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A STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF 9-BALL POCKET BILLIARDS
(201)838-7089 Vol. 2, No. 5
David Howard oven
en Field
NORFOLK- David Howard emerged from the formidable forty-eight player U.S. Open field $7,000 richer. In races to eleven, he outpointed Opsahl (8), Lassiter (8), Roberts (7), Mathews (7), Hall (7), and Hopkins twice (3) and (9). In similar fashion, Jean Balukas won the distaff division and banked $1,700 in the process.
rr THE 11th ANNUAL U.S. OPEN
NORFOLK, VIRGINIA
Men
November 3-8,1986 FINAL STANDINGS
NAME AVG. PRIZE NAME
Women: NAME PRIZE NAME PRIZE NAME
AVG.
1st David Howard 2nd Allen Hopkins 3rd Nick Varner 4th Mike Sigel 5th-6th
Buddy Hall Steve Shaw
7th-8th Grady Mathews Lenny Loder
9th-12th Steve Mizerak Sammy Jones Howard Vickery Danny DiLiberto
13th-16th Dave Bollman Danny Medina Dave White Steve Geller
17th-24th Earl Strickland Bob Williams Louie Roberts Jay Swanson Mike LeBron Harvey Mason Chris MacDonald Don Polo
(.820) (.871) ( .849) ( .884)
(.830) (.776)
( .815) ( .784)
( .816) (.799) (.783) (.776)
(.820) ( .791) (.758) (.752)
(.843) (.825) (.825) (.807) (.806) (.784) ( .784) (.765)
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25th-32nd Jim Rempe Mike Gulyassy Toby Sweet Terry Bell Al Bonife Paul Hartley Bob Hunter Bill Stephen
33rd-48th Luther Lassiter Jimmy Reid Kim Davenport Louie Lemke Charlie Jarboe Brian Hashimoto Dave Palmer Tony Mougey Ron Casanzio Bob Opsahl Ed Sheahan Guido Orlandi Wade Crane John Barnshaw Roy Trivett Joe Root
(.806) (.777) (.763) (.753) ( .741) (.731) (.727) (.692)
(.820) (.805) (.803) (.803) ( .787) (.772) ( .744) (.738) ( .714) ( .712) ( .710) (.709) (.701) (.695) (.683) (.650)
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PRIZE
1st 2nd 3rd 4 th
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Jean Balukas $1,700 Mary Kenniston 1,100 Ewa Mataya 750 Bonnie Hoffman 500
5th-6th Peg Ledman Laura Smith
7th-8th JoAnn Mason Loree Jon Jones
250 250
9th-12th Kelly Simpson Toni Macante Anne Mayes Belinda Beardon
13th Vicki Paski
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ACCU-FACT In 1986, 604 different men have played in the twelve major men's tournaments. In 1986, 103 different women have played in the eleven major women's tournaments.
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NORFOLK, VA (11 /3 -8 /86 ) - David Howard i s the 1986 U.S. Open champion. A f t e r some near misses recent ly i n several major events, i t seemed that i t was j u s t a matter of time before he would have h is day.
Defending champion Jimmy Reid d id not fare too w e l l
even a f t e r an impressive opening round i n which he
disposed o f Terry B e l l 11-2. In the next round, a
near three hour match wi th Buddy Ha l l was the
beginning o f the end for the 1985 U.S. Open
champion. He los t that match 10-11 and then was
upset by Dave White 9 - 1 1 .
Mike S ige l played remarkably we l l even i n de fea t .
He posted an .841 in a 10-11 loss to Steve Mizerak
and an .845 i n a 10-11 loss to Nick Varner. He a lso
posted the high o v e r a l l tournament average o f .884 w i th A l l e n Hopkins f o l l ow ing w i th an . 8 7 1 .
The s ix day tournament was staged in two areas.
Most o f the play was on two Gold Crowns i n the main
tournament area. A separate area was necessary for
p re l im inary l a d i e s ' matches and the over f low of
men's matches. A g rue l i ng schedule was adhered to
i n order to f i n i s h the tournament on schedule.
Q-Master B i l l i a r d s hosted the $10,000 added event
(cont inued on page 22)
Notable Matches
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A seesaw match which eventua l ly put Kim Davenport
(.791) on the h i l l kept him on the h i l l . S t i l l
needing four games to w in , A l l e n Hopkins ( .816)
prevented Davenport from pocket ing a s ing le b a l l
fo r the res t of the set and edged him 11-10.
In what may have been a case o f not knowing the
r u l s s , Char l i e Jarboe (.789) f a i l e d to n o t i f y Steve
S e l l e r (.680) that he was on two f o u l s . In fac t
Gel ler fouled four times in a row in the same game
wi thout pena l t y . Ge l le r l o s t t ha t rack anyway but
l a t e r r a l l i e d from a 7-10 d e f i c i t to win 11-10.
Although Luther Lass i te r ( .878) pocketed 87 b a l l s
and committed only 12 e r r o r s , he s t i l l l os t 8-11 to
David Howard (.641) who pocketed only 50 b a l l s and
committed 28 e r r o r s ! Of the eleven racks won by
Howard he won e igh t of them wi th a run o f no more
than two b a l l s .
