Recent content by Andy J.

The USBA site should be back up and running. Evidently, Doug Deitel (USBA Director) working on the site shut it down to install some new platform components in anticipation of this week's USBA A Tournament in Houston. I'll touch base with him tomorrow. We are hoping to provide real time news...

Thanks for the feedback. I appreciate and will consider all comments. We’ve added a button on the website’s home page that will direct you to the old webpage as we continue our efforts to migrate content and functions from the old site to the new. It is in the left hand column and is...

Dear Billiards Community: A new USBA webpage (same address: www.usba.net) has been launched. We’ve gotten the basic infrastructure in place and will be finishing construction and adding new features in the coming weeks. The tournament page is functioning fully, but we are still working on the...

I posted some info about the semis on a related thread with a similar name (Verhoeven Open?) started by mbvl. Please go there if you wish to get the info.

Group A Torbjorn Blomdahl is 2-0 with convincing wins over Jim Shovak and Harry Reyes He’s averaging 1.591 with a high run of 9. His group is tough, with Roland Forthomme, Javier Teran and Mazon Shooni, all 2-0 after Friday’s rounds. Leppens is sporting a 2.030 grand average, but has a loss...

The 20 semi finalists are set. Group A consists of the following: Torbjorn Blomdahl Eddy Leppens Javier Teran Mazin Shooni Miguel Torres Roland Forthomme Glen Hoffman George Reyes Carlos Man Jim Shovak Group B consists of Raymond Ceulemans Pedro Piedrabuena Andes Naranjo Carlos Campino Hugo...

Semi-final play begins late this afternoon, most likely for 2 rounds. There should be 4 rounds tomorrow and 3 on Sunday, followed by the finals. Charts as of this morning are up at Professor Q Ball. He's missing Chart B. The last games in the preliminaries are being played now. Shooni and...

The second day of qualifiers is almost over. The flights have one more game tonight and one tomorrow. In Flight A, Mazin Shooni is sure to advance. Freddy Cato and Wim van Cromvoirt are in the running for second Hugo Patino leads Flight B with Julian Morales and George Reyes contending for...

Professor Q Ball has posted the charts, but here are some additional thoughts in a narrative: There are 64 players in the tournament. Some top foreign players: Torbjorn Blomdahl, Raymond Ceulemans, Eddy Leppens, Roland Forthomme, Glen Hoffman, Javier Teran, Allen Jensen, Carlos Campino...

Thanks, Dennis. I could not make my last post after the final games. I had to eat, help clean up, pack my bags and catch a flight back east. I have not slept a whole lot in the last week. As everyone probably knows, Pedro bested Mazin 40 to 33 in 34 innings. Pedro was down early but was...

Thanks for the concern about the dress code and its enforcement (or perceived lack of enforcement). The rules of the tournament were discussed at the players’ meeting. Each player received a copy of the rules. The dress code rule, in pertinent part, stated: If a player is not in the...

Continued results... In the second round of the championship bracket, Pedro Piedrabuena defeated Hugo Patino 40 to 21 in 24 innings. Piedrabuena will face Mazin Shooni in the finals. Like Piedrabuena, Shooni shot a 1.667,defeating Sonny Cho 40 to 28 in the process. In final round action...

Hugo Patino conquered Khalil Diab 40 to 38 in a defensive thriller. With Patino stuck at 38 and Diab at 36, the two players traded safe positions for several innings, then Diab score two to tie the game, but he missed the next shot by a whisker, and Patino ended Diab's championship hopes with a...

Just so everyone knows, the USBA did arrange for the live streaming. Doug Deitel, a USBA board member, was the last option for live streaming as other options proved too difficult or costly. Doug worked closely with the nationals tournament committee to live stream the last day of the tournament.

The finals begin in less than 3 hours. Khalil Diab (the Fox) has emerged as the crowd favorite but he has a tough road ahead. He faces Hugo Patino in the first round. Other first round match ups include Michael Kang and Pedro Piedrabuena. Kang has played well throughout the tournament, and...