perry Hill, and Karloz Chavez.
Florizona – Jimmy Beaner, Aaron Camacho, Nichole Mohr, Daric Craft, Marty Mack, Tiffany Craft, Alex and Bernice Martin.
Heat Stroke – Myron Frank, Anthony Spano, Stephanie Elkins, Lloyd Lawrence, Crystal Lopez, Jake Holder and Karloz Chavez. Tina Wagoner not shown.
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Congratulations to Eric McKay, Kip Anderson & Gary Wimmer of No Name from Stockman’s in Flagstaff! They are your AZPL 2015 Fall State Champions!! Starting the bracket in the 7th seed they lost their first match and followed with an 8-game winning streak eliminating Rock Steady, The Cake is a Lie, Derailed Too, Triple Threat, BOHICA, Shoot the Moon and Tough Times twice to win it all! In addition to some beautiful trophies they also won $1500 for 1st place! Well earned!
The weekend began at Stinger’s Sports Bar & Grill on Friday with 4 events – Scotch Doubles/Singles, 8-Ball Break & Run Derby, the Wild Card tournament and the Big Money Singles – and the largest turnout we’ve ever had at Sting-ers! 64 players signed up for the scotch doubles/singles tournament! Ernie Encizo & Jason Bur-khart won the winner’s side while Skip Bales & Steve Blackburn fought it out on the singles side to team up to take on the winner’s side champs. In the end they decided to split the $815 pot! Dawn Atokuku & Donald Hudging finished tied for 5th and each received $72.50! The 8-Ball Break & Run Derby featured 31 players with a pot of $270. Of those players Robert Berry came in first with a record setting 75 points in the first 3 rounds! Jason Burkhart came in 2nd with 58 points followed by Doc Rogers with 53. In the Championship round Robert finished with 17 points to take the win and $150! Jason won $90 finishing with 14 points and Doc came in 3rd with $30. In the Big Money Singles Tournament there were 8 players with a total pot of $700. Ja-son Burkhart beat Brady Williams 65-42 for the win! Eleven teams competed in the Wild Card tournament with Cecil Attson, Jose Cardenas & Michael Kerin of The Four Horsemen winning the single elimination event for the 32nd spot in the main event on Saturday!
And here came Saturday! Raring to go at 9am were the first 8 teams and off we go! Overall teams needed an 8-6 record to make it into the event. Longest winning streak goes to No Name
with 8 matches in a row! The Cake is a Lie had the 2nd longest streak winning 5 in a row to start their day! Reigning Champs BOHICA lost their first match to D-Winners, survived a scare by Cash Money, returned the favor by eliminating D-Winners on the loser’s side before losing to No Name to be eliminated at 4th place. Statistically Gary Wimmer was the MVP going 18-7 with 210 points & 4 10-0s to lead No Name to victory. His performance also moves him into the Top 10 All-Time in tournament Power Rating. Brennan Larson finished in 2nd going 15-5 with 173 points scored for The Cake is a Lie. There were 10 8-ball breaks hit with Chad Barber getting the coveted 31 in the D-Winners elimi-nation match. Teri Curtis shot 8 points over her match average in Sweeet Gravy’s 2 matches. Over 4 matches Rick Albertson was the Most Improved Player shooting 4 points over his career MA. Darren Bradford moved into 2nd All-Time in tournament PR jumping over Ryan Levengood. Cecil Attson moved into 4th All-Time in points scored jumping over Chris Negrin and 7th in wins passing Ryan Levengood. Anthony Begay moved ahead of Pete Williams to take 5th All-Time in tourna-ment wins.
Here are the payouts:1st - $1500 – No Name2nd - $1250 – Tough Times3rd - $1000 – Shoot the Moon4th - $800 – BOHICA5th - $700 – Triple Threat6th - $600 – D Winners7th - $500 – Derailed Too8th - $400 – Cash Money9th-12th - $250 – PC Ringers, Hit the Hole Man, The Cake is a Lie & Alpha Cue Up13th-16th - $200 – Wait for It, Beer Me, Rock Steady &
Derailed17th-20th - $150 – Balls in Hand, I’d Hit That, Mountainairre Misfits & Kick Him Nutz21st-24th - $100 – Maraliza Leguana, Sweeet Gravy, Already Hit That & Reconstruction25th-28th - $75 – Ballz in Hand, The In-Laws, Breakin’ Bad & the Four Horsemen29th-32nd - $50 – FAH-Ques, 3 Guys & a Stick, Pool Flyz & A Few Sticks Shy
Thanks to everyone who came out and supported the league at the Championships and throughout the season! None of this would happen without YOU! Thanks to everyone who helped over the weekend – Dave, Lisa, Chrissy, Dawn & Jen! I couldn’t have done it without each of you. And of course thanks to Dale and all the staff at Stingers especially Michelle! You all did a wonderful job!