In a g rue l i ng two hour and f o r t y minute match,
Buddy H a l l (.790) managed to squeeze out the
v i c t o r y over Jiany Reid ( . 838 ) . While on the h i l l
at 10-7, Reid hooked h imsel f and made a bad k i c k .
New sco re : 10-8. The next rack , Reid was a f fo rded
only s a f e t i e s and k i c k s . New score 10-9. Two misses
on makeable shots by Reid knot ted the score a t
10-10. While running out in the f i n a l rack, Reid
hooked h imsel f for the l a s t t ime . F i n a l : H a l l 1 1 ,
Reid 10.
Due i n pa r t to scra tch ing on the break nine t imes,
J i M y Reid ( .725) and Dave White (.762) together
made a b a l l on the break wi thout scratch ing only
once dur ing the twenty break game. A f te r a l l was
said and done, White upset Reid 11-9.
Ron Casanzio (.800) broke and ran out three racks in a row as he increased h i s lead to 8 -4 . But i t was a l l in v a i n , f o r h is opponent Hike Gulyaasy (-800) l a t e r broke and ran out four racks in a row for the tournament high run and the win 11-8.
Once aga in , Kin Davenport ( .813) held a comfor table
lead of 10-7 over Toby Sweet ( . 802 ) , yet somehow
a f t e r several chances to end the se t , he managed to
stay at 10. Sweet won 11-10.
Sometimes you pay dear ly fo r your mistakes! While
p lay ing A l l a n Hopkins ( .907) and t r a i l i n g 4-5 ,
Steve Mizerak (.737) missed a makeable shot . By the
time i t was a l l over, Mizerak was forced to play
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Name Score AVQ.
OPENING ROUND
Geller li (.848) Crane 7 (.724)
Mathews 11 (.766) Sheahan 8 (.691)
Roberts li (.816) Root 7 (.684)
Howard li (.833) Opsahl 8 (.753)
Reid 11 (.866) Bell 2 (.485)
Trivett li (.684) Hashimoto 10 (.762)
Palmer li (.769) Orlandi 8 (.728)
MacDonald li (.783) Lemke 8 (.800)
Williams li (.867) Strickland 8 (.779)
Vickery l i (.730) Bonife 10 (.732)
Jones li (.810) Hartley 6 (.750)
Mason li (.835) White 5 (.683)
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flempe li (.823) Shaw 9 (.757)
Swanson li (.795) Casanzio 6 ( .585 ;
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Hopkins li (.816) Davenport 10 (.791)
Sigel li (.899) Bollman 7 (.830) ^^^B. ^ H ^^^H. ^^^H. L L •. -^^^H. • •. X • m
ttNNERS' BRACKET
Geller li (.680) Jarboe 10 (.789)
Mathews li (.871) Sweet 5 (.704)
Roberts li (.839) Gulyassy 7 (.828)
Howard li (.641) Lassiter 8 (.878)
Hall U (.790) Reid 10 (.833)
Medina li (.766) Trivett 3 (.656)
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Name Score AVQ.
DiLiberto \ Palmer
MacDonald j Barnshaw
LeBron Williams
Vickery Hunter
Varner Jones
Mason Mougey
Polo Rempe
Loder Swanson
Hopkins Stephen
Mizerak Sigel
LOSERS (33rd-4i ^m —* 1 1 •
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34) B. E.
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[1 (.771) 4 (.750)
li (.806) 5 (.684)
li (.833) 7 (.789)
li (.756) 10 (.703)
12 (.828) 4 (.636)
li (.816) 8 (.745)
li (.803) 10 (.812)
li (.832) 10 (.787)
li L918J 0 (.531)
li (.857) 10 (.841)
m) li (.876) 5 (.667)
li (.752) 8 (.732)
XI (.870) 4 (.591)
li (.800) 2 (.655)
[1 (.842) 7 (.728)
l i (.861) 6 (.787)
U (.796) 5 (.679)
li (.835) 7 (.806)
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[1 (.821) 5 (.711)
[1 (.798) 5 (.704)
li (.762) 9 (.725)
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Gulyassy Casanzio
Sweet Davenport
Bollman Jarboe
Score AVQ.
11 (.811) 8 (.769)
11 (.800) 8 (.809)
li (.802) 10 (.813)
li (.846) 5 (.784)
LOSERS (25th-32nd)
49) M. B.
50) J. J.
51) S. T.
52) B. B.
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Sigel Stephen
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Swanson Rempe
Jones Bell
Williams Hunter
li ( .920; 3 (.667)
11 (.800) 9 (.788)
li (.780) 7 (.753)
li (.873) 5 (.635)
Strickland 11 (.825) Bonife
White Hartley
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Shaw Gulyassy
Bollman Sweet
4 (.630)
li (.779) 8 (.636)
li (.832) 5 (.685)
li (.869) 6 (.765)
WINNERS' BRACKET
57) G. S.
58) D. L.
59) B. D.
60) D. C.
61) H. M.
62) N. H.
63) L. D.
64) fl. S.
