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2018 Texas Open 10 Ball Championships.
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Coming up Next Live From The Texas Open 10 Ball Championships.
The Finals "The Siberian Express" Ruslan Chinahov vs Kenny Loftis, Race to 7
True Double Elimination Ruslan has to be beat two sets.
Jeremy Jones and Ray Hansen in the booth doing the commentary breaking down the shots and strategies.
Kenny bought himself in the calcutta for $40 hell of a job in this killer field .
The Finals "The Siberian Express" Ruslan Chinahov vs Kenny Loftis, Race to 7
True Double Elimination Ruslan has to be beat two sets.
Jeremy Jones and Ray Hansen in the booth doing the commentary breaking down the shots and strategies.
Kenny bought himself in the calcutta for $40 hell of a job in this killer field .
Greak job Kenny
He grew up in the Memphis area and played at Southaven Recreation Center behind Rosey and Nick VIta. He's worked very hard and come a long way. Great job Kenny!
He grew up in the Memphis area and played at Southaven Recreation Center behind Rosey and Nick VIta. He's worked very hard and come a long way. Great job Kenny!
THE SIBERIAN EXPRESS ROLLS THROUGH TEXAS!!!
By Mary Kenniston
All the action was at Skinny Bob’s Billiards in Round Rock, TX this weekend as owners John and Sue Cielo presented the 4th Annual 10-Ball Championships - races to seven, alternate break. Special event sponsors included Hanshew Jump Cues, ATX Napa, Honest Air Conditioning and the Sleep Inn & Suites. Without their support, this event would not be possible.
Thursday kicked off with a 21 team Jack & Jill Scotch Doubles Championship. Tommy Tokoph and Gail Eaton were the winners of this event over Carl Honey and Chris Fields.
Keeping the place hopping, 23 players put up their entries for the Banks Rails Game with Ronnie Alcano taking top honors over the always tough John Morra.
Keeping the action going on Friday, there was a mens & womens 10-ball ring game. The Siberian Express, Ruslan Chinahov, has been winning all over the country & added another victory over Alcano in the mens ring game. Ming Ng and Jennifer Kraber were the final two in the 14 players womens ring game and they decided to chop.
Under the able direction of James Davis Sr, there was the players meeting, draw and players auction.
The womens division drew 32 players including Kim Pierce, Kelly Isaac, Ming Ng, Gail Eaton, Chris Fields and Jennifer Kraber. When the smoke cleared, it was Kraber going undefeated to take the title over the always tough Ng. Eaton finished third and Michelle Cortez finished in fourth place. Congratulations to Jennifer! Good job, Ming!
The main event drew a full field of 128 players including Morra, Tokoph, Sky Woodward, Danny Smith, Robb Saez, Richie Richeson, Mike Delawder, John Gabriel, Mitch Ellerman, Kevin Guimond and this year’s Derby City Banks Ring Game and Turning Stone XXIX champ, Billy Thorpe. The Texas contingent was led by newly inducted One Pocket Hall of Famer Jeremy Jones, Charlie Bryant, Manny Chau, Alex Calderon, the father-son duo of James Davis Sr & Jr and a familiar name to the old schoolers, Tommy Sanders. The foreign contingent included Chinahov, Casper Matikainen, Ruben Bautista and the always tough Filipinos – Warren Kiamco, Jeffrey DeLuna, Ronnie Alcano and recent Derby City Bigfoot Challenge winner, Roberto Gomez.
First round action saw Matikainen send Kiamco west while Delawder was trounced by DeLuna. Second round matches had no real upsets but the third round matches saw Matikainen wallop De Luna while Jones dusted off Chau and Shane Manaole skunked Tokoph.
By the fourth round, things were tightening up: Saez couldn’t get past Morra, Jones was handed a donut by Gomez while Loftis held Woodward to zero! Meanwhile, Bryant survived a hill-hill match with Matikainen.
Bryant did it again next round in his match with Morra – 7-6! Loftis sent Bautista to the left side as Gomez and Alcano duked it out. Alcano moved on as did Chinahov over Calderon.
Down to the final four on the winners side, Chinahov drilled Alcano 7-0 while Bryant was fighting for his life against Loftis! Another 6-6 match but this time, Charlie couldn’t pull it out. That left Chinahov and Loftis to fight it out for the hot seat...
It was neck and neck but the young Russian finally pulled away to claim his spot in the finals 7-5 while Loftis went west to await an opponent.