AZPL Fall State Championships
Gary Wimmer, Kip Anderson & Eric McKay of No Name at Stockman’s in Flagstaff
Darren Bradford, Eugene Hemphill & Phil Anderson of Shoot the Moon at Jester’s Billiards in Gilbert
Skip Bales, Terry Lemke & Kevin Phillips of Tough Times at Drift Inn Saloon in Globe
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Evan Brinkmann bounced back from a hot-seat loss, to avenge that loss and split first and second with Jerry Stuckart the the second of Arizona’s big $1,000 added Fargorate events at Skip & Jan’s on January 23rd.
The event drew a field of 37 players ranging from a Fargo rating of 398 (Jamie Goodwin) to 692 (Tim Daniel). While top seed Tim Daniel was able to fade a 7-4 race against Steve Blackburn, a 7-2 race against Chuck Bowers was too much for him. Daniel would then drop a 7-5 race to Art St. Germaine on the one loss side.
The winner’s side came down to Brinkmann and Jerry Stuckart, with Stuckart giving up one game in a race to seven. Stuckart would have no problems with the race, as he easily won 7-1.
On the one loss side, it was Tim Benally who was the man to beat. After a loss to Mike Luta, Benally had won six straight matches, and was looking to make Brinkmann #7. The 7-4 race would go hill-hill before Brinkmann pulled it out.
The first set of the finals rematch between Brinkmann and Stuckart went to Brinkmann 6-5, and the two players agreed on a split from there.
The event was another chance for players to get a taste of the Fargorate system, that is taking the pool world by storm. Many local rooms have converted their events over to the Fargorate system, and the upcoming BCA Nationals will also be using the system. The $1,000 in added prize money was made possible by Skip & Jan’s, as well as the BCA League System. The next $1,000 added Fargo-rate event will be at Pockets in Tucson, on February 20th.
More information on the Fargorate system can be found online at www.fargorate.com
Complete Payouts:1st Evan Brinkmann $6201st Jerry Stuckart $6203rd Tim Benally $3454th Matt Gagne $1805th Frank Owen $1255th Junior Flores $1257th Emilio Maestras $607th Phillip Salas $609th Mike Luta $309th Oscar Avila $309th Chuck Bowers $309th Daric Craft $30
Stuckart and Brinkmann Split Skip & Jan’s Fargorate Event
Jerry Stuckart and Evan Brinkmann
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Adams Wins at Stingers
Chris Adams completed an undefeated run through a very competitive 9’s & Under 9-Ball event at Stingers on January 30th.
It was smooth sailing to the hot-seat match for Adams, as he won his first three matches by a combined score of 21-5. His opponent for the hot-seat, Jose Gon-zalez, was challenged a little more as he turned in a combined score of 21-13 in his first three matches.
Adams might have been the favorite based on earlier performances in the event, but the hot-seat match went the distance with Adams scoring the 7-6 win.
On the one loss side, Jason Sweet came back from a 7-1 drubbing at the hands of Adams, to defeat Alex Esparza and Ben Sutherland before losing to Gonzalez 7-2.
That set up a rematch between Gonzalez and Adams in the finals. The finals went one set and was almost as close, with Adams scoring a 7-5 win for first place.
Complete Payouts:1st Chris Adams $290 3rd Jason Sweet $802nd Jose Gonzalez $195 4th Ben Sutherland $50
Stingers Scotch Split
Oscar Avila & Oscar Avila Jr. teamed up for a very long day to earn a split of first and second place at Stingers’ 16 & Under Scotch Doubles event on January 2nd.
The day didn’t start out well for Team Avila, as they dropped their first round match to Joe Nicita & Ed Scott. Joe & Ed would keep winning after that match, and advanced to play for the hot-seat against Mike Gashwazra and Adriel Cor-ral. That match would go to Mike & Adriel hill-hill.
On the one loss side. Team Avila was still knocking them dead. After winning six straight matches, they defeated Joe & Ed 7-2 for their seventh straight win.
The double elimination final would only go one set with Team Avila winning 7-1, and the players agreeing on a split after that.