Ma thews Geller
Howard Roberts
Hall Medina
DiLiberto MacDonald
Vickery r
LeBron
Varner Mason
Loder Polo
Hopkins Mizerak
11 (.854) 6 (.736)
11 (.841) 7 (.791)
li (.813) 10 (.752)
li (.828) 6 (.788)
11 (.887) 7 (.806)
11 (.837) 7 (.696)
11 (.800) 9 (.764)
li ( .907; 4 (.737)
LOSERS (17th-24th)
65) M. C.
66) D. J.
67) 5. L.
68) S. B.
69) S. E.
70) D. 0.
71) S. H.
72) D. M.
Sigel MacDonald
Medina Swanson
Jones Roberts
Geller Williams
11 (.896) 4 (.736)
li (.850) 4 (.766)
li (.881) fl ( . 854 ;
li (.800) 9 (.742)
Mizerak 11 (.892) Strickland 6 (.848)
White Polo
Shaw Mason
Bollman LeBron
li (.813) 6 (.707)
li (.746) 10 (.773)
11 (.816) 7 (.775)
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LOSERS (13th-
73) M. Sioel D. Medina
74) 5. Jones
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S. Geller
5. Mizerak D. White
S. Shaw D. Bollman
Score AVQ.
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li ( .917/ 6 (.818)
li (.762) 6 (.667)
11 (.819) 4 (.672)
11 (.816) 3 (.643)
WINNERS' BRACKET
D. Howard G. Mathews
B. Hall D. DiLiberto
N. Varner H. Vickery
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11 (.826) 7 (.731)
li ( .902; 1 (.657)
li (.836) 10 (.770)
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LOSERS (9th-12th)
M. Sigel H. Vickery
L. Loder S. Jones
83) G. Mathews
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S. Mizerak
S. Shaw D. DiLiberto
11 (.931J 3 (.776)
li (.802) 10 (.809)
li (.856) 2 (.610) ^ H 1 » ^ r w ^ ^ r
11 (.732) 10 (.777)
LOSERS (7th-8th)
M. Sigel L. Loder
5. Shaw G. Mathews
li (.800) 6 (.732)
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11 (.744) 10 (.803)
WINNERS' BRACKET
D. Howard fl. Hall
A. Hopkins N. Varner
li (.873) 7 (.782)
11 (.861) 8 (.821)
LOSERS (5th-6th)
89) M. Sigel
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B. Hall
N. Varner S. Shaw
li (.926J 8 (.875)
li (.898) 7 (.803)
LOSER (4th)
N. Varner M. Sigel
11 ( .913; 10 (.845)
WINNERS' BRACKET
D. Howard fl. Hopkins
li (.875) 3 (.760)
LOSER (3rd)
fl. Hopkins N. Varner
FINALS
0. Howard fl. Hopkins
11 ( .935; 4 ( .742;
11 (.812) 9 (.806)
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# NAME TPA NAME TPA NAME TPA
1. Mike Sigel 2. Allen Hopkins 3. Nick Varner 4. Earl Strickland 5. Buddy Hall 6. Bob Williams 7. Louie Roberts 8. David Howard 9. Luther Lassiter
10. Dave Bollman l i . Steve Mizerak 12. Grady Mathews 13. Jay Swanson 14. Mike LeBron 15. Jim Rempe 16. Jimmy Reid
.884
.871
.849
.843
.830
.825
.825
.820
.820
.820
.816
.815
.807
.806
.806
.805
17. Kim Davenport 18. Louie Lemke 19. Sammy Jones 20. Danny Medina 21. Charlie Jarboe 22. Lenny Loder 23. Harvey Mason 24. Chris MacDonald 25. Howard Vickery 26. Mike Gulyassy 27. Danny DiLiberto 28. Steve Shaw 29. Brian Hashimoto 30. Don Polo 31. Toby Sweet 32. Dave White
.803
.803
.799
.791
.787
.784
.784
.784
.783
.777
.776
.776
.772
.765
.763
.758
33. Terry Bell 34. Steve Geller 35. Dave Palmer 36. Al Bonife 37. Tony Mougey 38. Paul Hartley 39. Bob Hunter 40. Ron Casanzio 41. Bob Opsahl 42. Ed Sheahan 43. Guido Orlandi 44. Wade Crane 45. John Barnshaw 46. Bill Stephen 47. Roy Trivett 48. Joe Root
.753
.752
.744
.741
.738
.731
.727
.714
.712
.710
.709
.701
.695
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.683
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ANAHEIM, CA (8 /27 -31 /86 ) - T h e r i c h e s t p o c k e t
b i l l i a r d tournament in southern C a l i f o r n i a h i s t o r y
waa staged a t the Disneyland Hotel and drew 144 men
and women p laye rs . A r l i ng ton Recreat ion Supply of
Rivers ide added $50,000 to the p r i ze fund making i t
a whopping $58,000 purse! The promoters of t h i s
spo r t i ng event, The Cal i fornia Mixed 9-Bal l Open, were John Sanders and Herb Wiles who d id a
remarkable job in i t s p roduc t ion .