Meanwhile, on the one loss side of the chart, Bryant – no stranger to hill-hill matches – knocking Woodward out 7-6 to advance. Alcano cruised to the next match with a 7-3 win over Bautista. Both Woodward and Bautista finished in a 5th-6th tie.
Alcano had no trouble with Bryant leaving him with a very respectable fourth place finish. Loftis, however, was having none of it as he battled it out and emerged the victor over Alcano – he finished third.
Since this is a true double elimination event, Kenny would have to defeat Ruslan twice to claim the title. Leading 3-1, Loftis broke dry and Chinahov went on to tie it up at four apiece and then go ahead 5-4. Loftis tied it up at five all with a spectacular shot on the ten and went ahead to reach the hill first! The next game saw each at the table more than once but Kenny ended up with a fairly routine out to take the first set 7-5!!!
Alas, but the Cinderella story was not to happen…Ruslan jumped out to a 4-0 lead. It was Kenny’s break and he ran out to get a mark on the board – 4-1. Chinahov won the next two to go ahead 6-1 and needing one game to clinch the title. Loftis wasn’t about to give up though, winning the next game. The Siberian Express rolled over the young Loftis to take the next game and the title with a final score of 7-2.
Hailing from the Memphis area, what a great finish for a guy who works a full time job! I’m sure this is not the last we’ll see of this young man! Great finish, Kenny!
And congratulations to Ruslan! The young Russian’s had a great year so far…he won the Derby City 14.1 Challenge, the Virginia State 10-Ball Championship and is now the Texas Open 10-Ball Champion! Congratulations!!!
We’d like to thank the Cielos & their staff at Skinny Bob’s for another great event! And a tip of the hat to Tournament Director James Davis Sr. for keeping things running smoothly.
Once again, PoolActionTV.com would like to thank our fans and sponsors. Our sponsors include Steve Lomax of Lomax Custom Cues, Aramith, John Barton of JB Cases, James Hanshew of Hanshew Custom Cues, GoPlayPool.com, Mike Durbin of Durbin Custom Cues, Simonis, Kamui and Club Billiards of Wichita, KS. Thank you!
Our next stop is February 24th and 25th in Shreveport, LA – the SidePocket Open 17 9-Ball Championship at SidePocket Billiards & Darts. Hope to see you there!!!
By Mary Kenniston
All the action was at Skinny Bob’s Billiards in Round Rock, TX this weekend as owners John and Sue Cielo presented the 4th Annual 10-Ball Championships - races to seven, alternate break. Special event sponsors included Hanshew Jump Cues, ATX Napa, Honest Air Conditioning and the Sleep Inn & Suites. Without their support, this event would not be possible.
Thursday kicked off with a 21 team Jack & Jill Scotch Doubles Championship. Tommy Tokoph and Gail Eaton were the winners of this event over Carl Honey and Chris Fields.
Keeping the place hopping, 23 players put up their entries for the Banks Rails Game with Ronnie Alcano taking top honors over the always tough John Morra.
Keeping the action going on Friday, there was a mens & womens 10-ball ring game. The Siberian Express, Ruslan Chinahov, has been winning all over the country & added another victory over Alcano in the mens ring game. Ming Ng and Jennifer Kraber were the final two in the 14 players womens ring game and they decided to chop.
Under the able direction of James Davis Sr, there was the players meeting, draw and players auction.
The womens division drew 32 players including Kim Pierce, Kelly Isaac, Ming Ng, Gail Eaton, Chris Fields and Jennifer Kraber. When the smoke cleared, it was Kraber going undefeated to take the title over the always tough Ng. Eaton finished third and Michelle Cortez finished in fourth place. Congratulations to Jennifer! Good job, Ming!
The main event drew a full field of 128 players including Morra, Tokoph, Sky Woodward, Danny Smith, Robb Saez, Richie Richeson, Mike Delawder, John Gabriel, Mitch Ellerman, Kevin Guimond and this year’s Derby City Banks Ring Game and Turning Stone XXIX champ, Billy Thorpe. The Texas contingent was led by newly inducted One Pocket Hall of Famer Jeremy Jones, Charlie Bryant, Manny Chau, Alex Calderon, the father-son duo of James Davis Sr & Jr and a familiar name to the old schoolers, Tommy Sanders. The foreign contingent included Chinahov, Casper Matikainen, Ruben Bautista and the always tough Filipinos – Warren Kiamco, Jeffrey DeLuna, Ronnie Alcano and recent Derby City Bigfoot Challenge winner, Roberto Gomez.