Complete Payouts:1st Oscar Avila Jr. & Oscar Avila $657.501st Mike Gashwazra and Adriel Corral $657.503rd Joe Nicita & Ed Scott $3004th Ernie Horabuena and Juan Silva $150
Mike Gashwazra, Adriel Corral, Oscar Avila Jr. and Oscar Avila
SaturdaysCheers Tavern - 5915 W. Bell Rd - Phoenix - 602-938-0104 6pm Parity DrawMetro Sportz Bar - 10402 N. Black Canyon Hwy - 602-997-5717 7:00 Blind DrawBull Shooters – 3337 W. Peoria – Phoenix – 602-441-2447 8:00 Blind Draw 300%The Ox - 3209 E Pinchot - Phoenix - 602-466-3673 7:30 Blind Draw 200%Gino’s - 13623 N. 32st - 602-923-2500 10:00Blind Draw 200%Kirk’s Korner – 10634 N. 51st Ave. – Glendale – 623-878-9874 8:00 Steel TipStingers – 10040 N. 43rd Ave – Glendale – 623-937-9645 3:30 Blind DrawToso’s 2401 W. Union Hills – Phoenix – 602-547-2770 8:00 Blind Draw/Mixed
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Crash & Pulley Dominate at Skip & Jan’s
Chris “Crash” Reddin & Amanda Pulley teamed up to go undefeated through seven other teams at Skip & Jans’ Round Robin Jack & Jill Scotch Doubles event on January 16th.
Round Robin events can get complicated with potential tie breakers, but Chris & Amanda did away with any suspense by winning every match and locking up first place before even playing their last match of the day.
The battle for second place came down to Mike & Tracie Hamman vs Daric & Tiffany Craft. After six matches, these two teams were tied at 4-2, and would play each other in their last matches to determine second place. The match came down to hill-hill, where it was Team Craft that scored the 4-3 win for second place.
Gus Briseno won a larger than usual One Pocket Madness event from the one loss side at Bullshooters on January 16th.
With the Derby City Classic in late January, the One Pocket Madness event was ran as a warm-up for the one pocket portion of that tournament, and a field of 22 players entered.
The hot-seat in this one went to Lenny Marshall, who turned in wins over Bret Huth, Eric Young, Paul Feltman Sr. and then Briseno 2-0 for the hot-seat.
Briseno found Brian Reich waiting on the one loss side. After a third round loss to Feltman, Reich had won four straight matches, but would drop the semi-final match to Brieseno 2-0 and settle for third.
The finals was an extended race to three, with Briseno winning the match 3-1 for first place.
Complete Payouts:1st Gus Briseno $380 4th Paul Feltman Sr. $1102nd Lenny Marshall $260 5th Jose Gonzalez $353rd Brian Reich $150 5th Bernie Pettipiece $35
Gus Briseno
Tres Kane Wins Main Street Banks Event
Tres Kane warmed up for his trip to January’s Derby City Classic with a first place finish at Main Street Billiards’ Bank Pool event on January 2nd.
It didn’t start out smooth for Kane, after a first round loss to Don St. Clair.
Don would keep winning from there, and eventually took the hot-seat with a 3-2 win over Sammy Martinez after trailing 2-0.
On the one loss side, Tres eliminated Chris Adams, Ben Sutherland and Michael Wulfekuhle, before sending Martinez home in third place 3-1.
The finals was one extended set, with Tres defeating Don 4-2 for first place.
Complete Payouts:1st Tres Kane $1502nd Don St Clair $903rd Sammy Martinez $30
Tres Kane and Don St Clair
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Williams Wins Kolby’s Chip Tourney
Pete Williams came out on top of a field of twenty players to win Kolby’s first ever Monthly Chip Tournament.
Williams actually won the event with two lives left; turning in an overall record of 14 wins and 4 losses.
Second place went to Stephen Dunn, who brought his “A Game” when he had to. Dunn won nine straight games, while on his last life.
Third place went to youngster Sam Lenschow, and fourth place was taken by Mike Boyer.
Kolby’s holds their weekly Chip Tournament every Monday night, and their next Monthly Chip Tournament will be on February 20th.
Complete Payouts:1st Pete Williams $125 3rd Sam Lenschow $502nd Stephen Dunn $100 4th Mike Boyer $25
Pete Williams and Stephen Dunn
Lyons Defends One Pocket Title
Harold Lyons beat Eric Lervold two out of three times to defend his title at Kol-bys’ 8’s & Under One Pocket event on January 30th.
The first meeting between Lyons and Lervold was in the final four of the win-ner’s side, and that match went Lervold’s way. Lervold would then go on and take the hot-seat with a 3-0 win over Al Whisler.
On the left side of the board, Lyons defeated Tony Major 3-1, and then took ad-vantage of a forfeit from Whisler to earn his rematch with Lervold in the finals.
Even giving up 9-8 to Lervold, Lyons won both sets of the finals 3-1 and then 3-2, for first place.
