Bigfoot and Fatboy 10-Ball Challenges -- Past Money Winners

AtLarge · Jan 19, 2015

This thread was started in 2015, but has been Updated through the 2024 event.

I thought it might be of interest to have a list, in one place, of the money winners from all of the Bigfoot (10-foot tables) and Fatboy (9-foot tables) 10-Ball Challenges.

2009 DCC Fatboy 10-Ball Challenge -- 16 players, $1,000 entry fee, $4,000 added, $20,000 purse

1st -- Lee Vann Corteza, $10,000

2nd -- Ralf Souquet, $5,000

3rd/4th -- Francisco Bustamante and Mika Immonen, $2,500 each

2010 DCC Fatboy 10-Ball Challenge -- 16 players, $500 entry fee, $5,000 added, $13,000 purse

1st -- Efren Reyes, $6,500

2nd -- Brandon Shuff, $3,250

3rd/4th -- Johnny Archer and Shannon Murphy, $1,625 each

2011 DCC Fatboy 10-Ball Challenge -- 16 players, $500 entry fee, $10,000 added, $18,000 purse

1st -- Rodney Morris, $9,000

2nd -- Darren Appleton, $4,500

3rd/4th -- Francisco Bustamante and Lee Vann Corteza, $2,250 each

2012 DCC Fatboy 10-Ball Challenge -- 16 players, $1,000 entry fee, $10,000 added, $26,000 purse

1st -- Francisco Bustamante, $12,000

2nd -- Stevie Moore, $7,000

3rd/4th -- John Morra and Alex Pagulayan, $3,500 each

2012 Southern Classic Diamond 10-Ball Challenge (1st time on a 10-footer) -- 16 players, $1,000 entry fee, $10,000 added, $26,000 purse

1st -- Alex Pagulayan, $12,000

2nd -- Johnny Archer, $7,000

3rd/4th -- Dennis Orcollo and Landon Shuffett, $3,500 each

2013 DCC Diamond Bigfoot 10-Ball Challenge -- 32 players, $1,000 entry fee, $18,000 added, $50,000 purse

1st -- Dennis Orcollo, $20,000

2nd -- Niels Feijen , $10,000

3rd/4th -- Ronnie Alcano and Johnny Archer, $5,000 each

5th/8th -- Thorsten Hohmann, Alex Pagulayan, Stuart Pittman, and Shane Van Boening, $2,500 each