A unique format was employed in which the 96 pl3yer
men's d i v i s i o n and the 48 player women's d i v i s i o n
were each d i v ided i n to three brackets . Pre l iminary
play i n both d i v i s i o n s used a double e l im ina t i on
format u n t i l there waa a winner in each bracket . The
three f i n a l i s t s in each d i v i s i o n would use a round
rob in format to determine the winners. $8,000 would
go to the men's d i v i s i o n winner and $5,000 would go
to the women's d i v i s i o n winner.
A f t e r f i v e days o f compet i t i on , Danny Medina edged
David Howard f o r the men's t i t l e whi le Jean Balukas defeated Bonnie Hoffman to cop the women's honors.
Danny Medina's road to success included v i c t o r i e s
over Varner, Mason, Chapman, Dominguez, Pa r i ca ,
Padgett , Louie tw ice , Cha r t i e r , and f i n a l l y Howard.
In the f i n a l game of the f i n a l sess ion, David Howard made a b a l l on the break, pocketed the two b a l l
under immense pressure and then miscued shoot ing the
three b a l l on what seemed to be an easy carom shot
i n to the tournament winning nine b a l l . That miscue
set up the Medina w in . Howard admit ted l a t e r that
the shot was more d i f f i c u l t than i t appeared.
Jean Balukas had a less s t r e s s f u l t ime in defeat ing
Tomasello, B e l l , Macante, Mataya tw ice , V a i l l a n -
c o u r t , and Hoffman. The tournament r e s u l t s f o l l ow :
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1st Danny Medina 2nd David Howard 3rd Dave Chartier 4th-6th
Joe Salazar Dan Louie Ron Rosas
7th-9th Nick Varner Ronnie Allen Tim Padgett
10th-12th Jose Parica Mark Chapman Al Romero
13th-18th Paul Brienza Mike LeBron Isaac Lopez Ismael Paez
PRIZE
$8,000 A, 520 2,701
1,500 1,500 1,500
1,333 1,333 1,333
1,000 . 1,000
1,000
700 700 700 700
Ernesto Dominguez 700 Arturo Rivera 700
NAME
19th-24th Sal Giuliano Rich Geiler Brian Hashimoto Frank Almanza Danny DiLiberto Sammy Jones
25th-36th Robert LeBlanc Richard Renk Victor Ignacio Ashley Woodbury Rich Relf Al Winchenbaugh Warren Costanzo Tony Annigoni Joe Villalpando Jim Mataya Chris Villalpando Gary Hutchings
PRIZE
500 500 500 500 500 500
400 400 400 400 400 400 400 400 400 400
i 400 400
NAME
1st Jean Balukas
PRIZE
$5,000 2nd Jean Vaillencourt2,680 3rd Bonnie Hoffman 4th-6th
Belinda Beardon Loree Jon Jones Ewa Mataya
7th-9th Peg Ledman Catherine Gamble Kelly Simpson
10th-12th Anne Mayes JoAnn Mason Mary Kenniston
13th-18th Laura Smith Toni Macante Darlene Stinson Linda Moore Jan LeBlanc Debra Aarens
2,680
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TOTAL PERFORMANCE
NAME BALLS
GAMES MADE ERRORS TPA
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Mike Sigel Allen Hopkins Nick Varner Earl Strickland Buddy Hall Bob Williams Louie Roberts David Howard Luther Lassiter Dave BolIman
(U.S. Open
172 128 127 63 91 91 73 126 38 83
878 616 511 285 386 402 334 571 169 365
115 91 91 53 79 85 71 125 37 80
Average = .793)
.884
.871
.849
.843
.830
.825
.825
.820
.820
.820
BREAK PERFORMANCE
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(MINIMUM BREAKS^ 20)
NAME GAMES
Allen Hopkins Don Polo David Howard Kim Davenport Earl Strickland Dave Bollman Nick Varner Bob Williams Buddy Hall Mike Sigel
(U.S. Open
128 58 126 42 63 83 127 91 91 172
BREAK BALL MADE SHOTS W/0 SCR.