First round action saw Matikainen send Kiamco west while Delawder was trounced by DeLuna. Second round matches had no real upsets but the third round matches saw Matikainen wallop De Luna while Jones dusted off Chau and Shane Manaole skunked Tokoph.
By the fourth round, things were tightening up: Saez couldn’t get past Morra, Jones was handed a donut by Gomez while Loftis held Woodward to zero! Meanwhile, Bryant survived a hill-hill match with Matikainen.
Bryant did it again next round in his match with Morra – 7-6! Loftis sent Bautista to the left side as Gomez and Alcano duked it out. Alcano moved on as did Chinahov over Calderon.
Down to the final four on the winners side, Chinahov drilled Alcano 7-0 while Bryant was fighting for his life against Loftis! Another 6-6 match but this time, Charlie couldn’t pull it out. That left Chinahov and Loftis to fight it out for the hot seat...
It was neck and neck but the young Russian finally pulled away to claim his spot in the finals 7-5 while Loftis went west to await an opponent.
Meanwhile, on the one loss side of the chart, Bryant – no stranger to hill-hill matches – knocking Woodward out 7-6 to advance. Alcano cruised to the next match with a 7-3 win over Bautista. Both Woodward and Bautista finished in a 5th-6th tie.
Alcano had no trouble with Bryant leaving him with a very respectable fourth place finish. Loftis, however, was having none of it as he battled it out and emerged the victor over Alcano – he finished third.
Since this is a true double elimination event, Kenny would have to defeat Ruslan twice to claim the title. Leading 3-1, Loftis broke dry and Chinahov went on to tie it up at four apiece and then go ahead 5-4. Loftis tied it up at five all with a spectacular shot on the ten and went ahead to reach the hill first! The next game saw each at the table more than once but Kenny ended up with a fairly routine out to take the first set 7-5!!!
Alas, but the Cinderella story was not to happen…Ruslan jumped out to a 4-0 lead. It was Kenny’s break and he ran out to get a mark on the board – 4-1. Chinahov won the next two to go ahead 6-1 and needing one game to clinch the title. Loftis wasn’t about to give up though, winning the next game. The Siberian Express rolled over the young Loftis to take the next game and the title with a final score of 7-2.
Hailing from the Memphis area, what a great finish for a guy who works a full time job! I’m sure this is not the last we’ll see of this young man! Great finish, Kenny!
And congratulations to Ruslan! The young Russian’s had a great year so far…he won the Derby City 14.1 Challenge, the Virginia State 10-Ball Championship and is now the Texas Open 10-Ball Champion! Congratulations!!!
We’d like to thank the Cielos & their staff at Skinny Bob’s for another great event! And a tip of the hat to Tournament Director James Davis Sr. for keeping things running smoothly.
Once again, PoolActionTV.com would like to thank our fans and sponsors. Our sponsors include Steve Lomax of Lomax Custom Cues, Aramith, John Barton of JB Cases, James Hanshew of Hanshew Custom Cues, GoPlayPool.com, Mike Durbin of Durbin Custom Cues, Simonis, Kamui and Club Billiards of Wichita, KS. Thank you!
Our next stop is February 24th and 25th in Shreveport, LA – the SidePocket Open 17 9-Ball Championship at SidePocket Billiards & Darts. Hope to see you there!!!