Complete Payouts:1st Harold Lyons $1652nd Eric Lervold $75
Harold Lyons
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Walsh & Riley Win at Kittys
John Walsh & Dee Riley dropped a late match to Mikah Fackiner & Lewis Higgins, but came back to avenge that loss and take first place at Kittys’ 12 & Under Scotch Doubles event on January 23rd.
After defeating John & Dee in the final four on the winner’s side, Fackiner & Higgins dropped the hot-seat match to Rick Morris and Carlos Armenta hill-hill.
Walsh & Riley were waiting on the one loss side for their second shot at Facki-ner & Higgins, and they made the most of it, with a 7-5 win to earn them their place in the finals.
The long wait might have been too much for Morris and Armenta to handle, as they lost the first set of the finals to John and Dee 7-4, and then lost the second set 7-3.
Compete Payouts:1st John Walsh & Dee Riley $4802nd Rick Morris and Carlos Armenta $2403rd Mikah Fackiner & Lewis Higgins $804th Dennis Winkler & Tammy Hamilton $40
John Walsh & Dee Riley
Fackiner & Higgins Undefeated at Kitty’s
Micah Fackiner & Lewis Higgins plowed through twelve other teams to capture Kittys’s 13 & Under Scotch Doubles tournament on January 2nd.
Fackiner & Higgins were taken to hill-hill in the hot-seat match, before beating Wizzard and Rich Calvery.
On the one loss side, Joe Martinez & Greg Eade were on a roll with four straight wins. They quickly made that number “five” with a 7-2 win over Wiz-zard & Rich.
The five game winning stream didn’t phase Micah & Lewis in the finals, as they quickly ended things with a 7-2 win in the first (and only) set.
Complete Payouts:1st Micah Fackiner & Lewis Higgins $5002nd Joe Martinez & Greg Eade $2603rd Wizzard and Rich Calvery $50
Micah Fackiner & Lewis Higgins
Moretta & Guhrke Double Dip at Kittys
Mark Moretta & Robert Guhrke teamed up to avenge their only loss and win Kittys’ 15 & Under Scotch Doubles event on January 30th.
Mark & Robert’s only loss came at the hands of Lewis Higgins & Jerry Tistle, when the winner’s side was down to four teams.
Lewis & Jerry would go on from there to lose the hot-seat match to Jeff Len-schow & John Walsh 5-2.
On the one loss side, Mark & Robert took their revenge and eliminated Lewis & Jerry 6-4 for third place.
The finals went two sets with Mark & Robert scoring back to back 6-2 win over Jeff & John for first place.
Complete Payouts:1st Mark Moretta & Robert Guhrke $4302nd Jeff Lenschow & John Walsh $2153rd Lewis Higgins & Jerry Tistle $1154th Bernie Papa & Mike Atma $30
Mark Moretta & Robert Guhrke
Rodarte Wins Senior Barbox Title
Joe Rodarte came out on top of a field of fourteen other players to win the 2016 Arizona Senior State Barbox 9-Ball Championship at Kittys on January 16th.
This handicapped event saw men ages 55 and above, and ladies 50 and above, racing to their rating minus two, for the title.
Rodarte took the hot-seat with a 4-3 win over Rocky Morris, and got ready for the long wait for the finals.
On the one loss side, Guyle Fielder was turning up the heat on opponents after an early loss to Pete Williams. A hill-hill win over Leroy Banks was followed by by a 6-3 win over Morris in the semi-finals.
The pressure of the finals might have gotten to Rodarte early, as his game dipped a notch in the first set of the finals. Fielder is not a player to give too many chances to, as he won the first set 6-3. Rodarte shook off the nerves and won the second set 4-2 for first place.