80 27 71 21 36 44 65 47 47 105
54 18 46 12 20 24 35 24 24 53
Average • .465)
, BPA
.675
.667
.648
.571
.556
.545
.538
.511
.511
.505
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
#
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Chris MacDonald Harvey Mason Charlie Jarboe Jim Rempe Luther Lassiter Earl Strickland Mike Sigel Nick Varner David Howard Brian Hashimoto
(U.S. Open
67 74 37 74 38 63 172 127 126 38
Average :
19 31 19 28 17 17 46 60 30 15 - .793]
RUN OUT
18 29 17 25 15 15 40 52 26 13 1
OPPORTUNITIES NAME
Mike Sigel Allen Hopkins Danny Medina Steve Mizerak David Howard Nick Varner Buddy Hall Danny DiLiberto Jim Rempe Earl Strickland
OPPORTUNITIES
150 120 61 62 131 115 85 59 70 65
(U.S. Open Average •
RUN OUTS
105 77 38 38 75 65 48 33 39 36
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MISSES (PER 100 B A L L S POCKETED)
BALLS SHOTS NAME MADE MISSED AVG
1. Mike Sigel 878 39 2. Allen Hopkins 616 35 3. Nick Varner 511 33 4. Steve Mizerak 297 25 5. Grady Mathews 494 42 6. Buddy Hall 386 33 7. Jim Rempe 286 25 8. Mike LeBron 183 16 9. David Howard 571 50 10. Earl Strickland 285 25
(U.S. Open Average = 11.2)
4 5 6 8 8 8 8 8
4 7 5 4 5 5 7 7
8.8 8.8
KICK PERFORMANCE (MINIMUM KICKS = 15)
NAME GAMES KICKS GOOD KPA
POSITION ERRORS (PER 100 B A L L S POCKETED)
BALLS POSITION NAME MADE ERRORS AVG
1. Steve Mizerak 297 13 2. Mike Sigel 878 40 3. Allen Hopkins 616 30 4. Buddy Hall 386 21 5. Charlie Jarboe 163 9 6. Earl Strickland 285 16 7. Louie Roberts 334 21 8. David Howard 571 38 9. Dave Bollman 365 25 10. Jimmy Reid 248 17
(U.S. Open Average = 8.2)
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in Charlotte CHARLOTTE, NC (11/11-15/86) - Buddy Hal l upended Ear l
S t r i c k l and I I - B i n the f i n a l s as Jean Balukas d id the
same to Ewa Mataya 9-2 thus captur ing t he i r respect ive
1985 North Carolina F a l l 9-Bal l Classic t i t l e s . Promoter Robin Kiker hosted the annual event adding $8,000 to the men's d i v i s i o n and $2,000 to the women's. Scott Smith was given the task o f d i r e c t i n g the f i ve day contest as f o r t y men and four teen women accepted the chal lenge to compete in the double e l im ina t i on event for over $20,000 i n p r i ze money. The tournament s i t e , Rob's Roost was open twenty- four hours a day, f ree ing the four Gandy pool tab les each evening for open p lay .
Buddy H a l l su f fered no losses as he accumulated wins over
Tony Mougey ( 3 ) , Kenny Wellman ( 4 ) , Grady Mathews ( 7 ) ,
Danny Medina ( 7 ) , Nick Varner ( 10 ) , and the defending
champion Ear l S t r i ck land twice (10) and ( 8 ) . He was
rewarded w i th $8,000.
Jean Balukas d id su f f e r an ear ly loss a t the hands of Ewa
Mataya (2-9) who played a near f lawless match. Balukas'
v i c t o r i e s included Loree Jon Jones ( 2 ) , Mary Kenni3ton
( 1 ) , Loree Jon Jones ( 4 ) , Peg Ledman ( 7 ) , Anne Mayes ( 1 ) ,
and Ewa Mataya twice (8) and ( 2 ) . She was rewarded w i th
$2,000.
The f i n a l standings are below and the scores and Accu-
Sta ts averages are on page 22.
NAME PRIZE
1st
2nd 3rd 4th 5th-
7th-
9th-
Buddy H a l l
Ea r l S t r i ck land
Wade Crane
David Howard
6th Jim Rempe
Nick Varner
8th Danny Medina Steve Mizerak
•12th Howard Vickery
Mike Gulyassy
$5,000
3,500
2,400 1,500
1,000
1,000
600
600
350
350
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Jimmy Reid
Pat Fleming
13th-16th
Bob Hunter
Kim Davenport
Tony Mougey
Dave Bollman
NAME
350
350
250
250
250
250
PRIZE
1st Jean Balukas $2,000
2nd Ewa Mataya 1,200
3rd Anne Mayes 800
4th Peg Ledman 630
5th-6th Mary Kenniston 300
Loree Jon Jones 300
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Promoter Gary Pinkowski engaged Charlie Ursitti as the tournament director and staged the event at the beautiful Holiday Inn Arena. The pro and pro-am event were
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The $15,000 added main event charged a $500 entry fee and drew fifty-eight players from around the country. The money was spread out twenty-four places using the PBA prize money breakdown. $15,000 was also added to the pro-am event in which Earl Strickland shared the winner's circle with Joe Inman. The tournament results follow:
NAME PRIZE NAME PRIZE NAME PRIZE
1st Mike Sigel 2nd Mike LeBron 3rd-Ath
Allen Hopkins Steve Mizerak
5th-6th Wade Crane Nick Varner
7th-8th Keith McCready Larry Hubbart
9th-12th Ray Martin Bob Hunter Mike Zuglan Grady Mathews
13th~16th Jimmy Reid Jose Parica Jerry Brock Gerry Watson
$10,000 5,000
3,500 3,500
2,200 2,200
1,672 1,672
1,276 1,276 1,276 1,276
968 968 968 968
17th-24th Howard Vickery Mike Wallace Pete Fusco Lenny Loder Luther Lassiter Dave Bollman Luc Salvas Bill Staton
25th-32nd Brian Hashimoto Tony Annigoni Mike Gulyassy Alain Marte! Lou Butera Earl Strickland Ron Bookin Mike Xiarhos
33rd-48th Barry Shaw Terry Bell Gene Catron Darryl Osborne
660 660 660 660 660 660 660 660
Jim Fusco Rich LaRussa Bjorn L'Orange Ron Casanzio Jr. Harris Bill Dunsmore Joe Stilloe Danny DiLiberto Kim Davenport Jim Cattrano Guy Carney Ron Durante
49th-58th Clarence Bell Ed Metushoneck Joe Koslowski Gerry Fiehl Lester Smulowitz Cliff Leahy Mac MacQuillan Mike Lane Jim Rempe Jack Zur
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The popular North Carolina event was produced and sponsored by Mutt and Dot Faulkner who incidentally added $6,200 to the prize fund equalling the total entry fees! Tony Davis, in addition to competing in the event, also acted in the capacity of tournament director.
