$200. Added 14.1 Straight Pool Tournament - Hard Times Bellflower, CA

Hello Everyone,

This coming weekend (June 20, 2009) will be our monthly 3rd Saturday of the Month $200. Added Straight Pool Tournament held at Hard Times Billiards in Bellflower, CA. Due to lack of players last month we were forced to cancel last month's event but, hopefully, we can get back on schedule with a good amount of participation this month. Here are the details:

$200. added
3rd Saturday on the Month
Race to 100 pts.
Lag for Break
NO JUMP CUES
Single Elimination
32 player limit
$30. entry fee
Practice - 12 noon
Tournament - 1pm
No phone ins

Contact Info:
Hard Times Billiards - 17450 Bellflower Blvd. Bellflower, CA 90706
Phone: 562-867-7733
Roger Tafoya - breakballpromo@yahoo.com or 714-299-5432

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Hard Times or myself. Thank you all and we hope to see all of you this Saturday.

Breakball said:

Hello Everyone,

This coming weekend (June 20, 2009) will be our monthly 3rd Saturday of the Month $200. Added Straight Pool Tournament held at Hard Times Billiards in Bellflower, CA. Due to lack of players last month we were forced to cancel last month's event but, hopefully, we can get back on schedule with a good amount of participation this month. Here are the details:

$200. added
3rd Saturday on the Month
Race to 100 pts.
Lag for Break
NO JUMP CUES
Single Elimination
32 player limit
$30. entry fee
Practice - 12 noon
Tournament - 1pm
No phone ins

Contact Info:
Hard Times Billiards - 17450 Bellflower Blvd. Bellflower, CA 90706
Phone: 562-867-7733
Roger Tafoya - breakballpromo@yahoo.com or 714-299-5432

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Hard Times or myself. Thank you all and we hope to see all of you this Saturday.

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Bumpin it up for a reminder.

Breakball said:

Hello Everyone,

This coming weekend (June 20, 2009) will be our monthly 3rd Saturday of the Month $200. Added Straight Pool Tournament held at Hard Times Billiards in Bellflower, CA. Due to lack of players last month we were forced to cancel last month's event but, hopefully, we can get back on schedule with a good amount of participation this month. Here are the details:

$200. added
3rd Saturday on the Month
Race to 100 pts.
Lag for Break
NO JUMP CUES
Single Elimination
32 player limit
$30. entry fee
Practice - 12 noon
Tournament - 1pm
No phone ins

Contact Info:
Hard Times Billiards - 17450 Bellflower Blvd. Bellflower, CA 90706
Phone: 562-867-7733
Roger Tafoya - breakballpromo@yahoo.com or 714-299-5432

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Hard Times or myself. Thank you all and we hope to see all of you this Saturday.

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Here are the results:

Hello Everyone,

We had our monthly 3rd Saturday of the Month 14.1 Straight Pool Tournament at Hard Times yesterday, June 20, 2009. We had a field of 10 players participate. This was a small field but it had a variety of skill levels from your fairly inexperienced Straight Pool Players to your professional and soon to be in the "Hall of Fame" player and everything in between. It was a great day of Straight Pool at Hard Times. We didn't have any extremely high runs but we did have a lot of manuevering, manufacturing and safeties being displayed. Here are the tournament results:

1st place - Jose "Amang" Parica - $250.
2nd place - Dennis Burman - $130.
3rd and 4th - Ramin Bahktiari, Ernie Rivas - $30. each

Dennis Burman, a regular at Hard Times in Bellflower, had a great tournament day but ran into a fired up and determined Jose "Amang" Parica who had nothing but one thing on his mind - 1st place. Ernie Rivas, a regular Straight Pool Player from the San Diego, CA area, also had a good tournament day placing 3rd and 4th in the event. Jose Parica and Ramin Bahktiari played the semi-final match and what a match it was. Parica stormed ahead in the earlier part of the match leaving Ramin looking up at a fairly steep hill but that didn't discourage Ramin. At one point in the match there was a 40 pt differential but Ramin kept closing the gap until the difference was only a matter of 20 points. Although the match took an extensive amount of time, this match consisted of a lot of manuevering and safety battles, everything in a Straight Pool Match a fan would be looking for. Even down to the last 3 balls, Ramin showed no giving up. Mr. Parica would, eventually, come out victorious. This match fired up Mr. Parica because in the final match of the tournament, it was clearly a one sided affair. 100 - 22 - Jose "Amang" Parica over Dennis Burman.

Thank you everyone for your support,