MONDAY 7:30 KOLBY’S 1301 EAST UNIVERSITY DR. 480-829-7344 9-BALL CHIP TOURNEY SEE PG 21 $15.00MONDAY 7:00 CHEERS TAVERN 5915 W. BELL RD 602-938-0104 OPEN CALL FOR DETAILS CALLMONDAY 7:00 MAIN ST BILLIARDS 1749 W MAIN ST, MESA 480-969-7898 9’ TABLES RACE TO 4/3 $5.00TUESDAY 7:30 BULLSHOOTERS 3327 W PEORIA 602-441-2447 10-BALL 9’TBL BALL WEIGHT $10.00TUESDAY 8PM BROOKSIDE II 15170 W BELL RD SURPRISE 623-556-1000 9-BALL D/E 200% RACE TO 2 $5.00THURSDAY 1:00 METRO SPORTZ 10402 N BLACK CANY HWY 602-997-5717 9-BALL 9’ TABLES HANDICAPPED $5.00THURSDAY 7:30 KAY’S PLACE 315 S ALMA SCHOOL 602 666-6634 8-BALL D/E ADDED MONEY $5.00SATURDAY 4:00 KAY’S PLACE 315 S ALMA SCHOOL 602 666-6634 8-BALL D/E ADDED MONEY $5.00SUNDAY 4PM THE SNAP 1516 W CAMELBACK 602-222-3551 8-BALL D/E 200% PAYBACK $5.00
MONDAY 7:30 THE LOFT AGAIN 15015 N CAVE CREEK RD 602-482-3130 3-Ball CALL FOR DETAILS CALLWEDNESDAY 4:00 SAGE & SAND 13831 W GLENDALE AVE 623-935-5810 3-BALL CALL FOR DETAILS $5.00SUNDAY 2PM 5030 LOUNGE 5030 W. PEORIA AVE 623-939-3876 3-BALL (5 TOTAL SHOTS) $2.00
MONDAY 7:30 WHAT THE HELL 7309 E MAIN ST 480-380-6000 9-Ball ADDED MONEY $10.00TUESDAY 7:30 METRO SPORTZ 10402 N BLACK CANY HWY 602-997-5717 8-BALL 7’ TABLES SIDES $5.00TUESDAY 7:30 SKIP & JANS 7700 S PRIEST DR 480-598-8611 9-BALL 200% D/E $2 Greens Fee $5.00FRIDAY 7:30 STINGERS 43RD AVE & PEORIA 623-937-9645 9-BALL HDCP-2 D/E $10.00SATURDAY 7:30 SKIP & JANS 7700 S PRIEST DR 480-598-8611 10-BALL 200% D/E $2 Greens Fee $5.00SATURDAY 7:30 PM THE DELI 9635 W PEORIA AVE 623-979-5163 8-BALL D/E 200% PAY $5.00SUNDAY 3:00 KOLBY’S 1301 EAST UNIVERSITY DR. 480-829-7344 9-BALL RACE TO THREE $40.00
MONDAY 7:30 METRO SPORTZ 10402 N BLACK CANY HWY 602-997-5717 9-BALL BARBOX 200% Payback $5.00TUESDAY 7:00 KITTYS 2836 N 36TH ST 602-957-9786 9-BALL BARBOX 200% $5.00TUESDAY 7:30 METRO SPORTZ 10402 N BLACK CANY HWY 602-997-5717 9-BALL 9’ TABLES SIDES $7.00WEDNESDAY 7:30 THE LOFT AGAIN 15015 N CAVE CREEK RD 602-482-3130 8-Ball 200% PAYBACK $5.00WEDNESDAY 7:30 THUNDER PASS 9303 APACHE, MESA 480-986-5572 9-Ball CALL FOR DETAILS CALLTHURSDAY 7:00 METRO SPORTZ 10402 N BLACK CANY HWY 602-997-5717 9-BALL BARBOX $5.00THURSDAY 7:30 WHAT THE HELL 7309 E MAIN ST 480-380-6000 8-Ball ADDED MONEY $6.00FRIDAY 7:00 KITTYS 2836 N 36TH ST 602-957-9786 9-BALL BARBOX 200% $5.00FRIDAY 8:00 KIRK’S KORNER 10634 N. 51 ST AVE 623-878-9874 8-BALL D/E 150% $5.00SATURDAY 4:30 PM KIRK’S KORNER 10634 N. 51ST AVE 623-878-9874 8-BALL 150% PAY $1 SIDEPOT $5.00SATURDAY 5:00 WHAT THE HELL 7309 E MAIN ST 480-380-6000 9-Ball ADDED MONEY $6.00SATURDAY 7:30 METRO SPORTZ 10402 N BLACK CANY HWY 602-997-5717 9-BALL BARBOX 200% $5.00SATURDAY 8PM GREENWAY VILLAGE 3143 E. GREENWAY RD 602-971-5523 8BALL D/E 200% $5.00SUNDAY 1:00 METRO SPORTZ 10402 N BLACK CANY HWY 602-997-5717 9-BALL BARBOX 200% $5.00SUNDAY 2:00 STINGERS 43RD AVE & PEORIA 623-937-9645 8-BALL D/E RACE TO 2 $5 Green Fee $5.00 SUNDAY 2:00 KITTYS 2836 N 36TH ST 602-957-9786 8-BALL BARBOX 200% $5.00SUNDAY 2:00 THE BREAK ROOM 4729 E MCDOWELL 602-267-1010 9-BALL D/E $5 SIDE POT $5.00SUNDAY 6:00 SKIP & JANS 7700 S PRIEST DR 480-598-8611 8-BALL 200% D/E $2 Greens Fee $5.00SUUNDAY 7:00 JESTERS 1515 N GILBERT RD 480-926-1314 9-BALL D/E 200% PAYBACK $5.00