Although the field was small, the entry roster read like a "Who's Who of Pocket Billiard Players.11
Major championship winners were present, Mike Sigel, Earl Strickland, Allen Hopkins, and Wade Crane to name a few. Past winners of this event were Hopkins in 1984 and Reyes in 1985.
The field, which has grown every year, used a race to eleven double elimination format. The rules were unique in that all balls stayed down and cue ball positioned anywhere on the table on any foul including the break!
Terry Bell, president of the PBA and administrator for the Busch Pool League, is also a proven champion. In route to winning the title, he defeated J. Harris (10), R. Hicks (6),
P. Fleming (9), A. Hopkins (10), L. Hubbart (6), lost to A. Hopkins (9), and then won the tournament match against A. Hopkins (10) for the $4,133 grand prize.
NAME PRIZE
1st Terry Bell 2nd Allen Hopkins 3rd Larry Hubbart 4th Pat Fleming 5th-6th
Jimmy Reid Joe Root
7th-8th Mike Sigel Kenny Wellman
9th-12th C. Barbour Earl Strickland Bob Williams Johnny Dew
13th-16th 3M Flowers Howard Vickery B. Baker Dave Bollman
17th-24th R. Hicks Buddy Huggins Dave White Tommy Cook Jr . Harris 8. Sutton Jack Stenner Mike Gulyassy
25th-31st J . Benson Dan Christian Lenny Loder Bob Opsahl Mike Cone Tony Davis Wade Crane
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$4,133 2,067 1,240
868
496 496
434 434
310 310 310 310
248 248 248 248
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Promoter and proprie-t o r Bobby Carter charged a $145 entry fee and originally guaranteed $4,000 added to the prize
fund, but was so pleased with the talent that showed up, that he anted up another $2,000 for the race to eleven double elimination event.
He kept Winchester Billiards open twenty-four hours a day, utilized Brunswick Gold Crown pool tables and had Martha Wilson direct the event.
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th-
NAME
Wade Crane Buddy Hall Nick Varner Grady Mathews
6th Bill Kelleher Al Bonife
PRIZE
$2,300 1,600 1,200
900
745 745
NAME
7th-8th Jim Mataya Fred Boggs
9th-12th Giles Carr Mike LeBvon Jimmy Reid Dave Bollman
PRIZE
450 450
200 200 200 200
Sigel Makes Withdrawal in Akron Akron,OH (10/16-19/86) Mike Sigel made a cash withdrawal of $4,000 from The 5th Annual Akron Open by finishing in front of the filled sixty-four player field. Runner-up Nick Varner cashed a $2,000 check.
Varner had to beat Sigel twice from the losers' bracket and was successful only once. He won the first of the two final matches 11-5. But Sigel rebounded with an 11-7 win to clinch the t i t l e .
Dot and J im Starcher, owners of Starcher's Recreation promoted the $10,000 event, added $2,000 to the purse, and enlisted veteran tournament director Joe Kerr to run the show.
The race to eleven double elimination tournament had an entry fee of only $125 and was paying twenty-four spots. As a result there was a w a i t i n g l i s t of players eager to play. The results follow;
NAME PRIZE NAME PRIZE
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th-
7th-
Mike Sigel $4,000 Nick Varner 2,000 Steve McAnninch 1,000 Willie Munson 500
6th Wade Crane 350 Gary McVay 350
8 th Tony Mougey 250 Gary Spaeth 250
9th-12th Bob Hunter Bobby Legg Jim Marino Jim Mataya
13th-16th Dennis Hatch Bobby Johnson Grady Mathews Jimmy Reid
200 200 200 200
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three safeties and two kicks, thus being prevented
from pocketing a single ball. Hopkins won 11-4.
Mike Sigel (.917) was ahead 7-6 when Danny Medina
(.818) made a fatal error by scratching. Sigel
quickly ran thirty-five balls to run out the set
11-6.
In an 11-3 win over Howard Vickery (.776), Mike
Sigel (.931) ran out eleven of the twelve
opportunities he had to run out.
What appeared to be an 11-9 elimination of Steve
Shaw (.732) from the tournament by Danny DiLiberto
(.777) turned out to be an 11-10 elimination of
Danny DiLiberto by Steve Shaw. Needing one game,
DiLiberto ran to and missed an easy nine ball.
What appeared to be an 11-10 elimination of Steve
Shaw (.744) from the tournament by Grady Mathews
(.803) turned out to be an 11-10 elimination of
Grady Mathews by Steve Shaw. While running out the
last rack, Mathews got out of line and missed the
eight ball.
After a slow start and trailing Buddy Hall (.875)
2-6, Mike Sigel finished the session with near
perfect play. During the next eleven racks he ran
nine balls nine times, shot a .976 for that period,
and won the set 11-8.