2013 Southern Classic Diamond Bigfoot 10-Ball Challenge -- 16 players, $1,000 entry fee, $16,000 added, $32,000 purse

1st -- Karl Boyes, $16,000

2nd -- Shane Van Boening, $8,000

3rd/4th -- Phil Burford and Jonathan Pinegar, $4,000 each

2014 DCC Diamond Bigfoot 10-Ball Challenge -- 16 players, $1,000 entry fee, $16,000 added, $32,000 purse

1st -- Shane Van Boening, $16,000

2nd -- Niels Feijen, $8,000

3rd/4th -- Francisco Bustamante and Ralf Souquet, $4,000 each

2015 DCC Diamond Bigfoot 10-Ball Challenge -- 16 players, $1,000 entry fee, $16,000 added, $32,000 purse

1st -- Shane Van Boening, $16,000

2nd -- Lee Vann Corteza, $8,000

3rd/4th -- Jeffrey Ignacio and Alex Pagulayan, $4,000 each

2016 DCC Diamond Bigfoot 10-Ball Challenge -- 16 players, $1,000 entry fee, $16,000 added, $32,000 purse

1st -- Jayson Shaw, $16,000

2nd -- Shane Van Boening, $8,000

3rd/4th -- Efren Reyes and Dennis Orcollo, $4,000 each

2017 DCC Diamond Bigfoot 10-Ball Challenge -- 16 players, $1,000 entry fee, $16,000 added, $32,000 purse

1st -- Jayson Shaw, $16,000

2nd -- Alex Kazakis, $8,000

3rd/4th -- Lee Vann Corteza and Carlo Biado, $4,000 each

2018 DCC Diamond Bigfoot 10-Ball Challenge -- 16 players, $1,000 entry fee, $16,000 added, $32,000 purse

1st -- Roberto Gomez, $16,000

2nd -- Fedor Gorst, $8,000

3rd/4th -- Mika Immonen and John Morra, $4,000 each

2019 DCC Diamond Bigfoot 10-Ball Challenge -- 16 players, $1,000 entry fee, $16,000 added, $32,000 purse

1st -- Chang Jung-Lin, $16,000

2nd -- Joshua Filler, $8,000

3rd/4th -- Dennis Orcollo and Fedor Gorst, $4,000 each

2020 DCC Diamond Bigfoot 10-Ball Challenge -- 16 players, $1,000 entry fee, $16,000 added, $32,000 purse

1st -- Jayson Shaw, $16,000

2nd -- Lee Vann Corteza, $8,000

3rd/4th -- Francisco Bustamante and Alex Pagulayan, $4,000 each

2022 DCC Diamond Bigfoot 10-Ball Challenge -- 16 players, $1,000 entry fee, $16,000 added, $32,000 purse

1st -- Joshua Filler, $16,000

2nd -- Fedor Gorst, $8,000

3rd/4th -- Jayson Shaw and Mika Immonen, $4,000 each

2023 DCC Diamond Bigfoot 10-Ball Challenge -- 16 players, $1,000 entry fee, $16,000 added, $32,000 purse

1st -- Shane Van Boening, $16,000

2nd -- Konrad Juszczyszyn, $8,000

3rd/4th -- Roberto Gomez and Lee Vann Corteza, $4,000 each

2024 DCC Diamond Bigfoot 10-Ball Challenge -- 16 players, $1,000 entry fee, $16,000 added, $32,000 purse

1st -- Joshua Filler, $16,000

2nd -- Lee Vann Corteza, $8,000

3rd/4th -- Fedor Gorst and Konrad Juszczyszyn, $4,000 each

sjm · Jan 19, 2015

Not to take anything away from Efren, but it's worth noting that in 2010, the Derby 10-ball event coincided with the WPA World Team championship and the field in this event was actually quite watered down.

The 2015 field is definitely the strongest yet.

Cardigan Kid · Jan 19, 2015

sjm said:
Not to take anything away from Efren, but it's worth noting that in 2010, the Derby 10-ball event coincided with the WPA World Team championship and the field in this event was actually quite watered down.

The 2015 field is definitely the strongest yet.

2014 was pretty strong as well.
I have a lot of dvds from this one and you are there front and center. I'd be curious to hear your review when 2015 is completed as to how it compares to 2014 since you will be there

2014 Bigfoot challenge field...
GBR APPLETON Darren
PHI BIADO Carlo
PHI BUSTAMANTE Francisco
PHI CORTEZA Lee Vann
USA DEUEL Corey
USA DOMINGUEZ Oscar
NED FEIJEN Niels
CAN MORRA John
USA MORRIS Rodney
PHI ORCOLLO Dennis
PHI REYES Efren
USA SAEZ Robb
GBR SHAW Jayson
GER SOUQUET Ralf
USA STRICKLAND Earl
USA VAN BOENING Shane

sjm · Jan 19, 2015

Cardigan Kid said:
2014 was pretty strong as well.
I have a lot of dvds from this one and you are there front and center. I'd be curious to hear your review when 2015 is completed as to how it compares to 2014 since you will be there

2014 Bigfoot challenge field...
GBR APPLETON Darren
PHI BIADO Carlo
PHI BUSTAMANTE Francisco
PHI CORTEZA Lee Vann
USA DEUEL Corey
USA DOMINGUEZ Oscar
NED FEIJEN Niels
CAN MORRA John
USA MORRIS Rodney
PHI ORCOLLO Dennis
PHI REYES Efren
USA SAEZ Robb
GBR SHAW Jayson
GER SOUQUET Ralf
USA STRICKLAND Earl
USA VAN BOENING Shane

Yes, last year was fantastic, too. Jay has really built a brand here, and the Bigfoot is now one of the highlights of the Derby.

Best of all, every match is in the Accu-stats arena. This is more complicated than it seems, as it means removing the nine footer and putting in the ten footer several times over the first few days. They have, however, found a way to wheel one table out and one table in like magic in no time.

Gregg Sullivan and Diamond achieve the remarkable feat of bring five different pool disciplines to the stream table: 1) bank pool, 2) one pocket, 9-ball, 10-ball and 14.1. Wow! There's something for every pool fan at the Derby.

Cardigan Kid · Jan 19, 2015

sjm said:
Yes, last year was fantastic, too. Jay has really built a brand here, and the Bigfoot is now one of the highlights of the Derby.

Best of all, every match is in the Accu-stats arena. This is more complicated than it seems, as it means removing the nine footer and putting in the ten footer several times over the first few days. They have, however, found a way to wheel one table out and one table in like magic in no time.

Gregg Sullivan and Diamond achieve the remarkable feat of bring five different pool disciplines to the stream table: 1) bank pool, 2) one pocket, 9-ball, 10-ball and 14.1. Wow! There's something for every pool fan at the Derby.

That's fantastic. I never realized there was a logistical problem with moving the tables around until now after reading your post. that's extremely interesting. maybe they can catch the process on time delay video for a post?