MONDAY 7:00 DODEY’S 3114 E CACTUS RD 602-404-2300 8-BALL D/E ADDED MONEY $5.00MONDAY 7:30 DAVE’S PLACE 2710 W BELL RD 602-866-9898 8-BALL D/E ADDED MONEY $5.00MONDAY 8:00 CANDY STORE 18613 N CAVE CREEK RD 602-569-0084 8-BALL D/E 200% PAYBACK $5.00SUNDAY 7:30 HAMBONE 903 E MAIN ST 480-833-9839 8-BALL D/E 200% PAYBACK $3.00TUESDAY 7:00 JESTERS 1515 N GILBERT RD 480-926-1314 9-BALL D/E 200% PAYBACK $5.00TUESDAY 7:00 RACEWAY BAR 49237 W PAPAGO ROAD 520-568-0808 9-BALL D/E CALL FOR DETAILS $5.00TUESDAY 8:00 CANDY STORE 18613 N CAVE CREEK RD 602-569-0084 8-BALL D/E 200% PAYBACK $5.00WEDNESDAY 8:00 COOPS 8455 W. PEORIA AVE PEORIA 623-878-4250 8-BALL D/E 200% RETURN $5.00THURSDAY 8:00 THE NUGGET 4130 N 83RD AVE 623-873-1118 8-BALL RACE TO 1 150% PAYBACK $5.00FRIDAY 7:00 CHARLEY’S PLACE 4324 W THUNDERBIRD 602-439-1668 8-BALL 200% PAY / RACE TO 2 D/E $5.00FRIDAY 7:00 SAGE & SAND 13831 W GLENDALE AVE 623-935-5810 9-BALL D/E 200% PAYBACK $5.00FRIDAY 7:00 RACEWAY BAR 49237 W PAPAGO ROAD 520-568-0808 8-BALL D/E CALL FOR DETAILS $5.00FRIDAY 7:30 METRO SPORTZ 10402 N BLACK CANY HWY 602-997-5717 8-BALL BARBOX $5.00FRIDAY 8:00 480 BAR 480 N ARIZONA AVE 480-899-2268 8-BALL D/E 200% PAYBACK $5.00SATURDAY 7:00 CHARLEY’S PLACE 4324 W THUNDERBIRD 602-439-1668 8-BALL 200% PAYBACK $5.00SATURDAY 7:00 WESTWOOD BAR 1818 W GLENDALE 602-995-5897 8-BALL 200% PAYBACK $5.00 SUNDAY 3:00 CROSSROADS 5030 W MCDOWELL 602-278-3857 8-BALL D/E ADDED MONEY $5.00SUNDAY 7:30 HAMBONE 903 E MAIN ST 480-833-9839 8-BALL D/E 200% PAYBACK $3.00SUNDAY 4:00 COOPS 8455 W. PEORIA AVE PEORIA 623-878-4250 8-BALL D/E 200% RETURN $5.00SUNDAY 6:00 480 BAR 480 N ARIZONA AVE 480-899-2268 9-BALL D/E 200% PAYBACK $5.00SUNDAY 7:30 WHAT THE HELL 7309 E MAIN ST 480-380-6000 8-Ball ADDED MONEY $6.00
SUNDAY 7:00 METRO SPORTZ 10402 N BLACK CANY HWY 602-997-5717 8-BALL BARBOX 200% $5.00SUNDAY 7PM DAVES ON NORTHER 2344 W NORTHERN 602-973-7797 8BALL D/E 200% PAYBACK $5.00MONDAY 7:30 480 BAR 480 N ARIZONA AVE 480-899-2268 8-BALL D/E 200% PAYBACK $5.00FRIDAY 7PM 5030 LOUNGE 5030 W PEORIA 623-435-3997 8BALL D/E 200% PAYBACK $5.00
SUNDAY 5:00 METRO SPORTZ 10402 N BLACK CANY HWY 602-997-5717 16 & UNDER 9-BALL 9’ TABLES $20.00
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DPT “A” Player Points List
1 Scott Frost 10402 Brian Reich 5403 Bobby Emmons 5254 Tim Daniel 4655 Nick De Leon 445
6 Bret Huth 4157 Spike Aiardo 3558 Gus Briseno 3358 Tres Kane 33510 Ben Sutherland 325
11 George Teyechea 30512 Rick Armbrust 28013 Pete Lhotka 26014 Bernie Pettipiece 25015 Joven Bustamante 220
16 Andy Kachur 21516 Eric Young 21516 Mickey Provencio 21519 Vilmos Foldes 18020 Ray Robles 15020 James Lester 150
Final 2015 Points List
AWBT Points List
1. Bernie Store 7602. Rebecca Wagner 5603. Sara Miller 4504. Tracie Hamman 3405. Jaye Succo 335
6. Amanda Pulley 3157. Susan Williams 3058. Tami Hathcock 3009. Justine Bishop 29510. Sarah Geoghan 275
11. Jessica Derezinski 25012. Donna Taylor 23013. Leandrea Gaff 22014. Terri Johnson-McCauley 21515. Sandi Wilson 20515. Renay Justus 205
17. Veronica Poore 19018. Carmen Osenton 18519. Pati Martinez-Muehling 17020. Cynthia Haefner 16520. Kim Kaufflam 165
22. Tracy Price 16022. Barbara Lee 16024. Beth Orth 15525. Tara Williams 125
26. Cathy Kelley 12027. Marcy Thomas 11528. Jodie Villegas 11029. Kim Hoffman 10029. Nancy Ann Kennedy 10029. Ashea Erdahl 100