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Final Results For 10 Ball OPEN
Supreme Champion: Ruslan Chinahov
2nd Kenny Loftis
3rd Ronnie Alcano
4th place: Charlie Bryant
5th place tie: Skyler Woodward
Ruben Bautista
7th place tie: Jeremy Jones
Roberto Gomez
9th place tie: John Morra
Robb Saez
Jeffrey de Luna
Alex Calderon
13th place tie: Mitch Ellerman
Manny Chau
Eric Aicinena
Shane Manaole
17th place tie: Casper Matikainen
John Gabriel
Tommy D'Alfonso
Ian Castello
Tommy Sanders
Sean Black
James Davis Jr
Julio Burgos
25th place tie: John Wright
John Eagle
Warren Kiamco
Jesus Atencio
Danny Smith
Frank Bess
Robert Flores
John Palmore
33rd place tie: Bill Fuller
Jeff Sullivan
Matt Wong
Michael Alonzo
Joey Torres
James Davis Sr
Jon Demet
Jason Harkrider
Mohammad Fuad
Rudy Sanchez
Mark Edward
Tom Mooney
Larry Avis
Mark Galicia
Ray Lopez
Tommy Tokoph
49th place tie: Isaiah Arellano
Mark Lund
Mike Delawder
Gail Eaton
Justin Espinosa
Carl Honey
Jesse Wilcoxson
Mason Stewart
Danny Galvan
JD Black
Ricardo Espinosa
Robert Eaton
John Lehman
Fernando Colunga
Pat Castro
Roy Schumacher
65th place tie: Phillip Rangel
Moaaz Khan
Jaden Dupree
Will Fielder
Steve Sheppard
Anthony Schaeffer
Carlos Cruz
Leon Contreras
Terry Ott
Ian Bowling
Andy Jethwa
Sky Massingill
Daniel Forster
Bobby Holder
Mark Salinas
James Dabel
Benito Cazares
Ryan Lane
Kevin Guimond
Jimmy Krone
Yovani Salvia
Chris Sharier
Cliff Johnson
Floyd Smith
John Lassek
Micah Ott
Alfredo Haro
Rich Anglin
Michael Johnson
Ryan Stamp
Allen Kerley
Billy Thorpe
97th place tie: Barry Bulen
Michael Cole
David VanZandt
Ross Brookshire
Rasheed Khan
Willie Ewings
Manuel Gonzales
Kim Sanders
Charlie Morra
Rod Brissey
Brian Sanders
Mark Mcinroe
Relvis Rodriguez
Blane Lee
Raul Salazar
Ricky Ferguson
Aaron Sharp
Brad Bishop
Ralph Cardona
Mark Gregory
Jeff Smith
Seth Gonzales
Steve Cole
DJ Gonzales
John Conkin
Artie Booth
Kevin Cochran
Kiah Rector
Travis Phelps
Elijah Hughes
Richie Richeson
Emily Sumral
Supreme Champion: Ruslan Chinahov
2nd Kenny Loftis
3rd Ronnie Alcano
4th place: Charlie Bryant
5th place tie: Skyler Woodward
Ruben Bautista
7th place tie: Jeremy Jones
Roberto Gomez
9th place tie: John Morra
Robb Saez
Jeffrey de Luna
Alex Calderon
13th place tie: Mitch Ellerman
Manny Chau
Eric Aicinena
Shane Manaole
17th place tie: Casper Matikainen
John Gabriel
Tommy D'Alfonso
Ian Castello
Tommy Sanders
Sean Black
James Davis Jr
Julio Burgos
25th place tie: John Wright
John Eagle
Warren Kiamco
Jesus Atencio
Danny Smith
Frank Bess
Robert Flores
John Palmore
33rd place tie: Bill Fuller
Jeff Sullivan
Matt Wong
Michael Alonzo
Joey Torres
James Davis Sr
Jon Demet
Jason Harkrider
Mohammad Fuad
Rudy Sanchez
Mark Edward
Tom Mooney
Larry Avis
Mark Galicia
Ray Lopez
Tommy Tokoph
49th place tie: Isaiah Arellano
Mark Lund
Mike Delawder
Gail Eaton
Justin Espinosa
Carl Honey
Jesse Wilcoxson
Mason Stewart
Danny Galvan
JD Black
Ricardo Espinosa
Robert Eaton
John Lehman
Fernando Colunga
Pat Castro
Roy Schumacher
65th place tie: Phillip Rangel
Moaaz Khan
Jaden Dupree
Will Fielder
Steve Sheppard
Anthony Schaeffer
Carlos Cruz
Leon Contreras
Terry Ott
Ian Bowling
Andy Jethwa
Sky Massingill
Daniel Forster
Bobby Holder
Mark Salinas
James Dabel
Benito Cazares
Ryan Lane
Kevin Guimond
Jimmy Krone
Yovani Salvia
Chris Sharier
Cliff Johnson
Floyd Smith
John Lassek
Micah Ott
Alfredo Haro
Rich Anglin
Michael Johnson
Ryan Stamp
Allen Kerley
Billy Thorpe
97th place tie: Barry Bulen
Michael Cole
David VanZandt
Ross Brookshire
Rasheed Khan
Willie Ewings
Manuel Gonzales
Kim Sanders
Charlie Morra
Rod Brissey
Brian Sanders
Mark Mcinroe
Relvis Rodriguez
Blane Lee
Raul Salazar
Ricky Ferguson
Aaron Sharp
Brad Bishop
Ralph Cardona
Mark Gregory
Jeff Smith
Seth Gonzales
Steve Cole
DJ Gonzales
John Conkin
Artie Booth
Kevin Cochran
Kiah Rector
Travis Phelps
Elijah Hughes
Richie Richeson
Emily Sumral
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