WorldPPA Shootout Results
We had a great turn out for the WorldPPA's Shootout and its first major tournament. There were 121 paid entries! The tournament started on time at Noon on Saturday; Chris Swart (California Billiard Club owner) and I managed the tournament well together; by 9:30 PM we were down to 32 players (16 winners side and 16 loser side players). Sunday, the 2nd day of the tournament picked up where it left off and finished up at 1:20 AM Monday morning. Both Chris and I were in attendance for the whole 23 hours of tournament play. I have a new appreciation of all that a tournament director does! :thumbup:
More than 50% of the players were either new faces we hadn't seen before; or, players that hadn't been to a tournament in years! Many players came up to the desk to say thank you for such a great tournament. Pat Flemming was in the area, heard about the great turn out and stopped by to see it firsthand. Pat said it was incredible to have such a huge turn out for a 1st tournament. A quarter of the field (32 places) were paid $3,220 with $1,000 going to 1st. Tournament results can be seen on-line at:
http://worldppa.com/reports/showplaydatesresults.php?playdate=2010-04-17&roomnum=3
1st $1,000 Colin Mazaika
2nd $460 Deo Alpajora
3rd $250 Bee Davison
4th $150 Jared Williams
5/6th $100 Dante Rakin, Yao Chuang
7/8th $80 Eric Krause,Chris Miles
9/12th $60 Rodney Wynn,Gannon Buss,Marty Carey,Sylvester Coronado
After 2 days and 476 matches the final two players still standing were Colin Mazaika (AA-) on the Winner's side and Deo Alpajora (AAA-) on the 1 loss side. Colin was on fire and with a 2 game spot to 8, it was too big a hill for Deo to climb. The final score was 8 to 4.
Of course, pictures of the event are available at:
http://www.worldppa.com/pics.html
Thanks,
Bob Beaulieu
WorldPPA