I've always been impressed with the production quality in accu stats. And now even more impressed with Greg and diamond to make such an event happen. Dcc surely sounds like the epicenter for the pool universe.

AtLarge · Jan 19, 2015

As of a couple days ago, here's the field Jay reported for this year:

Johnny Archer
Chris Bartram
Ruben Bautista
Francisco Bustamante

Lee Vann Corteza
Mike Dechaine
Jeff Ignacio
Jason Klatt

John Morra
Rodney Morris
Dennis Orcollo
Alex Pagulayan

Jayson Shaw
Jeremy Sossei
Shane Van Boening
Nick Van Den Berg

Edit -- So Reyes and Boyes are the only two past winners missing this year.

SLIM · Jan 19, 2015

SJM

i believe they solved the problem of moving tables in & out of the tv table area last year by leaving the 10 footer in that area until the bigfoot challenge was over.
Saves a lot of work for the crew & allows acustats to stream all the matches.

SLIM

spartan · Jan 19, 2015

AtLarge said:
I thought it might be of interest to have a list, in one place, of the money winners from all of the Bigfoot (10-foot tables) and Fatboy (9-foot tables) 10-Ball Challenges.

2009 DCC Fatboy 10-Ball Challenge -- 16 players, $1,000 entry fee, $4,000 added, $20,000 purse

1st -- Lee Vann Corteza, $10,000

2nd -- Ralf Souquet, $5,000

3rd/4th -- Francisco Bustamante and Mika Immonen, $2,500 each

2010 DCC Fatboy 10-Ball Challenge -- 16 players, $500 entry fee, $5,000 added, $13,000 purse

1st -- Efren Reyes, $6,500

2nd -- Brandon Shuff, $3,250

3rd/4th -- Johnny Archer and Shannon Murphy, $1,625 each

2011 DCC Fatboy 10-Ball Challenge -- 16 players, $500 entry fee, $10,000 added, $18,000 purse

1st -- Rodney Morris, $9,000

2nd -- Darren Appleton, $4,500

3rd/4th -- Francisco Bustamante and Lee Vann Corteza, $2,250 each

2012 DCC Fatboy 10-Ball Challenge -- 16 players, $1,000 entry fee, $10,000 added, $26,000 purse

1st -- Francisco Bustamante, $12,000

2nd -- Stevie Moore, $7,000

3rd/4th -- John Morra and Alex Pagulayan, $3,500 each

2012 Southern Classic Diamond Bigfoot 10-Ball Challenge -- 16 players, $1,000 entry fee, $10,000 added, $26,000 purse

1st -- Alex Pagulayan, $12,000

2nd -- Johnny Archer, $7,000

3rd/4th -- Dennis Orcollo and Landon Shuffett, $3,500 each

2013 DCC Diamond Bigfoot 10-Ball Challenge -- 32 players, $1,000 entry fee, $18,000 added, $50,000 purse

1st -- Dennis Orcollo, $20,000

2nd -- Niels Feijen , $10,000

3rd/4th -- Ronnie Alcano and Johnny Archer, $5,000 each

5th/8th -- Thorsten Hohmann, Alex Pagulayan, Stuart Pittman, and Shane Van Boening, $2,500 each

2013 Southern Classic Diamond Bigfoot 10-Ball Challenge -- 16 players, $1,000 entry fee, $16,000 added, $32,000 purse

1st -- Karl Boyes, $16,000

2nd -- Shane Van Boening, $8,000

3rd/4th -- Phil Burford and Johathan Pinegar, $4,000 each

2014 DCC Diamond Bigfoot 10-Ball Challenge -- 16 players, $1,000 entry fee, $16,000 added, $32,000 purse

1st -- Shane Van Boening, $16,000

2nd -- Niels Feijen, $8,000

3rd/4th -- Francisco Bustamante and Ralf Souquet, $4,000 each

Thanks for info, Atlarge
-There have been no repeat winners in past editions and do not expect repeat winner
-Buste has best record so far

AtLarge said:
As of a couple days ago, here's the field Jay reported for this year:

Johnny Archer
Chris Bartram
Ruben Bautista
Francisco Bustamante

Lee Vann Corteza
Mike Dechaine
Jeff Ignacio
Jason Klatt

John Morra
Rodney Morris
Dennis Orcollo
Alex Pagulayan

Jayson Shaw
Jeremy Sossei
Shane Van Boening
Nick Van Den Berg

Edit -- So Reyes and Boyes are the only two past winners missing this year.