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the tournament, Allen Hopkins (.935) scored the
high TPA of the tournament defeating Nick Varner
.742) 11-4,
What's Next? The next issue of Accu-Stats w i l l feature The Sands Regent 9-Bal l Open I I which took place December
3-8, 1986. The winner of that event was Mike S i g e l .
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1986 SESSIONS WON-LOST TOTALS (through Dec. 31, 1986)
Mike Sigel had the best won-lost record for major men's tournaments: Won 58, Lost 3 Jean Balukas had the best won-lost record for major women's tournaments: Won 37, Lost 2
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way through a tough forty-two player field. The Cue
Garden 9-Ball Classic champion drew a profit of
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siege were Adam Schick, Bill Kelleher, Steve Cook,
Wade Crane, and Danny Medina twice. The tourney
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NAME PRIZE NAME PRIZE
1st Buddy Ha l l
2nd Danny Medina
3rd Tony Mougey 4th Steve Cook
5th-6th Jiwny Reid
Wade Crane
7th-8th Mike LeBron
Dennis Searing
9th-12th Pedro Conkl in
C M . Lee
Al Bonife Howard Vickery
13th-16th Bob Wi l l iams Jim Mataya
J.M. Flowers Steve Mizerak
17th-24th Adam Schick
Dave Favor Bob Opsahl
Donn Gr ice
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875
600
375
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240 240
140
140
140
140
110 110
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B i l l Kel leher
8 r i c e Cumbie
Toby Sweet
Mike Evans 25th-32nd
Charles Owens
Mike Gulyassy
John DiToro
Tom Rider
Jimmy Court
Danny C o n s i l l i o Pete Benoit (no show)
33rd-42nd Paul Johnson Robert Hovik
B i l l Amadeo
B i l l P o l i c e l l a Charles Blakely Dan Ch r i s t i an Richie Ambrose
Ralph Curry
Steve M i l l e r Robbie McKee
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in South Carolina CHARLESTON,SC (11/16-18/86) Twenty-six players, many of them trekking from the previous day's tournament in Charlotte went to Charleston recently to compete in The 2nd Annual South Carolina 9-Ball Open. The $149 entry fee and three day schedule was too tempting to pass by.
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Pat Fleming was enlisted as the tournament director and the race to nine, double elimination tournament was under way.
Earl Strickland seemed like he was running away with the tournament. He defeated Bonife, Gulyassy, Mathews, Reid, and Manny Moore (Who's that?) before taking a thrashing from Wade Crane 6-11. (Crane shot an Accu-Stats1 TPA of .911 that set.) Undaunted, Strickland came back to b e a t C r a n e in the tournament match 11-7 shoot ing a .901.
Wade Crane had made an incredible drive from the losers' bracket defeating Hodges, MacDonald, Mathews, Davenport, Mizerak, Hall,
tl Manny Moore (him again?),
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Defending champion Mike Gulyassy didn't do as well this year. He finished out of the money and lacked an impressive win record. Manny Moore finished third in this superstar field, but nobody knows who he is nor where he came from. But everyone agreed that he could pass for Frank Fisher's brother.
NAME PRIZE
1st Earl Strickland 2nd Wade Crane 3rd Manny Moore 4th Buddy Hall 5th-6th
Jimmy Reid Steve Mizerak
7th-8th Mike Gulyassy Kim Davenport
9th-12th Pete Horne Tony Ellin James McCrary Grady Mathews
13th-16th Pat Fleming Whitey Spach Al Bonife Chris MacDonald
17th-24th Mike Staubes John Archer Louie Lemke Danny Pughsley Guido Orlandi Tony Mougey Dave Bollman Jimmy Hodges
25th-26th Bill Anderson Dan Christian
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Balukas Returns to Power MENTOR, OH (8/22-24/86)- Jean Balukas, noticeably absent at tournaments this year due to a knee injury which required surgery, reappeared and made her presence well known. Balukas outlasted the field of twenty-three women to win the $2,000 first prize at the 2nd Annual Women's Cleveland 9-Ball Open.
In promoting this event, Frank Zummo selected The Country Inn Hotel as the tournament site, enlisted Joe Kerr as the tournament director and added $2,200 to the prize fund. The WPBA sanctioned event used a race to nine, double eliminat ion format.
NAME PRIZE NAME
1st 2nd 3rd 4th
Jean Balukas 2,000 Linda Haywood 1,250 Robin Bell 1,000 Mary Kenniston 750
Balukas did not have an easy time of it evidenced by an early loss and a narrow win while in the loser's bracket. After drawing a bye, she defeated Peg Ledman (4), JoAnn Mason (*>), lost to Linda Haywood (4), then beat Ewa Mataya in a thriller (8), Mary Kenniston (5), Robin Bell (5), and Linda Haywood twice in the finals.