32. Connie Soots 9533. Jamie Goodwin 8534. Kathy Christiansen 8034. Susan Mello 8034. Lynor Johnson 8034. Nina Tagley 80
38. Tina Hess 6539. Erica Hernandez 5040. Sara Sorg 4040. Diana Clayton 4040. Stacey Spencer 40
43. Heather Cortez 3043. Katherine Nelson 3043. Alicia De Leon 3043. Diana Leon 3043. Windy Breck 3043. Veronica St. Germain 3043. Misty Anderson 3043. Amanda Larson 30
51. Mary Helen Mondragon 2551. Peg Hurst 2551. Priscilla Hernandez 25
Final 2015 Points List
DPT “B” Player Points List
1. Joey Barrera 6102. Oscar Avila 5353. Guyle Fielder 5054. Nick Kline 4855. Rick Schmitz 455
6. Todd Rowitz 4057. George Bell 3958. Eric Lervold 3209. Karloz Chavez 28510. Rick Galloway 280
11. Ken Gouso 26512. James Main 25513. Art St. Germain 25013. Todd Dilley 25015. Jose Mendoza 24015. Mike Hamman 240
17. Aaron Purdy 23017. Joe Guerra 23019. Paul Feltman Jr. 22520. Brian Long 215
Final 2015 Points List
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Foos PulseFoosball News
By Jim King
February 2016 has struck and Phoenix Foos-ers are keeping the Interim League, Saturday Scrimmages, and weekend tourneys at Duke’s Sports Bar, Stingers Sports Bar, and The Loft Again busy with aspiring and veteran players looking to advance their game and win a little money while doing so. January hosted a very successful Super Doubles tournament that drew a few teams from out of town in the two day event. In addition, the new King of the Ring singles competition wrapped up the final contest but the finals won’t be played until after the February ‘Pulse’ is published.
Interim League/Saturday Scrimmages
As you might decipher from the title, the Interim League is a weekly competition that fills the void between seasonal league play. There have been 15 events since the end of last season and Foos Bowl XIV with 64 different players partaking in the weekly fun. For those of you not familiar with it each event will offer a league-style event as well as pick-up games, and an opportunity to meet all league play-ers, introduce new players to the league, win prizes, and just have some great foosball fun and exchange banter.
Also included as part of the Interim League play is Saturday Scrimmages. As stated on our website, www.ArizonaFoosball.com, “Satur-day Scrimmages have been targeted for new and rookie players and will feature weekly lessons by local experts and professionals. The Arizona Foosball League point handicapping system will be utilized, allowing both veterans and rookies to participate on an even field.”
Currently the top 10 with the highest winning percentages are:1. Bryan Hendricks: 0.9332. Rick Weirman: 0.8093. Rissa Veloso: 0.7334. Paul Freund: 0.7135. Jim King: 0.6926. Rulon Smith: 0.6917. Chris Petit: 0.6898. Bob Duncan: 0.6529. Billy Nolan: 0.63210. Brain Sternberg: 0.603
Super Doubles
Super Doubles was a Bring-Your-Partner event
with 4 divisions: Beginner, Amateur, Expert, and Pro spread over two days on January 15th and 16th. The winner of each division then entered a single-elimination, head-to-head, handicapped tournament to decide the overall winner. This event also had teams from El Paso, Las Vegas, and Tucson take their shot at the crown. In all, there were 39 teams playing across the four classifications trying to capture a portion of the prize money.