Interesting when comparing 2014 field v 2015 field
- average age of 2014 higher than 2015
- 2014 has more World champions, veterans and well known names
-2015 has more new fresh blood and in form players
Hypothetically, If 2015 were to play 2014, 2015 will win by a tip

StraightPoolIU · Jan 19, 2015

I'm looking forward to watching Reuben Bautista play. He's a guy I've seen on west coast streams and youtube vids and it looks like he can really play. I'm interested to see him on the big stage against great players.

sjm · Jan 19, 2015

SLIM said:
SJM

i believe they solved the problem of moving tables in & out of the tv table area last year by leaving the 10 footer in that area until the bigfoot challenge was over.
Saves a lot of work for the crew & allows acustats to stream all the matches.

SLIM

At the beginning, yes. By the time you get to the semis, the 10-ball doesn't fill the day in the Accu-stats arena, so, I seem to recall, you get both bank pool and 10-ball matches in the arena, necessitating some table moving.

Of course, who knows how it will be handled this year.

AtLarge · Jan 19, 2015

sjm said:
At the beginning, yes. By the time you get to the semis, the 10-ball doesn't fill the day in the Accu-stats arena, so, I seem to recall, you get both bank pool and 10-ball matches in the arena, necessitating some table moving.

Of course, who knows how it will be handled this year.

sjm -- I think the plan last year was to leave the 10-footer in place until the end of the 10-ball in the early evening on Monday, then swap for a 9-footer and show the semi's and finals of the Banks on Monday night.

But that plan was changed, I think because of delays in playing 10-ball matches caused by players being involved in other matches. So the finals of the 10-ball started after 10pm on Monday.

The first time we saw any 9-footer matches -- One-Pocket and Bank Pool -- was on Tuesday.

But, as you note, we do not yet know what the plan is for this year.

sjm · Jan 20, 2015

AtLarge said:
But, as you note, we do not yet know what the plan is for this year.

The only thing we're sure of is that Diamond will do whatever it takes to make the Derby the greatest show on earth.

Would love to see the break stats for the 10-footer. Will you be keeping them?

haystj · Jan 20, 2015

The Bigfoot challenge is my absolute favorite event to watch. Playing 10 ball on a ten footer with 4.5" pockets.....wow,,,, ((((((((((((((((((((( shudder ))))))))))))))

arps · Jan 20, 2015

3 Filipinos will be flying to the US tomorrow for DCC: Carlo Biado, Raymund Faraon, and Oliver Medenilla.

Jaden · Jan 20, 2015

Yes he can play...

StraightPoolIU said:
I'm looking forward to watching Reuben Bautista play. He's a guy I've seen on west coast streams and youtube vids and it looks like he can really play. I'm interested to see him on the big stage against great players.

I had the pleasure of playing him in Phoenix weekend before last, and he can definitely play.

Jaden

AtLarge · Jan 20, 2015

sjm said:
The only thing we're sure of is that Diamond will do whatever it takes to make the Derby the greatest show on earth.

Would love to see the break stats for the 10-footer. Will you be keeping them?

I'll have to miss it most of Friday, but should be watching and keeping notes after that.

Kris_b1104 · Jan 20, 2015

AtLarge said:
I'll have to miss it most of Friday, but should be watching and keeping notes after that.

You need to find an AtLarge Jr., someone who will be able to keep stats when you are unavailable, kind of like a sidekick. Maybe we can call him AtSmall.

AtLarge · Jan 21, 2015

spartan said:
... Buste has best record so far ...

Leading money winners through 8 events:

1. Van Boening -- $26,500
2. Orcollo -- $23,500
3. Bustamante -- $20,750

Most times in the money through 8 events:

1. Bustamante -- 4
2. Archer, Pagulayan, and Van Boening -- 3

AtLarge · Jan 23, 2015

From the lineup of matches just announced for the first two days, it looks like Immonen has replaced Sossei, leaving this lineup:

Johnny Archer
Chris Bartram
Ruben Bautista
Francisco Bustamante

Lee Vann Corteza
Mike Dechaine
Jeff Ignacio
Mika Immonen

Jason Klatt
John Morra
Rodney Morris
Dennis Orcollo

Alex Pagulayan
Jayson Shaw
Shane Van Boening
Nick Van Den Berg

AtLarge · Feb 10, 2015

Post #1 has now been updated to include results for the 2015 event.

And here's an update of post #18 regarding the money:

Leading money winners for all 9 Fatboy and Bigfoot events combined:

1. Van Boening -- $42,500

2. Orcollo -- $23,500

3. Pagulayan -- $22,000

4. Bustamante -- $20,750

5. Corteza -- $20,250

Most times in the money through all 9 events:

Bustamante, Pagulayan, and Van Boening -- 4

Archer and Corteza -- 3

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