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Bob Jewett
02-13-2006, 07:06 PM
Mazin Shooni, Pedro Piedrabuena and Sonny Cho were tied with one loss each as they went into the final round of the 12-player final round-robin. Piedrabuena beat Cho in one match and Shooni won his match, so a playoff was needed to determine 1st/2nd since they were each 10-1 in regulation play. Shooni won the final in what sounds like top play, but I don't have the final averages.

For more info about the Nationals, see http://www.professorqball.com/

Shooni had a run of 18 which is a new record for the Nationals.
Black-Balled
02-15-2006, 12:59 PM
Thanks for sharing, Bob!
Bob Jewett
02-18-2006, 09:53 PM
Mazin Shooni, Pedro Piedrabuena and Sonny Cho were tied with one loss each as they went into the final round of the 12-player final round-robin. ...
For the full results including a PDF of the finals, see:
http://www.usbilliardassn.org/html/tournament_results.html
theoneandonly
02-19-2006, 10:39 PM
Mazin Shooni is the house pro at a pool hall not to far from me. I went there one day just to shoot around some 3 cushion. I had never heard of mazin shooni before I went to world class. All I can say is the people there were very generous. One of the other house guys picked up a game of 3 cush with me and showed me a bunch of stuff I never knew beforehand. Shooni also walked by a few times and shot a few balls around with me. I just want to say is that all I know of this guy is that he seems like a world class guy, and as you all say hes like a world class shooter. I am glad to be close to World Class Billiards
bud green
02-20-2006, 07:39 AM
Was Shooni's run of 18 taped by caromtv or anyone?
Bob Jewett
02-20-2006, 10:19 AM
Was Shooni's run of 18 taped by caromtv or anyone?
I didn't see any video cameras there at all.
AuntyDan
03-06-2006, 06:43 PM
There's also a write-up in the Metro West Daily News (http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/sportsColumnists/view.bg?articleid=123745), aimed at us lay people.

"You got to know about geometry, but the biggest thing is developing a stroke," says Shooni. "Pool players don’t have the stroke we have. Hey, anybody can step up to a pocket table and put a ball in the pocket. But every shot for us applies effort. It demands a lot of wrist action, and you have to have control of everything on the table."