Derby City Straight Pool 2017

Bob Jewett

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The Twelfth Annual George Fels Memorial Straight Pool Challenge at Derby City will be taking place January 22nd to 28th, 2017. The qualifying attempts will take place Sunday through Wednesday and the single-elimination playoff tournament is Thursday through Saturday. With over $15,000 added this year and 100% of entry fees returned as prizes, the total prize fund is expected to exceed $21,000.

For a $100 entry a player gets 12 tries to set a high run from a break shot of his choice. There is $600 in prizes for the top three runs each day of the qualifiers. The top eight players go on to the final tournament. There is a prize of $1000 for the highest run overall and a special additional prize of $1000 if a player sets a new record for the competition. The record of 227 was set by Jayson Shaw in 2015.

Sponsors are Diamond Billiard Products, Aramith balls, Simonis cloth, Red Shoes Billiards (Chicago area), and several individual sponsors including Darren Appleton and Johnny Archer.

Parts of the event will be streamed by billiardnet.tv and some of the finals may be streamed by Accu-stats.

For videos of past events including a couple of 200+ ball runs, see https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=DCC+straight+pool

For some info from last year, see http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=415773
 
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CueAndMe

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I had no idea how big this has gotten over the years. I'm looking forward to watching whatever streams or videos become available. Thanks to everyone responsible for running this and helping to keep 14.1 alive!
 

dmgwalsh

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The Twelfth Annual George Fels Memorial Straight Pool Challenge at Derby City will be taking place January 22nd to 28th, 2017. The qualifying attempts will take place Sunday through Wednesday and the single-elimination playoff tournament is Thursday through Saturday. With over $15,000 added this year and 100% of entry fees returned as prizes, the total prize fund is expected to exceed $21,000.

For a $100 entry a player gets 12 tries to set a high run from a break shot of his choice. There is $600 in prizes for the top three runs each day of the qualifiers. The top eight players go on to the final tournament. There is a prize of $1000 for the highest run overall and a special additional prize of $1000 if a player sets a new record for the competition. The record of 227 was set by Jayson Shaw in 2015.

Sponsors are Diamond Billiard Products, Aramith balls, Simonis cloth, Red Shoes Billiards (Chicago area), and several individual sponsors including Darren Appleton and Johnny Archer.

Parts of the event will be streamed by billiardnet.tv and some of the finals may be streamed by Accu-stats.

For videos of past events including a couple of 200+ ball runs, see https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=DCC+straight+pool

For some info from last year, see http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=415773

The event has been getting bigger each year. Last year, we got the total prize fund up to $18,800 including 68 entry fees at $100 and $12,000 added. This year we expect much more.

Prizes at the 2016 DCC George Fels Memorial Straight Pool Challenge:

Daily prizes:

Sunday
Mike Davis (141) $300
Carlo Biado (140) $200
Dennis Orcullo (108) $100

Monday
Konstantin Stepanov (149) $300
Alex Lely (127) $200
Niels Feijen (122) $100

Tuesday
Johnny Archer (179) $300
Dennis Orcullo (154) $200
Thorsten Hohmann (151) $100

Wednesday
Lee Van Corteza (225) $300
John Schmidt (168) $200
Mika Immonen (155) $100

Tournament:
5th-8th -- $900
Lee Vann Corteza
Johnny Archer
Thorsten Hohmann
Mika Immonen

3rd-4th -- $$1800
Mike Davis
Konstantin Stepanov

2nd $3200
John Schmidt

1st $5000
Dennis Orcullo

Highest run
Lee Vann Corteza $1000

Totals:
1 -- Dennis Orcullo 5000+100+200 = $5300
2 -- John Schmidt 3200+200 = $3400
3 -- Konstantin Stepanov 1800+300 = $2100
3 -- Mike Davis 1800+300 = $2100
5 -- Johnny Archer 900+300= $1200
5 -- Lee Vann Corteza 900+300+1000 = $2200
5 -- Mika Immonen 900+100 = $1000
5 -- Thorsten Hohmann 900+100 = $1000
9 – run 140 Carlo Biado $200
10 – run 127 Alex Lely $200
11 – run 122 Niels Feijen $100

5300+3400+2100+2100+1200+2200+1000+1000+200+200+10 0 = $18,800 total prizes
68 entries at $100 plus $12,000 added = $18,800


Some of the individuals who are also sponsoring this event are Bob Jewett, Rich Klein, Stu Mattana, Robert Goddard, Stan Haines, Dr. Chet Osborn, Bill Maropulos and Walsh & Townsend, Ltd.
 

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acousticsguru

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Awesome! Thanks guys! :thumbup:

Greetings from Switzerland, David.
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„J'ai gâché vingt ans de mes plus belles années au billard. Si c'était à refaire, je recommencerais.“ – Roger Conti
 

Positively Ralf

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Is this being streamed? The article in the front page says it's going to be streamed @ billiardsnet.tv but I cannot find no such page.
 

CueAndMe

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TV Mike, I got an email after signing up to billiardnet.tv that had me confirm my subscription and then showed an address in Pakistan. Is this right?

devdesks
i-8 markaz
islamabad 44000
Pakistan
 

TVmike

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Here is a screen shot I just took.
 

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murdoc23

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Really enjoyed watching Darren and Thorsten today. I roamed all around the event today, but kept coming back to the straight pool tables.
 
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