24th Derby City Classic Coming Up

[azhousepro]

The 24th Derby City Classic is right around the corner, and once again, Pat Fleming and Accu-Stats Video Productions will be providing fans with online video coverage of the best players in the sport today.

The coverage kicks off on January 20th, with the Diamond Big Foot 10-Ball Challenge, where sixteen top players will compete on the 5’ by 10’ Diamond Big Foot table for $32,000 in prize money. Joshua Filler will be attempting to defend his title from last year, but he will have his hands full with a field of top challengers. The field of players signed up this year is:
Joshua Filler
Fedor Gorst
Jayson Shaw
Shane Van Boening
Skyler Woodward
Roberto Gomez
Alex Pagulayan
Mika Immonen
Lee Vann Corteza
Roland Garcia
John Morra
Jeffrey De Luna
Omar Al-Shaheen
Konrad Juszczyszyn
Jesus Atencio
Max Eberle

After three days of 10-Ball on the 10’ table, play on January 23rd will see the conclusion of the 10-ball event, as well as action from the 9-ball banks event.

The 9-ball banks event will conclude on January 24th and the coverage will then move to the one pocket division, with one pocket action on 24th - 26th.

The one pocket event is scheduled to finish on January 26th, leave the open 9-ball event and the fight for the Master of the Table title as the event finishes on January 27th and 28th.

While the video coverage will focus on the 9-ball in the last days, the crowd favorite Banks Ring Game is scheduled for the evening of January 27th. This event will see a field of six players playing for $8000 in prize money. The tentative field for this years Banks Ring Game is Justin Hall, Billy Thorpe, Skyler Woodward, Shane Wolford, Shannon Murphy and Jonathan Demet.

Fans can watch all of the PPV coverage with either daily passes or an event pass. Daily passes are available for $12.95 a day, or an entire event pass is available for $59.95 if paid for before the event kicks off on the 20th. The cost for the event pass will go up to $79.95 after January 20th. Purchase of the event pass also gives fans the ability to watch any matches from the 2021, 2022 and 2023 Derby City events.

Fans can sign up for passes at www.accu-stats.com/watch

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[Rusty in Montana]

I admit I wouldn't have much of a chance playing against any of the above mentioned on a 10' table but would it ever be a fun time anyway !

 

[azhousepro]

I admit I wouldn't have much of a chance playing against any of the above mentioned on a 10' table but would it ever be a fun time anyway !

Feels like I would just be sitting for 5-10 minutes stretches and getting up to rack for them.

 

[Rusty in Montana]

Maybe so but it would be a learning experience ? Hopefully I'd win the lag or coin flip .
I'd even bring my old custom Sneaky Pete cue out of retirement so Billy could look down from above with a big smile on his face !
It's 6" over the normal length and made long before that was popular .

 

[sjm]

Feels like I would just be sitting for 5-10 minutes stretches and getting up to rack for them.

Sad to see that the biggest name of them all, Efren Reyes, is not on the player list offered.

 

[azhousepro]

I do know that Efren is signed up for the event, but he is not playing the Bigfoot or the ring game.

 

[azhousepro]

Quick update to the Bigfoot list. Omar Al Shaheen has withdrawn from Derby and will be replaced in the Bigfoot event by Mieszko Fortunski.

 

[sjm]

I do know that Efren is signed up for the event, but he is not playing the Bigfoot or the ring game.

Nice to hear.

 

[Stevexjfe]

Sad to see that the biggest name of them all, Efren Reyes, is not on the player list offered.

Understandable, it's a long event for a near 70 year old, he's not a Bata (kid) anymore.

 

[azhousepro]

I would think there has to be a feeling every year, that this could be his last Derby, or does this event hold the sentimental value that will draw him to play in it well past the days he can compete against the top guns.