Grady Mathews, the magician, performed magic tricks in addition to some interesting skill pool shots to the delight of the crowd. The $6,000 purse also drew interest from a local TV station. The results and flow chart follow:
PRIZE NAME PRIZE
5th-6th Loree Jon Jones Ewa Mataya
300 300
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the 1955 Philadelphia World Tournament -Mosconi, Crane, Caras, and Rudolph. Nick Varner and Loree Jon Jones repeated past performances by winning the championship. The in-the-money results follow:
NAME
1st 2nd 3rd-
5th-
7th-
9 th-
PRIZE NAME PRIZE NAME
Nick Varner 8,000 AlLen Hopkins 5,000
4th Mike Sigel 3,200 Jim Rempe 3,200
6th Jack Colo vita 2,000 Tom Storm 2,000
8th Mike Zuglan 1,480 Bob Vanover 1,480
12th Norbert Lang 1,130 Ray Martin 1,130 Danny DiLiberto 1,130 Lou Butera 1,130
13th-16th Marty Ciccia 860 Lester Smulowitz 860 Alain Martel 860 Dick Lane 860
17th-24th Ed Sheahan 585 Tom Manley 585 Greg Fix 585 Jim Fusco 585 Mike Wallace 585 Pat Fleming 585 Rodney Thompson 585 Bengt Pederson 585
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th-
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Loree Jon Jones 3,000 Mary Kenniston 1,500 Belinda Beardon 900 Louise Furberg 600
6th Anne Mayes 400 Linda Haywood 400
8th Palma Godwin 250 Gloria Walker 250
10 th Billie Billing 150 Linda Oakes 150
Charlotte (continued from page 9)
MEN LOSERS (7th-8th)
1) D. Howard 11 (.848) 0. Medina 7 (.750)
2) W. Crane S. Mizerak
11 (.866)
4 ( .759)
WINNERS1 BRACKET
3) E. S t r i c k l and 11 (.840)
J . Rempe 5 (.794)
4) B. H a l l
N, Varner
11 (.866) 10 (.807)
LOSERS (5th-6th) 5) D. Howard 11 (.885)
J . Rempe 6 (.738)
6) W. Crane 11 (.914)
N. Varner 8 ( .863)
LOSER (4th)
7) W. Crane 11 (.832) 0. Howard 6 (.768)
WINNERS' BRACKET 8) 8. Hall li (.908)
E. Strickland 9 (.905)
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"Little David" (cont inued from page 3)
and a lso featured a women's d i v i s i o n . Jean 8alukas
won the l a d i e s ' crown in undefeated fash ion . I t was
her t h i r d major win i n as many tournaments since
her re tu rn to the tou r .
Defending l ad ies ' champion Bel inda Beardon has had
be t te r days. She l o s t her f i r s t two matches f a l l i n g
v i c t i m to Bonnie Hoffman and then to Laura Smith.
The matches for the f i n a l s i x women were
Accu-Stat ted. The scores and averages f o l l ow :
WINNERS* BRACKET
1) M, Kenniston
E. Mataya
2) J . Balukas
8 . Hoffman
9 (.688)
6 (.625)
9 (.915)
0 (.560)
LOSERS (5th-6th) 3) E. Mataya
P. Ledman
4) B. Hoffman
L. Smith
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8 (.710)
9 (.700)
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LOSER (4th)
E. Mataya 9 ( .722)
B. Hoffman 2 ( .653)
WINNERS' BRACKET
J . Balukas 9 ( .897) M. Kenniston 2 ( .676)
LOSER (3rd) M. Kenniston 9 ( .774)
E. Mataya 5 ( .694)
FINALS J . Balukas 9 (.760)
M. Kenniston 7 (.750)
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Rempe, Jim Reyes, Efren Sigel, Mike Varner, Nick Howard, David Hopkins, Allen Parica, Jose Strickland, Earl Medina, Danny Swanson, Jay LeBron, Mike Hall, Buddy Bollman, Dave Davenport, Kira Incardona, Bill Mizerak, Steve Crane, Wade Martin, Ray DiLiberto, Danny Jones, Sammy Lane, Dick Hunter, Bob Williams, Bob McCready, Keith Gulyassy, Mike Vickery, Howard Chart ier, Dave Louie, Dan Mathews, Grady Fusco, Pete Weaver, Dick Kitto, Scott Brown, Tom Hubbart, Larry Rosas, Ron Burge, Billy Brunt, George
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Major Tournament Results (MINIMUM WINNINGS = $2,000.
YTD$ Winnings 36000.00 27642.00 23630.00 18497.00 16449.00 16204.00 15513.00 14911.00 11801.40 9286.60 8388.00 8193.00 6906.80 6876.00 6694.00 6043.00 5735.00 5176.00 3922.80 3734.00 3355.00 2943.00 2822.80 2822.00 2817.00 2802.40 2701.00 2700.00 2681.00 2636.00 2634.00 2542.00 2342.40 2317.00 2300.00 2088.00 1976.00
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YEAR TO DATE Sessions
NAME
Sigel, Mike Reyes, Efren Howard, David Jones, Sammy Parica, Jose Hall, Buddy Hopkins, Allen Fusco, Pete Louie, Dan Varner, Nick Medina, Danny Rempe, Jim Mizerak, Steve Incardona, Bill Lane, Dick Bollman, Dave McCready, Keith Allen, Ronnie Martin, Ray Swanson, Jay
WON
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Won -Lost (MINIMUM SESSIONS - 14)
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WON
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