Following are results: Beginners: 1st: Matt C & Del C 2nd: Paul F & Rick W 3rd: Josh & Tyler Amateurs: 1st: Chris P & Ash M 2nd: Steve M & Holly M 3rd: Mile J & Jim K Experts: 1st: Brad C & Ricky C 2nd: Chris P & Ash M 3rd: Doug S & JB Open Doubles: 1st: Nick B & Randy S 2nd: Zeke C & Michael M 3rd: Brad C & Ricky C 4th: Cory J & Erick S Super Doubles Final 1st: Nick B & Randy S 2nd: Brad C & Ricky C 3rd: Matt C & Del C 4th: Chris P & Ash M
King of the Ring
The King of the Ring wrapped on January 29 after 15 events and skill levels ranging from Beginner to Pro. For those of you that missed last month’s edition of the ‘Pulse’, the King of the Ring was a new Singles tournament with a unique twist to the playoff format, that being the top six finishing players (most points) are invited to a playoff in a handicapped round-robin format. Pros must score 8, Experts 7, Amateurs 6, and Beginners 5. After the round-robin, the top two will square off in the final with the same handicap rules. However the finals are a goalie’s delight, meaning if you score from the pits (goalie area) you get the ball in the pits to start the next point.
The final standings are:1. Brad Chamberlain (Expert): 113 pts.
2. Bob Duncan (Amateur): 104 pts.3. Nick Bourdos (Pro): 98 pts.4. Jim King (Amateur): 98 pts.5. Mike Sames (Expert): 77 pts.6. Pat Cain (Amateur): 74 pts.
The finals will be taking place Friday, February 5th at Duke’s Sports Bar and has the potential to bring some very interesting, and possibly, disputed results due to the incredibly unique playoff format. Make sure you mark this one on your calendars and get your ‘posteriors’ to Dukes!
Miscellaneous
Okay Foosers of Phoenix, I think that since this is Leap Year we should start a new tradi-tion and commemorate it with a tournament on the 29th. I haven’t talked to anyone about this as of yet and don’t realize all of the logistics of pulling it off on a Monday night, but if you’re the least bit interested please feel free to con-tact Bill Nolan and/or Brad Chamberlain and express your interest. I feel fairly confident that since Leap Year only comes around every four years we should be able to generate some interest in a tournament that only occurs every four years. What do you think Foosers?
Here is your chance folks, and that means each and every one of you! Are there any pet peeves (talking during play, excessive 5-bar shots, disproportionate slop-shots, etc.) irritat-ing the heck out of you while engaging in the sport of foosball that you’d like to get off your chest and out in the open? I’m not looking to be derogatory or identify specific ‘offending’ foosers. It’s quite the opposite in fact. I think it would fun to publish those little things that drive us crazy and to remain totally anony-mous. So, if you feel the need to vent some frustrations please rest assured that I’ll keep the source of these ‘annoyances’ to myself.
If anyone is interested in getting involved in any of the previously mentioned venues in any capacity, visit www.ArizonaFoosball.com and register using the current signup sheet, post in our forums, or contact Bill Nolan at 602-751-8818. In addition, you can get the latest and greatest details on any foos related activities at this same awesome site.
Remember…Keep Foosin’ Fun!
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Monthly Tournament GuideLocation Address Phone
9’s & Under 8-Ball Knobbys 10812 N Cave Creek Rd (602) 216-9933 Feb 5thOne Pocket Madness Bullshooters 3337 W Peoria (602) 441-2447 Feb 6th
15 & Under Scotch Doubles Kolby’s 1301 E University (480) 829-7344 Feb 6th13 & Under Scotch Doubles Kitty’s 2836 N 36th St (602) 957-9786 Feb 6th
7 & Under 9-Ball Stingers 10040 N 43rd Ave (623) 937-9645 Feb 6th15 & Under Jack & Jill Scotch Doubles Max & Ted’s 480 (480) 899-2268 Feb 6th
7 & Under 9-Ball Kolby’s 1301 E University (480) 829-7344 Feb 13th12 & Under Scotch Doubles Kitty’s 2836 N 36th St (602) 957-9786 Feb 20th15 & Under Scotch Doubles Max & Ted’s 480 (480) 899-2268 Feb 20thMonthly Chip Tournament Kolby’s 1301 E University (480) 829-7344 Feb 20th
AWBT Bullshooters 3337 W Peoria (602) 441-2447 Feb 27th - 28th8 & Under 8/9 Ball Skip & Jan’s 1520 W Warner Rd. (480) 539-0110 Feb 27th - 28th
8 & Under One Pocket Kolby’s 1301 E University (480) 829-7344 Feb 27th15 & Under Scotch Doubles Kitty’s 2836 N 36th St (602) 957-9786 Feb 27th
